IBT Staff Reporter

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30 Rock star and creator, Tina Fey, was named best actress in a TV comedy and her NBC series was picked as best comedy Sunday at the 66th Golden Globes by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Ukraine signed a deal today to allow the tracking of natural gas shipments from Russia, opening a way for Europe to receive again gas supplies from Russia.

President-elect Barack Obama pledged on Sunday to maintain transparency and track the next $350 billion of the economic stimulus package which he said will target credit flow to businesses and families. He also said his team is making principles on how the remaining part will help in terms of housing and target small businesses.

Reinforcing its online video presence, CBS is expected to announce on Monday a partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Sony Corp., PBS and Endemol USA to add various television series to its website TV.com.

The winners at the 66th annual Golden Globes on Sunday held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, CA.

The end to the dispute seems to be near with Russia is expected to resume its supplies to Ukraine this week following an EU agreement with monitors being deployed to monitor gas flow in Ukraine.

Job losses in U.K. are expected to escalate sharply in the first months of 2009 as the recession deepens and the credit crunch continues, a Confederation of British Industry survey showed Monday.

Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors Corp, said Sunday that the company may seek further loans from the U.S. government at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Ford Motor Co., the No. 2 US based automaker, announced on Sunday that it would collaborate with Magna International to introduce a small electric car in North America in 2011 as part of a plan to introduce electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles over the next four years.

Ford Motor Co., the No. 2 US based automaker, announced on Sunday that it would collaborate with Magna International to introduce a small electric car in North America in 2011 as part of a plan to introduce electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles over the next four years.

Automakers showed off their plans for electric and hybrid autos set to go on sale in the coming years, as fuel efficient vehicles gained a bigger showcase in this year's North American International Auto Show. The vehicles highlighted at the show include planned pure electric vehicles, and electric-gas hybrids.

Automakers showed off their plans for electric and hybrid autos set to go on sale in the coming years, as fuel efficient vehicles gained a bigger showcase in this year's North American International Auto Show. The vehicles highlighted at the show include planned pure electric vehicles, and electric-gas hybrids.

The U.S. economic recession would officially end in the third quarter of 2009, according to polled economists from top financial firms. A return to normal levels of growth is expected by 2010.

Winnie-the-Pooh returns in the first official sequel to A.A. Milne's children's books, reported the Associated Press. It has been more than 80 years after the honey-loving bear first appeared in print.

Citigroup Inc and Morgan Stanley may announce a deal this week that could combine their brokerages to create a new company, the latest move in a financial services industry which has begun consolidating businesses wracked by heavy losses tied to mortgages, according to media reports.

On Sunday Human Rights Watch said that Israel's military are using the incendiary agent white phosphorus in their fired artillery shells.

There is a bucket of data out this week which should provide traders with a closer insight into the current economic situation in the United States.

Australian Dollar: The Aussie dollar drifted lower in local trade on Friday after posting a high of 0.7130 in early morning trade.

Picture it: I am sipping champagne listening to Mozart just before Christmas in the Governor's Suite at the Langham Hotel in Auckland New Zealand. The fabulous suite is all 83 square metres, seven plush rooms - the works! This is where celebrities and the rich and famous hideaway. A blind man could tell why the Langham in Auckland was named New Zealand's best hotel in 2007.

Costa Rica is battling to find survivors in one of the strongest earthquakes to hit Costa Rica in 150 years.

The conflict between Israel and Gaza continues entering its 16th day and neither side is willing to respond to international calls for an immediate cease fire.

A top leader of Palestinian paramilitary group Hamas said Saturday the war in Gaza has killed the last chance for settlement and negotiations with Israel.

Five Somali pirates who freed a hijacked oil-Saudi supertanker died Saturday after their boat capsized with a reported $3 million ransom in the Gulf of Aden, the Associated Press reports.

A pair of China's top industrial regions showed signs of economic strain at the end of 2008.

Walt Disney Co. announced Friday it will move forward with submitting a proposal to build a theme park in mainland China.

Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom after the boat they were traveling in capsized.

Microsoft Corp. has begun handing out unlimited free license keys for the Windows 7 beta, after its license servers were unable to handle a huge surge in applications.

As Stargate Atlantis is about to end the Stargate Universe weekly series will debut as a movie first will begin this summer of 2009.