![[Roland Burris is denied a seat at the Senate.]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX347_0106bu_D_20090106120126.jpg)
Roland Burris arrived at the Capitol to be sworn in as a member of the 111th Congress, but Obama's appointed successor to the Senate was turned away.
![[Adolf Merckle]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX330_0106me_A_20090106111154.jpg)
German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide after his business empire ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family said.
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Aluminum maker Alcoa unveiled deeper work-force cuts, more plant closures and a 50% reduction in capital spending, citing the impact of the economic downturn.
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The Fed signaled in minutes from its December meeting that the recession could drag well into the new year, with economic output contracting for 2009 as a whole and inflation "uncomfortably low." (Full text)
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![[Kenneth Lewis]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/HC-GJ049_Lewis_AV_20080930180054.gif)
Bank of America CEO Lewis is recommending that he and his top lieutenants receive no bonuses for 2008. The bank tapped Dan Sontag to succeed Bob McCann as chief of the Merrill Lynch brokerage force.
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![[Apple senior vice president Philip Schiller took the stage Tuesday at Macworld.]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX387_0106ap_A_20090106133128.jpg)
Apple unveiled significant pricing and copyright changes to its iTunes Store, moves by the dominant online music seller that could spur similar action across the industry.
![[Barack Obama]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/HC-GM945_Obama_AV_20081105015312.gif)
Obama said the U.S. could face trillion-dollar deficits for years to come, but heavy spending is needed now to spur the economy.
![[Gazprom]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX319_GAZPRO_A_20090106060826.jpg)
Russian gas supplies to a swath of Europe were all but cut off as temperatures plummeted, raising the stakes in a dispute between Moscow and Ukraine.
![[Frugal Families Aggravate Nation's Economic Woes]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-AO213_FAMILI_C_20090105180727.jpg)
![[Fliers Saw Longer Delays in 2008]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX222_MidSea_C_20090105150555.jpg)
![[Read This Before You Remodel]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX315_remode_C_20090106001709.jpg)
![[John Miller]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AI806_Miller_C_20090105175657.jpg)
![[College football]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX215_cfoot0_C_20090105143948.jpg)
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![[Special glasses from Nvidia allow many videogames to be played in 3-D.]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MK-AT725_3D_C_20090104221408.jpg)
![[2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX016_eyesfu_C_20090102162750.jpg)
![[Governor's Fishing Plan Swims Upstream]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-AO198_GOFISH_C_20090104172522.jpg)
![[Marvene Haltermans condemned shack in Arizona]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-AO182_SHACKp_C_20090102150821.jpg)
After nine sudden engine stalls on Airbus aircraft since last April, regulators in the U.S. and Europe are working with engine-maker CFM to develop new safety measures for jetliners used around the world.
BP said Lamar McKay, its executive who acted as troubleshooter in last year's bitter dispute between BP and its Russian partners in TNK-BP, will become chairman and president of BP America.
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![[Oil Prices Rise on Worries Over Gas Spat]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX329_cmdled_A_20090106110121.jpg)
Crude futures fell for the first time this year, as the market paused to evaluate whether oil could continue to rally in the face of a severe economic downturn.
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![[Steve Jobs]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/HC-GM663_Jobs_AV_20081021175024.gif)
Steve Jobs said he has a hormone imbalance that is causing him to lose weight. The health of Apple's founder has been the subject of speculation.
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![[Bernard Madoff, above, walks back to his New York apartment on Dec. 17.]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PT-AK620A_Giull_A_20090102202548.jpg)
Psychologist Stephen Greenspan explores why investors continue to be swindled -- and how he came to lose part of his savings to Bernard Madoff.
![[The Madonna of the Goldfinch by Raphael]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX393_Donrap_A_20090106145839.jpg)
Two Renaissance works of art are back on display in Florence after restoration.
![[For Football Fans, Seeing TDs in 3-D]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/PJ-AN933_pj3DBO_A_20090106152908.jpg)
Theaters nationwide will broadcast the BCS National Championship Game live and in 3-D. But it's unclear if it will be merely a novelty, or a whole new way to experience game day.
![[Doing the Math to Find Good Jobs]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX312_bestc_C_20090105221105.jpg)
Mathematicians have landed the top spot in a new study ranking the best and worst jobs in the U.S. A look at how other occupations fared.
![[Wicker Park]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX204_re_wic_C_20090105140400.jpg)
Simona Covel hunts for a two-bedroom apartment in Chicago and learns that a 10% drop in home prices doesn't necessarily translate.
![[Raising Money to Grow in Current Climate]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX266_Stbuy0_C_20090105172112.jpg)
Before buying another business, assess whether you would still have an ample cash cushion with your current company to survive a potentially long downturn in business.
Journal reporters explain how easy money led to the collapse of Wall Street's biggest firms.
![[GPS vs Speedometer Me and My Car]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX326_mycspe_A_20090106104334.jpg)
There is often a disparity between a car's speedometer and the GPS or navigation device. Which is more accurate?
Muslims mark the month of Muharram, the mercury soars to blistering heights in Sydney, a truck strike cripples commodities in India and more.
![[Commentary]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AI809_sharan_A_20090105135901.jpg)
Nowhere on earth do terrorists get so much help from the Free World, writes Natan Sharansky.
![[Top new diet books for 2009]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-CX272_juiceb_A_20090105181102.jpg)
The latest crop of diet books has a few twists on the typical weight-loss formula. The skinny on some of the top new diet books for 2009.