<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Breaking News &#187; Federal reserve</title>
	<atom:link href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/t/federal-reserve/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n</link>
	<description>News and incisive Views 24/7/365</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Small gains for US stocks as Fed keeps rates steady</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-gains-for-us-stocks-as-fed-keeps-rates-steady-218225/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-gains-for-us-stocks-as-fed-keeps-rates-steady-218225/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-gains-for-us-stocks-as-fed-keeps-rates-steady-218225/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - US stocks posted mild gains Wednesday as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at their record low of close to 0 percent.

The central bank signalled it would continue to keep its benchmark federal funds rate at 0-0.25 percent for an &#8220;extended period&#8221; despite the start of a mild economic recovery.	 	
The central [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-gains-for-us-stocks-as-fed-keeps-rates-steady-218225/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Treasurys falter as Federal Reserve vows to keep interest rates low for &#8216;extended period&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-falter-as-federal-reserve-vows-to-keep-interest-rates-low-for-extended-period-218125/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-falter-as-federal-reserve-vows-to-keep-interest-rates-low-for-extended-period-218125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-falter-as-federal-reserve-vows-to-keep-interest-rates-low-for-extended-period-218125/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Long-term Treasurys sell off after Fed decision

NEW YORK — Long-term Treasurys sold off sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its pledge to keep interest rates low for &#8220;an extended period.&#8221;
In late trading, the 10-year Treasury, often used as a benchmark for consumer borrowing, fell 15/32 to 100 25/32, pushing its yield up to 3.53 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-falter-as-federal-reserve-vows-to-keep-interest-rates-low-for-extended-period-218125/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stocks give up gains in last hour, finish mixed after Fed meeting, credit card vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-give-up-gains-in-last-hour-finish-mixed-after-fed-meeting-credit-card-vote-218121/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-give-up-gains-in-last-hour-finish-mixed-after-fed-meeting-credit-card-vote-218121/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business And Professional Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commodity Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fed statement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industry Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-give-up-gains-in-last-hour-finish-mixed-after-fed-meeting-credit-card-vote-218121/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Stocks give up gains in last hour, finish mixed

NEW YORK — A late-day slump left stocks mixed Wednesday as investors couldn&#8217;t hold on to their optimism after the Federal Reserve gave an encouraging assessment of the economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average, up more than 150 points after the Fed described the economy as showing more [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-give-up-gains-in-last-hour-finish-mixed-after-fed-meeting-credit-card-vote-218121/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fed pledges to hold rates at record-low levels for &#8216;extended period,&#8217; says economy picked up</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pledges-to-hold-rates-at-record-low-levels-for-extended-period-says-economy-picked-up-217986/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pledges-to-hold-rates-at-record-low-levels-for-extended-period-says-economy-picked-up-217986/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pledges-to-hold-rates-at-record-low-levels-for-extended-period-says-economy-picked-up-217986/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Fed again pledges to hold rates at record-lows

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep a key interest rate at a record low for an &#8220;extended period,&#8221; signaling that the weak economy remains dependent on government help to grow.
The Fed said economic activity has &#8220;continued to pick up&#8221; and that the housing market has [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pledges-to-hold-rates-at-record-low-levels-for-extended-period-says-economy-picked-up-217986/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Trade group: service sector grew for 2nd straight month in Oct., but at slower pace than Sept.</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trade-group-service-sector-grew-for-2nd-straight-month-in-oct-but-at-slower-pace-than-sept-217727/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trade-group-service-sector-grew-for-2nd-straight-month-in-oct-but-at-slower-pace-than-sept-217727/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Service Sector Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/trade-group-service-sector-grew-for-2nd-straight-month-in-oct-but-at-slower-pace-than-sept-217727/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
ISM&#8217;s service sector index grows again in October

NEW YORK — The U.S. service sector grew for a second straight month in October, but at a slower pace than in September, as a broad economic recovery creeps along.
The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its service index dipped to 50.6 last month from 50.9. Any [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trade-group-service-sector-grew-for-2nd-straight-month-in-oct-but-at-slower-pace-than-sept-217727/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Summary Box: Fed says economy is picking up; decides to slow down support</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/summary-box-fed-says-economy-is-picking-up-decides-to-slow-down-support-176899/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/summary-box-fed-says-economy-is-picking-up-decides-to-slow-down-support-176899/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/summary-box-fed-says-economy-is-picking-up-decides-to-slow-down-support-176899/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IMPROVING PICTURE: Federal Reserve policymakers upgraded their view of the economy, saying &#8220;economic activity has picked up.&#8221;

SLOWING SOME SUPPORT: The Fed decided to stretch out a program intended to lower mortgage rates and prop up the housing market. It says it will complete its $1.45 trillion program to buy mortgage-backed securities and debt by the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/summary-box-fed-says-economy-is-picking-up-decides-to-slow-down-support-176899/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fed pushes $1.45 trillion housing market plan into 2010; mortgage rates expected to stay low</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pushes-145-trillion-housing-market-plan-into-2010-mortgage-rates-expected-to-stay-low-176896/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pushes-145-trillion-housing-market-plan-into-2010-mortgage-rates-expected-to-stay-low-176896/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Debt And Bond Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Loans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pushes-145-trillion-housing-market-plan-into-2010-mortgage-rates-expected-to-stay-low-176896/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Signaling confidence in a recovery, the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to stretch out the pace of a program intended to lower mortgage rates and prop up the housing market.

