US job losses worse than expected The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected.
Madoff's luxury penthouse seized US marshalls seize the $7m Manhattan penthouse of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff, forcing his wife to move.
IMF refuses new aid for Zimbabwe The International Monetary Fund tells Zimbabwe it will not provide more funds until it has settled its existing $1bn debts.