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		<title>Holders of lost savings bonds dating to World War II say Treasury not making them easy to find</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Gouras</dc:creator>
		
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Lost war bonds not easy to find
HELENA, Mont. — Holders of lost savings bonds dating back to World War II say its not nearly as easy to track down the lost money as the U.S. Treasury Department claims in an ongoing lawsuit.

The Bureau of the Public Debt counters that its process aims to make sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. AG Coakley, would-be senator, shows no asset besides home in financial disclosure forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. Sen. candidate Coakley shows no large assets
BOSTON — Financial disclosure forms filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in her bid for the U.S. Senate offer an unusual revelation: Despite a six-figure salary, she has no reportable assets worth more than $1,000.
Primary residences are excluded from the form, and Coakley owns a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state Supreme Court says uneven school pay is not a constitutional problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Gordon Blankinship</dc:creator>
		
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Wash. Supreme Court overturns school salary ruling

SEATTLE — Variation in the way Washington teachers and other school staff are paid does not pose a constitutional problem, the Washington Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
In overturning a King County Superior Court ruling in a case brought three years ago by the Federal Way School District, the court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIG&#8217;s chief executive Benmosche says he&#8217;ll stay; Says he&#8217;s frustrated with oversight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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AIG&#8217;s Benmosche tells employees he plans to remain

NEW YORK — American International Group Inc.&#8217;s CEO Robert Benmosche said Wednesday he plans to stay in his job at the embattled insurer.
Benmosche announced his intentions in a letter to employees released by AIG following a report in The Wall Street Journal saying he was threatening to quit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Pittsburgh-based law firm cutting salaries for entry-level attorneys, citing economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Major Pittsburgh-based law firm cutting salaries

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh-based law firm Reed Smith is delaying hiring new attorneys, who will see their entry-level salaries cut by nearly 20 percent when they join the firm in January.
Eight new attorneys in Pittsburgh will earn $110,000 annually, instead of $135,000, the starting rate for new attorneys hired last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Dakota governor says he won&#8217;t ask for tax increase to fix budget woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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Governor won&#8217;t seek tax increase to fix SD budget

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday he won&#8217;t seek a tax increase to fix state budget problems that are expected to get much worse in the next two years.
Any tax plan likely would not get the required two-thirds vote from the Legislature, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Daniels administration doesn&#8217;t know how much Indiana might save from unpaid leave offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Martin</dc:creator>
		
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Impact from Indiana&#8217;s unpaid leave offer unclear

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is offering state government employees voluntary unpaid leave, but it&#8217;s unclear how many workers might give up part of their paycheck during a recession to help the state save money.
Gov. Mitch Daniels announced the unpaid leave plan last week as part of a series of budget-cutting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In northern Mexican, soldiers increasingly suspicious of often corrupt police in drug war</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Soldiers wary of often corrupt Mexican police

MONTERREY, Mexico — When soldiers tried to halt a suspicious-looking SUV that was being escorted through Monterrey by a state policeman, the officer radioed for backup. In minutes, police from 40 patrol cars surrounded the troops, drawing their guns and sending the soldiers diving for cover in an hour-long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah workers who lost jobs because of foreign competition qualify for career retraining, pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Modus Link Corp. ships Utah jobs to China
LINDON, Utah — The U.S. Department of Labor says workers laid off in Utah by a business-services company will qualify for special federal assistance because their jobs were lost to foreign competition.

The company, Modus Link Corp., shipped the jobs to an operation in China.
The company says the 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of Philly students need to find another way to school as transit strike continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Schools reopen as Philly transit strike continues

PHILADELPHIA — The first day of a transit strike caused widespread delays and frustrated thousands of commuters who had to find other ways to get around Pennsylvania&#8217;s largest city.
On Wednesday, there will be an even greater test of how Philadelphia can cope without its bus, subway and trolley system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite US pressure, Afghan corruption will be difficult to stamp out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert H. Reid</dc:creator>
		
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Afghan corruption tough to combat
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai&#8217;s side on Tuesday were his two vice presidents — both former warlords widely believed to have looted Afghanistan for years.
Reform is a tall order in a country awash in drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ore. teacher unions accuse political activist of racketeering, using sham charity for politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Mccall</dc:creator>
		
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Ore. teachers renew legal fight with activist

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Oregon teacher unions have gone back to court against political activist Bill Sizemore to accuse him again of racketeering, this time in the 2008 elections.
The legal battle between Sizemore and the unions dates to 2002 and a racketeering lawsuit the unions won against a Sizemore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM&#8217;s Henderson calls pay cuts imposed on him, other bailed-out executives fair, &#8216;thoughtful&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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GM&#8217;s Henderson calls gov&#8217;t cutting his pay &#8216;fair&#8217;

