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  <title><![CDATA[Protests Rage Across Europe, Middle East [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in several nations this weekend demanding political justice, economic opportunity, and a change to the status quo. Demonstrators -- who powered the Arab Spring, the worldwide Occupy protests during the summer, and the anti-austerity marches of the European autumn -- are back on the streets in a winter of discontent.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:21:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bulls Won't Be Tamed by Weak Profits]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Despite a mediocre earnings season and signs of an overbought market, Wall Street bulls are likely to remain in control this week.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:28:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rotten Apple: Slave-labor Workers Overseen by Company Director Al Gore]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Is there anyone on the planet who hasn&#039;t read of the spate of suicides, worker deaths and accidents at the Chinese plants owned by Taiwan&#039;s Hon Hai Precision Industries, better known as Foxconn?.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:04:03 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dubai: Is the World's Tallest Building on Fire? [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rumors are sweeping the Internet that Dubai&#039;s Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the world&#039;s tallest, is on fire, while officials claim it&#039;s just fog]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:59:20 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Strengthen the United States: Cut Pentagon’s Budget 50%]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, including public goods, weakening the U.S. economy, and, by extension, weakening the nation.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:20:39 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wall Street Week Ahead: Weak Earnings Reports May Not Tame Strong Market Bulls]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Despite a mediocre earnings season and signs of an overbought market, Wall Street bulls are likely to remain in control next week. There are a number of catalysts that have helped the market this year, including a slew of improved economic data and the Federal Reserve&#039;s vow to keep interest rates low.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:39:40 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[America Movil Plans Heavy Investments in 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[America Movil SAB, the Mexican telecommunications firm, plans to make capital expenditures of $8.5 billion to $9 billion in 2012 as part of its investment plan in networks and focus strategy on subscriber growth.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:44:37 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[MF Global Trustee Estimates $1.6 Billion Gap]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The trustee supervising the liquidation of MF Global Holdings&#039; brokerage has said that there is a shortfall of at least $1.6 billion to pay commodity customers&#039; claims.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:54 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Economy: Will It Suffer a Recession in 2012?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The UK economy is under significant pressure in the shadow of uncertainty cast by the eurozone debt crisis which is resulting in its losing the momentum of recovery.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:15:28 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Anger in Greece as Parliament to Vote on Bailout]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greek lawmakers will vote this weekend on a controversial austerity bill that Athens needs to avoid a messy default but which is fuelling a domestic political and social crisis that has brought thousands of Greeks out on the streets in protest.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Solar Stocks Rise on Climbing China Demand: Is it the Right Time to Invest?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[According to Dow Jones&#039; World Solar Energy index, solar stocks rallied this month, up 17 percent on indications of rising demand for solar panels, particularly in China, and price stabilization.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:54:03 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Slightly, Figures Show]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In December, the trade deficit increased to $48.8 billion from $47.1 billion in November.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:32:16 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[S&P Bank Downgrade: List of Italian Financial Institutions Affected]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Standard & Poor&#039;s downgraded the credit ratings of 34 Italian banks after lowering the country&#039;s credit just a month earlier.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greek Cabinet Approves EU/IMF Bailout Bill]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Greek cabinet approved a draft bill spelling out reforms required by the EU and the IMF on Friday, taking Athens closer to getting a new 130 billion-euro bailout after the prime minister warned the alternative was &quot;catastrophe.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facing Uncertain Weekend, Investors Flee to Safe Assets]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Investors flocked to the security of safe-haven assets Friday, like U.S. Treasuries and cash dollar holdings, ahead of what is expected to be a volatile weekend in Athens, already rocked by riots and tense government negotiations.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Groupon: Can It Recover From Its Disappointing Week on Wall Street?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[After a tough week on Wall St. following a disappointing earnings report, questions are being asked about the daily deal company&#039;s longterm strategy]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:59:13 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[S&P Downgrades 34 Italian Banks Due to Increased Financing Risks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The nation&#039;s two largest banks, UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, had their credit ratings downgraded to BBB+ from A by S&P. The country&#039;s third largest bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, was downgraded to BBB from BBB+.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:27 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greek Debt Crisis: PM Asks Government to Pass Deal, Warning of 'Recession, Instability, Unemployment and Destitution']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greece&#039;s prime minister struck back at critics in a letter to his Cabinet Friday evening, delivering a rousing plea in which he asked Greek government officials to coalesce behind a new &quot;ambitious but achievable&quot; program of fiscal austerity; however, the letter acknowledged that would be &quot;difficult politically, difficult economically, and socially difficult.