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		<title>Report: US business travel down 15 percent this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHERMAN, Conn. — Corporate travel is expected to decline 15 percent this year, according to a new report from PhoCusWright, the travel industry research company.

In contrast, the total U.S. travel market is projected to decline only 11 percent in 2009, dipping below 2006 levels, PhoCusWright&#8217;s &#8220;U.S. Corporate Travel Distribution.&#8221; report said.
Historically, corporate travel has comprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford posts its first sales increase in nearly 2 years on strong &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — Lured by the government&#8217;s cash-for-clunkers campaign, car and truck buyers started to return to Ford Motor Co. showrooms last month, with the automaker reporting its first U.S. sales increase in nearly two years.

July sales of Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury light vehicles rose 1.6 percent from the same month last year. Ford sold 158,354 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patriot Coal to shut down W.Va. surface mine, focus production at lower-cost operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Another major U.S. coal mining complex has fallen victim to the slumping demand for energy.

Patriot Coal Corp. said Monday it is closing its Samples mines and has told 314 workers they will lose their jobs Oct. 1. The St. Louis-based coal company said the sprawling West Virginia complex, which includes two surface [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate under pressure to provide $2B more for popular &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate came under increasing pressure Monday to refuel the stalling &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; initiative amid uncertainty over how much money, if any, is left in the fund bankrolling the popular program.

The Obama administration pushed for an additional $2 billion after serving notice over the weekend that the program could expire as early as this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google boss resigns from Apple board</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt has resigned from the board of Apple because of potential conflicts of interest, Apple said in a statement Monday.

The move comes as the two companies increasingly find themselves competing in the same arena. Google&#8217;s Android operating system power phones that are a major rival to Apple&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British banks Barclays and HSCB post good results, fueling talk of financial system recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC shrugged off the near-collapse of Britain&#8217;s banking system to report combined profits of more than 5 billion pounds ($8.4 billion) on Monday, fueling talk of financial recovery and raising fears of a return of the banking bonus culture.

The solid results from the pair, which shunned a government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soaring price of gold turns Goldsmiths idle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AHMEDABAD - With the price of gold going through the roof, the number of customers of yellow metal has fallen drastically and left a majority of goldsmiths in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat sit literally idle.

Most of the goldsmiths fear a jobless situation. Already, thousands of gold workers have lost their jobs due to poor business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Motors says factory layoffs coming; too few workers took buyout or retirement offers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/general-motors-says-factory-layoffs-coming-too-few-workers-took-buyout-or-retirement-offers-129107/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — About 6,000 General Motors Co. blue-collar workers have taken the latest round of early retirement and buyout offers, but it fell short of the company&#8217;s goal, meaning more layoffs are likely.

GM has about 54,000 factory workers and wants to end the year with 40,500, a cut of about 13,500. Monday&#8217;s report means that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India, China in talks to monitor Himalayan glaciers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Setting aside speculation about strains in bilateral ties, India has said it is engaged in talks with China to monitor the glaciers in the Himalayas, a strategic border region, and  plans to collaborate in climate change negotiations. 

&#8220;We are talking to the Chinese about monitoring the Himalayan glaciers,&#8221; Minister for State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction spending rises unexpectedly in June as residential building increases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Construction spending rose for the second time in three months in June as residential building increased and government-funded infrastructure projects jumped.

The report provides fresh evidence the housing sector may be recovering, while the rise in government spending was partly due to the Obama administration&#8217;s $787 billion stimulus package, economists said.
The Commerce Department said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In party draft, Fatah commits to peace talks but asserts right to resist Israeli occupation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH, West Bank — The proposed new platform of the Palestinians&#8217; moderate Fatah party marginalizes the once central theme of &#8220;armed struggle&#8221; against Israel, but demands a complete Israeli settlement freeze before talks for a final peace deal can take place.

The 41-page draft proposal, published Monday, is to be presented for approval this week to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molson Coors reports 2nd-quarter profit doubles on higher prices, cost cuts but sales fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE — Cost cuts and price increases that stuck helped brewer Molson Coors report its second-quarter profit doubled Monday, beating analyst expectations, even as consumers continued to limit their spending or trade down to cheaper brews.

