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		<title>Oil rises above $77 in Asia amid weakening dollar, improving crude demand outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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Oil rises above $77 as traders eye dollar, demand

SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose above $77 a barrel Monday in Asia amid a weaker U.S. dollar and an improving global crude demand outlook for next year.
Benchmark crude for December delivery was up $1.02 to $77.37 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia-Pacific leaders outline new growth strategies, open trade; no new climate initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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APEC urges new growth model, climate pact progress
SINGAPORE — Open trade and people-centered strategies are key for sustained, stable growth, President Barack Obama and Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday, pledging to persist with stimulus spending until a global recovery is assured.
The leaders wrapped up the annual meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama boosts hopes for future Asia-Pacific free-trade region encompassing 21 APEC members</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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Obama boosts hopes for free trade in Asia-Pacific
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama raised hopes for creating an Asia-Pacific free-trade region by announcing Saturday that the U.S. would seek to join a smaller group seen as a precursor to a broader Pacific Rim agreement.
News that the U.S. would participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, joining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rice where there was none: Kenyan irrigation shows gov&#8217;t investment can stem food shortages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Maliti</dc:creator>
		
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Kenya harvest example on reversing food shortage

AHERO, Kenya — Joram Abiero remembers it was not too long ago that his neighbors went to bed hungry.
Now they and thousands of others in the lowlands of western Kenya are able to get year-round work as farm laborers or earn money from their once-neglected rice paddies. The government&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says US will join Asia-Pacific free-trade area in strong show against protectionism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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Obama says US will join Asian free-trade area
SINGAPORE — Washington signaled it will resist protectionism as it copes with the economic downturn, announcing Saturday that the U.S. will join a free-trade area with other Pacific Rim nations.
Leaders attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore had expressed concerns that the U.S., the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Fed president: Financial system can learn from its crisis, become more resilient in future</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-fed-president-financial-system-can-learn-from-its-crisis-become-more-resilient-in-future-229125/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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NY Fed president: Crisis can teach finance system

PRINCETON, N.J. — The president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday that the financial world can learn from the economic crunch of the past two years and become stronger.
William Dudley, who was named president of the key bank in January when predecessor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wealthy are slowly starting to spend again, but middle class still hurting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fredrix</dc:creator>
		
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Rich buying again, but middle class still hurting

American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower economic rungs are still scrimping by, heading to Walmart for the basics.
Recent earnings reports from major retailers suggest that the wealthy, who pulled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weak dollar no quick fix for narrowing trade gap as deficit widens in Sept. by most since 1999</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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Weak dollar no quick fix for narrowing trade gap

WASHINGTON — A weaker dollar may boost the nation&#8217;s economy by increasing exports and narrowing the trade gap — but that won&#8217;t happen anytime soon.
Instead, the nation&#8217;s trade deficit rose in September by the largest percentage in a decade as U.S. exports grew for the fifth straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European stocks steady ahead of Wall Street; investors looking to see if S&amp;P can break 1,100</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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LONDON — European stock markets awaited direction from Wall Street on Friday despite the news that the recession in the 16-country eurozone was over.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was almost unchanged, down less than a point at 5,275.92 while Germany&#8217;s DAX fell 12.94 points, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China president vows to grow domestic demand, urges tighter oversight of international finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese president pledges to boost domestic demand
SINGAPORE — China is doing what it can to expand domestic demand and rebalance its economy, President Hu Jintao said Friday, calling for renewed efforts to improve international financial oversight to prevent future crises.
&#8220;Our focus in countering the crisis is to expand domestic demand, especially consumer demand,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eurozone out of recession after economy grows 0.4 percent in third quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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Eurozone emerges from recession in 3rd quarter

LONDON — The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures Friday showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.
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		<title>Eurozone emerges from recession after economy grows 0.4 percent in third quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Eurozone out of recession after 0.4 percent growth

