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DOW 7932.76 -6.77 -0.09% NASDAQ 1541.71 11.21 +0.73% S&P 835.19 1.45 +0.17%   Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009   WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW     US May Start Subsidizing Some Mortgage Payments The Obama administration is hammering out a program to subsidize mortgages in a new front to fight the credit crisis, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters Thursday, firing financial markets....read more     Stocks Claw Back as Market Cheers Details Stocks staged a comeback in the final hour of trading Thursday following news that the Obama administration is mulling a new plan to subsidize mortgage payments for homeowners in jeopardy....read more     The Power of Deduction 3 Commonly Overlooked Tax Deductions, you may not have known all that you can write off...read more     TODAY'S TOP 5 VIDEOS     1. US May Start Subsidizing Some Mortgage Payments The Obama administration is said to be near a plan to lower costs for homeowners with problem loans, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.     2. Goldman's Gathering Goldman Sachs held an emergency meeting of financial professionals, and CNBC's Charlie Gasparino has the details.     3. Stifel Beats the Street Shares of Stifel Financial gained ground today after the company's fourth quarter numbers beat Wall Street expectations. Ronald Kruszewski, chairman & CEO of Stifel Financial, discussed the numbers and his firm's outlook.     4.Obama's Stimulus: Enough Juice? Republicans and Democrats continue to squabble over the details in what's expected to be the largest economic rescue plan since FDR's time, and President Obama hopes to sign the bill by President's Day. Jared Bernstein, chief economist for Vice President Biden, discusses whether the stimulus will be enough     5.Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer! Mad Money's Jim Cramer shares his stock picks and pans with CNBC's Erin Burnett.     Click here to view all of today's top videos on CNBC.com     CNBC.com BLOG OF THE DAY     Three Hats Off To Judd Gregg Three hats off to Judd Gregg for withdrawing his nomination for commerce secretary. And I mean three hats. I've never seen anything like this. I say this not in a partisan-political sense, but in terms of Sen. Gregg's extraordinary character and integrity. He would not compromise his beliefs. See All CNBC.com Blogs   Watch CNBC live on your desktop. Click here to find out how.   NEWS MARKETS EARNINGS INVESTING VIDEO CNBC TV CNBC PLUS

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