The company&#8217;s volume sold worldwide slipped 3.2 percent in the three-month period ending in June, including a drop of more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure rates stabilize in 3 hard-hit states, even while joblessness holds back economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schneider</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as Americans suffer rising unemployment, foreclosure rates in three states hit hardest by the housing bust — California, Arizona and Florida — stabilized in June, offering hope that the worst of the real estate crisis is over, according to The Associated Press&#8217; monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.

The latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humana&#8217;s 2nd-quarter profit rises 34 percent on higher Medicare, commercial insurance premiums</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Health insurer Humana Inc. said Monday its second-quarter profit rose 34 percent on the strength its robust government business, led by Medicare Advantage offerings, easily offsetting a sluggish commercial segment hamstrung by the recession.

The results for the three months ended June 30 beat Wall Street estimates. The Louisville, Ky.-based company stuck with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temperature drop helps Spanish island battle forest fires</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/temperature-drop-helps-spanish-island-battle-forest-fires-128786/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/temperature-drop-helps-spanish-island-battle-forest-fires-128786/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PALMA, Canary Islands — Lower temperatures on Monday helped firefighters battle two forest fires that have raged on La Palma in Spain&#8217;s Canary Islands for three days.

One fire in the west of the island has been brought under control and it was hoped another in the east could be contained later Monday, island environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader endorses Ahmadinejad for president, critics boycott ceremony</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-supreme-leader-endorses-ahmadinejad-for-president-critics-boycott-ceremony-128773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president Monday in a ceremony that sought to portray unity among the country&#8217;s leadership but was snubbed by prominent critics of the disputed election.

Witnesses said clashes broke out later in the day in northern Tehran where police and Basij militia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pneumonic plague claims 2nd victim; China seals off entire town</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/2nd-man-dies-from-pneumonic-plague-in-northwest-china-authorities-seal-off-town-of-10000-128674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Wong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — A second man has died of pneumonic plague in northwest China, in an outbreak that prompted authorities to lock down a town where about a dozen people were infected with the highly contagious deadly lung disease, a state news agency said.

The World Health Organization office in China said it was in close contact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barclays bank 1H net profit up 10 percent to 1.89 billion pounds ($3.16 billion)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/barclays-bank-1h-net-profit-up-10-percent-to-189-billion-pounds-316-billion-128628/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/barclays-bank-1h-net-profit-up-10-percent-to-189-billion-pounds-316-billion-128628/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Banking group Barclays PLC said Monday that first-half net profit rose 10 percent as stronger earnings from its expanded investment banking division outweighed an increase in bad loans.

Net profit for the six months ending June 30 was 1.888 billion pounds ($3.16 billion), compared to 1.718 billion pounds in the previous year.
Pretax profit was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ear-pulling navigational helmet, VR floor among &#8216;Emerging Tech&#8217; at New Orleans show</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ear-pulling-navigational-helmet-vr-floor-among-emerging-tech-at-new-orleans-show-128568/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ear-pulling-navigational-helmet-vr-floor-among-emerging-tech-at-new-orleans-show-128568/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Mcconnaughey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — If you pull on my ear, will I follow you anywhere?

Yes, say researchers at University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo. And along complex paths. Even when directed from a distance. Their ear-tugging navigator looks like a bug-shaped hat and may be the oddest gizmo among nearly three dozen in the &#8220;Emerging Technologies&#8221; area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration says &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; will be suspended unless Senate provides $2B</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-administration-says-cash-for-clunkers-will-be-suspended-unless-senate-provides-2b-128317/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-administration-says-cash-for-clunkers-will-be-suspended-unless-senate-provides-2b-128317/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program essentially running on fumes, the Obama administration served notice on the Senate that it must pour in $2 billion more to keep it on track.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood set the latest policy marker for the popular car-purchase program, saying Sunday that he thought the existing $1 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police search rental home in Boise close off part of landfill in hunt for missing boy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-search-rental-home-in-boise-close-off-part-of-landfill-in-hunt-for-missing-boy-127862/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-search-rental-home-in-boise-close-off-part-of-landfill-in-hunt-for-missing-boy-127862/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — Police searched a southwest Boise residence and closed off a section of a landfill Saturday as they continued looking for an 8-year-old boy who went missing more than a week ago.

