President Obama is seeking to reassure voters that he is determined to create jobs. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption

Pedestrians pass a high-rise building being constructed in Beijing in December. New figures show that property sales in China jumped 75 percent last year, as record levels of bank loans boosted purchases. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone during his keynote address at the MacWorld conference on Jan. 9, 2007. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces a federal ban on texting for commercial truck drivers, Jan. 26. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

Workers ride past cooling towers at a coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of Beijing. Such power plants are at the center of a debate about the future of energy production in China and the U.S. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

A Haitian man tries to get one of the last handouts of food rations at distribution site set up by the U.S. Army at a golf club on the hills above the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Jan. 19, 2010. It is one of seven tent cities NPR visited to gauge the success of international relief efforts. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

Haitians line up for free food at Muncheez. The pizza parlor that was once too expensive for most Haitians is now serving whatever food the owners can get their hands on. Tamara Keith/NPR hide caption