WASHINGTON — General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson said Wednesday that government-imposed cuts to his own salary, and the pay of other executives at seven companies that received taxpayer money, were &#8220;fair&#8221; and &#8220;thoughtful.&#8221;
Henderson was among executives who will see their base salaries slashed under a plan by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JPMorgan CEO says he won&#8217;t go after top performers at Citigroup, Bank of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevenson Jacobs</dc:creator>
		
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JPMorgan won&#8217;t poach talent from Citi, BoA

NEW YORK — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday his bank won&#8217;t try to hire top performers at Citigroup and Bank of America, days after the government&#8217;s &#8220;pay czar&#8221; slashed pay for the biggest earners at JPMorgan&#8217;s troubled rivals.
&#8220;I morally have an issue with people going against these companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former executive claims &#8220;frat party&#8221; atmosphere, unequal pay, at Anheuser-Busch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Salter</dc:creator>
		
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Suit alleges Anheuser underpaid female executive

ST. LOUIS — A former Anheuser-Busch executive who was the company&#8217;s top-ranking woman has sued the brewer claiming it encourages a &#8220;frat party&#8221; atmosphere and pays women less in salary and bonuses than men.
Francine Katz, former vice president of communications and consumer affairs for the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison&#8217;s wealth fueled by investments, husband&#8217;s income, records show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Root</dc:creator>
		
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Hutchison&#8217;s wealth from investments, spouse&#8217;s pay

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison would have to take a pay cut if she&#8217;s elected governor, but her husband&#8217;s income, a multimillion-dollar investment portfolio and other assets have already contributed to significant family wealth.
Hutchison&#8217;s husband, Ray, a prominent Dallas bond attorney, makes slightly less than a half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay and risk-taking that led to financial crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevenson Jacobs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money and a move to wield veto power over pay policy at thousands of banks to limit risk-taking.

The Treasury Department ordered seven big companies that haven&#8217;t repaid their government bailout money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury says big compensation cuts for executives take effect starting in November</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Thursday ordered seven companies that received billions of dollars in government bailouts to halve total compensation for their top executives. But the big reductions will not apply to pay earned before November.

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, told reporters that average salaries for the top 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama praises requiring pay cuts for top executives at bailed-out firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Americans&#8217; values are offended by excessive paychecks for executives whose companies were bailed out by taxpayers.

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Obama praised the Treasury Department&#8217;s decision to order seven big companies that haven&#8217;t paid back last year&#8217;s government bailouts to halve their top executives&#8217; average compensation.
But he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TARP&#8217;s Warren defends reported plans to slash executive salaries, calls pay excessive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The chairman of the panel that oversees the $700 billion federal bailout fund said Thursday the Obama administration is insisting on slashing the salaries of executives of companies that took money from the government.

Appearing on a nationally broadcast interview, Elizabeth Warren said reports of pending slashes in executive salaries are &#8220;real.&#8221;
Asked on CBS&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TARP&#8217;s Warren defends reported plans to slash salaries of key corporate executives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of a committee that oversees the federal bailout fund says executive compensation in the country&#8217;s large corporations is excessive and must be brought under control.

In confirming administration plans, Elizabeth Warren said Thursday the time had come to substantially cut back compensation for the top officers of several companies that got money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Administration to order big pay cuts for top executives at bailed-out firms</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-source-administration-to-order-big-pay-cuts-for-top-executives-at-bailed-out-firms-202921/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — First came the bailout. Now comes the payback.

The Treasury Department is ordering seven big companies that haven&#8217;t paid back last year&#8217;s government bailouts to halve their top executives&#8217; average compensation.
The cuts apply to the 25 highest-paid executives at the companies, with salaries being slashed up to 90 percent, according to a person familiar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Administration to order sharp pay cuts for top executives at big bailout companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will order companies that received huge government bailouts last year to slash the base salaries of their top executives by an average of 90 percent and cut their total compensation in half, a person familiar with the decision said Wednesday.

The cuts apply to the 25 highest paid executives at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Obama weighs immigration overhaul, US and foreign workers agree: guest worker visas abused</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Moreno Gonzales</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE — Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he complained, forcing him to work illegally. Robert Martin believes the same company kept him unemployed by hiring foreigners like Jimenez.

The men have become surprising allies in a lawsuit that claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some bailed-out firms spent less on lobbying federal government in 3rd quarter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-bailed-out-firms-spent-less-on-lobbying-federal-government-in-3rd-quarter-201501/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As Congress intensified its work rewriting the nation&#8217;s financial rule book over the last three months, some big recipients of the government&#8217;s $700 billion bailout spent a bit less trying to influence legislators.

