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		<title>Obama bemoans double-digit joblessness, says he&#8217;ll persevere in quest to revive economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama: Gov&#8217;t working to ease pain of joblessness
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said new figures released Friday showing national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are a sobering reminder of the challenges still facing the U.S. economy.
Standing in the White House Rose Garden a few hours after the government reported that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar trades choppily as unemployment tops 10 percent, Fed expected to keep rates near zero</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Dollar choppy after unemployment tops 10 percent

NEW YORK — The safe-haven dollar got an immediate boost Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate rose above 10 percent, but then gave back its gains in choppy trading as investors figured that a weak economy meant the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates at their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices drop below $78 a barrel as US unemployment rate tops 10 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Oil prices tumble after US unemployment report

NEW YORK — Oil prices tumbled Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate topped 10 percent for the first time since 1983.
Benchmark crude for December delivery gave up $2.74 to trade at $76.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude for December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks trade mixed as investors find positives for the market in 10.2 percent unemployment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Stocks zigzag as traders digest jobs report

NEW YORK — Stocks are fluctuating in a tight range as investors find some positives for the market in a surprisingly weak jobs report.
The Labor Department&#8217;s report Friday that unemployment has risen above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 isn&#8217;t welcome news but it is reassuring some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to address economic help, unemployment, Fort Hood shooting in Rose Garden statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama to address economy, Fort Hood shooting
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the Fort Hood shootings and the double-digit unemployment figures at the White House later this morning.
Obama is expected to emphasize the benefits of a new bill that will provide tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extend unemployment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House adviser: Job numbers disappointing, but there are some signs of budding confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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White House adviser: Job numbers disappointing

WASHINGTON — White House economic adviser Christina Romer (ROH&#8217;-mur) says the 10.2 percent unemployment rate for October is a stark reminder of how much more needs to be done to get people back to work.
Romer, who heads the president&#8217;s Council of Economic Advisers, says the latest unemployment figure doesn&#8217;t come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks tick higher as investors shrug off rise in unemployment rate to 10.2 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Stocks rise as traders shrug off unemployment

NEW YORK — Stocks rose early Friday as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.
The rise in joblessness reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will have to hold interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart trims online preorder prices of anticipated DVDs; rivals make similar cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war

NEW YORK — First it was books. Now it&#8217;s DVDs.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following its price cut on books last month. And, once again, competitors Amazon.com and Target scrambled to match the prices.
It&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983; 190,000 jobs lost in October</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since &#8216;83
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices fall Friday yet end the week higher for the fourth consecutive time on econ data</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Oil prices are surging this month on fresh evidence the economy is pulling itself out of recession.

A barrel of crude has jumped roughly $10 in four weeks, though some early gains were erased Friday as traders focused more on growing petroleum supplies.
Benchmark crude for September delivery gave up $1.01 to settle at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel sector stocks get boost after government releases latest economic data</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Shares of U.S hotel chains climbed Friday after a series of economic reports showed the recession may be drawing to a close and gave investors hope the hard-hit industry will see occupancy rates climb.

Early in the day, federal data showed that employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July. And the government reported that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers cut fewer jobs in July; unemployment rate dips, a strong signal recession is ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, sending a strong signal that the worst recession since World War II is finally ending.

A net total of 247,000 jobs were lost last month, the fewest in a year. That compares with 443,000 jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says administration has pulled the economy &#8216;back from the brink&#8217;, says more work needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is welcoming an improved national employment report, saying his administration has &#8220;rescued our economy from catastrophe.&#8221;

In an appearance on the White House Rose Garden, Obama applauded a Labor Department report earlier Friday saying that the jobless rate declined to 9.4 percent from 9.5 percent a month earlier.
But he said much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pouncing on economic woes, Nevada renews cutthroat push to poach businesses from California</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Rindels</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Talk about kicking a neighbor while he&#8217;s down: Nevada is spending $250,000 for an ad campaign that compares California legislators to talking chimps and tells business owners they can &#8220;kiss their assets goodbye&#8221; if they stay put.

It&#8217;s the latest salvo in a generally friendly rivalry that&#8217;s taken on a harder edge with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil wavers near $72 a barrel as US jobs data beats expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Oil prices wavered Friday on fresh evidence the economy was pulling itself out of recession.

