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			<title><![CDATA[ Fannie Mae to tighten lending rules ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:53:02 EST</pubDate>
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Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage finance company that helps shape lending guidelines, plans next month to raise minimum credit score requirements and limit the amount of overall debt borrowers can carry relative to their incomes.
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			<dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Data show rise in consumer spending, drop in jobless claims ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:43:58 EST</pubDate>
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A new round of economic data released Wednesday offers evidence that the economic expansion has continued through the latter part of the year but raises questions about the strength of the industrial sector in the months ahead.
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			<dc:creator>Neil Irwin and Dana Hedgpeth</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ White House official's net neutrality comments irk AT&amp;T ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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AT&amp;T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China have really gotten under its skin.
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			<dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Home sales rebound to early-2007 level ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Economists and policymakers got what they were looking for Monday: a clear uptick in the housing market. The catch is, few believe it's sustainable.
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			<dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sharp drop in lending largest since 1984 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Lending by U.S. banks plunged by 2.8 percent in the third quarter, the largest drop since at least 1984 and the fifth consecutive quarter in which banks have reduced lending, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported Tuesday.
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			<dc:creator>Binyamin Appelbaum</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Blacks hit hard by economy's punch ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother's one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the streets and out of trouble, held captive by the economy. As a young black man, Spriggs bel...
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Mac fears big hit from failed lender ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage finance giant, said Monday it's trying to minimize losses on more than $1 billion in assets at risk because of the summer collapse of mortgage lender Taylor, Bean &amp; Whitaker and a regional bank with which it did business.
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wizards owner helped transform D.C. ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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He arrived in Washington more than 75 years ago, the gangly son of a Russian metal worker named Morris Pollinovsky who came to America a poor man speaking no English. Through decades of hard work and a seemingly unstoppable will, Abe Pollin rose to the top of the worlds of business, philanthropy and...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wizards owner helped transform D.C. ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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He arrived in Washington more than 75 years ago, the gangly son of a Russian metal worker named Morris Pollinovsky who came to America a poor man speaking no English. Through decades of hard work and a seemingly unstoppable will, Abe Pollin rose to the top of the worlds of business, philanthropy and...
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			<dc:creator>Peter Perl</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lead, dangerous chemicals found in toys despite law ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Despite a new law that bans six chemicals from children's products and lowers the lead limit for them, a public interest group has found a number of toys at major retailers that contain the chemicals and illegal amounts of lead.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Some toys containing illegal levels of lead or chemicals ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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U.S. PIRG purchased 15 children's toys from national chain stores around the country and sent them to independent laboratories for chemical analysis. Among the purchases were these problem toys:
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: Killings in southern Philippines spark warnings ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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PHILIPPINES The slaying of at least 46 people in the southern Philippines on Monday could herald a surge in political violence, with powerful clans exacting revenge on one another while stepping up the fight for next year's elections, local residents and analysts warned Tuesday.
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The past few days have seen action in some significant cyber justice cases, most notably the 51-month prison sentence meted out to Alan M. Ralsky -- a man dubbed the "Godfather of Spam."
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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WALL STREET American International Group said that it would go ahead with a previously announced pay package for new chief executive Robert Benmosche of $7 million in cash and stock.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CONTRACTING General Dynamics Corp., the maker of Abrams battle tanks and Gulfstream business jets, received a $2.2 billion contract to build 724 light armored vehicles for an unidentified foreign buyer.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bankers making turkeys out of taxpayers ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The nation's bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Washington Post shutters last U.S. bureaus ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Washington Post, in a significant retrenchment, is closing its remaining domestic bureaus around the country.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Kurtz</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ciena to buy Nortel unit in $769 million deal ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Linthicum-based Ciena announced Monday that it has won a bid to buy a major piece of bankrupt Canadian tech firm Nortel Networks.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Value Added: Football field was training ground for entrepreneur Greg Jones ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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I played four years of basketball in high school, but I rode the bench for all of that time. I have since convinced myself that the slog was worth it, even though it consumed thousands of hours and contributed to my being a bit of an academic underachiever. I learned teamwork, how to compete, and...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rise in stock ownership among lawmakers brings ethics concerns ]]></title>
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When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this summer proposed a $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost of health-care reforms, an unusual mix of lawmakers joined in a chorus of protest.
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			<dc:creator>Robert O'Harrow Jr., Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A great burden grows ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A year after the global economy teetered on the verge of collapse, a recession -- a lingering and unwelcome guest -- has settled in at dinner tables across the land.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. woman's disappearance leaves a trail with no end ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stork Craft Manufacturing recalls 2.1 million cribs after infant deaths ]]></title>
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More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs from Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chinese drywall linked to irritation ]]></title>
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has some unsettling advice for people who live in homes built with Chinese-made drywall: "Spend as much time outdoors in fresh air as possible."
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			<title><![CDATA[ Landowners along Florida beaches ask Supreme Court to examine taking of private property ]]></title>
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DESTIN, FLA. -- The sugar-white sand that stretches from Slade and Nancy Lindsay's deck to the clear, green waters of the Gulf of Mexico is some of the finest in the world. Tiny, uniformly shaped quartz crystals make the beach that stretches along the Florida Panhandle unique, experts say.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Business Digest: GM asks Europe for restructuring help ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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AUTOMOTIVE General Motors asked European governments to help pay most of the $4.9 billion that it needs to restructure its struggling European operations.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Business Digest: Gladstone to offer senior common shares ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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INVESTING Gladstone Commercial Corp., a real estate investment trust, said Monday it will create a new class of ownership by offering senior common shares in a private sale.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Criticized economic development official leaving Loudoun job ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Loudoun County's economic development director announced his resignation Monday amid growing criticism from business leaders and county officials over his steadfast emphasis on rural quality-of-life issues over corporate relocations.
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			<dc:creator>Derek Kravitz</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Renters becoming latest victims as foreclosure crisis widens ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK -- A new wave of foreclosures stands to hurt people who may have never taken out a mortgage: renters. In cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, where many investors are carrying upside-down mortgages on large rental buildings, some tenants are watching their homes fall apart a...
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			<dc:creator>Robin Shulman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Oct. existing home sales jump record 10.1 percent ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:05:20 EST</pubDate>
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Existing home sales in October jumped a record 10.1 percent, according to data released moments ago, thanks to buyers rushing in to take advantage of the first-time home buyers' credit before it was set to expire.
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			<dc:creator>Frank Ahrens</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoking vaccine takes new approach ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Smokers have tried a long list of ways to quit: cold turkey, counseling, gum, patches and more.
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			<dc:creator>Mike Musgrove</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Color of Money: Money is tight; give wisely ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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There's no surprise that charitable giving is down this year. A recession can make even the most altruistic person pull back.
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			<dc:creator>Michelle Singletary</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A different sort of holiday cheer ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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This holiday season, some workplaces are trading Chardonnay for charity contributions and crepes for kindness.
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			<dc:creator>Vickie Elmer</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Plan ahead on donations to be safe come tax time ]]></title>
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If you've noticed a slightly more hysterical tone in the fund requests we all get from charities this time of year, there's a reason: Donors, hit by factors as varied as the Madoff scandal and the general economic downturn, have cut back while the charities are facing greater demand for their...
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			<dc:creator>Albert B. Crenshaw</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ This Week, Nov. 23-27 ]]></title>
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A week's worth of economic headlines will be crammed into three days in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ New at the top: Melissa Chapman of Agilex Technologies ]]></title>
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I was a toddler during the Apollo missions. They were very exciting to watch as a child. By the time I graduated from high school, an engineering degree really attracted me. And while the fields of aerospace and health sound very far apart, in terms of complexity and security of our country, they're...
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			<title><![CDATA[ The ultimate crop rotation: Wealthy nations outsource crops to Ethiopia's farmlands ]]></title>
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BAKO, ETHIOPIA -- In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Palestinians looking to American-style housing developments, financing ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The hills around this city have seen plenty of construction, often the distinctive red-roofed homes favored by Israeli settlers.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ INSIDER TRANSACTIONS ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bankruptcies ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local court clerk's offices.
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Audio Video Systems of Chantilly named Michele Ferreira vice president of sales and marketing, and Barry Goldin vice president of operations.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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LUCAS DO RIO VERDE, BRAZIL -- For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland.
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			<dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In recession, one road led back home ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Her parents redecorated her bedroom soon after she left for college, as sure as everyone else in this town that Melissa Meyer would not be moving back. They took down the photos of Melissa meeting the Dalai Lama and laughing alongside Joe Biden, placing them in the closet. They packed away dozens...
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			<dc:creator>Eli Saslow</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate vs. House bills ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Government-run insurance Each bill creates a public option. The Senate bill allows states to opt out.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wall Street conspiracy theories dissected, defined ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Once there was a simpler time, when pretty much everything that happened in the financial world had a straightforward explanation.
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			<dc:creator>Gary Weiss</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Storm of criticism said to buoy Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has been a lightning rod for the Obama administration even longer than he's formally held his position. This week, the storm clouds returned.
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Jitters, disappointing data get the best of Wall Street ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Anxiety reappeared on Wall Street this week, leaving markets largely lower and sending investors into short-term government bonds and the U.S. dollar, which recorded its first weekly gain in a month.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. unemployment climbs to among highest in nation ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates.
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. agrees to 50-year lease of state port facilities ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday an agreement to give the nation's largest port operator control of the state-owned portion of the Port of Baltimore for the next 50 years in exchange for the company's promise to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand and maintain the...
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			<dc:creator>Aaron C. Davis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Jobs Chat: Target federal applications to a few bulls-eye positions ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Derrick T. Dortch, president of the Diversa Group, is a career counselor who specializes in government job searches and military transition. This is adapted from a recent chat at washingtonpost.com.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Africa's largest wind farm set to emerge from Kenyan desert ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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NAIROBI -- Kenya's Chalbi Desert is a bleak, forbidding stretch of coarse sand and ash-gray ridges broken by clusters of tiny huts. It is also one of the windiest places on Earth, experts say, and it soon will be the site of Africa's largest wind farm.
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			<dc:creator>Christopher Vourlias</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center ]]></title>
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Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.
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			<dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kuwait-based military contractor wins court delay ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Kuwaiti-owned company indicted in Atlanta this week for alleged fraud in connection with a multibillion-dollar contract to supply food and other products to coalition troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan won a court delay Friday, indicating that it may be planning to fight the case, whether in...
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Don't trust the crowd if you value the truth ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Back when I was a newspaper editor in Rochester, N.Y., an investment club invited me to speak about small-company stocks, a subject I occasionally wrote about. Before the session, I talked with club members to learn more about how they picked stocks. They explained that they focused on a single...
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			<dc:creator>Bob Frick</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ It may not be the thought that counts ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Questions for Joel Waldfogel, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His book, "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays," was published in October by Princeton University Press.
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			<dc:creator>Kiplinger's Personal Finance</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Your charity telemarketing cheat sheet ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Phone Rings. Caller: Good evening, Mr. Jones. I'm calling on behalf of ABC Charity. Would you like to give to help your community?
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama faces congressional anger about economy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis, Zachary A. Goldfarb and Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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More than 14 percent of borrowers were in trouble on their mortgage during the third quarter, a new record, according to an industry survey released Thursday, which also suggests that the foreclosure rate is likely not to peak until next year as unemployment rates continue to rise.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CONTRACTS Security company Northrop Grumman said it received a training contract with the National Guard valued at $50 million over five years.
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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U.S. consumers may not save money and could wind up paying higher credit card costs if lawmakers force payment networks including Visa and MasterCard to cut fees charged to merchants, a government watchdog said.
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NEW YORK -- In highly orchestrated raids across five continents this week, Interpol officers in Europe, drug agents in the United States and task forces from Sweden to Singapore hunted down counterfeit prescription drugs in an effort to stem a rapidly growing criminal business preying on financia...
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			<dc:creator>Ylan Q. Mui</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CREDIT J.P. Morgan Chase said it is dropping a clause from its credit-card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration, a move that could open the door to consumers filing class-action and other lawsuits.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Online system tracks flight noise near Dulles, Reagan ]]></title>
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The region's airports authority has unveiled an Internet system designed to help the public track noisy flights near area airports.
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			<dc:creator>Sholnn Freeman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 2011 Kia Sorento ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The bottom line: No union or company is safe in a hotly competitive global market where consumers call the shots. That's especially true in the case of excellent products, such as the 2011 Sorento. My hunch is that no one will look for the union label when looking at that one. Some buyers might be...
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. part of global crackdown on counterfeit medicines ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK -- In highly orchestrated raids around the world this week, Interpol officers in Europe, drug agents in the United States and task forces from Sweden to Singapore hunted down counterfeit prescription drugs in an effort to stem a rapidly growing criminal business preying on financially pr...
