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		<title>FDIC weighs extraordinary steps, including loans from banks, to shore up insurance fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Wagner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is weighing several costly — and never-before-used — options as it struggles to shore up the dwindling fund that insures bank deposits.

The agency is considering borrowing billions from healthy banks. Alternatively, it may impose a special fee on the banking industry.
Each option carries risk: Drawing money from healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac names Fifth Third CFO Ross Kari as new financial chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[McLEAN, Va. — Freddie Mac said Tuesday it has named a new chief financial officer, filling a post that has been occupied on an interim basis for a year.

The government-controlled mortgage finance company tapped Ross Kari for the position. He had previously been serving as CFO for Fifth Third Bancorp.
Kari&#8217;s appointment takes effect Oct. 12. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaida releases new 9/11 viedo predicting Obama&#8217;s downfall at the hands of Muslims</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama&#8217;s downfall at the hands of the Muslim world.

The Arabic-language video, entitled &#8220;The West and the Dark Tunnel,&#8221; is part of series of messages by the organization marking the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Bin Laden released a short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will young Obama supporters be part of the &#8216;change&#8217; they want? Or let someone else do it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Irvine</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Young Americans showed their collective power when they helped vote President Obama into office. Inspired by his message of &#8220;change,&#8221; they knocked on doors, spread flyers, voted for him by a 2-1 margin, and partied like rock-the-vote stars when he won.

Since the election, though, that fervor has died down — noticeably. And while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Despite UN summit push, road to climate deal may extend past December and Copenhagen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles J. Hanley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — It happened in Rio, in 1992: The world officially woke up to the fact it was getting warmer outside. Seventeen years later in New York, the U.N. gathered presidents and premiers to talk about serious steps to turn down the heat. But the political climate may still be too cool for conclusive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byrd, longest-serving senator, admitted to hospital after fall in Virginia home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Robert Byrd, the longest serving senator in history, was admitted to a Washington-area hospital Tuesday after a fall at his home in northern Virginia.

The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat was admitted to the hospital after blood tests showed his white-blood cell count was high, which raised the possibility of an early-stage infection.
&#8220;His doctors have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC, CFTC chiefs urge Congress to impose broad oversight on financial derivatives</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sec-cftc-chiefs-urge-congress-to-impose-broad-oversight-on-financial-derivatives-175594/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher S. Rugaber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Two key regulators on Tuesday urged Congress to go beyond an Obama administration proposal and impose comprehensive oversight on the sprawling, complex market for financial derivatives blamed for worsening the credit crisis last fall.

The administration is seeking to increase the transparency of the $600 trillion global derivatives market and has proposed that big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wells Fargo Chairman Kovacevich to step down at year end; CEO Stumpf to take on added role</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Fargo &#038; Co. said Tuesday that Dick Kovacevich will step down as chairman at the end of 2009, after staying in the post an extra year to help the bank navigate the financial crisis.

His successor is no stranger.
CEO John Stumpf, who is 56, takes the additional role of chairman on Jan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan officials hide, or quit, because of increasing Taliban assassination attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — During his two years as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, Arsalah Jamal survived four suicide attacks.

Once, a Taliban bomber dressed as a doctor struck as Jamal dedicated a hospital wing. Twice, car bombs slammed into his convoy. Another time, an attacker blew himself up at a funeral Jamal was attending for a fellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise liner Carnival tops forecasts for 3Q despite 20 pct drop in profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley M. Heher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Cruise operator Carnival Corp. said increased summer bookings from last-minute getaway seekers combined with falling fuel costs to help it beat third-quarter profit forecasts.

But profit still fell from the same period last year for the owner of the Carnival, Princess and Holland America cruise lines.
Executives, who boosted the company&#8217;s full-year profit forecast, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CFTC chief urges Congress to impose broad oversight on financial derivatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A key regulator on Tuesday urged Congress to go beyond an Obama administration proposal and impose comprehensive oversight on the sprawling, complex market for financial derivatives blamed for worsening the credit crisis last fall.

The administration is seeking to increase the transparency of the $600 trillion global derivatives market and has proposed that big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airline shares fall, led by American parent AMR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Airline stocks fell Tuesday, led by the parent of American Airlines, which announced it would issue new stock and debt to build up its cash reserves.