Even so, rates on home loans are expected to remain low.
To foster the recovery, the Fed also decided to hold the target range for its [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-pushes-145-trillion-housing-market-plan-into-2010-mortgage-rates-expected-to-stay-low-176896/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Treasurys move higher Fed indicates has no plans to raise key interest rate in near future</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-move-higher-fed-indicates-has-no-plans-to-raise-key-interest-rate-in-near-future-176721/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-move-higher-fed-indicates-has-no-plans-to-raise-key-interest-rate-in-near-future-176721/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fed announcement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-move-higher-fed-indicates-has-no-plans-to-raise-key-interest-rate-in-near-future-176721/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Treasury prices rebounded Wednesday after the Federal Reserve board alleviated worries about inflation.

Bond prices rose slightly in afternoon trading Wednesday, having fallen earlier in the day on disappointing results from the auction of five-year notes.
The price of the benchmark 10-year note rose 10/32 to 101 25/32 and its yield fell to 3.41 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-move-higher-fed-indicates-has-no-plans-to-raise-key-interest-rate-in-near-future-176721/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fed slows $1.45 trillion mortgage program; says economic activity &#8216;picked up&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-slows-145-trillion-mortgage-program-says-economic-activity-picked-up-176687/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-slows-145-trillion-mortgage-program-says-economic-activity-picked-up-176687/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Debt And Bond Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Housing Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-slows-145-trillion-mortgage-program-says-economic-activity-picked-up-176687/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With the economy on the mend, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it is slowing the pace of a program to lower mortgage rates and prop up the housing market.

The Fed decided to stretch out its goal of buying $1.45 trillion in mortgage-backed securities and debt issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-slows-145-trillion-mortgage-program-says-economic-activity-picked-up-176687/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>US Fed sees recovery as interest rates kept at 0 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fed-sees-recovery-as-interest-rates-kept-at-0-percent-138011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fed-sees-recovery-as-interest-rates-kept-at-0-percent-138011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fed statement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fed-sees-recovery-as-interest-rates-kept-at-0-percent-138011/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates at near 0 percent Wednesday and showed no signs of changing course as it said the US may be emerging from a 20-month recession.

The central bank in a statement said US economic activity was &#8220;levelling out&#8221; and the financial sector had &#8220;continued to improve&#8221; in the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fed-sees-recovery-as-interest-rates-kept-at-0-percent-138011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fed sees economy &#8216;leveling out,&#8217; slows government debt-buying program</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-sees-economy-leveling-out-slows-government-debt-buying-program-137998/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-sees-economy-leveling-out-slows-government-debt-buying-program-137998/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Debt And Bond Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-sees-economy-leveling-out-slows-government-debt-buying-program-137998/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve delivered a vote of confidence in the economy Wednesday, saying it would slow the pace of an emergency rescue program and indicating the recession appears to be ending.

The central bank also held interest rates steady at record lows, with a closely watched bank lending rate near zero, and again pledged [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-sees-economy-leveling-out-slows-government-debt-buying-program-137998/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Weaker dollar, more upbeat outlook on economy helps lift metals; grains up after USDA report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/weaker-dollar-more-upbeat-outlook-on-economy-helps-lift-metals-grains-up-after-usda-report-137983/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/weaker-dollar-more-upbeat-outlook-on-economy-helps-lift-metals-grains-up-after-usda-report-137983/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/weaker-dollar-more-upbeat-outlook-on-economy-helps-lift-metals-grains-up-after-usda-report-137983/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A weaker dollar and a more upbeat outlook on the economy sent prices for gold, copper and other metals slightly higher.

Investors put their money to work in stocks and commodities Wednesday, and pulled out of safe-haven assets like Treasurys and the U.S. dollar as the Federal Reserve said the economy is &#8220;leveling [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/weaker-dollar-more-upbeat-outlook-on-economy-helps-lift-metals-grains-up-after-usda-report-137983/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Treasurys fall as Fed plans to ease gov&#8217;t debt purchases, stocks soar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-fall-as-fed-plans-to-ease-govt-debt-purchases-stocks-soar-137915/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-fall-as-fed-plans-to-ease-govt-debt-purchases-stocks-soar-137915/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fed meeting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-fall-as-fed-plans-to-ease-govt-debt-purchases-stocks-soar-137915/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Long-term Treasurys fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would wind down its purchases of government debt and as a surge in stocks lured investors away from safe-haven assets.

Investors moved out of Treasurys, sending yields higher after the central bank said it would slow its buying of government debt in the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-fall-as-fed-plans-to-ease-govt-debt-purchases-stocks-soar-137915/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stocks post sharp gains as Federal Reserve, slightly more upbeat, sees economy &#8216;leveling out&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-post-sharp-gains-as-federal-reserve-slightly-more-upbeat-sees-economy-leveling-out-137909/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-post-sharp-gains-as-federal-reserve-slightly-more-upbeat-sees-economy-leveling-out-137909/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Debt And Bond Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toll brothers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-post-sharp-gains-as-federal-reserve-slightly-more-upbeat-sees-economy-leveling-out-137909/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A more upbeat Federal Reserve is reassuring investors that they&#8217;ve been making the right bets.

