Obama eyes the familiar: tax cuts (The Christian Science Monitor)
He’s likely to propose a credit of $500 per person to help stimulate the economy.

2008: Year in Review (The Woodlands Villager)
Editor’s note: The following is a month-by-month recap of some of the top newsmaking events of 2008.

Squatters ordered to leave university houses (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Students occupying four houses owned by the University of Melbourne have been told they must leave the properties.

Bailed-out banks face more curbs on top pay (Guardian Unlimited)
Taxpayer-funded banks will be pressed to embark on a wide-ranging review of their pay policies by the company set up to look after £37bn of government investment, to ensure they do not reward failure or encourage too much risk. UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI), which was created to manage the government's stakes but at arm's length from the Treasury, is thought to be concerned not just ...

Who said nay to a gift horse? (Guardian Unlimited)
In the plush Mayfair offices of Greenhill, one of media land's most prestigious financial advisory firms, the board of the Daily Mail and General Trust convened, via conference call, to decide the fate of one of the UK's largest regional newspaper groups. After three months of talks with possible buyers that valued Northcliffe at between £1.1bn and £1.3bn, there was no deal. Chairman ...