“The people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice, so I decided to stand aside,” Bachmann said at an emotional news conference, flanked by her family, hours after the results of Tuesday’s contest were announced. “I have no regrets, none whatsoever. We never compromised our principles.”

The conservative congresswoman’s decision, widely expected following her dismal Iowa showing, leaves her supporters up for grabs and could be a boost for former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.

Bachmann, 55, had told a small group of supporters Tuesday night that she was staying in the race as the only true conservative who could defeat President Barack Obama. But hours later, she announced her exit, capping a deep and long slide for a candidate who entered the campaign last summer with high expectations.

There was great excitement among Republican activists when she began her campaign, and she translated that into a solid win in the Iowa straw poll.

But Bachmann soon ran into a series of organizational and financial hurdles. Key staff members left to join the campaign of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Her fund-raising trailed that of virtually all of her rivals.

Bachmann did not take questions after her announcement nor did she talk about her plans, including whether she would endorse another Republican for the presidential nomination or even whether she would seek re-election to Congress.

“I look forward to the next chapter in God’s plan,” Bachmann said. “I’m grateful to have been a part of this presidential contest.”

She blamed her campaign’s demise on her straight-shooting, uncompromising approach to the issues. She campaigned as a hard-liner on social issues such as abortion and gay rights, and she argued for a massive shrinking of the federal government.

“I didn’t tell you what the polls said you wanted to hear,” Bachmann said.

She made it clear her public career was not over, even as she didn’t lay out what direction it would take.

“I’ll continue to fight for you, for more liberty and to stop the overspending in Washington,” Bachmann said. “I mean what I say, and I say what I mean.”

Although not endorsing any candidate, Bachmann said “we should rally around the person” who wins the nomination.

It was only five months ago that Bachmann, an Iowa native, captured the Ames Straw Poll, a test of a candidate’s strength among influential conservatives in Iowa. The victory appeared to establish her as a force to be reckoned with.

But that never came to be — and Bachmann’s decline was quick and irreversible. Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entrance into the race siphoned news media attention and money. A series of uneven debate performances, gaffes, factual errors and staff defections weakened her standing with voters.

Bachmann watched as other candidates caught fire and then fizzled: Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich. But she never had her second moment in the sun. And when the time came for social conservatives in Iowa to make their choice, they overwhelmingly sided with Santorum.

Bachmann ended up receiving just 5% of the vote.

A tea party favorite who liked to boast about her “titanium spine” and made her opposition to the Democratic health care initiative the center of her campaign, Bachmann now returns to the House. She has not yet decided whether to run for re-election next year in her central Minnesota district.

Minnesota Republicans are known to be looking for a marquee candidate to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar this year. But a spokeswoman for Bachmann said Wednesday that there had been no time for discussions about her political future.

Bachmann lost her campaign manager, Ed Rollins, in September as her poll numbers began to crash. Her New Hampshire staff resigned in October, and last week, her Iowa point man, state Sen. Kent Sorenson, left her campaign to support Paul.

Rollins told Fox News after the Iowa caucuses that “she just didn’t make the sale.” Rollins also pointed out that Bachmann must deal with a redrawn congressional district should she decide to seek re-election.

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“Meryl Streep is a brilliant, versatile performer who moves with ease between dramatic and comedic roles,” said festival director Dieter Kosslick.

Streep’s latest film, The Iron Lady, will be screened at the festival.

It will also showcase some of her previous films, including Sophie’s Choice, Kramer vs Kramer, The Bridges of Madison County and Out of Africa.

In 1999, Streep won the Berlinale Camera award, and in 2003, she shared the Silver Bear prize for The Hours with Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman.

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Streep has appeared in more than 40 films and has had a record 16 Oscar nominations, winning two for her performances in Sophie’s Choice (1982) and Kramer vs Kramer (1979).

The Berlin Film Festival launches on 9 February.

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Key benchmark reversed direction after hitting 1-1/2-week highs in mid-morning trade on Tuesday, 27 December 2011, on concerns about upcoming Q3 December 2011 corporate earnings. The BSE Sensex shed 96.80 points or 0.61% to settle at 15,873.95, its lowest closing level since 23 December 2011.

Foreign funds bought shares worth Rs. 214.31 crore on Tuesday, 27 December 2011, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges. FIIs bought stocks worth a net Rs.412.01 crore in three trading sessions from 23 to 27 December 2011, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges. Before recent inflows, FIIs were net sellers for ten days in a row from 9 to 22 December 2011. FIIs have sold shares worth a net Rs. 1274.60 crore so far this month (till 27 December 2011), as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.

Tata Power Company announced after market hours on Tuesday that it has signed a share purchase agreement with BP Alternative Energy Holdings to purchase the latter’s 51% equity and preference shares in the Joint Venture — Tata BP Solar India. On completion of transaction, Tata Power will own 100% of the in Tata BP Solar India.

