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<author><![CDATA[
 HEATHER TIMMONS 
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<title><![CDATA[Indian Leader, Past Crisis, Sees Path to Growth]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:50:59 GMT</pubDate>
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 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Sunday to spend more on health care and education and make it easier for foreign investors to take part in India’s $1.2 trillion economy. 
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<author><![CDATA[
 MICHAEL WINES 
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<title><![CDATA[China Pledges $10 Billion to Africa]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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 China offered African governments a multibillion-dollar package of financial and technical assistance.  
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<title><![CDATA[Ford Mustang Officially Coming To NASCAR!]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:39:45 EST</pubDate>
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 Read more: #nascar, #2010fordmustang, #fordmustang, #mustang, #ford, #2010mustang, #nationwide, #nationwideseries, #mustangnascar, #nascarmustang, #top, #alert 
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<title><![CDATA[UK change of heart on banking tax plan]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:24 EST</pubDate>
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 British prime minister Gordon Brown rapidly backpedalled from his proposal for a financial transactions tax after a chorus of criticism of his plan set out in a speech to a meeting of global finance ministers 
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<title><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman sells unit in $1.7 billion deal]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:39 EST</pubDate>
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has agreed to sell its TASC consulting unit to two buyout firms, General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co., for $1.65 billion, the companies said Sunday. 
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<author><![CDATA[
 ERIC PFANNER 
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<title><![CDATA[Publisher in Portugal Picks a Fine Time to Start a Newspaper]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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 Martim Avillez Figueiredo, the editor of i, short for “informação,” has organized his paper with opinion pieces first and all the best news in the front.  
(<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/business/media/09iht-paper.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<author><![CDATA[
 JONATHAN ADAMS 
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<title><![CDATA[Taiwan Firm Positioned for E-Reader Takeoff]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:19:32 GMT</pubDate>
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 Prime View International already produces displays for the most popular e-readers. By the end of the year, it will own the company that produces the “ink” for them. 
(<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/technology/09iht-epaper.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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 By DealBook 
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<title><![CDATA[Windfall Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T23:33:20Z</pubDate>
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 Even as Washington tries to rein in Wall Street pay, bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the financial meltdown. 
(<a href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/windfall-seen-as-bank-bonuses-are-paid-in-stock">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AP News in Brief]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:14:01 PST</pubDate>
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 Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House's bill has nowhere to go WASHINGTON (AP) _ The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in... Associated Press - Texas - FORT HOOD - United States - Military  
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<title><![CDATA[Brokers unite over claims of banks bullying their clients]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:58 GMT</pubDate>
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 Three of the City’s leading stockbrokers have written to Lord Myners, the City Minister, accusing Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group of “corporate bullying” by forcing companies that owe money to the banks to use their investment banking services.  
(<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article6908984.ece">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kraft ready to go hostile with bid for Cadbury as deadline looms]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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 Kraft, the American food company, is poised to initiate a hostile takeover bid for Cadbury today at or slightly above the offer it made in September, which valued the British confectioner at £10.2 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal.  
(<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article6908951.ece">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Bank arm boosts India exposure]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:24 EST</pubDate>
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 India has overtaken Russia to become the biggest single investment portfolio of the World Banks private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation  
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<title><![CDATA[G20 yet to deliver on early promise]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:24 EST</pubDate>
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 G20 finance ministers meeting in St Andrews, Scotland, at the weekend failed to fulfil the tasks given to them by their bosses in Pittsburgh but most seemed pleased with the G20 as a forum 
(<a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e834f02-cc63-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[General Motors' executives fly in to settle Vauxhall’s way forward]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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 Senior executives from General Motors will come to London this week to present their detailed business plan for the future of Vauxhall.  
(<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article6908842.ece">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[USwitch looks cheap by comparison with previous price as sale approaches]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:29 GMT</pubDate>
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 USwitch, the price comparison website, is close to a sale, but the price tag is thought to be less than half the £210 million that its owner paid for it three years ago.  
(<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article6908844.ece">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[European Stocks to Watch: Europe third-quarter earnings underperform U.S.]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 European companies haven’t beaten analyst estimates as well as U.S. firms in the latest round of quarterly earnings and share prices have also started to diverge slightly, potentially signalling a wider gap to come. 
