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	<title>News From Yellow Business Pages &#187; NYT &gt; Business &#187; February 2008</title>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Rising Inflation Creates Unease in Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/world/middleeast/25economy.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=e3927f4d510a6d16&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:23:19 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Inflation, caused in part by the skyrocketing price of oil, is pushing many ordinary people toward poverty even as oil money stimulates a new surge of economic growth in the gulf. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In the Drama of Britney Spears, a Show Business Fortune Is at Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25britney.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=26f102f19d1c08b4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:12:28 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Estimates of Britney Spears’s net worth vary from $50 million to $125 million, but being a wealthy pop icon doesn’t make one impervious to financial disaster. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Fewer Youths Jump Behind the Wheel at 16</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25drive.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=a87b7ed917897eb7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:12:22 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Licenses are no longer as coveted in adolescence, as parents are more willing to be chauffeurs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Douglas A. Fraser, 91, Union Chief Who Helped Chrysler, Is Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25fraser.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=a8ddf81a67156f79&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:02:50 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25fraser.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=a8ddf81a67156f79&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	As president of the United Automobile Workers union, Mr. Fraser agreed to concessions that helped the Chrysler Corporation avoid bankruptcy in the late 1970s. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Locking in Viewers to Watch the Commercials</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25abc.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=2307190fc62f6857&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25abc.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=2307190fc62f6857&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The ABC network is offering an on-demand service that allows viewers to watch shows any time they choose. The catch: viewers’ can’t fast-forward through commercials. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Eclectic Public-Radio Show Has Found Its Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/arts/25radi.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=ff9caaa7c3ed7caf&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:47:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/arts/25radi.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=ff9caaa7c3ed7caf&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Terrance McKnight will make his discovery of New York an integral part of his role as the new host of “Evening Music” on WNYC-FM, 93.9 ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25adobe.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=c09070712db77c8d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:40:39 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25adobe.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=c09070712db77c8d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A software developer has created a new system that will power potentially tens of thousands of applications that merge the Internet and the PC. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Studios Try to Save the DVD</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25dvd.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=3a1b40231b03fce9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:26:33 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25dvd.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=3a1b40231b03fce9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The victory of Sony’s new Blu-ray high-definition disc over a rival format, Toshiba’s HD DVD, masks a problem facing the studios: the overall decline of the DVD market. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Leap Year Day Is Special, and Marketers Know It</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25leap.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=11cd3c9a15445062&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:22:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25leap.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=11cd3c9a15445062&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Businesses and nonprofit organizations are using this year’s leap year day — Feb. 29 — as the occasion to make special proposals and pitches of their own. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: On the Internet, Everyone Can Hear You Complain</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25satisfaction.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=1787de903eed7f6e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25satisfaction.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=1787de903eed7f6e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A San Francisco start-up called Get Satisfaction is the latest online ombudsman to try to mediate customer service complaints. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Network of TVs Talks to Cellphones and Trades Clips for Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25adcol.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=016b2188cb231c94&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:10:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25adcol.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=016b2188cb231c94&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A little-known private company, Akoo International, aims to transform mobile devices into universal remote controls. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In Argentina, No Assistance From Region on Gas Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/world/americas/25argentina.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=84d7bc16a9301341&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:10:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/world/americas/25argentina.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=84d7bc16a9301341&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Argentina and Brazil are facing the possibility of short-term energy crises from a lack of natural gas needed to fuel industries and generate electricity for residents. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: E-Newsletter Tracks Job Changes of Business Journalists</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25gorkana.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=49bde06d8c667b0c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:04 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25gorkana.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=49bde06d8c667b0c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Gorkana keeps tabs on job-hopping in the world of business journalism but it is put together by a group of people journalists generally consider suspicious: publicists. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25marshall.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=7cee26b462fa1dcf&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:38:40 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25marshall.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=7cee26b462fa1dcf&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Cited for its reporting on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the political blog Talking Points Memo became the first Internet-only news operation to win the George Polk Award. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Biofuel, Partly From Nuts, Is Tested on an Airline Flight</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25virgin.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=a72dfb1cf791b002&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:38 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25virgin.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=a72dfb1cf791b002&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Virgin Atlantic Airways tested a jumbo jet on Sunday that was partly powered by a biofuel made from babassu nuts and coconut oil, a first for a commercial aircraft. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Bank’s Suit May Hurt Deal for Clear Channel Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25deal.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=8c006ce7d5d642ab&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:00:33 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25deal.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=8c006ce7d5d642ab&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Wachovia, one of the three banks financing the $1.2 billion deal, is now refusing to commit, contending the latest agreement has voided its previous commitment. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Byline Strike in Honolulu Extends to Newspaper’s Blogs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25byline.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=0e5146fb62bbcab3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:57:42 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25byline.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=0e5146fb62bbcab3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In a first for the blogosphere, reporters at The Honolulu Advertiser held a three-day blog strike to show opposition to proposed changes to their contract. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Poles Apart on Online-Video Habits</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25drill.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=2e7c56d3a960068a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:56:16 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25drill.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=2e7c56d3a960068a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The gulf between casual and heavy consumers of online video is startlingly wide. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Countrywide Puts an End to Ski Junket</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25lender.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=b6837d05a5a853f3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:54:34 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25lender.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=b6837d05a5a853f3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Countrywide Financial, the besieged mortgage lender, has canceled a gathering of bankers from smaller mortgage banks at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch ski resort. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Faulting UBS for Losses in Bad Debt, Bank Is to Sue</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/worldbusiness/25bank.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=ca039d28bcf44bc3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/worldbusiness/25bank.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=ca039d28bcf44bc3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	HSH Nordbank, a state-controlled German bank, said it planned to sue the Swiss bank, claiming it improperly managed a portfolio of complex debt products. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Treasury Auctions Set for This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25bonds.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=484ab91aa9707ed6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:49:45 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25bonds.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=484ab91aa9707ed6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes the weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Game Maker in $2 Billion Bid for Rival</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25game.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=85519cc996381f3f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:48:42 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/technology/25game.html?ex=1361682000&amp;en=85519cc996381f3f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A bid by Electronic Arts for Take-Two Interactive would further a wave of consolidation in the gaming industry. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Stocks Finish Higher, Reversing Early Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/apee-stox.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=b1ff1913c04dcdd1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:02:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/apee-stox.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=b1ff1913c04dcdd1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Wall Street staged a big turnaround in the last half-hour of trading amid word that a bailout plan for a troubled bond insurer could be announced next week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: F.D.A. Approves Drug’s Use for Breast Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/apee-drug.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=dccbaeebd212245c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:53:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/apee-drug.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=dccbaeebd212245c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Genentech’s Avastin received federal approval to treat breast cancer, a decision that could be a major shift in standards to assess the effectiveness of cancer medicines. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Sentence in Volkswagen Scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22cnd-volkswagen.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d9b94979fe3a65ee&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:12:18 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22cnd-volkswagen.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d9b94979fe3a65ee&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company’s former top labor leader, Klaus Volkert, was found guilty of inciting fraud against the carmaker and sentenced to nearly three years in prison. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: For Founder’s Grandson, On-the-Job Education</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22toyotaside.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d6fbc87123a16038&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:50:18 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22toyotaside.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d6fbc87123a16038&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Running Toyota might seem to be Akio Toyoda’s birthright, but it is not guaranteed. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Liechtenstein Looks to Move Beyond Tax Feud</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/business/worldbusiness/23tax.