LONDON — The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures Friday showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three month period.
However, the rise reported by the EU&#8217;s statistics office Eurostat was not as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia leading world out of global economic crisis, business leaders say at APEC forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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Biz leaders: Asia leading world out of downturn
SINGAPORE — China, India and other Asian countries are leading the world out of the global economic crisis, business leaders said Friday, as trade and finance ministers pledged to make Asia-Pacific a cheaper, faster and easier region to do business in by 2015.
The biggest economic crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans international art show refocuses, hopes economic rebound will boost attendance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Mcconnaughey</dc:creator>
		
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Organizers rethink int&#8217;l art show in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The nation&#8217;s economic downturn is prompting officials to revamp the city&#8217;s foray into international contemporary art shows.
Called Prospect New Orleans, the biennial exhibit will open in November 2010 and close in February 2011 with fewer artists, more targeted display areas and an admission fee.
According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN children&#8217;s agency official warns of looming famine in south Sudan, says more funds needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah El Deeb</dc:creator>
		
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UN children&#8217;s agency warns of south Sudan famine

CAIRO — The deputy head of the U.N. children&#8217;s agency said Thursday that a famine is looming in southern Sudan because of scarce rainfall and inadequate foreign funds for the region.
Emergency malnutrition levels in children have nearly doubled in at least two out of the 10 southern states, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial banks decrease borrowing from Federal Reserve&#8217;s emergency lending program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Wagner</dc:creator>
		
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Banks borrow less from emergency Fed program

WASHINGTON — Banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve&#8217;s emergency lending program over the past week, and reduced their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis.
The Fed said Thursday that commercial banks averaged $20.8 billion in daily borrowing over the week that ended Wednesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draft declaration for UN food summit calls on world to back new strategy against hunger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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UN food summit to back new strategy against hunger

ROME — A draft declaration for next week&#8217;s U.N. food summit would commit world leaders to a new hunger-fighting strategy by pledging to increase agricultural development aid to help the world&#8217;s 1 billion hungry people feed themselves.
However, the draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US banks prepaying about $45 billion in premiums to replenish insurance fund in new FDIC plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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US banks prepaying $45B in insurance fees
WASHINGTON — U.S. banks will prepay about $45 billion in premiums to replenish a federal deposit insurance fund now in the red, under a plan adopted Thursday by federal regulators.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board voted to mandate the early payments of premiums for 2010 through 2012. Amid the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse with &#8216;2012,&#8217; &#8216;The Road,&#8217; other tales of doom.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Germain</dc:creator>
		
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The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse

LOS ANGELES — It&#8217;s the end of the world as we know it, and Hollywood feels fine.
Global warming, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing terrorist threats and the economic meltdown have people in a gloomy, even end-of-days frame of mind. Filmmakers are tapping into worries about humanity&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APEC: Nations must rein in stimulus spending, ensure stable growth in post-crisis period</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijay Joshi</dc:creator>
		
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APEC ministers plot ways to sustain recovery
SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific nations pledged Thursday to embrace more flexible exchange rates and stable growth strategies as economies start to scale back their stimulus spending after the global downturn.
Finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum&#8217;s 21 member economies spent the entire day discussing the challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APEC ministers brainstorm strategy to sustain global economic recovery, back food security</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijay Joshi</dc:creator>
		
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APEC ministers make plans to sustain recovery
SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific ministers brainstormed Thursday strategies to sustain the global economic recovery amid calls to create a region-wide free trade area and end all restrictions on food trade.
Finance ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum met for breakfast before beginning formal, daylong talks ahead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setback in Bear Stearns case should force government to change tactics in other meltdown cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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Setback in Bear Stearns case may force gov&#8217;t shift

WASHINGTON — The swift acquittal of two Bear Stearns executives in the government&#8217;s criminal case tied to the financial meltdown likely will force prosecutors to rethink the evidence they planned to present in a raft of cases that have yet to go to trial, legal experts say.
Criminal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US stimulus and low-interest policies mirror Japan&#8217;s steps in the 1990s, steps that backfired</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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US risks following Japan&#8217;s example of stagnancy