Stocks bounded higher Wednesday after the central bank ended a two-day meeting by saying the economy appears to be &#8220;leveling out&#8221; rather than shrinking at a slower rate. The Fed&#8217;s more positive take on the economy than it [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-post-sharp-gains-as-federal-reserve-slightly-more-upbeat-sees-economy-leveling-out-137909/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Starwood Property Trust shares decline on 1st day of trading, IPO prices at $20 per share</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/starwood-property-trust-shares-decline-on-1st-day-of-trading-ipo-prices-at-20-per-share-137737/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/starwood-property-trust-shares-decline-on-1st-day-of-trading-ipo-prices-at-20-per-share-137737/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Starwood property trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/starwood-property-trust-shares-decline-on-1st-day-of-trading-ipo-prices-at-20-per-share-137737/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Shares of hotel magnate Barry Sternlicht&#8217;s Starwood Property Trust Inc. initially declined on their first day of trading Wednesday before closing unchanged, even as the broader markets edged up after the Federal Reserve left a key interest rate at a record low.

The company&#8217;s initial public offering of 40.5 million common shares priced [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/starwood-property-trust-shares-decline-on-1st-day-of-trading-ipo-prices-at-20-per-share-137737/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Treasurys slide as unemployment rate slips unexpectedly, signaling strengthening economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-slide-as-unemployment-rate-slips-unexpectedly-signaling-strengthening-economy-134088/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-slide-as-unemployment-rate-slips-unexpectedly-signaling-strengthening-economy-134088/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-slide-as-unemployment-rate-slips-unexpectedly-signaling-strengthening-economy-134088/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors no longer interested in a safe bet sold off Treasurys Friday after the government said the economy lost fewer jobs last month.

The Labor Department&#8217;s report took investors by surprise and hurt demand for the security of government debt. Some investors instead funneled money into the latest stretch of a monthlong stock [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/treasurys-slide-as-unemployment-rate-slips-unexpectedly-signaling-strengthening-economy-134088/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Euro zone sees jobless rate at 10-year high, consumer prices fall in challenge for ECB</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-zone-sees-jobless-rate-at-10-year-high-consumer-prices-fall-in-challenge-for-ecb-126574/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-zone-sees-jobless-rate-at-10-year-high-consumer-prices-fall-in-challenge-for-ecb-126574/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Currency Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brussels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment rate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-zone-sees-jobless-rate-at-10-year-high-consumer-prices-fall-in-challenge-for-ecb-126574/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — The European Central Bank will have to be on the lookout that a dangerous spiral of falling prices and output does not establish itself in the 16 countries that use the euro after figures Friday showed consumer prices slipping more than expected and unemployment spiking to a ten-year high.

Eurostat, the EU&#8217;s statistics office, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-zone-sees-jobless-rate-at-10-year-high-consumer-prices-fall-in-challenge-for-ecb-126574/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Americans rate Fed worst among 9 agencies, despite its efforts to avoid financial catastrophe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/americans-rate-fed-worst-among-9-agencies-despite-its-efforts-to-avoid-financial-catastrophe-122062/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/americans-rate-fed-worst-among-9-agencies-despite-its-efforts-to-avoid-financial-catastrophe-122062/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/americans-rate-fed-worst-among-9-agencies-despite-its-efforts-to-avoid-financial-catastrophe-122062/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The share of Americans who think the Federal Reserve is doing an excellent to good job has sunk even as chairman Ben Bernanke has taken unprecedented steps to try to prevent a financial catastrophe, according to a new poll released Monday.

Many analysts credit Bernanke&#8217;s unconventional approach with averting disaster last year. But his [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/americans-rate-fed-worst-among-9-agencies-despite-its-efforts-to-avoid-financial-catastrophe-122062/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Euro rises to $1.4251 in morning trading; earnings mixed; Fed warns recovery will be gradual</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-rises-to-14251-in-morning-trading-earnings-mixed-fed-warns-recovery-will-be-gradual-118074/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-rises-to-14251-in-morning-trading-earnings-mixed-fed-warns-recovery-will-be-gradual-118074/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Currency Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frankfurt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-rises-to-14251-in-morning-trading-earnings-mixed-fed-warns-recovery-will-be-gradual-118074/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT — The euro rose against the dollar Thursday as U.S. companies reported mixed earnings, while the Federal Reserve cautioned the recovery will be gradual because of rising unemployment. On the whole, the news continued to drive investors from the safety of the dollar.

The 16-nation euro rose to $1.4251 in European morning trading, up from [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/euro-rises-to-14251-in-morning-trading-earnings-mixed-fed-warns-recovery-will-be-gradual-118074/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bernanke defends Fed&#8217;s ability to take on supercop role, unwind stimulus to prevent inflation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-defends-feds-ability-to-take-on-supercop-role-unwind-stimulus-to-prevent-inflation-116159/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-defends-feds-ability-to-take-on-supercop-role-unwind-stimulus-to-prevent-inflation-116159/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industry Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Message]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Loans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-bernanke]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-defends-feds-ability-to-take-on-supercop-role-unwind-stimulus-to-prevent-inflation-116159/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ran into skepticism Tuesday from lawmakers wary of expanding the Fed&#8217;s duties to police big financial companies. They argued that the Fed failed to spot problems that led to the financial crisis in the first place.

