Lower profits to hit Asia bourses - Inquirer.net
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
SYDNEY, Australia — Profits at the Singapore and Hong Kong stock exchanges are expected to more than halve due to tumbling trading volumes and a lack of initial public offerings (IPOs), but their Australian rival is set to outperform after a wave of
Madoff’s Traders Were In Decline - Wall Street Journal
Even as revenue and profit at Bernard Madoff’s original stock-trading business fell in recent years, the firm continued to pay its staff more each year, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Bernard L. Madoff Investment
Today in History - Jan. 20 - Columbia Missourian
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2009. There are 345 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency passed from Jimmy Carter