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=94d57103bb3d9f63&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:44:59 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/business/worldbusiness/23tax.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=94d57103bb3d9f63&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Liechtensteiners are eager to show that there is a lot more to their little country than secretive banks and foundations. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Bankers Sentenced in Enron Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22cnd-natwest.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=de28e48f6e606946&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:38:19 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22cnd-natwest.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=de28e48f6e606946&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Three British bankers were sentenced to 37 months in prison each for their role in an Enron-related fraud. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Suit Says Spinal Disk Maker Falsely Won F.D.A. Approval</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22suit.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=0c2dda94bae52c57&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:35:31 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The suit now says the original maker of the device and the investment firm that financed its development misled patients and federal regulators about the disk’s safety. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Some Tainted Meat Used in School Lunches, U.S. Says</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22beef.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=a10fa73d31a6e230&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:34:10 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Of the 143 million pounds of recalled meat, just over 50 million pounds was bought for use in the federal programs, the department said. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Former Marsh Executives Convicted of Bid-Rigging</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/international-marsh-trial.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d12df7293c995d4d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:58:30 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/international-marsh-trial.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d12df7293c995d4d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Two former executives at Marsh Inc., a unit of Marsh &amp; McLennan, were found guilty on a monopoly charge for participating in an insurance bid-rigging scheme, court officials said. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: With Strike’s End, Oscars Regain Marketing Allure</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22adco.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=bb5e0e07d35f4823&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:47:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22adco.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=bb5e0e07d35f4823&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The end of the strike has alleviated the fears of more than a dozen blue-chip advertisers, worried that their marketing plans centered on the Oscars would be disrupted. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Google Competition, With a Robotic Moon Landing as a Goal</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22space.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=dbdbd025d3a3d082&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:36:13 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22space.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=dbdbd025d3a3d082&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ten teams from five countries plan to compete for $30 million in prizes in the Google-sponsored race to the moon. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Former Volkswagen Workers’ Representative Convicted</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Germany-Volkswagen-Trial.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=60dbd7a1a811bd14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:14:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Germany-Volkswagen-Trial.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=60dbd7a1a811bd14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Klaus Volkert was convicted for his role in a broad corruption scandal at the automaker and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=1b59cb12f238bf3f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=1b59cb12f238bf3f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A computer security research group has developed a way to steal encrypted information from computer hard disks. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Vanguard Names New Chief</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Vanguard-President.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=59ad4f834632c8ba&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:04:38 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Vanguard-President.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=59ad4f834632c8ba&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The mutual fund company named F. William McNabb III president and director and said he will take over within a year as chief executive, succeeding John Brennan. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Porsche Names New Chief for U.S. Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Germany-Porsche-US.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d2e80bc76af718a7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:46:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Germany-Porsche-US.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=d2e80bc76af718a7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company named the head of its French operation, Detlev von Platen, chief executive of its North America unit, succeeding Peter Schwarzenbauer. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: PG&amp;E Earnings Jump 34%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-pge-results.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=557780a4c454901d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:40:07 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-pge-results.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=557780a4c454901d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The parent of Pacific Gas &amp; Electricity reported net income of $203 million, fueled mainly by increased rates from infrastructure investments. It also raised its quarterly dividend. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Costs Push Intuit Profit Down 21%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Earns-Intuit.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=05e04e98befd2ca7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:21:57 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Earns-Intuit.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=05e04e98befd2ca7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The financial software maker’s second-quarter net income fell as increased costs more than matched strong revenue growth driven by TurboTax sales, and it cut its earnings guidance. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: German Bank Offering Aid for Its Troubled Investments</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22dresdner.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=cd1d0b420bad88bd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:17:36 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22dresdner.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=cd1d0b420bad88bd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Dresdner Bank said that it would bail out its investment vehicle for complex financial products, becoming the latest bank to take the step to avoid a forced sale of assets. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22homes.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=5eabed0cba9683e3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22homes.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=5eabed0cba9683e3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The government is considering proposals to rescue the nearly 8.8 million homeowners who are underwater. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Safeway Profit and Sales Slip</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22safeway.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=8b83fc9cbf17563c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:47:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22safeway.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=8b83fc9cbf17563c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The supermarket chain delivered a fourth-quarter profit on Thursday that met analysts’ expectations, but it said sales have slowed this year. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Funds Raise Their Stake in Times Co. to 15.6%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22times.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=a6113d385aa648c6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22times.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=a6113d385aa648c6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The hedge funds that hope to elect dissident directors to The New York Times Company board said Thursday that they had increased their holdings to at least 15.61 percent of the company’s common stock. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22soft.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=31173e09965446ba&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:03:48 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22soft.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=31173e09965446ba&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Seeking to satisfy European antitrust officials, Microsoft said on Thursday that it would open up and share many more of its technical secrets with the rest of the software industry. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Parliament Approves Legislation to Nationalize British Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22northern.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=8ac7ec81865c39d9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:10:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22northern.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=8ac7ec81865c39d9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	LONDON (Reuters) — The British Parliament passed legislation on Thursday allowing the government to nationalize the struggling lender Northern Rock, five months after the bank became a high-profile casualty of the global credit squeeze. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Time Appeals Libel Ruling Over Suharto in Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22mag.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=ee875822fa6acc5d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:57:51 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22mag.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=ee875822fa6acc5d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	An Indonesian court’s ruling awarded former President Suharto more than $100 million in damages over an article about what the United Nations calls one of the most gargantuan thefts of our time. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: When Bankers Fear to Act</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22norris.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=ff7c73b9ce33526b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:51:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22norris.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=ff7c73b9ce33526b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In financial crises of the past, financial chiefs have managed to find a cooperative way to turn things around. These days, they seem afraid to do anything. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: French Bank’s Troubles Now Include Record Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22bank.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=03421c6021441c4a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:40:04 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22bank.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=03421c6021441c4a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Société Générale blamed the rogue trading scandal and significant write-offs of United States subprime mortgage investments for the $4.95 billion quarterly loss. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Tough Quarter for J.C. Penney, and More Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22shop.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=3bd2ac4ee61d2fc5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:38:08 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22shop.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=3bd2ac4ee61d2fc5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Fourth-quarter profit declined 10 percent as customers struggled with a weakening economy, the company said Thursday. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Profit Surges at MGM Mirage</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22mgm.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=164fe8265ccb67b1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:37:59 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22mgm.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=164fe8265ccb67b1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	LAS VEGAS (AP) — The casino giant MGM Mirage reported soaring fourth-quarter profit Thursday, including a hefty gain related to a foreign investment in its CityCenter project, which is under construction on the Las Vegas Strip. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Earnings Up Across the Board at Nestlé</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22nestle.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=9fa9ecd5b089cd72&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:36:55 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22nestle.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=9fa9ecd5b089cd72&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Earnings for 2007 were 10.65 billion Swiss francs ($9.7 billion), up from 9.2 billion francs a year earlier, beating analysts’ forecasts. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Gold Producer Reports Loss, but Meets Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22mine.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=16ab530cbae6ee7e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:36:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22mine.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=16ab530cbae6ee7e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Newmont Mining Corporation reported quarterly results roughly in line with Wall Street expectations, but analysts worried it was not getting more of a boost from soaring gold prices. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Hockey Fan, and Investor, Buys Bauer From Nike</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22nike.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=2eaeaf10e6fb78f5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:29:19 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22nike.