(<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/enf/rss.asp?guid=%7B941F97C7-3137-43CF-918E-6217AD6F5230%7D&siteid=rss">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MACYS INC]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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 The nation's #1 department store chain has adopted the name of its most famous brand and cash cow: Macy's. Macy's, Inc., operates more than 840 stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and ... View Full Description 
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<title><![CDATA[Hedge-Fund Giant Surfaces in Trading Probe]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:47:59 EST</pubDate>
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 The widening probe of insider trading on Wall Street is expected to examine transactions at Steven A. Cohen's SAC, one of America's largest and most successful hedge funds. 
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<title><![CDATA[Summary and a Look Ahead]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:04:10 -0800</pubDate>
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 On Monday, the Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices for October will probably be released. This survey was available for the FOMC meeting last week, and tight lending standards and weak loan demand is probably one of the reasons the FOMC expects economic activity "to remain weak for a time". 
(<a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/11/summary-and-look-ahead.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In El Salvador 91 die in floods caused by hurricane]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:32:50 -0500</pubDate>
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 SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - At least 91 people died and another 60 or more are missing after floods and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by Hurricane Ida, the government said on Sunday.  
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<author><![CDATA[
 By MARK JEWELL 
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<title><![CDATA[Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull?]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:24:58 PST</pubDate>
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 Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell more than 100 points in seven of the past 12 trading days, capped by a 205-... Dow Jones Industrial Average - Stock market - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds  
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<title><![CDATA[Certainties and uncertainties post-crisis]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:24 EST</pubDate>
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 The most likely outlook is for increased regulation and oversight which will mean less downside risk but also less medium-term upside potential 
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<title><![CDATA[Norway seeks representation at G20]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:24 EST</pubDate>
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 Norways foreign minister has called for Nordic countries to be given a joint seat in the Group of 20 big economies and warned that the body was yet to secure its international legitimacy 
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<title><![CDATA[Book shows Drucker's lessons can relate to individuals, too]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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 Who knew that Peter Drucker could also be cast as a self-help guru? Author of "Living in More Than One World" knew.  
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<title><![CDATA[Flawed theories that have brought disastrous results]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
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 Last month’s creation of the Institute for New Economic Thinking should provoke some serious soul-searching among professional economists, as well as the policymakers and financiers who have relied on their models.  
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<title><![CDATA[Axa insurance prepares launch of &#163;1.8bn rights issue]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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 Insurance giant Axa Group is readying a €2bn £1.8bn rights issue that could be launched as early as Monday.  
(<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/6527047/Axa-insurance-prepares-launch-of-1.8bn-rights-issue.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunday Funnies: Barron's predicting profits?]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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  Filed under: Earnings reports , Rants and raves , Applied Materials (AMAT) , Sunday Funnies In this week's (November 9) Preview Section of Barron's (subscription required) I was surprised to find that on Wednesday (11/9) it is noted that Computer Sciences ( CSC ), Applied Materials ( AMAT ), and Macy's ( M ) reported "profits." How do they know  ... 
(<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/11/08/sunday-funnies-barrons-predicting-profits">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[After G20, 'fresh dollar weakness']]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:39:47 EST</pubDate>
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 Read full story for latest details.  
(<a href="http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/11/08/news/international/g20_dollar.reut/index.htm?section=money_news_economy">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Refining the Twitter Explosion]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:38:22 GMT</pubDate>
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 There is way too much information — the number of tweets a day has risen to 26 million a day in October from 2.4 million in January.  
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<title><![CDATA[To Retain Its Bankers, Citi Offers Option Plan]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T23:34:03Z</pubDate>
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 Hoping to encourage bankers and managers to stay, Citigroup has begun dispensing several million stock options to more than a quarter of its workers in a way that could result in a sizable gain for them. 