A government statement in parliament last month dashed hopes of a relief in securities transaction tax (STT). Junior finance minister S.S. Palanimanickam has said that the government has no proposal to lower the securities transaction tax (STT). There has been a speculation that the government will reduce STT in Union Budget 2012-2013 in a bid to revive sagging volumes on the bourses. Palanimanickam said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha that the securities transaction tax receipts had declined by around 18% toRs. 2960 crore during the first six months in the current fiscal year from a year ago period.

The next major trigger for the market is Q3 December 2011 corporate earnings which will start tricking from second week of January 2012. The focus will be on guidance from the company managements on outlook for the remaining part of the year and for the next year. Advance tax collection from the country’s top 100 companies, as per the final numbers, declined by 1.4% to Rs. 30763 crore in the third quarter of 2011-12, indicating sluggishness in economy. Advance taxes are collected in four installments — 15% by 15 June; 40% by 15 September; 75% by 15 December and 100% by 15 March.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week said he was disappointed to hear negative comments from industry leaders that the government’s policies were leading to a slowdown. Singh, who met members of his Trade and Industry Council, said such comments strengthened negative forces who had no stake in the country’s development. The UPA government has been battling criticism over its handling of the economy and the perception of policy paralysis in the aftermath of a string of scandals which hit the headlines since last year. Several top industrialists had written to the government expressing frustration at the slow pace of reforms and the gloomy atmosphere.

Credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on 14 December 2011 said that the sharp decline in the value of the Indian rupee against the dollar over the past few months is generally exerting only a moderate impact on rated Indian companies. Risks for companies holding large amounts of dollar denominated debt are also manageable in the near term, given that debt maturities are limited for this time frame, Moody’s said in a new report. This means Indian companies rated by Moody’s do not have a significant dollar outflow at a time when the Indian rupee is losing ground.

The infrastructure sector output grew 6.8% in November from a year earlier, sharply higher than the annual growth of 3.7% in November last year, data released by the government on Monday, 26 December 2011, showed. The infrastructure sector accounts for 37.9% of India’s industrial output.

The food inflation eased sharply to 1.81% in the year to 10 December 2011, from an annual 4.35% rise in the previous week, government data showed on Thursday, 22 December 2011. The fuel inflation remained unchanged at 15.24% in the latest week compared with the prior week, data showed, while the primary articles price index rose 3.78%, compared with an annual rise of 5.48% in the previous week.

At its mid-quarterly monetary policy review meet on Friday, 16 December 2011, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its main lending rate unchanged in order to support faltering economic growth as inflation shows signs of cooling. While inflation remains on its projected trajectory, downside risks to growth have clearly increased, RBI said in a statement. From this point on, monetary policy actions are likely to reverse the cycle, responding to the risks to growth, RBI said.

RBI said inflation risks remain high and inflation could quickly recur as a result of both supply and demand forces. RBI also said that the rupee remains under stress. The timing and magnitude of further actions will depend on a continuing assessment of how these factors shape up in the months ahead, RBI said. The RBI has raised rates 13 times since March 2010.

India may face the risk of stagflation if the government doesn’t take urgent steps to tame inflation and stimulate growth, a parliamentary panel on finance warned on Thursday, 22 December 2011. The Standing Committee on Finance blamed the Reserve Bank of India’s 13 interest-rate increases over the past 21 months for stalling economic growth. Measures taken by the government and the RBI so far have squarely failed to rescue the economy from unabated inflation. Instead, monetary measures initiated for this purpose have only resulted in worsening the condition of the economy further, the report said.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday, 25 December 2011, said he did not think there was any problem in presenting the Budget for 2012-13 on schedule in the wake of the announcement of assembly elections in five states. Mukherjee, however, said the date for the presentation of the budget will be fixed after discussions at various levels. The Union Budget is presented on the last date of February every year.

The Election Commission on Saturday, 24 December 2011, announced the dates for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Uttar Pradesh will have polling on February 4, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23 and 28, while Uttarakhand and Punjab will go to polls on January 30. Manipur will have polls on January 28 and Goa on March 3.

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday night passed a historic Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011, but defeated a parallel Constitution (116th Amendment) Bill, which would have given the Lokpal constitutional status. The Whistle-blowers Bill (Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010) was also passed by the Lok Sabha, which literally burnt the midnight oil to complete the legislative business. In the next step, the Bill will have to get the nod from the Rajya Sabha before it goes to the President for her assent. The UPA government does not have a majority in the Upper House and so the fate of the anti-graft Bill will be at the mercy of the Opposition.

