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A customer stands outside of a Verizon Wireless store waiting to purchase the new Blackberry Storm phone in New York, November 21, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Verizon picks Microsoft search 6:27pm ET

Verizon Wireless chose Microsoft to provide Internet search services for its cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Yahoo! and Google.  Full Article | Topics 

A customer stands outside of a Verizon Wireless store waiting to purchase the new Blackberry Storm phone in New York, November 21, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Verizon picks Microsoft search 6:27pm ET

Verizon Wireless chose Microsoft to provide Internet search services for its cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Yahoo! and Google.  Full Article | Topics 

A man walks past a store advertising a sale in Virginia, November 28, 2008.

Small firms fight hard 7:41pm ET

Small businesses begin aggressively cutting payrolls in the face of a dismal holiday shopping season.  Full Article | Full Coverage 

Staffers arrive for set up at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. The show officially opens January 8th. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Live from CES

Watch live headlines from Steve Ballmer's keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas at 9:30 p.m. Eastern.  Full Coverage 

A shopper stands with her bags outside Macy's department store in New York, December 20, 2008.  REUTERS/Jacob Silberberg
Retail sales

Investors brace for December's retail sales data and expect profit warnings to follow closely behind.  Factbox 

James Saft
UK banks suffer from Darwinism

Britain's banks are fulfilling their Darwinian role, to survive, rather than their economic one, to lend, and there is no easy or painless way out.  Commentary 

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Commodity Last Pct Chg Trade Date/Time
Oil 48.67 -9.45% 06 Jan 2009 19:00 EST
Gold 847.0 +0.73% 07 Jan 2009 20:42 EST
Gasoline prices are advertised at a gas station near Lindbergh Field as a plane approaches to land in San Diego, California June 1, 2008.
Year in Review 2008

Our picks and yours of the top stories, pictures and videos of the year.  Full Coverage | Slideshow 

Signs marking the entrance to Wall Street are seen in New York October 6, 2008.
Crisis in Credit

Follow the financial crisis using our interactive video timeline. Track the global impact on our interactive map.  Full Coverage 

Bernd Debusmann
Pakistan, Mexico and U.S. nightmares

What do Pakistan and Mexico have in common? They figure in the worries of U.S. military planners trying to identify the next big threats, writes columnist Bernd Debusmann.  Commentary 

Parliamentary scuffles
3:28pm EST 
Things can get heated in politics, here's a look inside parliaments around the world as scuffles break out.
Presidents past, present, and future

Jan 7 - President George W. Bush and president-elect Barack Obama joined all the living U.S. presidents for a historic lunch meeting at the White House.  Play Video

 
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