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Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:10 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush defended a secret order he signed allowing for eavesdropping on people in the United States, as he fought on Saturday for the renewal of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act. Full Article
Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:23 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will sort through data on housing, durable goods and inflation plus earnings from companies like FedEx Corp. and Morgan Stanley next week, but none are expected to pack enough punch to undo the year's gains and derail Dow's push toward 11,000. Full Article
Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:22 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York transit officials and union leaders met for several hours on Saturday but a union official said they made no progress toward a contract deal to avert a potentially crippling strike of the city's subway and bus system. Full Article
Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:07 AM ET
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A draft deal put to World Trade Organization (WTO) states on Sunday set an end date of 2013 for farm export subsidies, extended some help for the WTO's poorest states and offered something to African cotton producers. Full Article
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