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=2eaeaf10e6fb78f5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The discounted sale price was the final humiliation in Nike’s failed effort to use its marketing muscle to raise the profile of hockey in the United States. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Index Geared to Future Suggests a Slowdown</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22econ.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=9191772da7e7dd68&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:08:20 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22econ.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=9191772da7e7dd68&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	January data released Thursday by the Conference Board, a business group, showed the fourth consecutive monthly drop in its gauge of future business activity. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: U.S. Sues 2 Over Gold-Mine Tax Promotion</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22gold.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=6232eae2d5a3f06a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:08:02 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22gold.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=6232eae2d5a3f06a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Justice Department filed two lawsuits on Thursday in a move against what it said was a fraudulent gold-mining scheme sold to dozens of wealthy investors. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Discouraging Data Sends Shares Lower</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22stox.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=aadaa8ac0f39b4f2&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:07:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22stox.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=aadaa8ac0f39b4f2&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 142.96 points, or 1.15 percent, to 12,284.30. Broader gauges also declined. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Outdated Prices Blamed in Credit Suisse Error</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22credit.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=6d303dd57de0c405&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:03:50 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22credit.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=6d303dd57de0c405&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Two managers in Credit Suisse’s investment banking division said Thursday that several traders probably used out-of-date prices to value asset-backed securities. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Not Your Ordinary Swap Meet</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22swap.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=461d52eb2a828b14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:02:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22swap.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=461d52eb2a828b14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	An obscure pressure point in the credit squeeze popped up this week when a boutique investment bank in Houston held a “public auction” for dozens of the most arcane products in the financial world. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Cuts at Starbucks</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22sbux.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=4e9314b45d92e0fd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:01:55 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Starbucks eliminated 600 jobs Thursday in an effort to refocus its coffee-selling business to reignite growth. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Bond Insurer Breaks With Trade Group</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22bond.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=c088cf3805691ad4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:56:03 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	MBIA, the world’s largest bond insurer, said on Thursday that it was withdrawing from the Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Magazines Up for Sale, Including Variety</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22reed.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=ac4ba749b24779bb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:55:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/media/22reed.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=ac4ba749b24779bb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Dozens of trade publications are going up for sale as the publishing company Reed Elsevier looks to get out of the uncertain advertising market. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Medical Device Ruling Redraws Lines on Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22device.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=caf8ccb24ed6cc7f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:54:04 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22device.html?ex=1361422800&amp;en=caf8ccb24ed6cc7f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday protecting many types of medical device makers from personal injury lawsuits began rippling through courts and law offices almost immediately. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swap.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=d417c178b0e4c86d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:32:25 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swap.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=d417c178b0e4c86d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The market for credit insurance will be put to the test as a looming economic downturn strains companies’ finances. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Determined to Find a New Beginning</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/jobs/17homefront.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=3b2fbc730bb42734&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:04:12 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/jobs/17homefront.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=3b2fbc730bb42734&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Center for Employment Opportunities provides former convicts living in New York City with temporary jobs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Keep It Simple, Says Yale’s Top Investor</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swensen.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=0f9bf08e1c6afad5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:42:41 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swensen.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=0f9bf08e1c6afad5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	What should an individual investor do when the domestic and foreign stock markets are shaky? One adviser says: Don’t try anything fancy. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In Hotel Design, He’s Mr. Prolific</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/realestate/commercial/17sqft.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=a12adc21a0c9c55f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:26:36 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/realestate/commercial/17sqft.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=a12adc21a0c9c55f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Many architects would be happy to design a single hotel in Manhattan; Gene Kaufman’s firm is designing 36 of them. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Silicon Valley Starts to Turn Its Face to the Sun</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17ping.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=cc67794cb164865b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:22:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17ping.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=cc67794cb164865b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Some of the region’s best minds are captivated by the challenge of solar power and hope to put the development of solar technologies on a faster track. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: The Contented Traveler</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/jobs/17boss.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=10d6fde1f43b99c6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:13:49 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/jobs/17boss.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=10d6fde1f43b99c6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	I had the Midwest work ethic at a very early age... I learned that I could do really well if I worked really hard. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: It’s an Election, Not a Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17view.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=4c1222d37a522e97&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:11:49 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17view.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=4c1222d37a522e97&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Voters are often told that the country’s economic health depends on pulling the right lever. But a new administration often brings only moderate economic policy changes. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Two Paths for the Aspiring Alpha Female</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17shelf.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=bb245cededefa143&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:08:44 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17shelf.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=bb245cededefa143&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The subtexts of two new books that aim to guide women through the worlds of commerce and finance both ask why a businesswoman can’t be more like a businessman. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: The Power of Whimsy</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17boynton.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=fd1bcb8e1d4c2cce&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:06:56 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17boynton.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=fd1bcb8e1d4c2cce&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	By one rough estimate, Sandra Boynton has sold around a half-billion cards, which may make her one of the best-selling card creators of all time. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17backpage.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=ab746ad7e3196972&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:57:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17backpage.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=ab746ad7e3196972&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A Farewell to Paper?. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Banker Leaves Hong Kong Post</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/worldbusiness/17kong.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=d53dbac6f188e6a0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:51:56 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/worldbusiness/17kong.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=d53dbac6f188e6a0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	David Li, the Hong Kong banker and lawmaker who is paying $8.1 million to settle an insider-trading case involving Dow Jones, resigned from his city council post. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: When Will Earnings Recover?</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17fund.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=97ccd8ce95ab3cd4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:21:06 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17fund.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=97ccd8ce95ab3cd4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Amid all the talk of an economic slowdown, Wall Street stock analysts are forecasting a stellar year for corporate profit growth. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: That Boring Job Should Sound an Alarm</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/jobs/17career.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=f2b455ff6e9a6836&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:20:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/jobs/17career.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=f2b455ff6e9a6836&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	People who are bored need to create more challenges and find more meaning in their work lives. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Wonderful Town, but He’s Moving On</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17suits.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=6bc610644340a03e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17suits.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=6bc610644340a03e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Jonathan M. Tisch is giving up his post as chairman of NYC &amp; Company, New York’s tourism marketing organization. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A.T.M. Fees: Always Rising, Often Avoidable</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17count.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=647c29e178bf7ba5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:49:57 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17count.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=647c29e178bf7ba5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Convenience usually comes at a price — and that price has been climbing. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Where the Heads No Longer Roll</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/worldbusiness/17france.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=d05b517761ebdbf9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:26:28 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/worldbusiness/17france.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=d05b517761ebdbf9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In the wake of the Société Générale scandal, France’s business aristocracy finds itself in a place it never wants to be: the spotlight. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: The Insiders Are Selling, but Why?</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17gret.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=abede42ee6033e11&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:13:05 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17gret.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=abede42ee6033e11&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The credit crisis appears to be knocking on the doors of commercial educators. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Early Rally Offsets Economic Worries</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17data.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=9c003022aeb5555a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:09:06 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17data.