The Amex Airlines Index, which has rallied in the past two weeks, fell 1.3 with 10 of its 13 component stocks lower in late-morning trading.
The broader market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Affairs Department said to be implementing suicide prevention programs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/veterans-affairs-department-said-to-be-implementing-suicide-prevention-programs-175405/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Hefling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department appears to have stepped up its suicide prevention efforts.

The agency&#8217;s inspector took a look at 24 facilities and found they generally met new requirements like appointing suicide prevention coordinators to track high-risk veterans, according to a report released Tuesday.
It did say the coordinators and medical providers could do a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byrd, longest-serving senator, taken to hospital after fall in Virginia home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/byrd-longest-serving-senator-taken-to-hospital-after-fall-in-virginia-home-175389/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Robert Byrd, the longest serving senator in history, has been taken to a hospital after a fall at home in the Washington suburbs.

Spokesman Jesse Jacobs says the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat apparently stood up too fast and fell and that his caregiver called an ambulance &#8220;out of an abundance of caution.&#8221; He said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDIC considers borrowing from banks to replenish dwindling insurance fund</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fdic-considers-borrowing-from-banks-to-replenish-dwindling-insurance-fund-175373/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Wagner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Regulators have approached big banks about borrowing billions to shore up the dwindling fund that insures regular deposit accounts.

The loans would go to the fund maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that insure depositors when banks fail, said two industry officials familiar with the conversations, who requested anonymity because the plans are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jenny Sanford, wife of scandalous SC Gov. Mark Sanford, is writing a memoir</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jenny-sanford-wife-of-scandalous-sc-gov-mark-sanford-is-writing-a-memoir-175360/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who separated from her husband in the wake of his affair with an Argentine woman, is writing a memoir.

Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House Inc., said Tuesday it will publish Jenny Sanford&#8217;s &#8220;inspirational memoir&#8221; in May 2010.
The publisher says Sanford &#8220;will grapple with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government index shows US home prices rose 0.3 percent in July; still 10.5 percent below peak</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/government-index-shows-us-home-prices-rose-03-percent-in-july-still-105-percent-below-peak-175351/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices rose slightly in July from a month earlier, according to a government index, further evidence the housing market is stabilizing.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Tuesday prices rose 0.3 percent in July from the prior month, but June&#8217;s price increase was revised down to 0.1 percent from 0.5 percent.
The index [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress expected to reject Obama&#8217;s proposed mandate that banks offer &#8216;plain vanilla&#8217; products</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-expected-to-reject-obamas-proposed-mandate-that-banks-offer-plain-vanilla-products-175350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Congress is expected to reject President Barack Obama&#8217;s proposed mandate that banks offer customers &#8220;plain vanilla&#8221; financial products, such as a 30-year fixed mortgage.

The defeat would be a victory for the industry, which contends that such a proposal would give the government an unprecedented role in the marketplace.
Exotic financial products, particularly subprime mortgages, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FedEx&#8217;s freight unit President and CEO Doug Duncan to retire on Feb. 28</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fedexs-freight-unit-president-and-ceo-doug-duncan-to-retire-on-feb-28-175331/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — FedEx Corp., the world&#8217;s second largest package delivery company, said Tuesday the president and CEO of its freight unit will retire.

The company said Tuesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Douglas G. Duncan, 58, will step down on Feb. 28.
FedEx not yet named a replacement.
Duncan was the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: FDIC considers borrowing from banks to replenish dwindling insurance fund</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-fdic-considers-borrowing-from-banks-to-replenish-dwindling-insurance-fund-175330/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Wagner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Healthy big banks may lend billions to shore up the government fund that insures regular deposit accounts, according to a report Tuesday.

The fund maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has suffered major losses from bank failures during the financial crises. The fund is at its lowest point since 1992, at the height [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Finance committee starts work on &#8216;common-sense&#8217; plan to expand coverage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-finance-committee-starts-work-on-common-sense-plan-to-expand-coverage-175278/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — After months of closed-door wrangling, the Senate Finance committee has finally started work on a sweeping health care overhaul.

