<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081105/bs_nm/us_financial6"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081105/2008_11_05t093230_450x277_us_financial6.jpg?x=130& y=80&q=85&sig=kYBTtPLRya8GYmq39xI_xA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A share trader sits in front of a television set showing news on President-elect Senator Barack Obama at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, November 5, 2008. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama stepped into his new role on Wednesday facing calls for urgent action to stem the global financial crisis as he was hit with gloomy news about U.S. jobs.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)