Benchmark crude for September delivery increased 35 cents to $72.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices are on track to increase for the fourth straight week.
Energy prices typicially rise with positive economic news. But they&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar gets big boost as US unemployment picture brightens; rally driven by &#8216;right reasons&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dollar-gets-big-boost-as-us-unemployment-picture-brightens-rally-driven-by-right-reasons-133675/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tali Arbel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The dollar steamed higher Friday as a government report showed U.S. unemployment falling for the first time in 15 months, surging up alongside equities in an upending of its normal trading pattern.

&#8220;Finally the U.S. dollar rallies for the right reasons,&#8221; said Ashraf Laidi, chief market strategist at CMC Markets.
The way the dollar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House welcomes better-than-expected jobs report, still expects 10 percent jobless rate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-welcomes-better-than-expected-jobs-report-still-expects-10-percent-jobless-rate-133667/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a dip in unemployment as evidence &#8220;the worst may be behind us&#8221; with the recession well into its second year.

Earlier, however, the White House said that the president still expects unemployment to hit 10 percent sometime later this year.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European, US markets jump on July jobs report; RBS plummets on earns and outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise Watt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — European and U.S. markets surged Friday after a better-than-expected American jobs report raised hopes that the recession in the world&#8217;s largest economy is finally ending.

Germany&#8217;s DAX closed up 1.7 percent to 5,458.96, France&#8217;s CAC-40 jumped 1.3 percent to 3,521.14 and Britain&#8217;s FTSE 100 added 0.9 percent to 4,731.56.
In midday trading in New York, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better-than-expected jobs report pushes stocks higher, feeds hopes for economic recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/better-than-expected-jobs-report-pushes-stocks-higher-feeds-hopes-for-economic-recovery-133618/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The economy&#8217;s most vexing problem, unemployment, is showing the first signs of easing. And Wall Street is celebrating.

Major stock indexes jumped more than 1 percent Friday after the government said the nation&#8217;s unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in July for the first time in 15 months and that employers cut fewer jobs. Bond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers cut just 247,000 jobs in July; jobless rate dips, strong signal recession ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, sending a strong signal that the worst recession since World War II is finally ending.

A net total of 247,000 jobs were lost last month, the fewest in a year. That compares with 443,000 jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian economy sheds 45,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate steady at 8.6 pct</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO — Canada lost a more-than-expected 45,000 jobs in July.

Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.6 percent, an 11-year-high.
The 45,000 job loss figure is well above the previous month&#8217;s 7,400 retreat.
The U.S.-equivalent based on labor market size would be 450,000 jobs lost. The U.S. labor market is about 10 times the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collapse of property boom sends Ireland&#8217;s unemployment rate to 14-year high of 12.2 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/collapse-of-property-boom-sends-irelands-unemployment-rate-to-14-year-high-of-122-percent-133477/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Unemployment in recession-hit Ireland has risen to a 14-year high of 12.2 percent, the country&#8217;s Central Statistics Office reported Friday.

The rise from June&#8217;s rate of 11.9 percent means the number of people out of work is reaching a new record high each month in Ireland. When the unemployment rate last stood at 12.2 [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<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>
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		<title>July jobs report out next week likely to show far fewer layoffs than in June, economists say</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher S. Rugaber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Fewer people are claiming jobless benefits, leading economists to project that next week&#8217;s employment report will show a sharp drop in job losses for July compared with June.

Claims for jobless aid, which track layoffs and firings, are trending downward in a modest sign of improvement in the labor market, economists note.
That helps explain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobless rates rise in 90 pct of metro areas from May to June; college towns feel a big hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — More than 90 percent of the nation&#8217;s largest metropolitan areas saw their unemployment rates climb in June from the previous month.

Some of the biggest increases hit college towns, where the annual summertime exodus of students causes bars, restaurants and other businesses to cut staff. The Detroit area, hit hard by manufacturing layoffs tied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European markets trim gains as Wall Street opens modestly lower following 2 week rally</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — European stock markets trimmed gains Thursday as Wall Street fell modestly and investors baulked at staking out positions ahead of Friday&#8217;s crucial U.S. jobs data.