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:16:52 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama's Proposed Fiscal 2013 Budget Has $901B Deficit]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The fiscal 2013 budget President Barack Obama will present to Congress on Monday will include hundreds of billions in infrastructure spending and a projected deficit of $901 billion, or about 5.5 percent of the nation&#039;s gross domestic product.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:07:19 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bernanke Urges Creditors to Rent Properties, Not Try to Sell Them]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The head of the U.S. central bank, in his second public statement on housing policy in as many weeks, told an audience of residential builders Friday that creditors who own vacant homes should consider renting the properties as a way to stanch urban blight.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:22 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Protest Photos: Strikers Battle Police in the Streets of Athens]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The historic streets of Athens are the site of much mayhem and political theater as tens of thousands of Greek citizens have taken to the street to demand their government cancel further austerity measures.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:21 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Crude Futures Fall on Tempered IEA Demand Expectations]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The International Energy Agency lowered its forecast for global oil demand for the sixth consecutive month because of the continuing weakness of the global economy, sending shares of crude oil down with it.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/296765/20120210/crude-oil-futures-price-iran-iea.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:46:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Stocks Fall on Greek Bailout Uncertainty]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks dropped on Friday as the most recent flare-up in Greek negotiations for a financial bailout package put the S&P 500 on track to snap a three-day winning streak.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:53:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China Investigates "Bouncing" Boiled Eggs]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities are investigating eggs which bounce after being boiled and may make men sterile, state media reported Friday, in the latest food safety scare to hit the country.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:03 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Rises to $48.8 Billion in December]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The trade deficit widened slightly more than expected in December, and the bilateral trade deficit with China last year soared to a record high $295.5 billion.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:52:19 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Stocks in Focus (LNKD, ATVI, PPL, CPN)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[LinkedIn Corp., Activision Blizzard Corp., PPL Corp. and Calpine Corp. are among the stocks that could be actively traded Friday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:12 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Day Ahead: Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, Trade Balance in Focus]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Futures on major U.S. indices point to a lower opening Friday after eurozone finance ministers asked Athens for more cuts to release the second bailout package.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:35:55 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Post-Market NASDAQ Gainers (SWIR, SGMO, BRKS, NVTL, FORR, NXPI, VPFG, AKRX, IFSIA, ALGN)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were: Sierra Wireless, Sangamo BioSciences, Brooks Automation, Novatel Wireless, Forrester Research, NXP Semiconductors, ViewPoint Financial Group, Akorn, Interface and Align Technology.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Post-Market NASDAQ Losers (TRLG, XIDE, NUAN, AMRS, UNIS, THRX, ASYS, NTES, DEER, HALO)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The top after-market NASDAQ Losers Thursday were: True Religion Apparel, Exide Technologies, Nuance Communications,  Amyris, Unilife Corp, Theravance, Amtech Systems, Netease.com, Deer Consumer Products and Halozyme Therapeutics.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:27:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Top After Market NYSE Losers (LF, OSG, GDI, RNDY, FLO, LGF, EXP, SLT, DQ, SKH)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The top aftermarket NYSE Losers Thursday were: Leapfrog Enterprises, Overseas Shipholding Group, Gardner Denver, Roundy&#039;s, Flowers Foods, Lions Gate Entertainment, Eagle Materials, Sterlite Industries India, DAQQ New Energy Corp and Skilled Healthcare Group.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:52:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Oil Prices Fall: How Critical are the Geopolitical Factors?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Oil fell from the highest level in three weeks ending a whole week of upward trend even as fears over a worsening eurozone debt crisis and its potentially disastrous impact on global commodity demand were contradicted by signs and figures of a quicker recovery from the U.S.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:26:32 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Top After Market NYSE Gainers (LNKD, CBB, HDY, GNK, CIE, PHM, CJES, ODP, PL)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Thursday were: LinkedIn Corp, Cincinnati Bell, HyperDynamics, Genco Shipping & Trading, Cobalt International Energy, PulteGroup, C&J Energy Services, Office Depot and Protective Life Corp.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:25 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[IT Outsourcing: Will it Continue to Grow in 2012? (Exclusive)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Overall demand for IT services will continue to grow in 2012 as productivity efficiencies from IT are now a well-accepted reality, according to a senior executive of a major IT service provider.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU Trade Commissioner Meets Anand Sharma]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Karel De Gucht, the European Union Trade Commissioner called on Anand Sharma the Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:05:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ANZ Bank Hikes Variable Home Loan, Small Business Interest Rates by 0.06%]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[ANZ Bank announced on Friday that it will increase its variable home loan and small business interest rates by 0.06 per cent. The announcement establishes ANZ&#039;s independence for the Reserve Bank of Australia&#039;s (RBA) overnight cash rate policy which the central bank at kept on Tuesday at 4.25 per cent.