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=9c003022aeb5555a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Despite a decline on Thursday and Friday over worries about the economy, the stock market gained ground last week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Learning From a Native Speaker, Without Leaving Home</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17novel.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=1d0f905569d45e41&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:07:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17novel.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=1d0f905569d45e41&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	If you can’t manage a trip abroad to learn a foreign language, the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Dress-Up for Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/magazine/17wwln-consumed-t.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=e0222a9c93cd6896&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:25:09 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/magazine/17wwln-consumed-t.html?ex=1360904400&amp;en=e0222a9c93cd6896&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	It’s just like paper dolls — only digital, global, mercantile and branded. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: New Plan Aimed at Forestalling Foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Mortgage-Mess-Rescue.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=3c938435136d8e66&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:32:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Mortgage-Mess-Rescue.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=3c938435136d8e66&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Bush administration, trying to deal with a worsening housing slump, announced a new initiative aimed at helping homeowners about to lose their homes. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Senate Moves to Shield Telecoms on Eavesdropping</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Terrorist-Surveillance.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=7b530d6a3c87e77b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:47 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Terrorist-Surveillance.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=7b530d6a3c87e77b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A defeated amendment would have stripped immunity from companies that aided a wiretapping program. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12credit.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=88e730177728d99e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:24:49 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12credit.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=88e730177728d99e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Even borrowers with strong credit are feeling the pinch as home values fall. Several banks are expected to offer assistance to ease the burden on Tuesday. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Buffett Offers to Reinsure Municipal Bonds</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-buffett.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=f33693f176e771a9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:18:29 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-buffett.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=f33693f176e771a9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The offer, made to three troubled bond guarantors, would do little to alleviate the problems the companies are facing with more complex securities. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: G.M. Reports Quarterly Loss of $722 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-auto.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=33f280821e96e98f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:18:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-auto.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=33f280821e96e98f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Saying a slowing market had caused the swing to a loss, G.M. also announced a buyout offer to union employees to cut costs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Boston Scientific Loses Patent Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-stent.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e615b85475e68fdb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:10:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-stent.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e615b85475e68fdb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A Texas jury has ruled that Boston Scientific’s drug-coated stents infringe a 1997 patent issued to a radiologist and has awarded the inventor $431 million in damages, Boston Scientific said. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Sanofi-Aventis Profit Up 31%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-France-Sanofi-A.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=81f310340e65e78e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:09:52 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Net profit in the fourth quarter rose to 753 million euros ($1.09 billion), helped by sales of the blood-thinner Plavix in the United States and cost-cutting measures, the company said. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Economists’ Tea Leaves Point to Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12cnd-econ.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=f0be5a84108ae1f7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:05:18 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Forecasters said on average that there was a 47 percent chance the economy would shrink in the first quarter of 2008. Reading between the lines, recession is now unavoidable. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Microsoft to Buy a Maker of Consumer Smartphones</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12danger.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=0cfdb6466d2c31c4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:57:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12danger.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=0cfdb6466d2c31c4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Microsoft said it would acquire Danger, a maker of consumer smartphones, an indication that the software giant is quickly moving to expand its mobile strategy. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Times Co. Nominates 2 to Board</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12cnd-web.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=8a501d8c4725333a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:53:40 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12cnd-web.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=8a501d8c4725333a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The New York Times Company, under pressure from hedge funds that want to gain representation on its board, nominated two candidates of its own, Robert E. Denham and Dawn Lepore. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Coca-Cola Enterprises Tops Wall Street Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-coke.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=16c29365bb660520&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:42:52 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-coke.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=16c29365bb660520&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The bottler posted fourth-quarter net income of $158 million, helped by increased volume and prices in North America and Europe, and raised its annual dividend. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Molson Coors Net Rises on Tax Benefit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-MolsonCoors.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=9c9283dec7a1d4c1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:34:25 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-MolsonCoors.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=9c9283dec7a1d4c1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The brewer said fourth-quarter profit jumped 75 percent to $173.2 million, helped by a tax benefit and the weak dollar. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Omnicom Posts Higher Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-omnicom.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=a390550fbe172b58&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:29:07 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-omnicom.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=a390550fbe172b58&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The advertising services company said fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent to $313.9 million, slightly ahead of expectations, with revenue increases in the United States and internationally. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: IndyMac Swings to Loss on Mortgage Woes</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-IndyMac-Bancorp.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=5d30a7645625b483&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:20:22 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-IndyMac-Bancorp.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=5d30a7645625b483&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The mortgage lender posted a fourth-quarter loss of $509.1 million as it raised its loan-loss provisions to account for growing defaults and foreclosures. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Marsh &amp; McLennan’s Profit Falls 62%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Marsh-McLennan.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=16f9c1096f3e06d1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:00:26 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Marsh-McLennan.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=16f9c1096f3e06d1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company reported fourth-quarter profit of $85 million on weakness in its risk and insurance services business. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Schering-Plough Posts Loss on Accounting Rule</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Schering-Plough.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=3a7bc762301b7e91&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:50:22 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Schering-Plough.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=3a7bc762301b7e91&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company said it lost $3.36 billion in the fourth quarter because of accounting rules related to the purchase of Organon BioSciences. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: High-Tech Invitations Take Your Mind Off Road</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12distract.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=5945236ff9716c5d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:24:33 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12distract.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=5945236ff9716c5d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Safety experts say the influx of electronics is turning cars into sometimes chaotic moving family rooms. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Qwest Quarterly Profit Up Sharply</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-qwest.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=85285dcdcbbcc195&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:21:05 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-qwest.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=85285dcdcbbcc195&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The phone company reported an 89 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, bolstered by a benefit related to income tax. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Credit Suisse Cuts Subprime Write-Downs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-creditsuisse.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d69da945189f6ed1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-creditsuisse.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d69da945189f6ed1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The bank trimmed its full-year subprime write-downs to 2 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) but its stock fell as investors reacted to the bank’s remaining exposure to the credit crisis. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Again, BlackBerrys Are Disrupted by a Technical Snag</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12rim.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=f255373947a81d87&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:38:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12rim.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=f255373947a81d87&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The second major outage of BlackBerry service in less than a year is an embarrassment for Ontario-based Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry devices. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Hedge Funds Raise Stake in Times Co. to Near 10%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12times.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=36e04ff1d12dde87&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:35:44 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12times.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=36e04ff1d12dde87&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on the board of The New York Times Company has more than doubled its stake in the company. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Who Won the Writers Strike?</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/arts/television/12strike.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=98021d263dc0a8e3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:35:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/arts/television/12strike.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=98021d263dc0a8e3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long strike, the writers won, right? ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Société Générale Seeks to Raise $8 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/worldbusiness/12bank.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=652ab8f9a031e768&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:25:28 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/worldbusiness/12bank.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=652ab8f9a031e768&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The French bank offered millions of new shares to investors at a fire-sale price Monday, seeking to replace the more than $7 billion it lost in a trading scandal. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Shares Gain on Hopes for Further Easing</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12stox.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=af34c1ab9d923ca5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:24:05 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12stox.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=af34c1ab9d923ca5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Shares of retailers and home builders rose on expectations of more interest rate cuts, but those of banks and insurers fell on worries about further mortgage debt troubles. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Agencies See a Window to Alter the Business of Television</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12adco.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d332bc2f6537e6f8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:21:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12adco.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d332bc2f6537e6f8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Madison Avenue is optimistic that there can be long-term benefits from the disruptions caused to the broadcast television season by the writers’ strike. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: AT&amp;T Joins Starbucks to Provide Store Wi-Fi</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12sbux.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=2a24aa8d7703652b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:08:01 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12sbux.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=2a24aa8d7703652b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Starbucks and AT&amp;T said they would start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of Starbucks’s American shops, beginning this spring. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Battling to Get a Connection for a Flight or a Laptop</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12road.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e96408ac73184124&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:05:16 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12road.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e96408ac73184124&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Between flight delays, missed connections and crowded flights, a business traveler has to have the resourcefulness of a person ready for stealthy ground combat. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Suit Against New Campaign Finance Law Claims Racial Bias</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12lobbyist.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=04463ce37d99a8b1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:21:09 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12lobbyist.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=04463ce37d99a8b1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A law that aims to diminish the influence of special interests on city campaigns would make it more difficult for minority candidates to run, according to a lawsuit. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Dozens of Companies Underpay or Misreport Workers, State Says</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12labor.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=935b23457b603d35&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:12:05 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12labor.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=935b23457b603d35&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In 15 enforcement sweeps, state investigators found $19 million in wages that were not reported to the state and $3 million in underpayments to workers. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: I.R.S. Said to Flout Orders to Yield Data About Audits</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12tax.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=7aec6344238b9674&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:10:42 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12tax.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=7aec6344238b9674&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A tax research group went to court Monday, arguing that the Internal Revenue Service was not complying with federal court orders to release data on its audit practices. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: No Charges Will Be Filed in Fund Manager’s Death</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12tobias.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=65e956ac045d6d85&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:09:50 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12tobias.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=65e956ac045d6d85&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The state attorney’s office in Palm Beach County, Fla., said Monday that no charges would be filed in the drowning of Seth Tobias, 44, a hedge fund manager and regular commentator on CNBC. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Problems in Blood Drug Lead to Halt by Factory</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/health/12drug.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=875fad76176478fa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:08:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/health/12drug.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=875fad76176478fa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A major maker of heparin, a blood thinner used widely in surgery and dialysis, has stopped making it after hundreds of patients reported severe allergic reactions to the drug. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: [Your Name Goes Here] Crime Family</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12nyc.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=5da4dc71a61b7167&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:07:54 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12nyc.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=5da4dc71a61b7167&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	There is a fortune to be made from selling naming rights to New York’s five Mafia families. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: An Island’s Fire Truck, Idle for Years, Goes Quickly on the Web</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12firetruck.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=29fc7e709a3259ef&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:06:02 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/nyregion/12firetruck.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=29fc7e709a3259ef&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation sold an unwanted firetruck on Craigslist to a fire company in southern Pennsylvania for more than $75,000. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: US Weekly’s Circulation Rises 10% in Soft Year</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12mag.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=c9f0ad5b4d38dfc5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:04:22 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12mag.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=c9f0ad5b4d38dfc5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Sales of US Weekly and OK! Weekly climbed sharply in the second half of 2007, even as price increases sparked a drop in overall celebrity magazine sales. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Two Retailers Favor Blu-ray DVDs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12bluray.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d2084a93a17265f3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:56:19 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12bluray.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d2084a93a17265f3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Best Buy Company, the consumer electronics chain, and the online video rental company Netlfix both announced their commitment to stock Blu-ray DVDs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: After Rejection by Yahoo, Microsoft Hints at a Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12yahoo.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d7f9b565e64329ea&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:55:24 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/technology/12yahoo.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=d7f9b565e64329ea&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Hours after Yahoo officially rejected Microsoft’s takeover bid, calling it too low, Microsoft called Yahoo’s response “unfortunate” and said its proposal was “full and fair.” ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Bank of America and Chevron Set to Join Dow Index</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12dow.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=c7bdfc59e9e287e7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:54:06 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12dow.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=c7bdfc59e9e287e7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The addition of Bank of America Corporation and the Chevron Corporation will be the first change to the blue-chip stock index in almost four years. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Booming Indian Economy Shows Signs of Slowing Down</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/worldbusiness/12reliance.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=eea71adea6fe8e14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/worldbusiness/12reliance.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=eea71adea6fe8e14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Several initial public offerings have been withdrawn in India in recent weeks as once-resilient investors rethink their commitment to India’s volatile stock markets. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: White House Does Not See a Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12econ.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=7121ab327d33e38f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:49:02 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12econ.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=7121ab327d33e38f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The White House predicted the economy would escape a recession and unemployment would remain low this year, though it acknowledged growth had already slowed. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Battle Against Counterfeit Drugs Has New Weapon: Pollen</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/world/asia/12malaria.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=dac99c96ab5e9698&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:48:59 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/world/asia/12malaria.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=dac99c96ab5e9698&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A new investigation offers a model for attacking what has become a flood of fake drugs, which threaten to undermine the global fight against malaria. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: New Losses at A.I.G. Trouble Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12aig.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e7ce7532e3d9af9a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:48:07 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12aig.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e7ce7532e3d9af9a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Accounting flaws at the insurance giant that understated the company’s losses raised new questions about the deteriorating health of financial companies. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Leading Class-Action Lawyer Is Sentenced to Two Years in Kickback Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12legal.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=73b1eda44ea2a310&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:46:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12legal.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=73b1eda44ea2a310&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	William S. Lerach was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $7.75 million for concealing illegal payments to a plaintiff in class-action lawsuits. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Bad Bets and Accounting Flaws Bring Staggering Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12hedge.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=cb8848c82af83702&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:39:20 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12hedge.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=cb8848c82af83702&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A $2 billion hedge fund fails, and there will be more, analysts say. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Medical Robot Makes Headway</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12place.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=cfc0c2467e983ac2&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:25:32 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12place.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=cfc0c2467e983ac2&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Prosecutors Say Ex-A.I.G. Executives Created a Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12insure.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=9841d5be644402ea&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:23:35 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12insure.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=9841d5be644402ea&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Prosecutors insisted Monday that five former executives from the American International Group deliberately mounted a fraud to manipulate its financial statements. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line Over Millions From ‘Rings’</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12movie.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e6b85932ffc83134&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/media/12movie.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=e6b85932ffc83134&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Tolkien Trust joined a private family trust of Tolkien heirs and the British arm of HarperCollins Publishers in suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: $300 Million to Burn, With a Catch</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12sorkin.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=3dfdeb4c365c4e39&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:37:15 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12sorkin.html?ex=1360558800&amp;en=3dfdeb4c365c4e39&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In one corner of Wall Street, money is still gushing. Early shareholders may be protected, but long-term investors may be the suckers. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Time Warner Plans to Split AOL Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-warner.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=975c8c8381810fb7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-warner.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=975c8c8381810fb7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company said it plans to separate AOL’s access business, which is its  dial-up Internet service, from its audience unit, its portal and advertising business. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Rio Tinto Rejects Sweetened Bid from Rival</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/mine-reuters.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=89a4d2ff65c8fc75&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:57:34 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/mine-reuters.