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Labourers clean the Satyam building in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder

Satyam scandal could be India's "Enron" 8:55am ET

The head of Indian outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services resigned, disclosing that profits had been falsely inflated for years and sending its shares tumbling nearly 80 percent.  Full Article 

After career highs, a stunning exit
Timeline: Recent key events at Satyam
Factbox: Five facts about Satyam
Labourers clean the Satyam building in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder

Satyam scandal could be India's "Enron" 8:55am ET

The head of Indian outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services resigned, disclosing that profits had been falsely inflated for years and sending its shares tumbling nearly 80 percent.  Full Article 

After career highs, a stunning exit
Timeline: Recent key events at Satyam
Factbox: Five facts about Satyam
A Palestinian holds his grandson at a U.N. school after they fled their house during Israel's offensive in Gaza Januaas sry 7, 2009. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

France says Israel accepts truce plan 8:29am ET

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Israel and the Palestinian Authority have accepted an Egypt-brokered truce plan for Gaza.  Full Article 

Timeline: Israeli-Hamas violence
Factbox: Hamas's arsenal of rockets
Video: Gazans pay high price
Clout, politics behind Turkish moves

before the bell

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Worries mount

Job cuts at Alcoa cast a grim outlook over the market. Investors look to results from Family Dollar, Monsanto and Bed Bath & Beyond. Morning Call: Losses at the open   Full Article | Video 

Small Business

Deborah Cohen
Big fish move to smaller ponds
Deborah Cohen

Some smaller banks are getting a crack at top talent as the credit crisis ravages bigger institutions, resulting in one of the biggest pools of qualified labor in financial services history.   Full Article 

James Saft
UK banks suffer from Darwinism
James Saft

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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Commodities

Commodity Last Pct Chg Trade Date/Time
Oil 53.38 +0.21% 07 Jan 2009 09:10 EST
Gold 863.0 -0.30% 07 Jan 2009 09:20 EST
Blogs: Environment
Topics: AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Blogs: Soccer
Trader Gregg Russo works on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeSlideshowSlideshow 
Year in Business

A look back at the memorable moments from 2008 in the world of finance.  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 

A combination of sale signs displayed in shop windows on the last weekend before Christmas on London's Oxford Street
Signs of the Times

The global recession manifests itself in big and small ways, most gloomy, some quirky and often reflecting the inventive human spirit.   Factbox 

Send us your signs of the times

Pictures

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Reacting to Gaza raids
8:54am EST 
Protests are taking place around the world, in reaction to the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
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Video

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Israel may consider peace plan

Jan 7 - Israel's Ambassador to the UN says Egyptian proposals for an initial truce have not been ruled out.  Play Video

 
Europe getting no gas via Ukraine
UN takes on Gaza
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