Stocks in Europe bounced back after two days of losses, with the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares up 36.98 points, or 0.8 percent, to 4,683.11, and Germany&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke defends Fed&#8217;s ability to take on supercop role, unwind stimulus to prevent inflation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<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>
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		<title>California lawmakers say budget deal is close, &#8216;huge progress&#8217; made in solving $26B deficit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A deal to solve California&#8217;s $26.3 billion budget deficit could come as early as this weekend after legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made &#8220;huge progress&#8221; during hours of closed-door negotiations, state lawmakers said.

&#8220;This thing is coming to an end sooner than later,&#8221; Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said Friday. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawmakers optimistic they are close to solving the state&#8217;s $26B budget shortfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are close to striking a deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to solve the state&#8217;s $26.3 billion budget deficit, leading Democrats said Friday after emerging from three hours of closed-door negotiations.

&#8220;This thing is coming to an end sooner than later,&#8221; said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento.
He said an agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks turn in hefty profits, but industry still has big problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The big banks are making big money again, but they won&#8217;t be back to health as long as they have to deal with a recession and customers defaulting on mortgages and credit cards.

The impressive numbers included a $3 billion second-quarter profit announced Friday by Citigroup and $2.4 billion for Bank of America. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House to vote on saving wild horses from slaughter, giving them more acres to roam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The nation&#8217;s wild horses would be protected from slaughter and given millions more acres to roam under legislation moving toward passage Friday in the House.

Supporters of the bill mobilized after the Interior Department announced last year that it may have to kill thousands of healthy wild horses and burros to deal with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama lays claim to the economy; with possession comes credit and blame</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kuhnhenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With four simple words — &#8220;Give it to me!&#8221; — President Barack Obama took possession of the economy.

For months, the White House and Obama&#8217;s economic team have laid the economic crisis at the feet of President George W. Bush. But there comes a point in a presidency when inheritance becomes ownership. Obama made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German manufacturing work force down 2.3 percent over past year</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-manufacturing-work-force-down-23-percent-over-past-year-109849/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — The German manufacturing sector&#8217;s work force decreased by 2.3 percent in the year to May, its sharpest decline in five years, government data showed Wednesday.

Germany&#8217;s export-dependent economy sank into recession last year as the global downturn dried up demand for its manufactured goods. Recent data have shown industrial orders and production beginning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher energy prices push wholesale inflation, retail sales up more than expected in June</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<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>
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		<title>Oil plunges to near $65 in Asia as weak economic data sparks concern about recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE — Oil prices plunged to near $65 a barrel Monday in Asia as dismal unemployment figures from the U.S. and Europe last week sparked investor concern about a nascent economic recovery.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell $1.63 to $65.10 a barrel by midday Singapore time, after earlier dropping as low as $64.65, in electronic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden says Obama administration &#8216;misread how bad the economy was,&#8217; promises more jobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/biden-says-obama-administration-misread-how-bad-the-economy-was-promises-more-jobs-99905/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration &#8220;misread how bad the economy was&#8221; but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up.

Biden, in an interview airing Sunday on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; said the nation&#8217;s 9.5 percent unemployment rate is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commodities suffer as worse-than-expected jobs report sends investors in search of safety</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/commodities-suffer-as-worse-than-expected-jobs-report-sends-investors-in-search-of-safety-98181/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Commodity prices fell sharply Thursday as a worse-than-expected jobs report sent investors in search of less risky assets.

The Labor Department rattled the market when it said employers slashed 467,000 jobs in June, far more than the 363,000 economists had expected. The unemployment rate jumped to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent.
The report, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he remains confident in economic recovery despite increase in unemployment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday that he remains confident the economy will turn around in the short term and the nation will prosper in the long term despite another dose of bad unemployment news.

&#8220;And I&#8217;m absolutely confident that we can, at this period of difficulty, prove, once again, what this nation can achieve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Putin has &#8216;one foot in old ways,&#8217; Obama says on eve of Russia trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — On the eve of a trip to Moscow, President Barack Obama chided Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday for keeping &#8220;one foot in the old ways of doing business.&#8221; By contrast, he said Putin&#8217;s handpicked successor as president understands that Cold War behavior is outdated.