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=89a4d2ff65c8fc75&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	BHP increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake in Rio Tinto last week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Cigna Profit Up on Medicare Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Cigna.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=e173940f75c98d5a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:30:22 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Cigna.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=e173940f75c98d5a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The health insurer said its fourth-quarter profit rose 13 percent on higher premiums and fees from specialty insurance and Medicare Part D. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: McClatchy Swings to Profit but Will Take Charge</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-McClatchy.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=a6392480a56205d9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:40:26 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-McClatchy.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=a6392480a56205d9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The newspaper publisher recorded $4.2 million profit in the third quarter, but it saw advertising revenue erode more quickly in September.<br /><br />    <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&amp;u=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-McClatchy.html"><img alt="" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&amp;u=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-McClatchy.html" /></a> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Sara Lee Posts Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Sara-Lee.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=bacfa2ec8cc00abb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:23:42 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Sara-Lee.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=bacfa2ec8cc00abb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The food and household products manufacturer said that its third-quarter profit doubled, but the results fell short of Wall Street expectations. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Biogen Idec’s Profit Surges 84%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Biogen-Idec.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=ca29f84b781a96a5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:10:20 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Biogen-Idec.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=ca29f84b781a96a5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The biotechnology company reported fourth-quarter net income of $201.2 million on strong sales of its two leading drugs, Rituxan and Avonex. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Profit Up at Polo Ralph Lauren</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-polo.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=331ffb2fd422ba74&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:09:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-polo.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=331ffb2fd422ba74&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Polo’s lower tax rate helped it offset the negative effects of accounting for recent acquisitions, investments in expansion and higher costs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Productivity Slowed in 4th Quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Economy.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=347482357356ca13&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:00:28 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Economy.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=347482357356ca13&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Retail sales fell by 0.6 percent last month as consumers, battered by plunging home prices and a credit crunch, stayed away from the malls in February. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: IAC Posts Loss, Sending Shares Lower</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Earns-IAC.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=2c5af7d34d26da38&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:00:25 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Earns-IAC.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=2c5af7d34d26da38&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The comapny reported a quarterly loss of $369.9 million, citing taxes, difficulty in its mortgage referral unit and costs for proposed spinoffs that would make five companies out of one. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: ITT Corp Profit Up on Stronger Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-itt.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=a0692e9772cfc851&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/reuters-itt.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=a0692e9772cfc851&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company, which makes night-vision systems, military radios and sewage treatment equipment among other products, reported quarterly net income of $158.3 million. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Tyco Electronics Earnings Up Sharply</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-tycoelectronics-results.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=b6f633e81625a7fd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:36:29 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-tycoelectronics-results.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=b6f633e81625a7fd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company posted first-quarter net income of $949 million, fueled by strong demand from telecommunications customers and a tax benefit. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Warner Music Group Falls to Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Warner-Music-Group.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=60edea3437c30635&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:14:26 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Warner-Music-Group.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=60edea3437c30635&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company beat Wall Street expectations as lower income tax expenses and increased digital revenue drove fourth-quarter profit up.<br /><br />    <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&amp;u=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Warner-Music-Group.html"><img alt="" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&amp;u=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Warner-Music-Group.html" /></a> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Dow Plunges on Survey of Business</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06stox.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c6396d8314ca5f65&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:29:50 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06stox.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c6396d8314ca5f65&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Stocks plummeted after a business survey provided another strong signal that the United States might be in the early stages of a recession. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Asian Markets Follow Dow’s Decline</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06stox-web.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=4c08a8d35c2a1a5f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:56:42 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06stox-web.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=4c08a8d35c2a1a5f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Asian markets plunged after a new signal of U.S. recession prompted steep declines on Wall Street. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: French Trader Says He Won’t Be Made a Scapegoat</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06bank.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=d9447f086924cf49&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:54:26 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06bank.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=d9447f086924cf49&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In brief remarks to photographers, Jérôme Kerviel said that while he took responsibility for booking billions of euros in fictitious trades, he was “singled out” by Société Générale. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Toyota’s Profit Rises on Shift in Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06toyota.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=fa8c3fa4df0ec0e1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:06:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06toyota.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=fa8c3fa4df0ec0e1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Toyota said its profit rose 7.5 percent in the October-to-December quarter as its strategy of shifting its focus to emerging markets appears to be paying off. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: An Ad With Talking Pandas, Maybe, but Not With Chinese Accents</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06adco.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=28b6aa250ed208a5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:06:13 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company that produced a commercial featuring two animated pandas speaking with what were intended as Chinese accents is withdrawing the ads after complaints. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/technology/06google.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=fa167e4c2a3302d0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:01:32 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/technology/06google.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=fa167e4c2a3302d0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Whatever the outcome of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo, the move and Google’s countermoves mark  an escalation in the confrontation between the two companies. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Plan to Open a 1980 Gehry Mall Design to the Air</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/realestate/commercial/06mall.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=0a4017b1cf4ad8b7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:42:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/realestate/commercial/06mall.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=0a4017b1cf4ad8b7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Frank Gehry’s problematic Santa Monica, Calif., shopping mall won’t be razed, but it’s losing its roof. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Ernesto Illy, Chairman of Coffee Company, Is Dead at 82</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/world/europe/06illy.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=1897294dd74ce1b2&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/world/europe/06illy.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=1897294dd74ce1b2&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Mr. Illy, who as chairman of Illycaffè, maker of an expensive brand of coffee, was renowned as a scientific perfectionist of coffee and as an evangelist of espresso. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Airline Ordered to Pay French First Couple Over Ad</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/world/europe/06france.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=dd658a3eb5bed6d9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:56:05 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/world/europe/06france.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=dd658a3eb5bed6d9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A French court ordered Ryanair to pay damages to President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new wife for using a photograph of them in an advertisement. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Bottom Line for (Red)</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06red.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=827c3f68422f1658&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:49:43 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06red.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=827c3f68422f1658&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The “Red” campaign launched a year ago by rock star Bono has generated more than $22 million to fight H.I.V. and AIDS in Rwanda, but critics say not enough money is getting to clinics. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Ukraine Joins the W.T.O.</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06trade.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c6e223db4d6b4774&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:33:34 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06trade.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c6e223db4d6b4774&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ukraine joined the World Trade Organization on Tuesday after 14 years of negotiations, a milestone for the former Soviet republic. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: S.E.C. Fines 4 for Trades Involving Dow Jones</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06dow.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=56b5068506842d5d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:20:16 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06dow.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=56b5068506842d5d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A former Dow Jones &amp; Company director and three associates will pay more than $24 million to settle charges that they traded illegally on inside knowledge of the News Corporation’s takeover of Dow Jones. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Disney Is Upbeat Despite Economy’s Troubles</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06disney.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=8851ab8f0dc22865&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:16:04 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06disney.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=8851ab8f0dc22865&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Disney posted a quarterly profit far ahead of Wall Street targets on strong results at its theme park, media and consumer products groups, sending shares up 5 percent. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Quarter of U.S. Flights Failed to Arrive on Time in 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06air.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=edb2d1629aa3ce2d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:55:13 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06air.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=edb2d1629aa3ce2d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Excluding cancellations, 2007 was the worst on record for flight delays, with 24.2 percent of flights arriving late, compared with 23.9 percent in 2000. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Papers Show Wachovia Knew of Thefts</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06wachovia.