(<a href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/to-retain-its-bankers-citi-offers-option-plan">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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 Tom Taulli 
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<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur's Journal: Putting together a solid sales contract]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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  Filed under: Small business It's never easy to acquire a customer. Yet, when it happens, it's tempting to become lax when it comes to the legal details. And it's true that many contracts do not necessarily need to be in writing. However, this is no excuse. Having a prepared contract shows your professionalism and seriousness. It's also a way to  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[WalMart 'sells' Asda for &#163;6.9bn in group restructuring]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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 WalMart has sold Asda for �6.9bn to a Leedsbased investment vehicle called Corinth Services Limited which is also owned by the US giant.  
(<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/6527054/Wal-Mart-sells-Asda-for-6.9bn-in-group-restructuring.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ND's loss to Navy puts pressure on Weis again]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:30:05 PST</pubDate>
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 After his first season as Notre Dame coach, Charlie Weis hung a banner in the weight room that read: "9-3 is not good enough." Those words may prove prophetic. That record is the best the Fighting Irish (6-3) can finish the regular season following their... Charlie Weis - Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Notre Dame - Football - Sports  
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<title><![CDATA[Weekend box office: Not so merry for 'Christmas Carol'; 'Precious' opens strong]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:04:10 -0800</pubDate>
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 Audiences said a surprising "humbug" to big-budget family fare this weekend while embracing one of the most grim and serious movies of the year.  
(<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-box-office-nov08-link,0,6026130.storylink?track=rss">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Autos in the Economy]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:24:58 PST</pubDate>
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 Auto loans are just one more example of the decadent credit expansion practices that got us where we are today. It wasn&#8217;t that long ago when your auto loan choices were 36 or 48 months. Now they can be 72 months or more. It was great when the terms were being lengthened and your monthly &#8220;cash flow&#8221; would let you buy ever more  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Spectator: Failing to address the banking crisis is hampering recovery]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T19:51:17Z</pubDate>
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  Good explanation of the bad effects of zombie banks. Over the last year by maintaining high mortgage charges over the base rate to cover defaults, the banks sucked out an additional 30 billion from the economy to cover their losses, aside from cutting credit availability generally. Plus charts depicting lending collapse.  
(<a href="http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/newsblog/2009/11/blog-why-zombie-banks-are-bad-26286.php">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jones v. Harris in person]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T14:57:31-07:00</pubDate>
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  For a final post on Jones v. Harris (not in conjunction with last week's Forum but with my guest visit, which ends soon), I’ll close with a few observations from my visit to the oral argument last Monday. At 7:30 a.m. on Monday, the line for members of the Supreme Court bar was longer than the public queue and filled with lawyers who regularly  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[One of These Things is Not Like the Others]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T16:55:00.000-05:00</pubDate>
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 I try to like the NYTimes Economics Reporting. I really do. Heck, any place that publishes Uwe Reinhardt can't be all bad. But David Leonhardt, as he does often enough that I hesitate to read his work, again goes beyond the pale today, and clearly does so deliberately . The offending paragraph: Twenty-two months after the start of the mid-1970s  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[10% Unemployment Here to Stay: Poll]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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 Many users of TheStreet anticipated the unemployment rate would top 10%in October -- and they don't expect it to drop below that level anytime soon. 
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<title><![CDATA[Banks may face 'supertax' on all their assets]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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 British banks could face a "supertax" on their balance sheets to fund future bailouts under plans being investigated by the Conservatives and the IMF.  
(<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6526967/Banks-may-face-super-tax-on-all-their-assets.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Future of gas linked with political decisions]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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 Nebulous drifting volatile: all good ways to describe both natural gas and the conflicted outlook for the commodity among industry experts at the moment.  
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<title><![CDATA[Caterpillar Too Optimistic By Half, Poll Says]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:32 GMT</pubDate>
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 More users of TheStreet say Caterpillar will miss its forecast altogether than expect it to reach the top end of its range. 
(<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/p/_rmrss/comment/Polls/10623680.html">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Winning numbers drawn in CA 'Midday 3' game]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:22:54 PST</pubDate>
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 The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Midday 3" game were: 2-5-6 (two, five, six)... Game - Gambling - Lotteries - California State Lottery - United States  
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<title><![CDATA[Senate to take up health care reform after landmark legislation passes House in close vote]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Opel unions see autonomy as condition to talks]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:48:17 GMT</pubDate>
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  Reuters - Opel's top German labor leader said on Sunday he was willing to hold negotiations over a restructuring of the European carmaker under its parent General Motors so long as it gains greater independence.  
