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Russia may be cut to junk status as s&p says its considering downgra downgrade. and the upsides to russias ruble collapse in the paper note, the weak ruble helped boost demand for domestic-sourced goods. that is, of course, only limited positive as russia makes relatively few consumer products. and even where it does a big portion of the parts are imported. russias heavily energy-dependent economy has been hurt by the drop in oil price prices at his year end news conference, vladimir putin said ...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could s...