Asian stocks fell on Wednesday amid concern economic growth in the region is slowing and before Italy sells debt today and tomorrow. Key benchmark indices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan fell by between 0.2% to 1.03%.

Economic reports today showed Japan’s industrial production dropped and confidence among South Korean manufacturers sank to a 30-month low.

In Italy, ten-year bond yields have hit 7.04%, up above the 7% level that prompted Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek bailouts, as fears are arising that investors may be worried about the government’s ability to navigate the country out of the crisis.

US stocks ended little changed on Tuesday, 27 December 2011, as a better-than-estimated US consumer confidence report overshadowed a decline in US home prices and concern about Europe’s debt crisis.

The Confidence Board reported that its consumer confidence index came to 64.5 in December, up from 55.2 in November and outpacing market forecasts for a 58.2 reading. Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of total US economic output. On a more negative note, the S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index showed home prices in a 20-city composite group fell 3.4% in October when compared to the same month in 2010, slightly worse than expected.

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The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a retailer that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores.

In an internal memo Tuesday to employees, CEO and President Lou D’Ambrosio said that the retailer had not “generated the results we were seeking during the holiday.”

Sears Holdings Corp. said it has yet to determine which stores will close but said it will post on http://www.searsmedia.com when a final list is compiled. Sears would not discuss how many, if any, jobs would be cut.

The company has more than 4,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Its stock fell $7.88, or 17 percent, to $37.97 in premarket trading.

The company’s revenue at stores open at least a year fell 5.2 percent to date for the quarter at both Sears and Kmart, the company said Tuesday. That includes the critical holiday shopping period.

Sears Holdings said the declining sales, ongoing pressure on profit margins and rising expenses pulled its adjusted earnings lower. The company predicts fourth-quarter adjusted earnings will be less than half the $933 million it reporter for the same quarter last year.

Sears Holdings also anticipates a non-cash charge of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion in the quarter to write off the value of carried-over tax deductions it now doesn’t expect to be profitable enough to use.

Sears said it will no longer prop up “marginally performing” stores in hopes of improving their performance and will now concentrate on cash-generating stores.

“These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers,” D’Ambrosio said.

The weaker-than-expected performance reflect what analysts say is a deteriorating outlook for the retailer.

The results point to “deepening problems at this struggling chain and renewed worries about Sears survivability,” said Gary Balter, an analyst at Credit Suisse. “The extent of the weakness may be larger than expected but the reasons behind it are not. It begins and some would argue ends with Sears’ reluctance to invest in stores and service.”

The company has seen rival department stores like Macy’s Inc. and discounters like Target Corp. continue to steal customers. It’s also contending with a stronger Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, which has hammered hard its low-price message and brought back services like layaway, which allows financially stressed shoppers to finance their holiday purchases by paying a little at a time.

The tough economy hasn’t helped, either. Middle-income shoppers, the company’s core customers, have seen their wages fail to keep up with higher costs for household basics like food.

But the big problem, analysts say, is Sears hasn’t invested in remodeling, leaving its stores uninviting.

“There’s no reason to go to Sears,” said New York-based independent retail analyst Brian Sozzi, “It offers a depressing shopping experience and uncompetitive prices.”

Sears Holdings Corp., based in Hoffman Estates, Ill., said that the store closings will generate $140 to $170 million in cash from inventory sales. The retailer expects the sale or sublease of real estate holdings to add more cash.

Sears Holdings appeared to stumble early in the holiday season, as it opened its Sears, Roebuck and Co. stores at 4 a.m. on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Rivals including Best Buy Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Toys R Us opened as early as Thanksgiving night. Sears stores had opened on Thanksgiving Day in 2010. Kmart has been opening on Thanksgiving for years.

A hint that trouble might be brewing came in mid-December when Sears Holdings unexpectedly announced that 260 of its Sears, Roebuck and Co. locations would stay open until midnight through Dec. 23.

Kmart’s 4.4 percent decline in revenue at stores open at least a year was blamed on diminished layaways and a drop in clothing and consumer electronics sales. Part of Kmart’s layaway softness likely stemmed from competitive pressure. Wal-Mart had said that its holiday layaway business had been popular. Toys R Us expanded its layaway services to include more items. Kmart’s grocery sales climbed during the period.

Sears cited lackluster consumer electronics and home appliance sales for its 6 percent dropoff. Sears’ clothing sales were flat. Sales of Lands’ End products at Sears stores rose in the mid-single digits.

Sears Holdings said it also plans to lower its fixed costs by $100 million to $200 million and trim its 2012 peak domestic inventory by $300 million from 2011′s $10.2 billion at the third quarter’s end.

D’Ambrosio acknowledged in his internal memo that criticism over Sears Holdings’ performance was likely to come, but that the company was prepared for the days ahead.

“We will bounce back and become stronger than ever,” he said.

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