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<title><![CDATA[Barclays to publish its 'best ever' profits]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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 Barclays will spark fresh controversy over pay and bonuses when it unveils bumper results that show it is on track to generate its biggest yearly profits.  
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<title><![CDATA[Walker tempers view on non-executives]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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 Sir David Walker will temper his demand that banks' non-executive directors must all spend the equivalent of a month a year on the job. This follows heavy lobbying from banks and investors 
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<title><![CDATA[Telegraph: A glimpse at the scary world post-Quantitative Easing]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T20:17:39Z</pubDate>
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  Debt Management Office at a Treasury Select Committee transcript. The DMO is at pains to show that they will do anything to maintain a stable and gradually adjusting increase in yields. Presumably because any panic or even a sniff of it will take the form of an "ipso facto permanent" jump in yields i.e. yields jump unnecessarily from panic,  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[2: Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway to Acquire Burlington Northern; Split Shares]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:20:13 PST</pubDate>
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 A couple of interesting acquisitions in the past 24 hours; late yesterday a bid for Black &amp; Decker (BDK) by Stanley Works (SWK) - apparently finalizing a 28 year courtship! 
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<title><![CDATA[Opportunity Green Swag Report: Bamboo Utensils, Billboard Bags &amp; Kor Water]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T20:10:42Z</pubDate>
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 Opportunity Green is off to a roaring start with some of the most thoughtful and engaging speakers in green business today. We&#8217;ll have an interview with Proctor &#038; Gamble&#8217;s Len Sauers, thoughts on Hopenhagen, the LED revolution, a host of other reports soon. But first things first: Most conferences come with [...]  
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<title><![CDATA[The Second-Hand Shopping Be-Attitudes]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:08:36 PST</pubDate>
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 I love picking up some second hand clothes, furniture and kitchen utensils. There is just nothing better than going home knowing you paid pennies on the dollar for an item or that someone's mistake is your gain. Anyway, there are a few things I have learned from thrift / second hand shopping. Of course if you have anything to add, let us know in  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[McKinsey: What Matters]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:00:48 PST</pubDate>
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 Http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com 
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<title><![CDATA[Credit and Debt Basics]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T19:58:32Z</pubDate>
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  Borrowing money has become a part of life for most people. Unless you're sitting on a tremendous cash reserve, you'll need to borrow money to buy a home. If your car dies and you need a new replacement, you will probably finance some of the purchase. And with out of control college tuition costs a student loan might be the only option for  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Wave invites follow-up]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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 Ok, I got some hate mail from people that posted comments on my blog about the Google Wave invites, so here's my general response: I asked you to send me an e-mail in the original post. Not only does it make it easier for me to invite you, but it protects you from having to post your e-mail address in the comments, subjecting you to what would  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Tobin or not Tobin]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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 The Tobin tax or levy on financial transactions has, in reality, gone through several mutations and it should remain a curiosity of economic history 
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<title><![CDATA[Hopenhagen: the Ultimate Cause Marketing Campaign]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T19:48:52Z</pubDate>
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 If you follow environmental issues, chances are you&#8217;ve come across the beautiful, inspiring Hopenhagen campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to draw attention to the upcoming United Nations climate change conference COP15, which you can read more about here. Many folks who care deeply about climate change are watching closely with their  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Invicta Capital plans £300m fund]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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 Invicta Capital, which provides investment opportunities for private clients, is seeking to raise a new £300m fund dedicated to the construction and operation of biomass combined heat and power plants in Scotland 
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<title><![CDATA[Reed: Sorry About That Whole Ginormo CitiBank Thingie]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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 “I’m sorry. These are people I love and care about. You could imagine emotionally it’s not easy to see what’s happened.” -John S. Reed, retired Chairman and CEO of Citibank, on why the Congress was wrong to repeal the Depression-era Glass- Steagall Act in 1999 
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<title><![CDATA[Aloha and welcome!]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:28:00 -0800</pubDate>
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 What a joy to launch Teaching with Aloha just before a new school year begins! I would like to take the opportunity to briefly introduce this site and what you can anticipate. 
