Car sales plunge heralding bleak 2009
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:03:29 -0500  DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales plunged by 36 percent in December led by outsized declines at Chrysler LLC, Hyundai Motor and Toyota Motor Corp as the battered industry closed out its weakest year since 1992 in its largest single market.
 | Stocks slip on telecom and financials; Apple jumps
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:24:06 -0500 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday as investors booked profits after last week's run-up, while concerns about slowing cell phone sales hit shares of the biggest telecommunications companies.
| Prosecutors seek to jail Madoff
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:13:47 -0500 NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to jail accused swindler Bernard Madoff on Monday, saying he sent jewelry and other items worth more than $1 million to family and friends in violation of his bail.
| GE's finance arm launches $10 billion FDIC-backed debt
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:53:18 -0500 NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co's finance arm on Monday launched a $10 billion sale of FDIC-backed debt, the largest sale under the government guarantee program since its inception last November.
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