&#8220;The Fed has made some big mistakes,&#8221; said Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., ranking [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-defends-feds-ability-to-take-on-supercop-role-unwind-stimulus-to-prevent-inflation-116159/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oil slips but holds above $60 in midday European trading on positive economic news from US Fed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-slips-but-holds-above-60-in-midday-european-trading-on-positive-economic-news-from-us-fed-111286/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-slips-but-holds-above-60-in-midday-european-trading-on-positive-economic-news-from-us-fed-111286/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Jahn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oil Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-slips-but-holds-above-60-in-midday-european-trading-on-positive-economic-news-from-us-fed-111286/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — Oil prices slipped but stayed well above $60 a barrel Thursday after a more positive economic outlook from the U.S. central bank buoyed investor confidence.

Although investors took profits on the previous day&#8217;s rally, prices were supported by a larger than expected draw on U.S. crude stocks, implying an uptick in demand.
Benchmark crude for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-slips-but-holds-above-60-in-midday-european-trading-on-positive-economic-news-from-us-fed-111286/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Higher energy prices push wholesale inflation, retail sales up more than expected in June</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/higher-energy-prices-push-wholesale-inflation-retail-sales-up-more-than-expected-in-june-109382/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/higher-energy-prices-push-wholesale-inflation-retail-sales-up-more-than-expected-in-june-109382/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Retail And Wholesale Sector Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/higher-energy-prices-push-wholesale-inflation-retail-sales-up-more-than-expected-in-june-109382/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Higher energy prices rippled through the economy in June, helping drive bigger-than-expected gains in retail sales and inflation at the producer level.

The higher prices at the gas pump and for other energy products were seen as temporary, but economists worry that consumer spending will remain lackluster as unemployment rises, slowing a broader recovery.
The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/higher-energy-prices-push-wholesale-inflation-retail-sales-up-more-than-expected-in-june-109382/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>No. 2 Fed official faces tough questions over proposed systemic risk role for central bank</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-2-fed-official-faces-tough-questions-over-proposed-systemic-risk-role-for-central-bank-104966/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-2-fed-official-faces-tough-questions-over-proposed-systemic-risk-role-for-central-bank-104966/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industry Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-2-fed-official-faces-tough-questions-over-proposed-systemic-risk-role-for-central-bank-104966/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With many lawmakers wary of giving the Federal Reserve more power under a proposed financial overhaul, the Fed&#8217;s No. 2 official on Thursday defended the central bank&#8217;s ability to take on more oversight responsibilities.

Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn told a House panel that expanding the agency&#8217;s powers to police huge, globally interconnected financial [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-2-fed-official-faces-tough-questions-over-proposed-systemic-risk-role-for-central-bank-104966/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Experts, lawmakers warn of mushrooming crisis in commercial real estate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-lawmakers-warn-of-mushrooming-crisis-in-commercial-real-estate-104623/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-lawmakers-warn-of-mushrooming-crisis-in-commercial-real-estate-104623/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Land]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-lawmakers-warn-of-mushrooming-crisis-in-commercial-real-estate-104623/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Owners of shopping malls, hotels and offices are defaulting on their loans at an alarming rate, and the commercial real estate market is not expected to hit bottom for three more years, industry experts warned Thursday.

&#8220;The commercial real estate time bomb is ticking,&#8221; said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who heads the congressional Joint [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-lawmakers-warn-of-mushrooming-crisis-in-commercial-real-estate-104623/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fed chairman Bernanke faces House committee over Bank of America-Merrill Lynch deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-chairman-bernanke-faces-house-committee-over-bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-deal-91773/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-chairman-bernanke-faces-house-committee-over-bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-deal-91773/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-bernanke]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-chairman-bernanke-faces-house-committee-over-bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-deal-91773/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke likely will face hostile questions from a House committee investigating whether he and other government officials pressured Bank of America Corp. into a &#8220;shotgun wedding&#8221; with Merrill Lynch that cost taxpayers $20 billion.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday as it probes whether [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-chairman-bernanke-faces-house-committee-over-bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-deal-91773/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Asia markets gains as Fed says recession easing while inflation, interest rates to stay low</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/asia-markets-gains-as-fed-says-recession-easing-while-inflation-interest-rates-to-stay-low-91487/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/asia-markets-gains-as-fed-says-recession-easing-while-inflation-interest-rates-to-stay-low-91487/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Wright</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Currency Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[East Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greater China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Message]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Singapore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World Markets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/asia-markets-gains-as-fed-says-recession-easing-while-inflation-interest-rates-to-stay-low-91487/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Asian stock markets advanced Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said the world&#8217;s largest economy is shrinking at a slower pace and scotched fears of an inflation threat, underpinning investor hopes for recovery.

Benchmarks in Japan and Hong Kong gained 2 percent or more in the wake of the U.S. central bank&#8217;s much anticipated [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/asia-markets-gains-as-fed-says-recession-easing-while-inflation-interest-rates-to-stay-low-91487/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Democrats at odds with industry on proposed agency to police consumer financial market</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-at-odds-with-industry-on-proposed-agency-to-police-consumer-financial-market-91242/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-at-odds-with-industry-on-proposed-agency-to-police-consumer-financial-market-91242/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Figures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Organizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Parties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Agencies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-financial-overhaul]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-at-odds-with-industry-on-proposed-agency-to-police-consumer-financial-market-91242/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats are pressing the Obama administration to find a way out of the foreclosure crisis as they moved ahead with plans to create a government agency that would police the market for risky or deceptive mortgages.