Chairman Max Baucus calls his proposal a &#8220;common-sense plan&#8221; that takes the best ideas from both sides and is designed to get the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate.
The plan by the Montana Democrat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ConAgra Foods 1Q profit falls 63 percent, but outlook raised on strong consumer business</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/conagra-foods-1q-profit-falls-63-percent-but-outlook-raised-on-strong-consumer-business-175205/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. — ConAgra Foods Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 63 percent because of a gain last year, but adjusted results beat analysts&#8217; estimates.

The maker of Chef Boyardee, Slim Jim and Reddi-wip also lifted its adjusted full-year earnings guidance on the strength of its consumer foods unit.
ConAgra earned $165.9 million, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st day of fall brings snow, cold to Colorado, freezing temperatures acros mountains in West</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VAIL, Colo. — The first day of fall feels more like the first day of winter for some of the mountain West, with light snow and chilly temperatures across Colorado and freeze warnings for higher elevations in New Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

A winter storm watch has been issued Tuesday for Boulder, Colo., and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close Portuguese elections may bring end of &#8216;ferocious&#8217; Socialist reformer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Hatton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LISBON, Portugal — Just before he came to power in a landslide four years ago, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates described himself in political terms as &#8220;a ferocious animal&#8221; — an uncompromising reformer who would turn Portugal into one of Europe&#8217;s go-getters.

The Socialist Party leader is tamer and far less popular ahead of Sunday&#8217;s parliamentary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession to bring biggest annual fall in CO2 emissions in 40 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The worldwide recession might have sent the financial markets in a tizzy, but reports indicate that it is also likely to bring the biggest annual fall in the world&#8217;s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 40 years.

According to a report by BBC news, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global CO2 emissions will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahead of midterm elections, Obama choosing sides in family, er party, squabbles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A nod here. A nudge there. And the weight of the White House backing them up.

President Barack Obama hasn&#8217;t been shy about choosing sides to prevent Democratic Party primaries, which is something like a parent picking the favorite child in a sibling squabble — only with arguably higher stakes.
With midterm elections looming next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ways to think about post-meltdown investing: Diversify more broadly, raise skepticism</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-ways-to-think-about-post-meltdown-investing-diversify-more-broadly-raise-skepticism-174633/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Jewell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Stocks always rise over the long haul. Bonds are for retirees and investors with little taste for risk. Companies rarely cut their dividends.

Those are three of the long-followed rules of investing — and rules that, as investors learned during a year of the stock market&#8217;s worst turmoil since the Depression, can&#8217;t always be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t aid makes loans for homes and cars cheap. Just 1 problem: banks not so eager to lend</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/govt-aid-makes-loans-for-homes-and-cars-cheap-just-1-problem-banks-not-so-eager-to-lend-171622/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevenson Jacobs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — It&#8217;s a good time to borrow money for a home, car or small business.

A year after a global freeze in the credit markets prompted massive government intervention to prevent the financial system from collapsing, interest rates remain at historic lows. But banks are demanding more collateral, bigger down payments and detailed financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baucus moving ahead on health care without GOP support, Rangel says Obama&#8217;s price tag too low</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/baucus-moving-ahead-on-health-care-without-gop-support-rangel-says-obamas-price-tag-too-low-169612/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/baucus-moving-ahead-on-health-care-without-gop-support-rangel-says-obamas-price-tag-too-low-169612/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Caught off guard, congressional Democrats are grappling with President Barack Obama&#8217;s unexpected call for immediate access to insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions, as well as richer Medicare drug benefits than envisioned in early versions of health care legislation.

Additionally, Obama&#8217;s pledge in last week&#8217;s prime-time speech to hold the overall cost of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst raises GE price target, earnings estimates on improved NBC margins</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analyst-raises-ge-price-target-earnings-estimates-on-improved-nbc-margins-169254/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analyst-raises-ge-price-target-earnings-estimates-on-improved-nbc-margins-169254/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Shares of General Electric Co. rose Tuesday as an analyst raised his price target Tuesday for the industrial and financial conglomerate on improved margins for its NBC-Universal television property.

Steven E. Winoker of Bernstein Research said in a note to clients he believes the enterprise value for NBC-Universal is between $21 billion and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke says recession &#8216;very likely over,&#8217; confident Congress will pass new financial rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-says-recession-very-likely-over-confident-congress-will-pass-new-financial-rules-169090/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-says-recession-very-likely-over-confident-congress-will-pass-new-financial-rules-169090/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over, although he cautioned that pain — especially for the nearly 15 million unemployed Americans — will persist.

