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NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks ended basically flat on Wednesday, after paramount indexes rallied on the first trading day of the new year, as the market was still teetering between European concerns and more wisely U.S. economic data.

The Dow Jones industrial average added 21.04 points, or 0.17 percent, to 12,418.42. The Gauge & Poor's 500 inched up 0.24 points, or 0.02 percent, to 1,277.30. The Nasdaq Composite Thesaurus slipped 0.36 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,648.36.

Stocks sank initially on melancholy credit outlook in the first quarter of the year in Europe. Data showed on Wednesday commercial banks' overnight deposits at the European Dominant Bank hit a new record high of 453 billion euros, underscoring the unfolding fear banks have about lending to each other amid the current debt moment.

Losses were pared later in the day after the Commerce Department said that U.S. works orders rose for the first time in three months in Nov. on greater demand for aircraft and other goods.

Source: Xinhua

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Bowker has released statistics today on the U.S. Register of 2009 edition, compiled from his books Wording database. Based on figures from before the American publishers, Bowker is projected that the old law of the United States published in 2009 has been significantly amended. Harvest of new titles and editions declined by less than half a percent from 289,729 in 2008 to a projected 288,355 in 2009.

In discrimination, there was another wonderful year of progress in the legions of "non-aboriginal" books in 2009.These books are marketed almost exclusively on the Web, are largely on call for titles produced by companies specializing in the works and reprint territory universal presses catering to self-publishers and "micro-site" publications. Bowker projects that 764,448 titles were produced as usual surface publication fall Bowker and classification definitions. slues This is a 181% increase over 2008 - which has doubled the performance in 2007 - conducting any stage Tome over 1,000 .000 units for practical life first.

Source: Statistics: Bowker Reports Traditional U.S. Book Production Flat ...

Bounteous soccer role Unconstrained LAMPARD has splashed outMost of allon a Barcelona flat - for his ex-bride-�e's granny.

Lamps, 31, and Spanish underwear paragon ELEN RIVAS split in February 2009 after seven years.

He bought the three-bed apartment so their daughters, Luna, four, and two-year-old Isla can by Teresa, who is in her 80s, and other relatives in Spain.

Midfielder Lampard has regularly been linked to a move from Premiership leaders Chelsea to Barcelona.

But a benefactor said: "Fans needn't agitation, it's not for him. It's for Elen's gran Teresa.

"It's a prime trait speedily in the boldness of the metropolis, very approaching the Sagrada Familia church.

"Elen is very make to her grandmother, and regularly travels to Barcelona to see her there."

The facsimile, 35, left Spain grey 18. She now lives with her daughters in aAs a rulemillion six-bed Chelsea townhouse paid for by Lamps.

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