The agenda has the financial industry nervous that it will find itself buried in new regulations. But under [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-at-odds-with-industry-on-proposed-agency-to-police-consumer-financial-market-91242/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Metals finish slightly higher amid early weakness in dollar; some pullback after Fed meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/metals-finish-slightly-higher-amid-early-weakness-in-dollar-some-pullback-after-fed-meeting-91201/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/metals-finish-slightly-higher-amid-early-weakness-in-dollar-some-pullback-after-fed-meeting-91201/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fed meeting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-commodities-review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/metals-finish-slightly-higher-amid-early-weakness-in-dollar-some-pullback-after-fed-meeting-91201/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Gold and other metals gave up some ground Wednesday after the Federal Reserve noted that inflationary pressures would likely remain in check.

Investors have been sending prices higher for oil, copper, grains and other commodities as a hedge against inflation. A weakening dollar has also been bolstering commodities prices since it makes them [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/metals-finish-slightly-higher-amid-early-weakness-in-dollar-some-pullback-after-fed-meeting-91201/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Manufacturing data show recession near bottom; drop in new home sales signals slow recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manufacturing-data-show-recession-near-bottom-drop-in-new-home-sales-signals-slow-recovery-91200/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manufacturing-data-show-recession-near-bottom-drop-in-new-home-sales-signals-slow-recovery-91200/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Construction Put In Place]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Construction Sector Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/manufacturing-data-show-recession-near-bottom-drop-in-new-home-sales-signals-slow-recovery-91200/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — New signals the recession could be nearing a bottom emerged Wednesday in figures showing that orders to U.S. factories surged last month for everything from computers to aircraft and that a gauge of business investment rose by the most in nearly five years.

Still, an unexpected drop in new-home sales in May made clear [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manufacturing-data-show-recession-near-bottom-drop-in-new-home-sales-signals-slow-recovery-91200/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Durable goods orders rise sharply for second straight month in May; new home sales disappoint</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/durable-goods-orders-rise-sharply-for-second-straight-month-in-may-new-home-sales-disappoint-90871/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/durable-goods-orders-rise-sharply-for-second-straight-month-in-may-new-home-sales-disappoint-90871/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Construction Put In Place]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Construction Sector Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Durable goods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/durable-goods-orders-rise-sharply-for-second-straight-month-in-may-new-home-sales-disappoint-90871/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods from computers to aircraft surged in May for a second straight month. And a gauge of business investment rose last month by the most in nearly five years. Together, the data Wednesday signal that the recession could be at or near a bottom.

Yet new-home sales fell [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/durable-goods-orders-rise-sharply-for-second-straight-month-in-may-new-home-sales-disappoint-90871/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stock market opens narrowly mixed after Monday&#8217;s rout as investors await home sales data</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stock-market-opens-narrowly-mixed-after-mondays-rout-as-investors-await-home-sales-data-89696/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stock-market-opens-narrowly-mixed-after-mondays-rout-as-investors-await-home-sales-data-89696/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madlen Read</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Currency Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business And Professional Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commodity Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Construction Put In Place]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Construction Sector Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fed meeting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-wall-street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/stock-market-opens-narrowly-mixed-after-mondays-rout-as-investors-await-home-sales-data-89696/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors are proceeding cautiously after Monday&#8217;s big selloff.

Stocks have opened narrowly mixed ahead of the National Association of Realtors&#8217; report on existing home sales in May. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters predict a 2.8 percent increase.
Later Tuesday, the Federal Reserve begins its two-day meeting on monetary policy. The Fed is expected to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stock-market-opens-narrowly-mixed-after-mondays-rout-as-investors-await-home-sales-data-89696/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Defending his proposed financial overhaul, Obama warns he&#8217;s ready for the fight</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defending-his-proposed-financial-overhaul-obama-warns-hes-ready-for-the-fight-87565/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defending-his-proposed-financial-overhaul-obama-warns-hes-ready-for-the-fight-87565/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-obama-consumers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Www.whitehouse.gov]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/defending-his-proposed-financial-overhaul-obama-warns-hes-ready-for-the-fight-87565/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is warning critics of his vast financial overhaul plan that he has no patience for debate from hard-line defenders of a system that has exploited bewildered consumers. Pushing for a law this year, Obama said: &#8220;While I&#8217;m not spoiling for a fight, I&#8217;m ready for one.&#8221;

Obama used his weekly radio [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defending-his-proposed-financial-overhaul-obama-warns-hes-ready-for-the-fight-87565/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Britain&#8217;s FTSE leads European markets higher at week&#8217;s end as Wall Street faces volatility</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-ftse-leads-european-markets-higher-at-weeks-end-as-wall-street-faces-volatility-86905/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-ftse-leads-european-markets-higher-at-weeks-end-as-wall-street-faces-volatility-86905/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Currency Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[East Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greater China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Report]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Western Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World Markets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-ftse-leads-european-markets-higher-at-weeks-end-as-wall-street-faces-volatility-86905/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — European stock markets closed higher Friday as hopes of a recovery in the U.S. economy were buoyed by a run of upbeat economic data, though volatility was expected to complicate trading in the final hours on Wall Street as a number of financial contracts expire.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-ftse-leads-european-markets-higher-at-weeks-end-as-wall-street-faces-volatility-86905/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leading economic indicators up for second straight month in May; increase bigger than expected</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/leading-economic-indicators-up-for-second-straight-month-in-may-increase-bigger-than-expected-85697/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/leading-economic-indicators-up-for-second-straight-month-in-may-increase-bigger-than-expected-85697/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Report]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-leading-indicators]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/leading-economic-indicators-up-for-second-straight-month-in-may-increase-bigger-than-expected-85697/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A private research group&#8217;s forecast of economic activity rose in May by the largest amount in more than five years, the latest sign that the recession is easing.