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:45:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[J.C. Penney Pricing Strategy: What is in Store? (Exclusive)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[J.C. Penney Co is introducing a three-tier price model by which the retailer is essentially committing to a new markdown pricing strategy that will convince consumers that some items will not have price reductions (&quot;everyday fair price&quot;), thereby their risk of buying at current prices is low, according to a Stanford University business faculty.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:43:54 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Doubts on Greece Deal Weigh on Asian Stocks, Euro]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The euro and Asian shares pulled back Friday as investors remained concerned about prospects of restructuring Greece&#039;s debt and global lenders demanded more steps even after it struck a long-awaited deal on fiscal reforms.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China, Canada Strategic Partnership Strengthened Over $3 B Uranium Sale]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the governments of China and Canada renewed yet again their bilateral ties over a planned sale of some $3 billion uranium yellowcake exports to the world&#039;s second-largest economy.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:22:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Job Cuts Hit Australia’s Construction Industry]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More jobs in Australia continue to be placed on the chopping block as the axe moves to the construction industry. Kell & Rigby, one of Australia&#039;s oldest building firms, announced on Thursday the loss of 500 jobs.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[RBA Lowers Inflation, Growth Forecast]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Four days after it retained the overnight cash rate at 4.25 per cent, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered on Friday its inflation and growth forecast for the first six months of 2012.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:37:44 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Presidents from Which Party Create More Jobs - Democratic or Republican?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Which party, Democratic or Republican, while in the White House, creates more jobs, on a per year basis? The answer may surprise you.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/296272/20120209/jobs-presidents-job-creation-clinton-fdr-lbj.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:17:19 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China Sees Annual Exports Down in January]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[As a definite effect of the continuing sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone, coupled with the fiscal weakness also happening in the United States, China had braced itself for a less than favorable performance of its exports during the first month of the year.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:13:13 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 2/10/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australian stocks are trading lower in the early session, as investors focus on the local reporting season rather than positive offshore moves. US and European markets moved higher overnight after Greece reached a new deal to secure additional funding. At lunchtime in the East, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is down 19pts or 0.5pct to 4337.4.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:10:13 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[No Consensus On Telstra]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[- Telstra interim broadly as expected- Mobiles a driver, Sensis still struggling- Minor changes to broker estimates post the result- Broker opinion remains divided on the stockBy Chris ShawInterim earnings from Telstra ((TLS)) were broadly as the market had expected, the company delivering solid mob.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:13:09 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Overnight Report: Ouzos All Round]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 6 points while the S&P added 0.1% to 1351 and the Nasdaq rose 0.4%.Last night Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos announced that he and the opposition representatives had finally reached agreement on austerity measures after their marathon of negotiation.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:43:31 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Launches it’s ‘Great for You’ Label for Healthy Foods]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Walmart Store_ the world&#039;s largest retailer]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/296226/20120209/wal-mart-launches-s-great-label-healthy.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:07:53 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Results: Rio Cuts Aluminium Values, With Iron Ore Profits]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto has taken the opportunity of a peak in its iron ore-driven profits to clean up its books with a massive $US8.9 billion write-down in the value of its aluminium business.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/296225/20120209/results-rio-cuts-aluminium-values-iron-ore.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:07:34 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Bailout Plan Details Disdained In Brussels, at Home]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hours after Greece&#039;s ruling coalition announced it had concluded an 11th-hour agreement on new austerity measures in an effort to satisfy foreign lenders, it seemed that everyone - from creditors abroad to political allies back home - was turning on the Greek leadership.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/296222/20120209/greece-bailout-plan-details-news-2012.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:55 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 10 February 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Local stocks are expected to rebound on Friday with the gains posted overnight by European and U.S. markets routing from the positive resolution of the Greek debt deal.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/296207/20120209/stock-market-leads-australia-dollar-eud-aud.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:47:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 02/10/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks drifted upwards Thursday as investors took stock of a Greek austerity deal and continued improvement in the U.S. labor market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 21 points, or 0.2%, to 12907 in afternoon trade.]]></description>
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