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Nissan Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga introduces the company's zero-emission electric car, Leaf, during a news conference at its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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IN SUPPORT: Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says that fiscally, "We're at a day of reckoning." (Associated Press)

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Former US President Bill Clinton, Honorary Chairman USA Bid Commitee, of the delegation of the USA bid, reacts after Qatar was announced as host for the 2022 World Cup during the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bid Announcement in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Patrick B. Kraemer)

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David Beckham, Vice President of the England Bid team smiles during a media conference for the bidding nation England for the FIFA soccer World Cup 2018 / 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri )

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U.S. map shows the 18 cities selected as official host cities for the United States’ bid for the 2022 World Cup

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The Internet homepage of Wikileaks is shown in this photo taken in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. WikiLeaks' release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the nation's biggest businesses: You're next. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark. Federal regulators are moving ahead with a plan to prohibit phone and cable companies from blocking or discriminating against Internet traffic flowing over their broadband networks. Genachowski will outline his proposal for so-called "network neutrality" rules in a speech on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

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FILE - In this April 17, 2006 file photo, visitors walk past a mannequin set up to show how individuals attempt to get past customs, smuggling counterfeit products in violation of intellectual property rights law during an exhibition in Beijing. China's government announced a new crackdown Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 on rampant illegal copying of products from software to music that is adding to tensions with Washington and other governments over trade and currency complaints. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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Actress Uma Thurman attends the Quentin Tarantino Friars Club Roast at the New York Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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Tim Neuger of Neuger Riemschneider art gallieries, talks Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 at Art Basel in Miami about the market for art work and how he hopes that the market has recovered. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

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South Korean football fans console each other after losing the bid for the 2022 World Cup, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 in Gwacheon, South Korea. In the end Russia won the bid for 2018 and Qatar took 2022. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a plan to expand the federal government's power over the Internet.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Traders Gregory Grassi (left) and Peter Tuchman confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 250 points, its biggest gain since Sept. 1.

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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2010 file photo, shoppers carry their bags as they walk in downtown Seattle. Holiday spending appears to be off to a respectable start, with shoppers crowding stores and malls in bigger numbers than last year on Friday and steady traffic the rest of the weekend. Add in strong spending earlier in the month and robust sales online, and retailers are feeling encouraged. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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** FILE ** The Senate investigations subcommittee's ranking Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, questions a witness on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, during the subcommittee's hearing on Goldman Sachs and the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Business is brisk in shopping malls; other encouraging signs include increased profits for the state-owned Emirates airline and improved business at Dubai's collection of global seaports.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Dubai Marina towers form the backdrop to a construction site that has been stalled since a financial crisis hit Dubai in 2009.

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In this Nov. 16, 2010, photo, builders nail together a roof panel for a second-story home under construction in Derry, N.H. Home prices are falling faster in the nation's largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks to the media in Dublin on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, on the European Union's $113 billion bailout deal to help debt-struck Ireland with its banking crisis.