The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators — designed to forecast activity in the next three to six months — [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/leading-economic-indicators-up-for-second-straight-month-in-may-increase-bigger-than-expected-85697/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>10 large US banks to repay government $68 billion in bailout funds, industry officials say</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-large-us-banks-to-repay-government-68-billion-in-bailout-funds-industry-officials-say-84427/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-large-us-banks-to-repay-government-68-billion-in-bailout-funds-industry-officials-say-84427/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Wagner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-tarp-repayment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-large-us-banks-to-repay-government-68-billion-in-bailout-funds-industry-officials-say-84427/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A key government effort to ease the credit crisis reached a milestone Wednesday as 10 large banks said they had repaid a total of $68 billion in bailout funds.

Treasury said last week that the banks could begin repaying money they received under the $700 billion financial system bailout known as the Troubled Asset [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-large-us-banks-to-repay-government-68-billion-in-bailout-funds-industry-officials-say-84427/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Obama to announce financial system overhaul, extension of federal benefits to gay partners</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-announce-financial-system-overhaul-extension-of-federal-benefits-to-gay-partners-83971/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-announce-financial-system-overhaul-extension-of-federal-benefits-to-gay-partners-83971/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-obama-preview]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-announce-financial-system-overhaul-extension-of-federal-benefits-to-gay-partners-83971/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will unveil his proposal to overhaul regulations covering major financial institutions.

He is calling for a new regulatory agency and expanded powers for the Federal Reserve to supervise large financial insittions considered too big to fail. A draft of the administration&#8217;s plan obtained by The Associated Press includes protections for credit [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-announce-financial-system-overhaul-extension-of-federal-benefits-to-gay-partners-83971/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stocks signal flat open ahead of data on home construction, inflation, industrial production</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-signal-flat-open-ahead-of-data-on-home-construction-inflation-industrial-production-82793/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-signal-flat-open-ahead-of-data-on-home-construction-inflation-industrial-production-82793/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-wall-street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-signal-flat-open-ahead-of-data-on-home-construction-inflation-industrial-production-82793/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors remain cautious as they await reports on housing and inflation a day after a stock market slide.

Stock futures are showing only modest moves after major market indexes fell sharply Monday. Investors have been worrying that a three-month rally would lose momentum. Traders are also concerned that a recovery in the U.S. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-signal-flat-open-ahead-of-data-on-home-construction-inflation-industrial-production-82793/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Key Democrat might push administration on corporate pay strategies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-democrat-might-push-administration-on-corporate-pay-strategies-78260/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-democrat-might-push-administration-on-corporate-pay-strategies-78260/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kuhnhenn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-executive-pay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-democrat-might-push-administration-on-corporate-pay-strategies-78260/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration struck a delicate balance on executive pay Thursday, blaming flawed compensation packages for encouraging disastrous risk-taking but insisting it doesn&#8217;t want to dictate how corporations reward their top people.

Gene Sperling, a top counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, conceded to a congressional committee that imposing compensation caps on companies could [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-democrat-might-push-administration-on-corporate-pay-strategies-78260/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Economy sheds 345,000 jobs in May, a big improvement; jobless past shoots well past 9 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/economy-sheds-345000-jobs-in-may-a-big-improvement-jobless-past-shoots-well-past-9-percent-73540/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/economy-sheds-345000-jobs-in-may-a-big-improvement-jobless-past-shoots-well-past-9-percent-73540/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Report]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/economy-sheds-345000-jobs-in-may-a-big-improvement-jobless-past-shoots-well-past-9-percent-73540/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Employers throttled back on layoffs in May and cut the fewest jobs in any month since the financial crisis erupted last fall — raising the brightest hope yet that an economic recovery will take hold later this year.

But with companies still reluctant to hire, the nation&#8217;s jobless rate rose to a quarter-century high [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/economy-sheds-345000-jobs-in-may-a-big-improvement-jobless-past-shoots-well-past-9-percent-73540/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stocks finish mixed after job cuts slow in May, but unemployment rate rises to 9.4 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-finish-mixed-after-job-cuts-slow-in-may-but-unemployment-rate-rises-to-94-percent-73478/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-finish-mixed-after-job-cuts-slow-in-may-but-unemployment-rate-rises-to-94-percent-73478/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commodity Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-wall-street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-finish-mixed-after-job-cuts-slow-in-may-but-unemployment-rate-rises-to-94-percent-73478/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — With unemployment still rising, investors are questioning if stocks should be, too.

Stocks ended a volatile day Friday little changed after the government reported a spike in the unemployment rate to 9.4 percent in May, the highest level in more than 25 years, even as the pace of layoffs eased more than expected.
The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-finish-mixed-after-job-cuts-slow-in-may-but-unemployment-rate-rises-to-94-percent-73478/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dollar gains as ECB, BoE keep interest rates unchanged; fewer Americans filing for jobless aid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dollar-gains-as-ecb-boe-keep-interest-rates-unchanged-fewer-americans-filing-for-jobless-aid-72206/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dollar-gains-as-ecb-boe-keep-interest-rates-unchanged-fewer-americans-filing-for-jobless-aid-72206/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tali Arbel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Currency Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-dollar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Western Europe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/dollar-gains-as-ecb-boe-keep-interest-rates-unchanged-fewer-americans-filing-for-jobless-aid-72206/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The dollar traded mixed Thursday after three major central banks left interest rates unchanged, as expected, and a report on U.S. jobs showed fewer workers filing for unemployment last week.

