U.S. data expected to point to deepening recession
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081224/2008_12_24t052540_450x298_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9AbufhxgGYH.EFtMyGP8ng--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Shoppers pass a store while walking through the SoHo neignborhood of New York, December 23, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081224/bs_nm/us_financial)Reuters - Japan's government approved its biggest-ever budget on Wednesday to try to revive an economy hurt by the global financial crisis and U.S. data was expected to give further evidence of the worsening recession.</p><br clear="all"/>
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