The throng of lobbyists pushing for financial industry interests has thickened in recent weeks in and around the hearing room of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After violent protests in South Africa, President Zuma says mayors need to do more</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The South African government plans to overhaul the way South African cities are governed and funded in the wake of a series of violent protests, officials said Tuesday.

In a nationally broadcast address before a closed meeting with 283 mayors from across the country, President Jacob Zuma said local leaders needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America loses $2.24B as loan losses rise; warns credit environment still difficult</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bank-of-america-loses-224b-as-loan-losses-rise-warns-credit-environment-still-difficult-197969/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ieva M. Augstums</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America loses $2.24B as loan losses rise

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America Corp. said Friday it lost more than $2.2 billion in the third quarter as loan losses kept rising, providing more evidence that consumers are still struggling to pay their bills.
The nation&#8217;s second-largest bank, which lost $2.24 billion after accounting for preferred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s richest man says enough is enough, vows he will get by on $3.3 million this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Kinetz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, India — India&#8217;s richest man announced he will voluntarily cap his compensation at 150 million rupees ($3.3 million) this year, saying he will get by on about a third of his take-home pay from the previous year.

Mukesh Ambani&#8217;s flagship company, Reliance Industries, said Thursday his decision reflects his &#8220;desire to set a personal example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BofA&#8217;s outgoing CEO Ken Lewis to get no salary, bonus for 2009 under deal with pay czar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Capping a year in which he faced shareholder fury, regulatory scrutiny and was stripped of his chairman post, outgoing Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis will get no salary or bonus for 2009 under an agreement with the government&#8217;s pay czar.

Kenneth Feinberg, the U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s special master for compensation who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Roberts, ex-advocate, says lawyers shouldn&#8217;t matter in case&#8217;s outcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts once famously and controversially described a judge&#8217;s role as akin to an umpire who merely calls balls and strikes.

On Wednesday, Roberts offered a new take on that argument in a Supreme Court case about whether lawyers who sued to force changes in Georgia&#8217;s foster care program could receive extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Records show Christie topped federal guidelines on travel while US attorney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Delli Santi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. — The Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, who has campaigned on a platform of ethical integrity and cutting government waste, regularly spent beyond federal guidelines on business travel while U.S. attorney, records show.

The newly released travel records show that Chris Christie occasionally billed taxpayers more than $400 a night for stays in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romanian government falls in confidence vote in Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania&#8217;s government fell Tuesday in a confidence vote in Parliament, with lawmakers saying it has failed to improve the economy after it went into recession following three years of growth.

Lawmakers voted 254-176 to oust the centrist minority government of Prime Minister Emil Boc. It was the first time Parliament had dismissed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black &amp; Decker lifts 3rd-quarter profit guidance, despite sales expected to drop 23 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Chapman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Black &#038; Decker Corp. shares rose sharply Monday after it raised its third-quarter profit outlook because of cost-cutting and lower prices for parts, as well as a lower tax rate.

The increased guidance pushed Black &#038; Decker&#8217;s stock up $3.58, or 7.6 percent, to $50.28.
Earlier this year, the company said it would cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi PM: Number of security forces strains budget, hinders reconstruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraq&#8217;s government payroll has become so heavy with soldiers and police that it&#8217;s now hindering reconstruction, Iraq&#8217;s prime minister warned Wednesday, raising the possibility of security force cutbacks just as U.S. combat troops are pulling out.

It&#8217;s doubtful whether Nouri al-Maliki would ever slash too deeply into Iraq&#8217;s police and military with U.S. forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of Romanian workers protest low wages outside government HQ; traffic blocked</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-romanian-workers-protest-low-wages-outside-government-hq-traffic-blocked-189135/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUCHAREST, Romania — Thousands of Romanian workers from all over the country protested low wages in the capital on Wednesday, rallying outside government headquarters to demanded leaders do something to increase their pay.

Trade unions said up to 20,000 workers were expected to take part in the three-hour rally, and traffic was diverted in Bucharest.
Hundreds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s Conservatives plan unpopular policies to cut country&#8217;s mounting debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANCHESTER, England — Britain&#8217;s main opposition Conservatives pledged Tuesday to make Britons work longer before retirement, cut child benefits and freeze government salaries — a program they acknowledged would likely be unpopular as they bid to win office.

George Osborne, the likely Treasury chief in any future Conservative government, told delegates at an annual conference that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain plans cutback on salary increases for 750,000 senior government workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael G. Satter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The British government plans to freeze the salaries of top bureaucrats and offer only minimal increases to other senior workers in an effort to control the country&#8217;s spiraling deficit, a treasury official said Monday.