The 16-nation euro rose to $1.4178 in late trading from $1.4134 late Wednesday, while the British pound dropped to $1.6192 from $1.6276.
The ECB [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dollar-gains-as-ecb-boe-keep-interest-rates-unchanged-fewer-americans-filing-for-jobless-aid-72206/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock indexes fared in Wednesday&#8217;s trading</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-the-dow-jones-industrials-and-other-major-stock-indexes-fared-in-wednesdays-trading-3-71211/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-the-dow-jones-industrials-and-other-major-stock-indexes-fared-in-wednesdays-trading-3-71211/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-wall-street-box]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-the-dow-jones-industrials-and-other-major-stock-indexes-fared-in-wednesdays-trading-3-71211/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday

More signs that interest rates will remain low and upbeat economic news from China gave investors more reason to keep buying stocks Wednesday. Federal Reserve officials signaled in speeches late Tuesday that a recovery in the economy is likely to be weak. Investors took that as another sign [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-the-dow-jones-industrials-and-other-major-stock-indexes-fared-in-wednesdays-trading-3-71211/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>AP News in Brief</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-news-in-brief-67424/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-news-in-brief-67424/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 06:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Accidents and Disasters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Aerospace Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Art and Culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights and Civil Liberties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Welfare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Natural Disasters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stock Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2009 United Nations General Assembly Annual Meeting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[61st Primetime Emmy Awards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Aaron poreda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Access To Health Care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accidents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Acorn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Air france]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Al franken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Al-qaida]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Angeles national forest]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Appropriations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Atlanta]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia And Oceania]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Award Shows]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Balloon boy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Basilica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bedouins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bernard madoff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce knowles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Billy mays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bombings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brian bruney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[British open]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bruno]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buchenwald concentration camp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Burquini]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Car allowance rebate system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cash for clunkers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cecil cooper]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Celebrity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Celebrity Causes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Child And Teen Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chris brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Claret jug]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clint hurdle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Collateral Damage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[College Sports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Comoros islands]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Contracts And Orders]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corcoran state prison]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Correctional Systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Investigations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David ortiz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Demographic Groups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Denny chin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Devin britton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diagnosis And Treatment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diseases And Conditions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dj am]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donna clarkson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donny osmond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Drew brees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Drug-related Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[East Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[East Timor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Emmys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eric hinske]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Extradition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Falcon heene]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fraud And False Statements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[French open]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[George tiller]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Giants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guy heinze jr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health care reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Heartland payment systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hispanics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras coup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hungary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Bill]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hypertensive heart disease]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Immunizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Improvised Explosives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Infectious Diseases]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Agreements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iranian]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jacob shaffer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jake peavy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jasper howard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jay leno]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jay leno show]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jay-z]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Joel hanrahan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Julissa brisman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kanye west]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy funeral]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kidnapping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lana clarkson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lastings milledge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leisure Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay lohan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lucas glover]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud ahmadinejad]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Manila]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maria belen chapur]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maria del carmen bousada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maria sharapova]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mark dacascos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Megan mcallister]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Melanie arnold]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Melanie oudin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Melissa joan hart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Melissa rycroft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Microbiology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Affairs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Miss plastic hungary 2009]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mousavi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mtv]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Governments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Music Videos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nascar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National emergency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Neal wanless]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New york jets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New york yankees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nfl]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Norm coleman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nurse shark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian Territories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Papelbon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pga]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil spector]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philip markoff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philippines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phillies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phillip garrido]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Ethics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Fundraising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Organizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi scheme]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pork Barrel Spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Products And Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Professional Baseball]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Professional Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quadrillion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ready]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reality Tv]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recreation And Leisure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Red line]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Red sox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sahel kazemi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sarah palin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scott mcgann]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sean burnett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seniors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Serena williams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sichuan tengzhong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sirenomelia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Somer thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sonia sotomayor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sotomayor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sports Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sports Transactions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve mcnair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stewart cink]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgical Procedures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Susan boyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Swine flu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tehran]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Television Awards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Television Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Territorial Disputes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tiger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tiger woods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tim pawlenty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom delay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom watson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Touchdown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trapped]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trisha leffler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Troop Deployments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tropical storm claudette]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tye strickland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[U.s. Open Tennis Championship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Nations General Assembly Annual Meeting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[University of connecticut]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Uruguay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us open]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Video music awards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Violent Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vmas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Walter kendall myers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[War Casualties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wawrinka]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Weapons Of Mass Destruction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Weather Conditions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Western Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Why]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Williams sisters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wimbledon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's Sports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's Tennis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World-briefly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Y.e. yang]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yale killing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yang]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-news-in-brief-67424/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
more images


more images

AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
Clinton confronted by Pakistanis over Predator drone attacks — &#8216;executions without trial&#8217;
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was confronted repeatedly by Pakistanis Friday as she ended a tense three-day tour of the country, chastised by one woman who said a U.S. program using [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-news-in-brief-67424/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>US stocks slide amid rising borrowing costs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-slide-amid-rising-borrowing-costs-66380/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-slide-amid-rising-borrowing-costs-66380/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 06:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-slide-amid-rising-borrowing-costs-66380/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply Wednesday amid a spike in long-term government bond prices, which could drive up the cost of borrowing in the wider US economy.

