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Obama unveils $200bn new deal for unemployed

Economy remains dominant issue among voters as Obama and his Democratic Party head into 2010 mid-term elections

Cash crisis hits the ‘home of science’

The future of the Royal Institution, where Michael Faraday and Sir Humphry Davy once worked, has been thrown into doubt

Businessman jailed despite judge's doubts

A businessman has been sentenced to jail for tax fraud in Oxford, although a jury did not consider an accountancy report

Business news  

Japan takes axe to GDP in 'ridiculous' revision

World's second-largest economy reveals third-quarter GDP grew by just 1.3%, compared with initial estimates of 4.8%

Markets fall on Dubai developer's losses

Traders send shares plunging for a third day as Nakheel, the Dubai World-owned property group, unveils its financial state

• Documents show earlier Dubai World bailout

• Last days of Rome in Dubai

Tesco fails to increase market share

Doubling Clubcard points costs the retailer an extra £5.5 million a week, but has helped it to retain customers

Sport News  

England hand chance to Davies and Bell

Andrew Strauss won the toss and chose to bat first as England's preparations continue against a South African XI

• Anderson and Sidebottom rested

• Benson did not quit over referral system

Ferguson holds all the aces

Wolfsburg 1 Manchester United 3: Despite playing three midfielders in defence, United still managed to top their group

Kinane leaves a dazzling legacy and no regrets

It is entirely fitting that the man whose career unfolded on his terms should leave the sport on his terms, says Julian Muscat

Comment  

Slay sacred cows and be candid

Alistair Darling should take his Labour predecessor Roy Jenkins as a role model

• Vince Cable

We cannot let these 100 deaths deflect us

More lives will be lost in Afghanistan before we are through but it is a war of necessity not choice

• Bob Ainsworth

A musician’s guide to climate change

I felt powerless and ignorant, so I read lots of books. And here’s what I learnt

• Andy Cato

Life and Style  

Lady Gaga's teacup and Cheryl's hair

2009 in fashion: there may have been a recession, but life goes on

Is six children a blessing or three a crowd?

As the Copenhagen summit gets under way, we meet a large and a small family to assess their relative carbon footprints

Bid for Henry Holland's one-off Christmas stocking

Henry Holland is the fourth designer to create a Christmas stocking for times2 this week. Find out how to bid

Arts & Entertainment  

America in the abstract

He was grouped with Pop artists, Minimalists, and “hard-edge” painters. But none quite described Ellsworth Kelly

Three stars for Alison Moyet at the Festival Hall

A jazzy Windmills of Your Mind was so bold that you felt she had been robbed of the chance to record a Bond theme

Cimate change humour? Mark Watson’s Earth Summit

If he disregards the disappointment of those expecting a straight comedy show, this show could find the rhythm it needs