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<title><![CDATA[Dollar General, rue21 to price IPOs this week]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 IPOs planned for week will be worth a combined $865.2 million if companies sell at the middle of their anticipated ranges. 
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<title><![CDATA[TARGET CORP]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 Purveyor of all that is cheap, yet chic, fast-growing Target Corporation has bulked up by slimming down. The nation's #2 discount chain (behind Wal-Mart) now operates about 1,700 Target and SuperTarget ... View Full Description 
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<title><![CDATA[Akai set to make a comeback]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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 NEW DELHI: Twice unlucky Japanese electronics brand, Akai is staging a comeback in the country soon. The aggressive ‘price warrior' brand, which in the mid-90s revolutionized the consumer electronic market and is credited with many ‘marketing firsts', will be re-introduced by Pranay Dhabhai, who is also responsible for launching Chinese major,  
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<title><![CDATA[Investing in attractive midcap, small stocks can also be risky]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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 Dalal Street is agog with talks about multi-baggers - stocks that go up in price multiple times of the initial investment - in small and midcap segments.  
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<title><![CDATA[Poll: How do you like to get your online content?]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T11:02:10-08:00</pubDate>
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  Recently I've read a couple of blog posts about how habits are changing in the way people are consuming information online. Cindy King has an article on 7 Reasons for Different Online Content and makes a compelling case for knowing what your audience wants in order to provide information in the format that meets their needs. Steve Rubel reports  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Timesonline: Home Office covered up immigration risk]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T18:55:09Z</pubDate>
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  Labour's â€œopen doorâ€ immigration policy knowingly risked allowing dangerous people to settle in Britain unchecked, according to documents seen by The Sunday Times. The Whitehall correspondence, which was illegally withheld by the Home Office for four years, shows how ministers were told by the countryâ€™s most senior immigration  ... 
(<a href="http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/newsblog/2009/11/blog-disturbing-if-true-what-else-have-they-lied-about-and-why-26285.php">Read on Source</a>) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New &apos;Call of Duty&apos; could set entertainment record]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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  This holiday season&apos;s biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year&apos;s record $155 million opening weekend for &quot;The Dark Knight.&quot;  
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<title><![CDATA[BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 93]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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  Free 28-pages PDF report (worth $38) - "Cool Business Ideas in 2009" - included with your subscription. Learn more here. Three Simple Steps to Wean Off One-On-One Clients and Create Leveraged Income Yes, you love your clients but honestly, too much one-on-one work can leave you feeling exhausted and strapped for time, plus it can limit how much  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[The Careerist: Networking]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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 The ability to leverage your business connections has become more important as we have moved from jobs for life to portfolio careers 
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<title><![CDATA[Living Wages, Sheep, and Grocery Store Strikes]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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 Let's play a game of Q&amp;A. The time to go on strike is: 1: Company profits are soaring and competition for hiring by employers is strong 2: Company profits are sinking, corporate taxes are rising, competition for jobs by employees is going through the roof This may seem like a no-brainer, but not if you have the mind of some union workers.  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Boss BV7200 3.2" TFT LCD Car Video Player $140 at Buy.com]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:28:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  Buy.com has the Boss BV7200 3.2" TFT LCD Car Video Player for $140 with free shipping. [ Compare ] Resolution 1152 x 234 pixels, brightness 400 NITS, NTSC/PAL compatible Compatible DVD, MP4, MP3, SVCD, VCD, CDR, CDRW, SDVD and SD/MMC card port  
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<title><![CDATA[Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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  Washington -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.  
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 Jeremy Schoemaker 
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<title><![CDATA[Blackberry Curve To Apple iPhone to Motorola Droid In A Year]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-09T00:30:25Z</pubDate>
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  Its been a pretty wild year for me for phones. Last June I switched from my Blackberry Curve to an iPhone. The iPhone was awesome&#8230; great browser, love the iPod functions, nice camera/video camera, and awesome applications. Just one major problem. AT&#038;T. Last week at Ad:Tech nobody who had AT&#038;T could use their phones. Everyone had  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Trade #6: Vodafone]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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  Filed under: Stocks to Buy , Best Stocks for 2009 Vodafone Group Plc ( VOD ), which provides mobile communications services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and the United States, is another household name that should attract investor attention. The well-defined bull channel in which it is now trading has broken out from a  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Who Needs Workers Anyhow?]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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 U.S. companies increased their output in the third quarter even as they slashed working hours, driving productivity up at a 9.5% annual rate in the quarter, the Labor Department estimated Thursday. 