Robert Manwill reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother&#8217;s apartment in Boise, where he was visiting. Deputy Chief Jim Kerns has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US stocks mixed on better-than-expected GDP figures</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-mixed-on-better-than-expected-gdp-figures-127330/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-mixed-on-better-than-expected-gdp-figures-127330/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed Friday to end one of its best months in years, after government figures showed a smaller-than-expected contraction of the world&#8217;s largest economy in the second quarter of the year.

The economy shrank at a 1-percent annual rate April-June period, according to a preliminary estimate by the US Commerce Department. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Biden, Cabinet retreat across street from White House to discuss past and future agenda</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-biden-cabinet-retreat-across-street-from-white-house-to-discuss-past-and-future-agenda-127207/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-biden-cabinet-retreat-across-street-from-white-house-to-discuss-past-and-future-agenda-127207/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, senior officials and Cabinet members were gathering away from the White House this weekend to discuss administration progress at the six-month mark and plot a course ahead.

The meetings were scheduled for Blair House, the government guest property across from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Obama and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippine-democracy-icon-former-president-corazon-aquino-dead-at-76-127154/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippine-democracy-icon-former-president-corazon-aquino-dead-at-76-127154/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a &#8220;people power&#8221; revolt and sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.

The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AEP profits intact as higher rates offset declines in power usage by industrial customers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aep-profits-intact-as-higher-rates-offset-declines-in-power-usage-by-industrial-customers-126811/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aep-profits-intact-as-higher-rates-offset-declines-in-power-usage-by-industrial-customers-126811/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — Power company American Electric Power said Friday that its second-quarter earnings rose as higher rates in several states coupled with cost controls offset a 21 percent drop in sales to industrial customers.

AEP said it made $316 million, or 67 cents per share, for the quarter ended June 30 compared with $281 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save for the F-22, Democratic House funds Pentagon programs slated for termination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama recommended killing several high profile Pentagon programs in his 2010 budget. Here&#8217;s how he fared in a defense funding bill passed by the House on Thursday:

F-22 fighter jet — After receiving $2.9 billion this year, the F-22 fighter jet was slated for elimination by Obama. The measure provides $64 million to shut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hutchison to leave US Senate in October or November to challenge Perry for Texas governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hutchison-to-leave-us-senate-in-october-or-november-to-challenge-perry-for-texas-governor-125590/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelley Shannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she will step down this fall to challenge fellow Republican Rick Perry for governor in 2010, setting the stage for what will be a crowded race to replace her.

Hutchison told WBAP radio of Fort Worth-Dallas on Wednesday that she would formally declare her candidacy in August. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Paper&#8217;s profit falls 40 pct, but worst of economic slowdown appears over</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Obel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[International Paper Co. on Thursday reported a 40 percent drop in second-quarter profit but said the worst of the global recession appears to be over and that demand is steadying.

IP, North America&#8217;s top cardboard box parts maker, has been leading peers in cutting production as the recession slashed demand. That strategy paid off as IP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcatel-Lucent, BT earns, Japanese industry data give world markets another boost</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/alcatel-lucent-bt-earns-japanese-industry-data-give-world-markets-another-boost-125141/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — World stock markets rose strongly Thursday after another batch of better than expected corporate earnings and further signs that Japan, the world&#8217;s second-largest economy, could be on the road to recovery.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 66.91 points, or 1.5 percent, at 4,614.44 while Germany&#8217;s DAX rose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India looks for gas in distant Papua New Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI - Papua New Guinea, a sprawling Pacific Ocean nation of just six million people speaking 850 languages, is inviting India to develop its hydrocarbon resources after the islands struck gas two years ago. It is also keen to forge ties with New Delhi after courting Beijing all these years.

The first ministerial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate sparked by Gates&#8217; arrest and Obama&#8217;s remarks show how race remains a flashpoint</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/debate-sparked-by-gates-arrest-and-obamas-remarks-show-how-race-remains-a-flashpoint-124946/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven R. Hurst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The need for President Barack Obama to conduct &#8220;beer diplomacy&#8221; between a respected black scholar and the white policeman who arrested him demonstrates that race relations have yet to fade into the background of U.S. society.

