• Caterpillar sees uncertain 2013 after tough 4Q

They're back: J. C.
Penney adds sales

 

• Taco Bell pulls ad that mocked veggies

• Barnes & Noble exec plans more store closings

• Ford, Daimler, Nissan to research hydrogen cars

US economy gets
lift from housing,
other
tailwinds
 

• Tight inventory slows US pending home sales

US durable goods
orders rise 4.6 pct
on aircraft

 

• Report: States force jobless to pay needless fees

• Officials: Thousands lost cash in Ky.-based
  scheme

• Report: Gov't allowed high pay at bailed-out firms

International

Japan Cabinet OKs
budget, hiking defense
spending

 

French autoworkers
disrupt Peugeot
Citroen plant

 

 

• Japan relaxes US beef import limits from Feb. 1

• Antigua gets OK to become copyright haven

• India cuts key interest rate by quarter point

• IMF tells Romania to push on with reforms

• New Zealand mulls cutting mail delivery to 3 days

• Iceland wins case over failed bank deposits

Energy

• Oil slightly higher after mixed economic reports

• Hess to sell terminal network, close refinery

• US stocks close mixed on uneven economic
  signals

• Rates mixed at weekly US Treasury auction

• Fed likely to stick to low-rate message this week

• Powerwave seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  protection

Other

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• Illinois grain prices in country elevators

• Extension offers workshop on soil fertility

• Farm Service Agency announces important program updates 

• Logan County FSA December newsletter

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