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=b2a5848807a09d16&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:51:01 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06wachovia.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=b2a5848807a09d16&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The bank solicited business from companies it knew had been accused of telemarketing crimes, documents show. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: BHP Billiton Launches Hostile Bid for Rio Tinto</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06mine.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=b8accaa40a10dafb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:45:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06mine.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=b8accaa40a10dafb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The battle over Rio Tinto intensified after BHP Billiton increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake last week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Earnings Triple at NYSE, but the Share Price Plunges</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06nyse.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=5b20dae3e6c1f132&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:45:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06nyse.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=5b20dae3e6c1f132&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company said its net income rose to $156 million, or 59 cents a share, from $45 million, or 29 cents a share in the period a year earlier. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Senate Democrats to Push Expanded Stimulus Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/06fiscal.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=e41a54b52020ab23&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:46:18 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/06fiscal.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=e41a54b52020ab23&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Congressional Democrats said they would not bow to pressure and simply make modest changes to the less expensive stimulus plan that was approved by the House last week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Tyco’s Earnings Fall, but Beat Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06tyco.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=5dc881cfd9704544&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:31:36 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06tyco.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=5dc881cfd9704544&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The diversified manufacturer said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 54 percent from a year earlier, when it still owned its health care and electronics businesses. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In CBS Test, Mobile Ads Find Users</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/technology/06mobile.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=269db3062aa09d30&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:11:08 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/technology/06mobile.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=269db3062aa09d30&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	CBS plans to announce on Wednesday that it is trying one of the first serious experiments with cellphone advertising that is customized for a person’s location. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Hedge Fund Settles Late-Trading Case</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06hedge.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=6b9ebc8d9682a064&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:56:41 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06hedge.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=6b9ebc8d9682a064&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ritchie Capital will pay $40 million to settle investigations into its trading practices from 2001 to 2003, regulators and the company said. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: GMAC Posts $724 Million Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06gmac.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c5ddb894dade123c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:56:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06gmac.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c5ddb894dade123c&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Hurt by the housing slump, the home mortgage lender said  it lost $724 million in the fourth quarter. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Vanity Fair Cancels Its Oscars Party</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06vanity.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=09c8d83de066bc0d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:52:47 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/media/06vanity.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=09c8d83de066bc0d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter, said canceling its annual affair was the right thing to do, whether or not there was a breakthrough in the writers’ strike. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: BP Misses Estimates and Plans More Job Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06oil.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c621a12c5041f8e1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/worldbusiness/06oil.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=c621a12c5041f8e1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The British oil giant said it would cut an additional 5,000 jobs by the middle of next year in an effort to slim management and make the company more efficient. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Whirlpool Profit Jumps 72%, Lifted by Overseas Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06whirlpool.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=7ede92db914041a7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:56:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/business/06whirlpool.html?ex=1360040400&amp;en=7ede92db914041a7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Whirlpool Corporation said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 72 percent, helped by its acquisition of Maytag, an improved product mix and the weak dollar. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Markets Fall Sharply on Weak Business Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05cnd-stox.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=fa9a9e8f8bfe7c7e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:10:51 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05cnd-stox.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=fa9a9e8f8bfe7c7e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Shares plunged after a service-sector report provided another signal that the U.S. may be in the early stages of a recession. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: GMAC Financial Swings to Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-GMAC.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1ef6a30851bd00d5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:56:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-GMAC.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1ef6a30851bd00d5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company’s residential lending division, Residential Capital, lost $921 million during the quarter because of continued deterioration in the housing market. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Tyco Quarterly Profit Beats Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Tyco.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=adbdf6f77f89bfcc&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:40:18 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Tyco.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=adbdf6f77f89bfcc&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The diversified manufacturer said second-quarter profit tumbled 67 percent from the same period a year ago, when it had substantial profits from now-discontinued operations. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Trader’s Secrets, a Bank’s Missteps</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05bank.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b3ee2c99a91d59a9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:15:18 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05bank.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b3ee2c99a91d59a9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Société Générale encouraged a culture of risk,  enabling  rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel’s activities to go undetected, according to bank officials. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Google and Microsoft Take Up Battle Stations</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/technology/05regulate.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b787dccf67063ee7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:12:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/technology/05regulate.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b787dccf67063ee7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	With Microsoft hoping to buy Yahoo, Google has begun to lay the groundwork to try to delay or derail any deal. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Boston Scientific Posts Loss, but Sales Beat Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05cnd-device.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=fa65988330050042&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:09:48 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05cnd-device.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=fa65988330050042&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	With a lift from the falling dollar and better-than-expected sales in several divisions, the company has delivered a pleasant earnings surprise to its long-suffering shareholders. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Whirlpool Profit Beats Expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-whirlpool.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=8919c29ab72b37e9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:21:45 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-whirlpool.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=8919c29ab72b37e9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Quarterly profit rose 72 percent as strong international sales and savings from the Maytag acquisition offset a drop in U.S. demand at the appliance maker. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Former Banker Convicted of Insider Trading</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05insider.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=4c11652883f2911f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:16:25 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05insider.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=4c11652883f2911f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A former Credit Suisse banker accused of leaking confidential information about several major deals was convicted in Federal District Court in Manhattan. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Toyota Profit Increases 7.5 %</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05cnd-toyota.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1159c0bdd9e25dd7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:14:54 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	As it tries to overtake General Motors as the leading global automaker by sales, Toyota’s strategy of  shifting its focus to emerging markets from the United States appears to be paying off. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Avon Profit Falls on Restructuring Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Avon-Products.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=6b33c933b04d97de&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:00:25 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Avon-Products.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=6b33c933b04d97de&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Fourth-quarter earnings dropped 30 percent to $128.9 million on restructuring and other charges, but the results still beat analysts’ estimates. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: NYSE-Euronext Profit Up on Volume Surge</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-NYSE-Euronext.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=4fd6534cd76009b9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:55:14 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-NYSE-Euronext.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=4fd6534cd76009b9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator said it earned $230 million in the first quarter, reflecting the addition of Euronext’s activities to those of the parent of the New York Stock Exchange. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In Brazil, Anger Over European Ban of Beef Imports</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05beef.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=61ca110e9b1438ab&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:56:28 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05beef.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=61ca110e9b1438ab&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The E.U.’s decision to ban Brazilian beef imports is “unjustifiable and arbitrary” and could result in shortages and higher prices for European consumers, officials and agricultural specialists say. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: BP Reports 53 Percent Rise in 4th-Quarter Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Britain-BP.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=108bf8b1052af12a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:29:51 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Britain-BP.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=108bf8b1052af12a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Surging oil prices fueled the quarterly results, but full-year profit fell due to refining outages and rising costs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05spend.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=6b1a8d5c0abb6d21&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:06:36 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05spend.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=6b1a8d5c0abb6d21&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Analysts say a shift toward thrift could have huge implications for an economy driven largely by consumer spending. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: British Airways Is Stoking the Business-Class Rivalry</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05road.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=18b0d102b6c0048b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:28:09 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05road.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=18b0d102b6c0048b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Trans-Atlantic business-class fares are about to become even more complicated as competition grows and demand holds up. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: For Marketing, the Most Valuable Player Might Be YouTube</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/media/05adco.