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Wall Street hopes to recover from lacklustre 2005 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Blue-chip US stocks limped to their first annual loss in three years in 2005, and opinion is divided over whether 2006 will be any better for Wall Street.

Citigroup Leads Bid to Buy Bank In China (Washington Post)
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- A consortium led by Citigroup Inc. bid $3 billion for a controlling stake in China's Guangdong Development Bank, a Chinese business magazine reported Friday. If completed, the deal would be among the largest foreign investments ever in China.

Preview: 2006 Porsche Cayman S
Porsche's new mid-engine coupe builds on the Boxster S, but kicks it up a notch in the performance department.
Mike Meredith

Briefs (Columbia Star)
Student loans As part of a $40 billion deficit reduction package, Congress recently cut funding for student loans. Over five years federal student loan programs will be cut by $12.7 billion. The Stafford Loan interest rate moves to a 6.8% fixed rate from a variable rate, now about 4.7%. The

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

AmeriCredit Speeds Up (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
AmeriCredit is the market's comeback kid. In March, 2003, the stock skidded to 1.63 -- down from its peak of 63 in mid-2001 -- after the national auto lender got hit by bad loans and, ultimately, funding woes. It's now at 25, and some pros say that it still has running room -- and that AmeriCredit could be a takeover target. Hedge fund manager Tom Brown at Second Curve Capital bets that Wachovia

IIHS's Top 10 Safety Picks
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety picks the ten safest cars of the 2006 model year.
Perry Stern

More Michigan business (Detroit Free Press)
Let's dub 2005 the year of the coulda-shoulda stock market. Three times, the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched close to the market milestone of 11,000. And three times, we got nothing but heartache.

Winter Driving Tips From the Experts
Winter conditions can be challenging for drivers of all skill levels. The editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada offers sound advice from the Great White North.
Marc Lachapelle, with Gerry Malloy for Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada