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	<title>C D - M D &#187; Macroeconomy</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Study finds Cox also blocked file sharing / Comcast not alone in impeding data transfer, survey says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(05-16) 04:00 PDT New York &#8212; 
Comcast Corp.&#8217;s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for network neutrality laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny. 
A study released Thursday found conclusive signs that file-sharing attempts by subscribers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian businesses and workers suffer from dollar&#8217;s weakness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG: Anthony del Rosario, who crews an oil tanker plying the route between the Middle East and South Korea, is sending home less money to his family in the Philippines. Takeshi Okada, a shoe manufacturer in Japan, is concerned about the possibility of declining export sales. 
And Brenton Fry, who heads the import-export operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China may let insurance companies invest in property</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG: Chinese government suggestions that it may allow mainland insurance companies to invest in property could unleash billions of dollars in deals for commercial buildings and embolden developers and foreign investors who want a more active market. 
Property investment typically gives insurers the steady income they need to balance long-term liabilities. 
But Beijing wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat-Panel TVs Find Captive Audience Among China&#8217;s Bus Riders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For other companies, watch the New America Report. 
In America these days, it&#8217;s getting harder and harder to get away from a TV screen. Whether you&#8217;re waiting for a haircut, buying groceries or pumping gas, you may well have video accompaniment. 
But when it comes to TV in public places, the U.S. is just catching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Oil Prices Mean Big Demand For Contactor&#8217;s Deep-Water Rigs</title>
		<link>http://cd-md.com/high-oil-prices-mean-big-demand-for-contactors-deep-water-rigs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For other companies, watch the New America Report. 
With oil prices soaring, the major energy outfits are willing to spend big bucks searching for new sources of supply in deep waters. 
The daily rate that operators pay to rent a high-end, deep-water drilling rig is $500,000 to $550,000. That&#8217;s up from a day rate of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icahn starts proxy fight for Yahoo and proposes dissident board</title>
		<link>http://cd-md.com/icahn-starts-proxy-fight-for-yahoo-and-proposes-dissident-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 21:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, saying that the Yahoo board had acted irrationally in rejecting a $47.5 billion offer from Microsoft, started a proxy fight on Thursday to try and force Yahoo to restart talks to sellitself. 
In a letter addressed to Roy Bostock, the Yahoo chairman, Icahn said that he would put up a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Had Top Foreclosure Rate in &#8216;07</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 21:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(02-13) 03:28 PST Los Angeles (AP) &#8212; 
The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the country&#8217;s largest 100 metropolitan areas shows. 
Some 4.9 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To clean up your company&#8217;s bad credit profile, try these steps</title>
		<link>http://cd-md.com/to-clean-up-your-companys-bad-credit-profile-try-these-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How bad is your company&#8217;s credit? You may not think about it much, but you can bet your suppliers do. A bad credit rating can damage your company is several ways: 
&#8211; Loss of eligibility for commercial credit. Bank loans are out of the question if you run afoul of your responsibilities. 
&#8211; Having to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siemens&#8217; 2Q profit slides, major business projects slump</title>
		<link>http://cd-md.com/siemens-2q-profit-slides-major-business-projects-slump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(04-30) 03:52 PDT BERLIN, Germany (AP) &#8212; 
German conglomerate Siemens AG said Wednesday that its second-quarter net profit slid 67 percent, weighed down by weaker performance in its major business projects, including a large number of turnkey projects that had accumulated since 2004. 
The Munich-based company earned 412 million euros ($641.5 million) in the January-March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU to release secret list of items banned from carrying on board airplanes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS: Thanks to a dogged airline passenger, some zealous security guards and a three-year legal battle, Europes travelers will soon find out whether a tennis racket really is a dangerous weapon. 
The fight waged by the Austrian passenger, who had been ordered from a plane before takeoff because of his sports equipment, forced the European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA rejections jolt 3 drugmakers / Analysts see sign of shift in standards for cholesterol meds</title>
		<link>http://cd-md.com/fda-rejections-jolt-3-drugmakers-analysts-see-sign-of-shift-in-standards-for-cholesterol-meds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(04-30) 04:00 PDT Washington &#8212; 
Regulators ended last week and started this one by rejecting two potential lucrative cholesterol drugs, leaving three drugmakers reeling and Wall Street wondering if tougher approval standards are here. 
Merck surprised investors late Monday when it said the Food and Drug Administration did not approve its cholesterol pill Cordaptive. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JUST SOLD!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 14, 2008 &#8212; Manhattan
MIDTOWN EAST $660,000
245 E. 54th St.
One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 800 square feet, with dining area, renovated windowed kitchen and two exposures; building features roof deck, laundry, doorman and super. Maintenance $1,282, 50 percent tax-deductible. Asking price $695,000, on market six weeks. Brokers: Rita Friedman, Bellmarc and Regina Martins, Prudential Douglas Elliman
CENTRAL PARK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Schwarzenegger to try health care fix again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(04-30) 00:44 PDT Sacramento, CA (AP) &#8212; 
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will attempt another ambitious reform of health care in California despite a budget deficit he is now estimating could climb as high as $20 billion. 
In an interview with The Associated Press, Schwarzenegger said he has an obligation to try to make health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weak exports, high prices hurt Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(04-30) 03:26 PDT TOKYO, Japan (AP) &#8212; 
Japanese industrial output dropped sharply in March as a slump in exports to the United States and soaring oil and food prices squeezed the world&#8217;s second-largest economy, the government said Wednesday. 
The data, compounded by fall in household consumption, confirmed worries that a slowdown in the U.S. was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings from Brighton!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One morning last summer, composer and Brighton resident Orlando Gough was out walking when he encountered the remnants of one of the stag and hen parties that are such a common sight in the coastal town. &#8220;It was 10am,&#8221; says Gough, who had been on his way to the Brighton festival office to pitch an [...]]]></description>
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