The American struggle with race flashed back into the national debate when Obama — the country&#8217;s first black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earnings Preview: Shell to report profits down in 2Q, test for new CEO</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/earnings-preview-shell-to-report-profits-down-in-2q-test-for-new-ceo-124572/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC is scheduled to report second-quarter financial results Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

OVERVIEW: Shell&#8217;s new chief executive Peter Voser is due for a dramatic debut. A decline in net profit is inevitable for Europe&#8217;s largest oil company, as crude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hartford Financial posts 2nd-quarter loss as premiums decline, investment income falls</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hartford-financial-posts-2nd-quarter-loss-as-premiums-decline-investment-income-falls-124559/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said Wednesday that it lost $15 million in the second quarter, weighed down by losses on investments and a decline in premiums.

For the period ended June 30, the Hartford, Conn.-based insurance and financial services firm posted a loss of 6 cents per share. That compares with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Usha Martin posts 50 percent drop in profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Speciality steel and wire rope manufacturer Usha Martin Limited Wednesday posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs.32.03 crore for the first quarter of the current fiscal, against Rs.65.08 crore for the corresponding period last year.

&#8220;On consolidated basis, profit is down by almost 60 percent as our wire rod mill remained shutdown for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan reports 16.5 billion yen loss in fiscal first quarter, notes some recovery signs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Nissan reported a smaller-than-expected 16.5 billion yen ($175.5 million) loss for the fiscal first quarter Wednesday and unveiled plans to build more cars in China, one of the few auto markets where sales are still growing.

Nissan Motor Co., Japan&#8217;s third-biggest automaker, blamed slumping sales in most markets and the strong yen for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama wants to take heat out of Gates-Crowley brouhaha, &#8216;beer and de-escalation&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The chief White House spokesman said a Thursday meeting of the president, a Harvard University scholar and the policeman who arrested him will be &#8220;about having a beer and de-escalation.&#8221;

Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that the session, weather permitting, is planned for 6 p.m. at a picnic table outside the Oval Office. &#8220;The president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Iran releases 140 prisoners detained during crackdown on election protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday released 140 people detained in Iran&#8217;s postelection turmoil and the supreme leader ordered the closure of a prison where human rights groups say jailed protesters were killed, in a nod by authorities to allegations of abuses in the crackdown on protests.

The pro-reform opposition has been contending for weeks that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 8 guards in Baghdad bank robbery, make off with nearly $7 million, police say</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamid Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Gunmen killed eight security guards and made off with nearly $7 million during a brazen bank robbery Tuesday in central Baghdad in the second such assault in a week. While overall violence is down in Iraq, ordinary crime has emerged as an increasing threat to the country&#8217;s stability.

Police said the robberies appeared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales of new homes rise at fastest clip in 8 years; economists see housing comeback</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Veiga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — New home sales rose last month at the fastest clip in more than eight years as buyers eagerly took advantage of bargain prices — a clear sign, economists said, that the real estate market may finally be bouncing back.

Historically low interest rates and a federal tax credit for first-time homeowners also helped push [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uneven earnings and economic news weigh on stocks, putting a 2-week rally on hold</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Mixed reports on the economy and earnings sent the stock market drifting on Monday, easing off a two-week rally that lifted major indexes 11 percent.

A government report said sales of new homes in the U.S. rose by the largest amount in nearly nine years last month, but it also said home prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rains come at last, but Delhi is crippled (Night Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The monsoon&#8217;s heaviest rainfall Monday almost flooded the Indian capital, disrupting flights, inundating low-lying areas and snapping traffic lights, causing havoc all across the city.  

Nearly seven hours of virtual non-stop downpour initially appeared to be the much awaited answer for a sweltering city but quickly turned life into a chaotic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAIL approves pipeline projects worth $1.6 bn</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gail-approves-pipeline-projects-worth-16-bn-121793/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - State-run gas transmission and marketing company GAIL India has approved pipeline projects worth more than Rs.8,000 crore (Rs.80 billion/$1.6 billion) to transport hydrocarbons, including an over-2,000 km line from Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal.