Bernanke said the economy likely is growing now, but he warned that won&#8217;t be sufficient to prevent the unemployment rate, now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona in the fall: Good weather and fall colors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-in-the-fall-good-weather-and-fall-colors-168248/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-in-the-fall-good-weather-and-fall-colors-168248/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The weather&#8217;s good, the landscape ranges from grasslands to canyons and mountains, and the foliage is beautiful too: That&#8217;s Arizona in the fall.

You can see changing colors late September to mid-October in bigtooth maple trees, scarlet sumac, and of course in the golden aspens.
Some of the best places to see autumn colors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks&#8217; appetite for risk is rebounding 1 year after crisis; Is the financial system any safer?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-appetite-for-risk-is-rebounding-1-year-after-crisis-is-the-financial-system-any-safer-167354/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevenson Jacobs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A year after the financial system nearly collapsed, the nation&#8217;s biggest banks are bigger and regaining their appetite for risk.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and others — which have received tens of billions of dollars in federal aid — are once more betting big on bonds, commodities and exotic financial products, trading that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of England holds rates steady at 0.5 percent, maintains monetary easing program</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bank-of-england-holds-rates-steady-at-05-percent-maintains-monetary-easing-program-164672/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bank-of-england-holds-rates-steady-at-05-percent-maintains-monetary-easing-program-164672/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The Bank of England held interest rates steady at a record low of 0.5 percent for the sixth consecutive month on Thursday and pledged to continue its program to boost the money supply despite gathering signs of an economic recovery.

The bank decided against expanding the program, dubbed quantitative easing, any further this month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold prices cross 1,000 dollars an ounce</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gold-prices-cross-1000-dollars-an-ounce-162630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - For the first time since February, gold prices  crossed 1,000 dollars an ounce on Tuesday,  as  investors sought  a  safe haven due to the dollar&#8217;s  weakness  and  worries about the sustainability of the global economic recovery.

India&#8217;s  gold demand normally rises between August  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY  ladies hit back at Spitzer girl&#8217;s claim &#8216;they are no  better than prostitutes&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-ladies-hit-back-at-spitzer-girls-claim-they-are-no-better-than-prostitutes-160578/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-ladies-hit-back-at-spitzer-girls-claim-they-are-no-better-than-prostitutes-160578/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - The ladies of New York have hit back  at high-priced  Eliot Spitzer escort Ashley Dupre&#8217;s claim  that  the average NY woman is no better than a prostitute as she strives to marry a wealthy man.

Dupre,  24, had posted an online diatribe on September 2  on  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court says Ashcroft may be liable for witnesses wrongly detained after Sept. 11</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-says-ashcroft-may-be-liable-for-witnesses-wrongly-detained-after-sept-11-160073/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-says-ashcroft-may-be-liable-for-witnesses-wrongly-detained-after-sept-11-160073/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — A federal appeals court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued by people who claim they were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11, and called the government practice &#8220;repugnant to the Constitution.&#8221;

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruled Friday that the claims of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury prices falter for 2nd day as latest data on labor market spurs more buying of stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Treasury prices fell for a second straight day Friday as buying picked up on Wall Street after a mixed report on the labor market.

Stock prices rose Friday, putting pressure on bonds, after the Labor Department said job losses slowed last month to their lowest level in a year. However, the unemployment rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To liberals&#8217; dismay, White House keeps conciliatory tone on health care before Obama speech</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/to-liberals-dismay-white-house-keeps-conciliatory-tone-on-health-care-before-obama-speech-159166/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Even as liberals urge President Barack Obama to demand bold, far-reaching changes to the nation&#8217;s health care system, the White House signaled openness Thursday to compromises that might attract moderate congressional Democrats as well as some Republicans.

Obama believes in &#8220;fundamental principles&#8221; about overhauling health care, top presidential adviser David Axelrod told The Associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stray bullet kills college student walking with friends on Atlanta campus; 2nd student injured</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — One of the nation&#8217;s largest historically black academic centers mourned Thursday for a 19-year old student killed by a stray bullet as she walked on campus with friends.

