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Year in Review: Stocks, Commodities Rally

U.S. stocks posted the biggest annual gain since 2003 and commodities rallied as the Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate near zero and governments around the world enacted stimulus programs to halt the first global recession since World War II.
Breaking News
•Time Warner Cable, News Corp.'s Fox Resolve Dispute Over Programming Fees

•U.S. Stocks Drop as Credit Crisis Causes S&P 500 Index's First Decade Loss

•Goldman Sachs Helps YRC Worldwide Avert Bankruptcy After a Plea by Hoffa

•Citigroup, Marshall & Ilsley Finish 2009 Among Biggest Losers in S&P 500

•Dollar's First Monthly Gain Since June Helps Trim Loss for 2009 to 4.2%

•China Manufacturing Grows at Fastest Pace in 20 Months, Cementing Recovery

•GMAC Chief Carpenter Says Car Lender Won't Do `Anything Crazy' With ResCap

•Al-Qaeda-Linked Somali Man Is Shot by Police in Home of Danish Cartoonist

•Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 105 People at Volleyball Tournament

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•China's Property Bubble May Foreshadow a U.S.-Style Slump in Real Estate

•Ethiopian Farms Lure Investors as Workers Paid Less Than World Bank Limit

•Ohio Wooing Tata Consultancy, Wipro as U.S. States Look to India for Jobs

•AT&T Biggest Winner With $15 Billion Savings From Lowest Yields Since 2005

•Fatal Flying on Commuter Airlines No Accident in Aviator Complaints to FAA

•Goldman Sachs Makes `Call of Decade' by Promoting BRICs: Chart of the Day
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Economy
•China Manufacturing Grows at Fastest Pace in 20 Months, Cementing Recovery

•South Korea's Exports Rise at Fastest Pace in 17 Months as Demand Revives
Politics
•Obama Reviewing Initial Intelligence Reports on Christmas Day Air Incident

•Seven CIA Workers Killed in Afghanistan as U.S. Increases Its Spying Role
Science
•NIH Director Says Stimulus Money Adds Jobs and Research After Funding Lag

•Medical-Device Studies Lack Scientific Rigor, California Researchers Find
Opinion
•Microsoft Needs a Swift Kick in the Boot-Up: Rich Jaroslovsky

•Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank: David Reilly
Spend
•Microsoft's Windows Needs a Swift Kick in the Boot-Up: Rich Jaroslovsky

•French Celebrate New Year With Deepest Champagne Discounts in Past Decade
Sports
•Ohio State Beats Oregon in Rose Bowl; Florida State, Penn State Win

•Wizards' Arenas, Crittenton Investigated Over Gun Incident, N.Y. Post
Arts and Culture
•Eminem Fights Springsteen, Winehouse, U2 for Decade's Best CD: Mark Beech

•Chinese-American History Rescued From Chop Suey, Opiated Sex in New Museum

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AMERICAS/EUROPE/ASIA

 EQUITY INDEXES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Topix907.59-8.28-0.90
Hang Seng21,872.50375.881.75
Singapore Straits Times2,897.6217.860.62
S&P/ASX4,870.6037.300.77


JAPAN MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME
 PRICE% CHANGEVOLUME
JAPAN AIRLINES66-25.00397929000
HITACHI LTD2843.65119131000
MIZUHO FINANCIAL166-0.6090782600
MITSUBISHI UFJ F452-0.4478287200
SHOWA DENKO K K1853.9337217000
NIPPON STEEL375-1.5729396000
TOSHIBA CORP511-0.7827994000
NISSAN MOTOR CO810-0.3726901500
SANYO ELECTRIC1711.7922509000
SHINSEI BANK LTD101-5.6119507000

 FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Nikkei 22510,540.000.000.00
Topix904.500.000.00
Hang Seng21,925.00363.001.68
Singapore Straits Times2,904.0024.000.83
S&P/ASX4,879.0051.001.06

 CURRENCIES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
USD-JPY93.03500.01000.01
USD-HKD7.75520.00090.01
USD-SGD1.4038-0.0011-0.08
AUD-USD0.89800.00000.00

 COMMODITY FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Oil79.360.080.10
Gold1,096.203.700.34
Natural Gas5.57-0.14-2.40

 BONDS
 PRICEYIELD 
10-Year Japan100.131.30 
10-Year Hong Kong96.452.60 
10-Year Singapore98.782.65 
10-Year Australia97.205.66 

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