Jan. 8, 2009

Jan. 8, 2009—Chairman of [Indian] outsourcing giant resigns, saying he concocted financial results. WSJ A1

--China losing taste for debt from the US NYT A1

--The Army said Wednesday that it had mistakenly sent 7000 letters with the salutation “Dear John Doe” to family members of soldiers who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army said that the mistake was the fault of a subcontractor... but that the service bore ultimate responsibility...NYT, A19