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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  

EasyJet chief quits after turbulent tenure

Andy Harrison will leave the budget airline next year after facing critcism from Sir Stelios, the founder, over strategy

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%

• Japan keeps pouring money into ailing economy

• Japan worries about dark side of growth

Volkswagen buys slice of Suzuki in £1.5bn deal

VW's first major Japanese investment will help it to to build small, energy-efficient cars in emerging markets

Sport News  

Kakuta shines despite Chelsea's worrying lapses

Chelsea 2 Apoel 2: sloppy defending costs Carlo Ancelotti's men two points and sends opponents into the Europa League

• Ancelotti accuses his players of being soft

• Ancelotti blames City defeat on midfield

Strauss and Trott fall cheaply in warm-up

Alastair Cook steadies ship as England lose Kevin Pietersen and two early wickets against a South African Invitational XI

Ferguson holds all the aces

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

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