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UPDATE: German Nov Mfg Orders Drop Sharp 6.0% On Month (The Forex Market)
(Adds background, analysts' comments.) By Andrea Thomas Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BERLIN (Dow Jones)--German manufacturing orders released Thursday highlighted the deep recession in Europe's largest economy as orders continued to fall surprisingly sharply in November.

01-06-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
STEVIE, STREISAND AMONG INAUGURAL INVITEES: Plus, Jonas Bros and possibly Miley Cyrus to sing at Jan. 19 kids event at Verizon Center. *Fox411 columnist Roger Freidman has been looking into the number of celebrities who have been formally invited to perform at one of the 10 official Inaugural balls.

Gadget makers scale back for annual Las Vegas show (Orlando Sentinel)
This week more than 2,700 companies will descend on Las Vegas to show off the latest computers, cell phones, GPS systems, TV sets and other gadgets at the largest consumer-technology exhibition in the world.

DNA Nanotubes May Soon Find Their Way Into A New Generation Of Ultra-Tiny Electronic And Biomedical Innovations (Medical News Today)
Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offering near limitless construction potential.