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			<dc:creator>Ylan Q. Mui</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ American Express to enter market for online payments ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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American Express on Wednesday said it had agreed to buy the online person-to-person payment provider Revolution Money for $300 million, the latest move by one of the credit card giants to add a service that has been increasingly in demand by consumers, especially younger ones.
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			<dc:creator>Frank Ahrens</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Discount retailer Forman Mills to open pair of new area stores ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Capitalizing on consumers' growing desire to "trade down," no-frills retailer Forman Mills is making a bigger foray into the Washington area with two new stores, one opening in New Carrollton on Friday and another in the District on Nov. 27.
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bailout program could be extended ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration is poised to extend the life of the highly unpopular $700 billion financial bailout and, to display a commitment to fiscal responsibility, is planning to use much of the leftover funds to reduce the national debt, government sources said.
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			<dc:creator>David Cho, Michael D. Shear and Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Housing starts take unexpected tumble, fall 10.6 percent ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:57:01 EST</pubDate>
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New home construction took an unexpected tumble last month, reflecting the bumpy nature of a tentative housing recovery.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ At home with work ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When Michael Gibbs and Hope Katz Gibbs moved this August, one house in Arlington rose to the top of their wish list: a remodeled and expanded ranch home. The big selling point? The house had enough flexible space that both of them could both set up their own home offices.
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			<dc:creator>Dan Rafter</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Housewatch: How to pick the most environmentally friendly countertops ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Want the greenest countertop on the market? You're going to have to do a bit of research.
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			<dc:creator>Katherine Salant</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Expect tightening from the FHA ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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For the past several years, the Federal Housing Administration has been the go-to financing resource for cash-strapped home buyers who can't come up with a big down payment. It has zoomed from barely a 3 percent market share to nearly 30 percent of home-purchase loans. But now, wildly popular...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Business Digest: Judge backs revised Google Books deal ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a revised settlement between Google and authors and publishers over the Internet giant's effort to create a vast digital library.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Nation Digest: FEC eases restrictions on candidates' luxury jets ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Federal Election Commission on Thursday eased restrictions on the use of luxury jets by many candidates for federal office, ruling that Senate and presidential candidates can pay discounted prices for private air travel as long as they do not do so on behalf of their own campaign.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Digest: AES agrees to increase pollution disclosures ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Arlington-based AES, which operates several coal-fired power plants in the United States, has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures.
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			<title><![CDATA[ General Growth strikes deal with lenders ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mall operator General Growth Properties, which filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy case in history earlier this year, said Thursday that its lenders have agreed to restructure some $8.9 billion in shopping mall mortgage loans.
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			<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Peter Orszag: Bills offer clear path to better health care ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The bills under discussion will put us on a path to a high-quality, low-cost system.
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			<dc:creator>Peter R. Orszag</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alan Blinder: Danger lies in threat to Fed independence ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Why the Fed needs its independence from Congress.
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			<dc:creator>Alan S. Blinder</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Carlyle to run roadside service stops in Connecticut ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Carlyle Group said Thursday that it has signed a deal with Connecticut to refurbish and run the state's 23 highway service stops in return for a share of the revenue over the next 35 years.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Reid pushes for votes on health-care bill ]]></title>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid worked Thursday to nail down the votes needed to move to a final debate on health-care legislation, but a tepid assessment of the public insurance plan he crafted emerged as the latest potential obstacle to the passage of the far-reaching changes.
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			<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Foreclosure, delinquency rates spike amid growing unemployment ]]></title>
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The share of homeowners delinquent on their mortgage or in foreclosure hit a new record during the third quarter, according to industry data released Thursday, which also indicates that the problem is likely to get worse through next year as unemployment rates continue to rise.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ AOL plans to cut a third of workforce ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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AOL said Thursday that it plans to reduce its workforce by a third over the next several months.
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			<dc:creator>Mike Musgrove</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ House proposal would empower regulators to break up 'too big to fail' firms ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:16:58 EST</pubDate>
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A key House Democrat introduced a contentious proposal Wednesday that would give federal regulators power to dismantle financial firms before they grow so large that their failure could endanger the entire financial system, even if those firms appear to be healthy and well capitalized.
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Corn-based ethanol producer says it will soon compete with gasoline ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:16:57 EST</pubDate>
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The nation's largest producer of corn-based ethanol said it has slashed the cost of producing cellulosic ethanol from corn cobs and that it will be able to compete with gasoline in two years.