Police said Jasmine Lynn of Kansas City, Mo., was struck in the chest just after midnight Wednesday when at least six shots were fired during a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden says Obama will lay out bold and contentious health plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday the Obama administration is fiercely determined to get a health care overhaul, although he conceded it likely won&#8217;t happen without &#8220;an awful lot of screaming and hollering.&#8221;

Appearing at a Brookings Institution gathering, Biden said it will be difficult to find a consensus on remaking the health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free swine flu vaccinations, posting flu data for NYC, epicenter for earlier US outbreak</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/free-swine-flu-vaccinations-posting-flu-data-for-nyc-epicenter-for-earlier-us-outbreak-156645/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Kugler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The nation&#8217;s largest school district said Tuesday it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as New York City takes bold steps to avoid becoming the country&#8217;s flu epicenter again in the fall.

Hundreds of school districts nationwide have agreed to allow vaccinations in school buildings, once the vaccine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says government preparing for swine flu outbreak, all should consider getting vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With a potentially deadly swine flu outbreak looming, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take steps to prevent infection.

Obama was briefed Tuesday on the nation&#8217;s preparedness for swine flu by senior officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Following the meeting, Obama said the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Texas pulls out of National Merit Scholarship program to focus on need-based aid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/university-of-texas-pulls-out-of-national-merit-scholarship-program-to-focus-on-need-based-aid-156418/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance.

The 50,000-student university — second only to Harvard University in the number of merit scholars enrolled — said budget pressures were causing it to end its participation in the merit-based program, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Popular Medicare Advantage plans see marketing practices reined in, but confusion remains</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/popular-medicare-advantage-plans-see-marketing-practices-reined-in-but-confusion-remains-154009/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/popular-medicare-advantage-plans-see-marketing-practices-reined-in-but-confusion-remains-154009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulators clamped down last fall on shady sales practices for privately run Medicare health insurance for the elderly.

New regulations for the plans, known as Medicare Advantage, banned unsolicited phone calls and door-to-door sales. They stopped agents from churning up commissions by switching customers to new policies. Meals tied to marketing activities also are now forbidden.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Try, try, try again: NASA resolves valve issue, aims for Friday night launch of shuttle</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/try-try-try-again-nasa-resolves-valve-issue-aims-for-friday-night-launch-of-shuttle-152762/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the third time this week, NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery for a midnight launch to the international space station after resolving a fuel valve problem Friday.

The seven astronauts waved as they headed out to the launch pad and boarded the shuttle. Launch officials, meanwhile, kept a close eye on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat household incomes raise doubts about recovery as consumers deal with weak job prospects</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/flat-household-incomes-raise-doubts-about-recovery-as-consumers-deal-with-weak-job-prospects-152741/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/flat-household-incomes-raise-doubts-about-recovery-as-consumers-deal-with-weak-job-prospects-152741/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Household income in the United States is essentially stagnant, raising doubts about whether consumers already hurt by job losses can sustain an economic recovery.

The now-ended Cash for Clunkers program helped lift consumer spending last month and is expected to deliver a bigger boost in August. But any economic rebound likely would falter if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Inconclusive and messy, Afghan vote complicates US mission it was supposed to ease</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Inconclusive election results in Afghanistan, disappointing voter turnout and the prospect of rising ethnic tensions and political turmoil are new roadblocks to the Obama administration&#8217;s plan to turn around a backsliding war.

The U.S. had hoped the national voting, run by Afghans themselves with heavy international backing, would demonstrate that stability was within reach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysts expect fewer 1st-time jobless claims, estimate economy shrank at 1.5 pct in 2Q</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government data this week showed that consumers and businesses went on a big-ticket spending spree in July, sending home, car and equipment sales soaring by the largest amount in years. On Thursday, the Labor Department&#8217;s report on weekly jobless claims will indicate whether that improved confidence about the economy is boosting the job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold War fear emerges in Opel sale as GM tries to keep technology from Russian automaker</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cold-war-fear-emerges-in-opel-sale-as-gm-tries-to-keep-technology-from-russian-automaker-150691/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — Behind GM&#8217;s hesitation to sell its unprofitable car business in Europe lies a Cold War fear: American technology will fall into Russian hands.

It&#8217;s among the main reasons why General Motors Co. has balked at finishing a deal to sell its Opel unit to a group led by Canadian auto parts maker Magna International [...]]]></description>
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