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- According to a new study, “just 7 percent of those who lost jobs after the financial crisis have returned to or exceeded their previous financial position and maintained their lifestyles.” [New York Times]
- The Senate yesterday voted down both Democratic and Republican plans for extending the soon-to-expire payroll tax break, with the GOP’s plan going down by an overwhelming majority. [BusinessWeek]
- Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as several private mortgage lenders, “have pledged not to foreclose on delinquent borrowers during the Christmas season.” [CNN Money]
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday “flatly rejected any quick-fix ideas to try to resolve the European financial crisis.” [Associated Press]
- Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) is set to unveil a tax package that includes an income tax hike for the wealthy and an increase in the Golden State’s sales tax. [Reuters]
- According to the latest data, manufacturing grew for the 28th straight month in November “and faster than it has since June.” [The Hill]
- The nation’s freight railroads and their workers “reached a tentative agreement Thursday to avoid a strike that threatened to halt shipments of consumer goods three weeks before Christmas.” [McClatchy]
- Honda “is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash.” [Associated Press]
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