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Obama: Let’s fix the housing crisis 

President Obama pushed Saturday for mortgage reform — an issue central to his election-year focus on the middle class.

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IMF chief presses for more cash to fight crisis (AP)

International Monetary Fund, IMF, chief Christine Lagarde speaks during her visit to the social media corner at the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The meeting lasts until Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)AP – The head of the International Monetary Fund appeared to be making headway Saturday in her drive to boost the institution’s financial firepower so that it can help Europe prevent its crippling debt crisis from further damaging the global economy.


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Dow approaches highest level since 2008 crisis (AP)

In this Jan. 25, 2012 photo, traders Thomas Kay, left, Marshall Ryan, center, and Robert McQuade work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose on Thursday, Jan. 26, after the U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average was trading near its highest close since the 2008 financial crisis Thursday after solid news on factory orders and strong earnings from U.S. manufacturers highlighted the economy’s growing momentum.


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Merkel, Sarkozy stress growth a priority in crisis (AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, welcomes French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, for talks about the Euro debt crisis at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – The leaders of France and Germany said boosting economic growth across Europe is a priority in their efforts to stem the debt crisis that is showing signs of spreading across the 17 countries that use the euro.


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Europe forges fiscal union, sees way out of crisis (AP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. European leaders are wrestling over how much of their sovereignty they are willing to give up in a desperate attempt to save the ambitious project of continental unity that grew from the ashes of World War II. At stake at the summit in Brussels, which began Thursday evening, is not only the future of the euro, but also the stability of the global financial system and the balance of power in Europe. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP – Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent — hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might stop a crippling debt crisis, save the euro currency and prevent worldwide economic chaos.


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Germany pessimistic over crisis summit (AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting  at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – Germany suggested Wednesday that European leaders could fail to agree on a plan to tighten the continent’s economic ties by the end of the week, dampening investors’ optimism about a broad resolution of Europe’s debt crisis.


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US prods Europe on crisis, publicly and privately (AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting  at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is darting across Europe with a stark message: The continent’s leaders must act quickly and convincingly to defuse a debt crisis that is threatening the global economy.


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