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U.S. lays out plan to mop up bad debts (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday unveiled a revamped financial rescue plan to cleanse $500 billion (341.2 billion pounds) in spoiled assets from banks' bo...

 
The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday unveiled a revamped financial rescue plan to cleanse $500 billion (341.2 billion pounds) in spoiled assets from banks' books and support $1 trillion in new lending through an expanded Federal Reserve programme.

U.S. stimulus and jobs data loom (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

 
Japanese firms took heavy body blows Friday while investors looked to the United States for progress on a $900 billion (612.5 billion pound) stimulus and data expected to show the world's largest economy shedding jobs at an alarming rate.

Obama urges action on stimulus as job losses mount (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

 
U.S. President Barack Obama urged action on a $900 billion (615 billion pound) stimulus bill before Congress to stave off "catastrophe", as a surge in the number of new jobless benefit claims painted a picture of an economy in deep recession.