• UK economy 'now at 28-year low'

  The UK economy likely declined 1.5% in the last three months of 2008, its worst performance in 28 years, a study reports.

• US job losses hit record in 2008

  More US workers lost jobs in 2008 than in any year since World War II, with employers axing 2.6 million posts.

• Iceland buys 51 Woolworths stores

  Frozen food retailer Iceland buys 51 former Woolworths stores, and says it plans to create 2,500 new jobs.

• View Waterfront Deals by Boat

  Florida company offers boat tours of foreclosed homes.

• 2.6 Million Jobs Lost In 2008

  ABC's Tanya Rivero and Dan Arnall on the dismal job numbers from 2008.

• Subdued mood at CES

  Jan. 9 - Technology takes center stage the the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas despite a gloomy economy.

  
  
  

“The selective disregard for international law by the United States in the context of the 'war on terror' has enormous influence over the rest of the world. When the US commits serious human rights violations it sends a signal to abusive governments that these practices are permissible. This is why Guantanamo Bay is so important: it tells other governments that they can commit human rights violations in the name of counter-terrorism too.” - Amnesty International: AMR 51/029/2006

“An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.” - Anatole France (1844 - 1924)