In a White House interview with The Associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says in AP interview that Supreme Court &#8216;moving the ball&#8217; on racial hiring preferences</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-in-ap-interview-that-supreme-court-moving-the-ball-on-racial-hiring-preferences-98076/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court was &#8220;moving the ball&#8221; on affirmative action in this week&#8217;s decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but he added that the court had not ruled out the use of racial preferences in the future.

In a White House interview with The Associated Press, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail job cuts moderate, with 21,000 in June, but conditions may worsen for the industry</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/retail-job-cuts-moderate-with-21000-in-june-but-conditions-may-worsen-for-the-industry-98059/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Dinnocenzio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Retail job cuts moderated in June, when U.S. merchants trimmed 21,000 as they kept shuttering stores, but weakness in the overall job market looms over retailers, who need consumers to spend more freely.

June was the 17th straight month that retailers cut jobs, but they trimmed much less than their 12-month industry average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US layoffs still too high, too many families worried, Obama says in AP interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With joblessness rising, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; about unemployment and conceded that too many families are worried about &#8220;whether they will be next&#8221; to suffer economically.

In a White House interview with The Associated Press, Obama said that since he took office, &#8220;we have successfully stabilized the financial markets,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama says he remains concerned about job losses, says more work needed on economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he&#8217;s still &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; about the continuing loss of jobs across the country.

He said that developing both a short-term and longer-term solution to America&#8217;s economic woes is &#8220;one of the things that I&#8217;m most focused on.&#8221;
Obama also told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday he feels his administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too many jobs still being lost, too many families worried, Obama says in AP interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With joblessness rising, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; about unemployment and conceded that too many families are worried about &#8220;whether they will be next&#8221; to suffer economically.

In a White House interview with The Associated Press, Obama said that since he took office, &#8220;we have successfully stabilized the financial markets,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks decline in morning trading as US unemployment rate reaches 26-year high</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower Thursday.

Major stock indexes fell more than 2.5 percent after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate hit a 26-year high.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was extended until 4:15 p.m. Eastern time in order to execute customer orders impacted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil falls below $67 a barrel as dollar gains on euro, US unemployment rate rises to 9.5 pct</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Oil prices tumbled to their lowest level in a month Thursday following the release of woeful job numbers in Europe and the U.S.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell $2.58, nearly 4 percent, to settle at $66.73 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Crude hit an eight-month high in midday trading Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World markets down sharply as US jobs disappointment reins in recovery hopes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-markets-down-sharply-as-us-jobs-disappointment-reins-in-recovery-hopes-97918/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — World stock markets fell sharply Thursday after worse than expected U.S. jobs data reined in investor hopes of a swift end to recession.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 106.44 points, or 2.5 percent, to 4,234.27 while Germany&#8217;s DAX fell 186.95 points, or 3.8 percent, to 4,718.49. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers cut larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June; jobless rate ticks up to 9.5 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/employers-cut-larger-than-expected-467000-jobs-in-june-jobless-rate-ticks-up-to-95-percent-97822/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, suggesting Americans will have little appetite to spend and the economy&#8217;s road to recovery will be bumpy.

The Labor Department report, released Thursday, showed that even as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks rise after data shows more stable manufacturing activity, rise in pending home sales</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-rise-after-data-shows-more-stable-manufacturing-activity-rise-in-pending-home-sales-97116/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madlen Read</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors kicked off the stock market&#8217;s third quarter with a moderate gain after getting some reassuring data on manufacturing and housing.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose by 0.7 percent Wednesday, rebounding from the previous day&#8217;s selloff that was triggered by a drop in consumer confidence. Other indexes made moderate advances as well.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers&#8217; confidence in economy unexpectedly falls in June, halting 3-month upward trend</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/consumers-confidence-in-economy-unexpectedly-falls-in-june-halting-3-month-upward-trend-95691/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Mounting job losses and other economic realities caught up with Americans in June, pushing down a key barometer of consumer sentiment after a streak of gains built on glimmers of hope.

Some economists say the reality check offered by Tuesday&#8217;s report from the New York-based Conference Board may not augur well for spending [...]]]></description>
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