U.D. Choubey, the outgoing chairman of GAIL, formerly Gas Authority of India, told reporters Monday that the company&#8217;s board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TNT Post Q2 profit falls 60 percent, sees scant evidence of recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tnt-post-q2-profit-falls-60-percent-sees-scant-evidence-of-recovery-121513/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — TNT NV, Europe&#8217;s second-largest post company, reported Monday a 60 percent fall in net profit for the second quarter and said it sees little evidence of an economic recovery.

Net profit was euro81 million ($115 million), down from euro205 million in the same period a year earlier and euro5 million better than in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drop that watering can! Severe Texas drought forces communities to issue conservation rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/drop-that-watering-can-severe-texas-drought-forces-communities-to-issue-conservation-rules-120693/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mcfarland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — Off-duty police officers are patrolling streets, looking for people illegally watering their lawns and gardens. Residents are encouraged to stealthily rat out water scofflaws on a 24-hour hot line. One Texas lake has dipped so low that stolen cars dumped years ago are peeking up through the waterline.

The nation&#8217;s most drought-stricken state is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury prices hold steady ahead of auctions next week; Treasury to issue $205B of debt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasury-prices-hold-steady-ahead-of-auctions-next-week-treasury-to-issue-205b-of-debt-119985/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Treasury prices were little changed Friday as investors refrained from making big moves ahead of another round of auctions.

The Treasury Department will issue $205 billion of debt next week, including $115 billion in two, five and seven-year notes and $90 billion of three and six-month and one-year bills.
Treasury auctions have been a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schlumberger second-quarter profit falls 57 percent as oilfield activity declines</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/schlumberger-second-quarter-profit-falls-57-percent-as-oilfield-activity-declines-119538/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Porretto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Schlumberger Ltd. exemplified the ongoing troubles for oil and gas industry, reporting Friday its second-quarter earnings tumbled 57 percent and offering an uncertain outlook for the rest of 2009 and beyond.

Even though results for the world&#8217;s largest oilfield services company topped Wall Street expectations, Schlumberger shares fell more than 3 percent.
Oil and gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic divisions slow Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul; he says, &#8216;Just keep working&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democratic-divisions-slow-obamas-health-care-overhaul-he-says-just-keep-working-119072/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democratic-divisions-slow-obamas-health-care-overhaul-he-says-just-keep-working-119072/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Slow down, Senate Democrats told President Barack Obama on Thursday, dashing hopes of rushing his sweeping health care overhaul to a summertime vote and adding to the troubles the plan could face as the year wears on. &#8220;That&#8217;s OK,&#8221; the president replied gamely. &#8220;Just keep working.&#8221;

No one is suggesting that delay equals defeat. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador&#8217;s Correa asks Colombian rebels to confirm alleged donation to presidential campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ecuadors-correa-asks-colombian-rebels-to-confirm-alleged-donation-to-presidential-campaign-118882/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ecuadors-correa-asks-colombian-rebels-to-confirm-alleged-donation-to-presidential-campaign-118882/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gonzalo Solano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[QUITO, Ecuador — President Rafael Correa made a direct plea Thursday to leaders of Colombia&#8217; main leftist rebel army to confirm whether they contributed to his 2006 election campaign.

He also asked the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to confirm the authenticity of a newly disclosed video that appears to prove the rebels made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newmont 2nd qtr profit drops on lower copper prices, costs related to gold mine purchase</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/newmont-2nd-qtr-profit-drops-on-lower-copper-prices-costs-related-to-gold-mine-purchase-118299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Newmont Mining Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter profit sank 40 percent as copper prices fell 39 percent, its tax bill jumped significantly and it purchased a stake in an Australian gold mine.

The results missed Wall Street expectations, and shares of the leading gold producer wavered in early trading.
The Australian gold mine, which Newmont [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No compromise on security of leaders, Pranab assures MPs (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - There would be no compromise on the security of political leaders, the government asserted Thursday as reports of protection cover being downgraded created an uproar in parliament with the opposition disrupting both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. 

&#8220;On the security of the leaders, there will be no compromise,&#8221; Finance Minister [...]]]></description>
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