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<title><![CDATA[The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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 Ten themes&mdash;Scrape, Concentricity, Line, Gesture, Art on Art, Drip, Stripe to Zip, Figure or Ground, Monochrome, and Picture the Frame&mdash;illuminate specific works across the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection. The resulting juxtapositions, often surprising and provocative, provide a new way to tell the story of postwar American art,  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Student Education Loan]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:00:02 CST</pubDate>
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 Student education loans are something that teenagers and their parents fret over during much of the students high school career. 
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<title><![CDATA[52-Week High Companies: MSFT, BP, GOOG, IBM, V]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:03 -0600</pubDate>
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 By gururk. According to GuruFocus updates, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs: Microsoft Corp. ( MSFT ), BP P.L.C. ( BP ), Google Inc. ( GOOG ), International Business Machines Corp ( IBM ), and Visa Inc. ( V ). Read more &raquo; &raquo;  
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<title><![CDATA[Telegraph: Biggest rise in car sales in 10 years]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T17:23:37Z</pubDate>
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  Unusual acceleration in car sales given that people make perfectly serious comparisons between our economy now and the great depression. Scrappage scheme and also VAT rise at Christmas bringing demand forward, also possibly fear of future inflation.  
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<title><![CDATA[NetSuite upgraded to "neutral"]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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 NEW YORK, November 5 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Wedbush Morgan upgrade NetSuite (ticker: N) from "underperform" to "neutral." The target price has been raised from $12 to $15. [ more ] 
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<title><![CDATA[Putting the MERS Controversies in Perspective]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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 A great deal has been written in the last year or so about cases in which a court has denied a lender the right to foreclose on a mortgaged house. Lately many of the decisions have involved MERS, an acronym for the nationwide Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. This post focuses on two August decisions in which the courts decided MERS  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Some saw trouble in Fort Hood suspect]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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  An Army chaplain asked mourners Sunday to pray for the accused Fort Hood shooter, calling on them to focus less on why the tragedy happened and more on helping each other through it.  
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<title><![CDATA[Puma Men's Replicat Lo Shoes $60 at Famous Footwear]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  Famous Footwear has the Kenneth Cole Reaction Men's Best Effort with for $70 - 15% off coupon code FFNOV15 [Exp 11/8] = $60 + shipping. Shipping starts at about $5; free shipping on 3 or more pairs. Suede upper with lace-up front, molded EVA midsole provides ultra cushioning, oil-resistant, non-slippery rubber outsole. [ Compare ]  
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<title><![CDATA[Madalena Manuel Nhambe : Mozambique]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:20:13 PST</pubDate>
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  $0 of $350 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 8, 2009 Madalena Nhambe was born in Chokwe, province of Gaza in the south of Mozambique, she is 30 years old and is married and has 4 children who are 13, 10, 5 and 1 years old. She didn't studied because her father didn't support any school endeavours, as he lived with another wife in the Republic  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks grow]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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  Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.  
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<title><![CDATA[Stafford College Loans]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:00:02 CST</pubDate>
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 Stafford college loans are Federal student loans that offer a fixed low interest rate and do not have to start being paid back until six months after graduation. 
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<title><![CDATA[Debt Consolidation Bankruptcy]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:00:02 CST</pubDate>
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 Debt settlement consolidation bankruptcy is a type of program that allows a person to determine the best route for getting out of debt. 
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<title><![CDATA[TCU up to No. 4]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:03 -0600</pubDate>
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 Florida is first for the fourth straight week, and Alabama and Texas switched spots for the second week in a row. The Gators and Crimson Tide have clinched their respective division in the Southeastern Conference and will meet Dec. 5 in the league championship game. Either is all but guaranteed a spot in the BCS title game on Jan. 5 in Pasadena,  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Colts come up big late vs. Texans, stay perfect]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:03 -0600</pubDate>
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 Peyton Manning had a milestone day, Joseph Addai produced the winning play for the second straight week and Houston’s Kris Brown missed a 42-yard field goal as time expired as the Colts survived with a 20-17 victory Sunday. 
