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US President-elect Barack Obama says that America's economy is very sick and that the situation is worsening.

Toyota announces that it is to halt production at its domestic plants for 11 days in February and March.

Venezuela's US-based oil subsidiary is halting a programme to provide cheap heating oil to low-income communities in the US.

The government extends state help for people struggling to make mortgage payments after losing their jobs.

French nuclear energy group Areva is awarded a licence to build and operate a uranium mine in Niger.

David Cameron proposes to axe tax on basic rate taxpayers' savings and to increase pensioners' tax free allowances.

A ban on the short-selling of financial shares is to be lifted, the UK's financial regulator confirms.

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