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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Government debt prices rose Thursday ahead of the monthly government unemployment report and after some very dour economic reports were released. "Right now, it is the labor market that is taking the center stage for market in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

CANBERRA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan will hold a joint media briefing at 1:15 p.m. (0215 GMT) in Canberra, the prime minister's office said on Friday. Rudd and Swan have been involved in a series in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

CLAYTON, Mo, Feb 5 (Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said rapid growth of the U.S. money supply is needed to counter the risk of deflation in an economy that is likely to shrink through the first half of the year. "We in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

Editor of the nutrition-oriented Web site naturalnews.com , Mr. Adams says his personal outrage about all the federal funds being shoveled to crippled corporations prompted him to write a hip-hop song called "I Want My Bailout Money." Since he posted in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

The same cheap crude that just crushed year-end profits for oil and gas producers is making the industry's biggest annual dealmaking event an even more bustling affair. No one attending this week's North American Prospect Expo is happy about crude in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

LONDON (AP) - The European Central Bank has halted its campaign of interest rate cuts, leaving its benchmark at 2 percent, while the Bank of England cut by a half-point to a record low 1 percent as it tries to get the ailing British economy back on in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

By Jud Pyle, CFA, chief investment strategist for the Options News Network Don't be fooled by the large call volume in IBM's ( IBM Quote - Cramer on IBM - Stock Picks ) February options. This is just an option strategy related to the fact that the in STOCKMARKET NEWS >