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<title><![CDATA[Resumen semanal en BlogAhorro: 2-11-2009 al 8-11-2009.]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T18:52:53-05:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[‘Much more mature’ Bengals make statement]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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 CINCINNATI - Done with all the drama, the Bengals are grinding their way into the playoff conversation. Cedric Benson topped 100 yards again on Sunday, and the Bengals scored on their first three possessions, setting up a 17-7 victory over Baltimore that kept surprising Cincinnati atop the AFC North and undefeated against division foes. 
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<title><![CDATA[Rza Qasimov : Azerbaijan]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:10:15 PST</pubDate>
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  $100 of $1,500 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 8, 2009 Rza Qasimov is 41 years old. He is married and has two sons. Rza has opted to make his living off the land and to work hard and grow with it. He has decided to raise cows and to dedicate himself to agriculture. He has been doing this kind of work for the last 10 years because he comes  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Telegraph: Bank of England says financiers are fuelling an economic 'doom loop']]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T13:48:45Z</pubDate>
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  The banking sector must be overhauled as profoundly as in the wake of the Great Depression or financiers will "game the state" over and over again, the head of the Bank of England's financial stability arm has warned. The banks have capitalised on the implicit state guarantee for the financial system. This is the latest incarnation of efforts by  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[TomTom ONE 130S GPS Receiver $57at Newegg]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:07:00 -0800</pubDate>
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  Newegg has the refurbished TomTom ONE 130S GPS Receiver for $75 - $20 rebate [Exp 11/10] + $2 shipping = $57 shipped . Supports spoken instructions & street names announces turn-by-turn directions, including street & place names. 3.5" QVGA touchscreen gives you a crystal-clear display and 3D graphics Foldable EasyPort mount makes it easy to take  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[More Focus on Jobs: Economic First Look]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:39 GMT</pubDate>
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 In the wake of Friday's worse-than-expected employment report, investors will eye Thursday's jobless claims. 
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<title><![CDATA[Ibrahim : Palestine]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:00:17 PST</pubDate>
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  $275 of $2,100 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 8, 2009 Ibrahim, age 32, is a responsible father of 5 children who has always watched over his family’s financial security. Ibrahim breeds cattle and sells them at market. He would like to increase his herd. With this goal in mind, brahim is requesting a loan of $ 2100 that will serve him as  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Ora watch epitomizes the term ‘measuring time’]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:00:17 PST</pubDate>
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 The Ora watch surpasses all watches on innovative designing, intricacy and finesse in haute horology. The sight of this watch is such a novel experience that you won’t be able to inhibit the mesmerization it causes subtly. There is nothing very flashy about Ora. It has three tapes running in three different directions to keep the time, which at  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[State of emergency in Louisiana ahead of Ida]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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  Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 100 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.  
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<title><![CDATA[First American CoreLogic Economist: Decline in Distressed Inventory a "Mirage"]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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 Matt Padilla has an interesting chart on REOs and delinquent loans in Orange County, California: Banks hold few foreclosures. The chart shows the number of REOs (bank owned real estate) has dropped sharply while 90+ day delinquencies continue to increase. Although this chart is for Orange County, we are seeing the same dynamics in many areas  ... 
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<title><![CDATA[Bureau of Economic Analysis]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
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 Bureau of Economic Analysis 
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<title><![CDATA[Survey: Gas prices up 2.86 cents nationwide]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:31:03 PST</pubDate>
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 The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 2.86 cents over a two-week period to $2.68. 
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<title><![CDATA[Nouveau statut de La Poste : retraites  complémentaires garanties]]></title>
<pubDate>2009-11-08T23:29:14+01:00</pubDate>
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 Les Postiers vont-ils pouvoir être rassurés ? Dans le cadre du projet de loi réformant le statut de La Poste, les sénateurs viennt d'adopter des dispositions qui devraient permettre de garantir leur régime de retraite complémentaire. Des mesures qui interviennent... 
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