The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds climbed to 3.73 percent, its highest level since November, despite efforts by the US Federal Reserve to keep yields down and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-slide-amid-rising-borrowing-costs-66380/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jobless claims rise more than expected on increased auto layoffs, producer prices also higher</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jobless-claims-rise-more-than-expected-on-increased-auto-layoffs-producer-prices-also-higher-62833/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jobless-claims-rise-more-than-expected-on-increased-auto-layoffs-producer-prices-also-higher-62833/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher S. Rugaber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Products and Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jobless claims]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The state]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment Insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/jobless-claims-rise-more-than-expected-on-increased-auto-layoffs-producer-prices-also-higher-62833/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Fresh reminders that the recession likely has passed its peak, but hasn&#8217;t ended, emerged Thursday in reports that first-time claims for jobless aid and wholesale prices rose more than expected.

Economists said the jumps, while bitter reminders of the country&#8217;s weak economy, were not cause for great concern. Jobless claims should ease after layoffs [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jobless-claims-rise-more-than-expected-on-increased-auto-layoffs-producer-prices-also-higher-62833/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Paulson told 9 bank CEOs they were required to take TARP money, gov&#8217;t documents confirm</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/paulson-told-9-bank-ceos-they-were-required-to-take-tarp-money-govt-documents-confirm-62704/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/paulson-told-9-bank-ceos-they-were-required-to-take-tarp-money-govt-documents-confirm-62704/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-treasury-documents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/paulson-told-9-bank-ceos-they-were-required-to-take-tarp-money-govt-documents-confirm-62704/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The chief executives of the country&#8217;s nine largest banks had no choice but to accept capital infusions from the Treasury Department in October, government documents released Wednesday have confirmed.

Obtained and released by Judicial Watch, a nonpartisan educational foundation, the documents revealed &#8220;talking points&#8221; used by former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson during the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/paulson-told-9-bank-ceos-they-were-required-to-take-tarp-money-govt-documents-confirm-62704/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Goldman Sachs director Friedman defends role at New York Fed at company&#8217;s annual meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goldman-sachs-director-friedman-defends-role-at-new-york-fed-at-companys-annual-meeting-56674/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goldman-sachs-director-friedman-defends-role-at-new-york-fed-at-companys-annual-meeting-56674/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Counsel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Goldman-sachs-shareholder-meeting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/goldman-sachs-director-friedman-defends-role-at-new-york-fed-at-companys-annual-meeting-56674/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs director Stephen Friedman, who resigned Thursday as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York&#8217;s board, defended his conduct Friday in serving in both posts.

&#8220;I followed the rules as I always have,&#8221; he said at Goldman Sachs&#8217; annual meeting Friday.
Friedman was the subject of a Wall Street Journal story [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goldman-sachs-director-friedman-defends-role-at-new-york-fed-at-companys-annual-meeting-56674/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Results show 10 big banks need $75 billion in new capital; hope rises for economy&#8217;s recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/results-show-10-big-banks-need-75-billion-in-new-capital-hope-rises-for-economys-recovery-2-56229/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/results-show-10-big-banks-need-75-billion-in-new-capital-hope-rises-for-economys-recovery-2-56229/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 05:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Growth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Say]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-banks-stress-tests]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/results-show-10-big-banks-need-75-billion-in-new-capital-hope-rises-for-economys-recovery-2-56229/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government exams of the nation&#8217;s biggest banks have helped lift a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over the economy.

The so-called stress tests — a key Obama administration effort to boost confidence in the financial system — showed nine of the 19 biggest banks have enough capital to withstand a deeper recession. Ten [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/results-show-10-big-banks-need-75-billion-in-new-capital-hope-rises-for-economys-recovery-2-56229/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Banks, investment firms borrow less over past week from Fed&#8217;s emergency lending program</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-investment-firms-borrow-less-over-past-week-from-feds-emergency-lending-program-55731/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-investment-firms-borrow-less-over-past-week-from-feds-emergency-lending-program-55731/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-fed-credit-crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-investment-firms-borrow-less-over-past-week-from-feds-emergency-lending-program-55731/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says banks and investment firms borrowed far less over the past week from its emergency lending program, a hopeful sign some credit stresses are easing.

The Fed says commercial banks averaged $40.9 billion in daily borrowing over the past week that ended Wednesday. That was down from $44.8 billion in the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-investment-firms-borrow-less-over-past-week-from-feds-emergency-lending-program-55731/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New jobless claims unexpectedly plunge to 601,000; lowest level since January</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-plunge-to-601000-lowest-level-since-january-2-55703/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-plunge-to-601000-lowest-level-since-january-2-55703/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Federal reserve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labor Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recessions And Depressions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment Insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-plunge-to-601000-lowest-level-since-january-2-55703/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has peaked. Still, the number of unemployed workers getting benefits climbed to a new record.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number newly laid off workers applying for benefits dropped to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-plunge-to-601000-lowest-level-since-january-2-55703/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