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			<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FAA: Computer system restored, delays persist ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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Federal Aviation Administration officials say a failed computer system that affected flights across the country Thursday morning is working again, but they cautioned travelers to expect residual delays.
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			<dc:creator>Sholnn Freeman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Business Digest: California requires TVs to be more energy efficient ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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HOUSING New-home construction took an unexpected tumble in October, falling to its lowest level in six months, according to government data released Wednesday, reflecting the tentative nature of the housing market.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate announces $848 billion health-care bill ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid presented an $848 billion health-care overhaul package on Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding an array of tax increases, including a rise in payroll taxes for high earners.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lithuania investigates possible CIA 'black site' ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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ANTAVILIAI, LITHUANIA -- Residents of this village were mystified five years ago when tight-lipped American construction workers suddenly appeared at a mothballed riding stable here and built a large, two-story building without windows, ringed by a metal fence and security cameras.
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			<dc:creator>Craig Whitlock</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ambitious bills could remake financial regulatory landscape ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As lawmakers on Capitol Hill inch closer toward overhauling the nation's fractured financial regulatory system, each hour of debate, each tweak of legal language, each tedious roll call carries the potential to generate colossal changes in the relationship between Washington and Wall Street.
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			<dc:creator>Brady Dennis</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Digest: ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Consumers in the Washington area are more confident in the region's economy than they were seven or eleven months ago, according to a survey released Wednesday, but they still are reluctant to make major purchases such as cars and appliances.
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			<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Louisville, Nth/works plant sees few signs of recovery, holds off on hiring ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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LOUISVILLE -- Small manufacturers like Tom Hudson keep hearing that the recession is over, and every day they await a sign telling them it's time to gear up and start hiring back some of the workers they have laid off. The news Tuesday was hardly encouraging: Factory production fell in October, the...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Marriott to shuffle its holdings ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel chain will cease to be a stand-alone division under the Marriott International umbrella as part of a reorganization that the Bethesda-based company plans to complete by 2011.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Signs point to a lukewarm recovery ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The economic recovery continues to be weak, as data released Tuesday show that the expansion of the nation's industrial sector slowed to a crawl in October.
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			<dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Task force to take up financial fraud cases ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Top Obama administration officials on Tuesday announced a new federal task force to combat financial fraud after deciding that the number and complexity of investigations linked to the economic crisis require a more coordinated response from government agencies.
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ CapitalSource selling nursing home business ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CapitalSource announced Tuesday that it is selling its nursing home business to Omega Healthcare Investors of Hunt Valley, Md., for $860 million, helping relieve CapitalSource of heavy debt acquired during the recession.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Low-emission locomotives a boost to public health ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A new crop of "ultra-low emission" short-haul locomotives could have significant public health benefits, according to rail industry officials and federal health experts, who suggest that they could help decrease the risk of cancer and heart and respiratory disease for people living near rail yards.
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			<dc:creator>Kari Lydersen</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ IRS divulges criteria for targeting UBS accounts ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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If your secret Swiss bank account was small enough, you can breathe easier: A landmark deal between the United States and Switzerland to expose American tax dodgers does not call for the Swiss to blow your cover.
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			<dc:creator>David S. Hilzenrath</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Makers of electric cars address shortage of recharging station ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As their manufacturers see it, the electric cars entering U.S. showrooms as early as next year will be engineering marvels: stylish, battery-operated, zero-emission wonders.
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			<dc:creator>Peter Whoriskey</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Seoul, Obama will confront trade and security issues ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:59 EST</pubDate>
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SEOUL -- President Obama, who arrived here Wednesday night on the final stop of his East Asia tour, will grapple with two long-standing U.S. concerns on the Korean Peninsula, one in the nuclear-armed North and the other here in the trade-dependent South.
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			<dc:creator>Blaine Harden</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Counseling helps borrowers avoid foreclosure, study finds ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Goldman Sachs, Buffett team to empower small businesses ]]></title>
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NEW YORK --  Goldman Sachs announced Tuesday that it would spend $500 million to help small businesses as part of a program offering education, mentoring and access to capital to 10,000 firms. The effort also involves billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett, community colleges and other organizati...
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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REGULATION Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that a House vote on legislation to overhaul the financial regulatory system probably will be delayed until at least the second week of December.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Digest: Verizon laying off 1,000 in D.C. area, union says ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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