Another government official said the plan would effect about 750,000 public sector workers, including doctors, judges and senior bureaucrats. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. court upholds $2M award to Wal-Mart pharmacist who claimed male co-workers got more pay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-court-upholds-2m-award-to-wal-mart-pharmacist-who-claimed-male-co-workers-got-more-pay-187342/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A former pharmacist at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who claimed she was fired after asking to be paid the same as her male colleagues is entitled to $2 million in damages awarded by a jury, the state&#8217;s highest court ruled Monday.

Cynthia Haddad was fired in 2004 after working more than 10 years for Wal-Mart, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global recession has boosted jobless lines worldwide, but data shows marked differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — Unemployment is rising around the world as the recession leaves few corners untouched — but sharp differences remain between companies directly hit by financial or housing-market collapses and those that have deliberately protected jobs with expensive measures — including subsidizing shorter working weeks.

Unemployment rates in the 30 wealthy countries that belong to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Democrat leader: Romanian government collapses after his party quits over firing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Mutler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania&#8217;s coalition government collapsed Thursday after nine ministers from the Social Democrats quit to protest the firing of the interior minister for comments about possible election fraud.

Social Democratic Party leader Mircea Geoana said the ministers resigned &#8220;in solidarity&#8221; with Dan Nica, a party member fired by Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Socialist opposition seen likely to win Greek election as PM faces tough fight for 3rd mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Becatoros</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece — Greece&#8217;s beleaguered prime minister faces a tough fight to win a third mandate in early elections Sunday, with voters widely expected to reject his conservative party in favor of the opposition socialists.

Whoever wins, Greece will have the heir to a long-running political dynasty at its helm once more. Costas Karamanlis and socialist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hopi lawmakers, Navajo president say environmentalists harming tribes&#8217; economies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of the country&#8217;s largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. and Hopi lawmakers say environmentalists&#8217; efforts could hurt the tribes&#8217; struggling economies by slowing or stopping coal mining.
Shirley said Wednesday that he will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paraguay belatedly fires convicted torturers earning police salaries in prison since 1995</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASUNCION, Paraguay — Three police chiefs imprisoned for torture have finally have been fired after collecting their salaries from behind bars since 1995, Paraguay&#8217;s interior minister said Tuesday.

The former officials are serving 25-year terms in maximum security prison for human rights offenses under the dictatorship of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, including the torture of opposition politicians.
Stroessner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie Mac chief financial officer to receive signing bonus, salary of up to $5.5 milion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac&#8217;s new chief financial officer, lured from the banking industry this month, is receiving a pay package worth up to $5.5 million.

The government-controlled mortgage finance company tapped Ross Kari for the position on Sept. 22. He had previously been serving as CFO for Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati.
The company disclosed in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP answers your questions on the news, from wildlife and wind farms to unemployment benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind power has its fans, but the turbines that turn breezes into energy are also generating concerns: Some worry that the huge contraptions might put wildlife at risk.

So has anyone considered illuminating them with floodlights or painting them hot pink, so animals know to stay away?
Curiosity about more wildlife-friendly wind farms inspired one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokeswoman: China plans to link banker pay to risk, but no plans for salary caps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China plans to link the pay of bankers to risks taken by their institutions but has no plans for salary caps, a government spokeswoman said Friday.

The announcement came as leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meeting in Pittsburgh neared agreement on compensation limits for bankers whose risky behavior contributed to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geography makes a difference in who has health insurance and who doesn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schneider</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO, Fla. — Where someone lives makes a difference in whether or not that person has health insurance.

Census data released this week shows a vast geographic inequality in the uninsured that has been shaped by an area&#8217;s state laws, population makeup and jobs. Residents in vast swaths of the Southwest are many times more likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America to pay $425 million to exit loss-sharing arrangement with government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Bank of America reached an agreement Monday to pay the United States $425 million to exit a costly arrangement whereby the government would have shouldered losses on risky assets from the bank&#8217;s takeover of Merrill Lynch.

The fee, which comes after weeks of haggling, will be paid to the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Federal Reserve may soon play role in compensation policies of US banking workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve may soon be playing a role in compensation policies governing U.S. banking employees, according to a published report Friday.

The proposed plan would allow the Fed to reject those policies it feels allows banking workers to take on too much risk, according to The Wall Street Journal. The government would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks&#8217; appetite for risk is rebounding 1 year after crisis; Is the financial system any safer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevenson Jacobs</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A year after the financial system nearly collapsed, the nation&#8217;s biggest banks are bigger and regaining their appetite for risk.

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and others — which have received tens of billions of dollars in federal aid — are once more betting big on bonds, commodities and exotic financial products, trading that [...]]]></description>
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