WASHINGTON — Heavy government stimulus spending and near-zero interest rates did little to end a &#8220;lost decade&#8221; of stagnation and mushrooming debt in Japan. Some economists and lawmakers say the U.S. may wind up following the same trajectory.
Despite early signs of recovery and a strong U.S. stock market rally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN food agency chief calls for hunger strike to push leaders to act for world&#8217;s 1b hungry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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UN agency calls for global fast against hunger

ROME — The head of a U.N. food agency called on people around the world Wednesday to join him in a day of fasting to highlight the plight of undernourished people, whose ranks have surged past 1 billion in the global economic crisis.
Jacques Diouf, director-general of the Food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geithner says moves by Japan, China to spur domestic demand will lead to more stable growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Foster</dc:creator>
		
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TOKYO — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he&#8217;s encouraged by efforts in Japan and China to spur domestic demand instead of relying so heavily on American consumers — a shift that will contribute to more stable global growth.
Geithner said he sees broad recognition among governments to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APEC ministers agree economic crisis far from over; Clinton calls for action on global warming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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APEC ministers agree economic crisis far from over

SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific ministers warned Wednesday that signs of recovery in the global economy are merely a respite, and future growth hinges on freer trade and improved social safety nets in Asia.
Finance and foreign ministers meeting in Singapore for this week&#8217;s annual APEC meeting are mulling ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China figures on output, trade and retail sales show economic growth on track</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mcdonald</dc:creator>
		
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China industrial output,retail sales up in October

BEIJING — The slump in China&#8217;s exports eased last month as industrial output and retail sales rose sharply, the government said Wednesday, showing that recovery in the world&#8217;s third-largest economy was firmly on track.
Exports fell 13.8 percent in October to $110.8 billion from the same month last year, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airbus&#8217; biggest buyer for A380 says delivery delayed, but Emirates airline still may buy more</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schreck</dc:creator>
		
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Emirates mulls more Airbus A380s despite delays

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Emirates airline, the biggest buyer of the &#8220;superjumbo&#8221; Airbus A380, said Wednesday it is considering increasing its order for the double-decker plane despite delays on existing orders.
Speaking ahead of next week&#8217;s Dubai Air Show, Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Dodd calls for giving government sweeping new powers to prevent another economic collapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.
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		<title>AIG shares rise on Moody&#8217;s anticipation of full government repayment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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AIG shares up, Moody&#8217;s sees government repayment

DES MOINES, Iowa — Shares of American International Group Inc. climbed Tuesday after Moody&#8217;s Investor Service analysts said they believe the company will have the resources to fully repay the federal government.
As of Sept. 30, AIG owed the government $122.31 billion, which includes loans, interest and money the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Dodd calls on giving the gov&#8217;t sweeping new powers to prevent another economic collapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.
Dodd&#8217;s 1,100 page-draft would strip the Federal Reserve and other regulators of their powers to regulate banks and hand that job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Dodd circulates draft bill to overhaul nation&#8217;s financial regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.
Dodd&#8217;s 1,100 page-draft would strip the Federal Reserve and other regulators of their powers to regulate banks and hand that job to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Coast residents assess damage as Ida weakens to a tropical depression, heads east</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida weakens to a tropical depression, heads east

MIAMI — Forecasters say Ida has weakened to a tropical depression and is heading east toward the Florida Panhandle with winds near 35 mph (55 kph).
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		<title>International Energy Agency warns falling investment risk to economic recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Keller</dc:creator>
		
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Energy agency warns of falling investment
PARIS — The global financial crisis has led to a dangerous drop in energy investment around the world which could choke off the nascent economic recovery, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.

