3 percent The markets appear to be in limbo

With defenses having to account for the scrambling abilities of Vince Young, Johnson should have lanes aplenty to run through.And of course, there is his blazing speed to account for A 4.2-second 40-yard-dash Please. With all the attention elsewhere, he is likely to slip under everyone's radar and make off with Dickerson's mantle.Then we could have yet another Music City Miracle to go along with the first two, and possibly the one where Tennessee runs the table on the season and makes the playoffs.Wouldn't that be a season for the ages. The following feature package is a roundup of feature stories dealing withResolutions and is appropriate for special sections and for general use.Forthose receiving this copy via computer, the stories are easily identified bythe initial word of the slug: "Business."This is the latest in a series of topical feature packages PRN will carryas part of its regular Feature News Service.Coming up in 2009 are featureson:Slug Date Auto I (Auto) Jan 8 Black History Month(Black)Jan 13 Valentine's Day(Valentine)Jan 15 Travel & Leisure II(Travel) Jan 20 Toy Fair (Toy)Jan. 29Business I Feature Package 1.Business Gone BadConsider Seeking Out Professional Peace of Mind 2.Formula for Tough Times:Four Ideas to Maintain Morale and Productivity 3.Financial Guru Foresees Tougher Times Ahead 4.Highlights of Economic and Business Growth in the Tampa Bay Region (News Briefs) 5.Life123 Offers Fine Points to Help Workers Keep a Sharp Competitive Edge in This Overcrowded Job MarketIf you would like a copy of the complete schedule, or if you would care tocomment, please email welcome suggestions.Copies of previous packages are available for the media.Feature packages andfeature photos are also available on the PR Newswire Web site, http:// that accompany releases are available via the PRN Photo Desk,888-776-6555, or via Newscom, http:// are available via AP PhotoExpress and AP Photo Archive..

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - French engineering group SchneiderElectric (SCHN.PA) has tightened guidance on a planned 750million euro ($1.0 billion) 4.5-year bond to mid-swaps plus 360basis points, a source familiar with the deal said. Guidance for the bond, maturing July 16, 2013, was initiallyset at mid-swaps plus 360 to 375 basis points. Schneider Electric is rated A- by Standard & Poor's andFitch Ratings and A3 by Moody's Investors Service (Reporting by Jonathan Cable). Folgers Coffee is suing Grady Sizemore for taking racy photos with the product under no contract with the company. He contacted baseball officials to stop the spread of the photos, which began appearing Sunday on various web sites.In a non-related story, masturbation for women has gone up 500 percent since Sunday. Cleveland males are hoping these pictures encourage Cleveland females to not only one day shave, but to get their pleasure from their computers and not them.

Coffee companies, however, do not care how the photos got out or what this means for women masturbation numbers/female toy sales, but rather, how they can market the photos for themselves.Starbucks CEOs felt it must have been their company's coffee in the photo simply because they did not realize other coffee companies still exist. Under further investigation, coffee scientists say it couldn't be Starbucks coffee because it's not in a Starbucks container and "no one buys that Starbucks packaged crap."Dunkin Donuts representatives knew the coffee was not their brand based on the fact America Runs on Dunkin and "the only place Grady ran last year was to the bench."When asked how they knew it was their coffee in the cup, Folgers CEOs said, "It's the best part of waking up and clearly Grady had just woken up based on his morning wood...wait, don't quote that either.". FTSEurofirst 300 falls 1 pct after 6-day winning run Stocks Global Markets Russia Energy shares down, led lower by BP Banks, miners also under pressure By Atul Prakash LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - European shares declined about 1percent by mid-morning Wednesday after rising the previous sixsessions, with British oil major BP (BP.L) leading the energysector down and banking shares coming under renewed pressure. BP fell 3.5 percent on market talk the company was tellinganalysts that its fourth-quarter earnings would be lower thanexpected, three dealers said BP declined comment. At 0933 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of topEuropean shares was down 1 percent at 881.11 points afterfinishing 1.9 percent higher in the previous trading session,reaching its highest closing level since Nov 10 The index lost 45 percent in 2008. Energy stocks also tracked crude CLc1, which fell asprofit taking outweighed escalating tensions in the Middle Eastand widening supply cuts from the Russian gas row. Royal DutchShell (RDSb.L) and GDF Suez (GSZ.PA) shed 0.8 to 2.1 percent. Banks were lower, with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L)declining 5.5 percent, Standard Chartered (STAN.L) losing 5.8percent, HBOS HBOS.L down 1.5 percent, HSBC (HSBA.L) falling1.4 percent and UBS (UBSN.VX) down 1.3 percent "The markets appear to be in limbo .. with two verydistinct camps.

One side are observing the current facts pooreconomic data, increased job losses, exacerbated by the newsfrom Alcoa last night, and worryingly slow retail numbers," saidChris Hossain, senior sales manager at ODL Securities. "The other camp are looking to the possibility of aneconomic rebound, fuelled by lower interest rates and fallingenergy and food costs. Market sentiment appears to be on hold." Companies across the world continued to feel the impact of adeep economic downturn. Alcoa Inc (AA.N), the largest U.S.aluminium producer, said it will slash more than 15,000 jobs,halve capital spending and sell four businesses as it reducesaluminium production. The U.S.operations of LyondellBasell, the world's third-largestpetrochemical company of which Swiss lender UBS (UBSN.VX) is amajor creditor, filed for bankruptcy protection under the weightof a massive debt load and falling demand for its products. British retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) reported its worstquarterly sales performance for a decade and said it would cutaround 1,230 jobs in a bid to save money in a tough tradingenvironment. Concerns about a deep economic downturn continued to hauntinvestors.