The warning from the Paris-based agency comes just a month ahead of the major UN climate conference in Copenhagen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank tests find all but GMAC raised enough capital, but economic forecasts prove unrealistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Manning</dc:creator>
		
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Economic forecasts in bank tests miss their mark

WASHINGTON — All but one of the 19 largest banks have raised the extra capital cushion regulators said they&#8217;d need to withstand a deeper recession — a sign, the Treasury secretary said, of how much the financial system has improved since the crisis began.
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		<title>YRC Worldwide launches debt-for-stock swap covering 3 series of notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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YRC Worldwide launches debt-for-stock swap

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — YRC Worldwide Inc. said Monday it has begun a swap of stock for $536.8 million in debt, a move designed to stave off a bankruptcy filing and put the troubled trucking company on sounder short-term financial footing.
The company, which operates trucks under Yellow, Roadway and New Penn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia drawn to a rising China&#8217;s orbit looks to Obama&#8217;s trip for signs of US staying power</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hutzler</dc:creator>
		
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BEIJING — Days after coming to power in September, Japan&#8217;s new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China — one that would exclude the United States.
Some in Washington took it as a snub from the nation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese premier pledged $10 billion in loans, debt forgiveness to African nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — China&#8217;s premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing&#8217;s motives in Africa are far from altruistic.
Wen Jiabao&#8217;s promise at the start of a two-day [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Geithner warns against putting brakes on stimulus

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned against putting the brakes on economic stimulus measures too quickly, saying that would weaken the economy.
In prepared remarks ahead of a Saturday news conference, Geithner says that &#8220;unemployment will rise, more businesses will fail, budget deficits will rise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain calls for steps on insuring global financial system, action now on climate financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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Britain urges steps to insure financial system

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told finance ministers from the Group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut banks in 5 states; marks 120 US bank failures this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. closed

CHARLOTTE, N.C — Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over United Commercial Bank in San Francisco, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut small banks in 4 states; marks 119 US bank failures this year</title>
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Small banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo. closed

CHARLOTTE, N.C — Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 119 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over United Security Bank, based in Sparta, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut small banks in Georgia, Michigan; marks 117 US bank failures this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Small banks in Ga., Mich. closed
WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Georgia and Michigan, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 117 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over United Security Bank, based in Sparta, Ga., with $157 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut United Security Bank, small Ga. bank; marks 116 US bank failures this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Small bank in Ga. closed
WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut United Security Bank, a small bank in Georgia, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 116 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over United Security Bank, based in Sparta, Ga., with $157 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s unemployment rate rises to 8.6 pct in October as 43,200 jobs lost</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadas-unemployment-rate-rises-to-86-pct-in-october-as-43200-jobs-lost-220725/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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Canada&#8217;s unemployment rate rises, 43.2K jobs lost

TORONTO — Canada&#8217;s unemployment rate rose to 8.6 percent in October from 8.4 percent a month earlier as the economy shed a net total of 43,200 jobs, the government said Friday.
The decline in jobs follows two months of moderate growth. Economists had been expecting an increase of 10,000 jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama signs bill extending jobless benefits, homebuyer tax credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.
The bill-signing came a day after the House, displaying rare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House lawmakers meet in private to discuss tanking Rhode Island economy, budget crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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House lawmakers meet on RI&#8217;s tanking economy

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State lawmakers are debating plans ranging from auto racing to consolidating municipal services to steer Rhode Island through a bleak financial crisis.
The proposals were raised Thursday during a closed-door caucus of Democratic lawmakers convened by House Speaker William Murphy.
He has called it a first step to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China criticizes US over pipe duties, launches auto probe ahead of first Obama visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mcdonald</dc:creator>
		
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BEIJING — China criticized Washington for imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made steel pipes and launched a probe Friday of imported U.S. autos, adding to trade tensions two weeks before President Barack Obama visits Beijing.
The latest moves ratchet up disputes over market access for goods from poultry and tires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to sign bill extending jobless benefits, homebuyer tax credit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-sign-bill-extending-jobless-benefits-homebuyer-tax-credit-220211/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.
The White House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t risked taxpayer trillions to save banks, and the subsidies continue, watchdog says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Wagner</dc:creator>
		
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Taxpayers risked trillions at height of crisis

WASHINGTON — Government officials put trillions of taxpayer dollars on the line to guarantee risky bank assets — a strategy that could cause permanent and costly market distortions, a government watchdog says.
At the peak of the financial crisis, taxpayer money guaranteed assets worth $4.3 trillion to help banks ride [...]]]></description>
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