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=7fb1d01bc2d22945&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:10:02 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/media/05adco.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=7fb1d01bc2d22945&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Internet, digital video recorders, mobile devices and other technologies are giving a strong postgame presence to the annual roster of Super Bowl commercials. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: The Art of Giving a Bear Hug</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/technology/05sorkin.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=6504c96841789e57&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:46:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/technology/05sorkin.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=6504c96841789e57&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In a letter outlining Microsoft’s  hopes to Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Microsoft C.E.O. Steven Ballmer followed a storied tradition on Wall Street: the bear hug letter. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Utilities Turn From Coal to Gas, Raising Risk of Price Increase</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05gas.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=e028e83fcaa9914d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:37:43 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05gas.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=e028e83fcaa9914d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Some experts fear that a boom in gas demand for electricity generation will send prices even higher. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: With Hockey Market Stagnant, Nike Seeks to Sell Equipment Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05nike.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1cd0b4f82c078a68&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:33:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05nike.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1cd0b4f82c078a68&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Thirteen years after acquiring Bauer, and making bold promises that it would transform the business of hockey, Nike has put its Nike Bauer unit up for sale. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: BHP Weighs Options in Rio Tinto Bid</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05mine.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=e3ae6649a0489e14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:20:40 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05mine.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=e3ae6649a0489e14&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A move by China in a possible mining deal could sharply increase the price of what would be one of the biggest mergers in corporate history. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Demand Up at Factories in December</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05econ.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=ba0ccea163f37a26&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:11:37 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05econ.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=ba0ccea163f37a26&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Orders placed with factories rose 2.3 percent in December, an increase from the 1.7 percent gain in November and  the biggest rise since July. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Humana Posts 57% Higher Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05humana.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=9593b6b358d489fa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:05:28 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05humana.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=9593b6b358d489fa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The strong quarter capped a record-breaking 2007 for Humana in membership, revenue and profit, eclipsing previous highs set in 2006. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Cost of Materials Hurts Clorox Earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05clorox.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=31818d6332cbf76e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:05:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05clorox.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=31818d6332cbf76e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Clorox Company, the consumer products maker, posted a lower quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by rising costs for raw materials but helped by a lower tax rate. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A.D.M. Reports 7% Increase in Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05archer.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=dd4e6e2f2bd12a1b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:05:08 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05archer.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=dd4e6e2f2bd12a1b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Oilseed-processing and rising demand for feed grains offset declining margins in the food-processing company’s  ethanol business. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Judge Allows Unusual Auction for MAXjet Airways</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05maxjet.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=7e5d85167e6f3c88&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:04:56 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05maxjet.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=7e5d85167e6f3c88&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A bankruptcy judge has authorized the all-business-class airline to auction itself under conditions that have raised the concerns of the federal official monitoring the case. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: 2 Fast-Food Concerns Report Earnings; Shares Drop</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05food.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b6b5db18937326f8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:04:04 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05food.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b6b5db18937326f8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The hamburger chain Wendy’s International said that fourth-quarter earnings more than quadrupled from a year ago, but it fell short of Wall Street expectations. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Florida Insurers Defend Increases in Home Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/05hurricane.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1e34ae668b09779e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:56:36 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/05hurricane.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=1e34ae668b09779e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Facing accusations of price gouging, insurance company executives said that they had been forced to raise rates to offset losses and prepare for the possibility of more frequent hurricanes in the future. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Subpoenas Issued to Prodisc Makers</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05disk.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=8bf7b7078e205681&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:07:07 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05disk.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=8bf7b7078e205681&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The New Jersey attorney general’s office issued subpoenas Monday to two companies involved in the development of the Prodisc, an artificial spinal disk for the lower back. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Market Retreats After Last Week’s Leap</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05stox.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=3ff8b5462bcf1742&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05stox.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=3ff8b5462bcf1742&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Wall Street retrenched Monday, closing substantially lower as investors cashed in profits from the market’s best week in nearly five years. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Suitor Ends Bid for Northern Rock</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05rock.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b7b5aa2e5b21eb17&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:59:55 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05rock.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=b7b5aa2e5b21eb17&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Olivant Advisers dropped its bid for troubled British mortgage lender Northern Rock, saying its offer would not satisfy both the government and its own interests. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Study Suggests That, Unlike in the ’70s, Energy Lessons Will Last</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05energy.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=8744a3dc22659a96&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/05energy.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=8744a3dc22659a96&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	This time, the market faces a new factor,  climate change. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Europe’s Central Banker Engineers His Economics</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05euro.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=befaefb75500c6f7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:49:57 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05euro.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=befaefb75500c6f7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, is standing resolute about inflation, but he is watching the American economy closely. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Profit Up Modestly at News Corp.</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/media/05news.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=25f78ec281ab0a12&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:40:48 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/media/05news.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=25f78ec281ab0a12&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company, which closed a $5.6 billion deal to buy Dow Jones &amp; Company in December, said quarterly profit increased to $832 million, or 27 cents a share. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Sun-Times Media Weighs Selling Itself</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/media/05paper.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=f886237edf3c244b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:39:54 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/media/05paper.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=f886237edf3c244b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Sun-Times Media Group Inc., the parent company of The Chicago Sun-Times, said Monday that it was considering a sale of the company and its assets. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Cut Undersea Cables Raise Questions of Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04cnd-cable.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=89461cd3997a6df1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:31:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04cnd-cable.html?ex=1359954000&amp;en=89461cd3997a6df1&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Most telecommunications specialists and cable operators say that sabotage seems unlikely, but no one knows specifically how the cables were damaged or if the incidents were related. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Archer Daniels Midland Profit Up 7%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Archer-Daniels-Midland.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=1ecbef9a434ea4cd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:20:20 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Archer-Daniels-Midland.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=1ecbef9a434ea4cd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Higher earnings from oilseed processing and rising demand for feed grains offset declining margins in the company’s ethanol business. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Another Difficulty for a Microsoft-Yahoo Marriage: Recruiting</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04talent.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=3c8b84c6c4ea72da&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:12:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04talent.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=3c8b84c6c4ea72da&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In an industry that favors start-ups, a faint stodginess clings to Microsoft and Yahoo that could impede their  ability to draw top engineering talent. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Strike May End Soon, but Writers May Confront a Hostile Hollywood</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04writers.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=878b72f66fdbb86d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:05:04 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04writers.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=878b72f66fdbb86d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Some fear a less lucrative future for writers as studios turn to alternatives. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04link.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=59629cc87dc9f623&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:01:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04link.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=59629cc87dc9f623&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Mac may be the cooler computer, but aren’t there more PC users in the world? ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Google Works to Torpedo Microsoft Bid for Yahoo</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04yahoo.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=b01bd0e6ad1cfd5a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:53:30 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04yahoo.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=b01bd0e6ad1cfd5a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Google is making an unusually aggressive effort to block Microsoft’s $44.6 billion hostile bid for Yahoo. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Higher Margins Lift Wendy’s Profit</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Wendys.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=7f574b1c5254420e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:50:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Wendys.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=7f574b1c5254420e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Fourth-quarter earnings rose 42 percent from a year ago as profit margins at its U.S. stores improved despite higher commodity costs. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Clorox Net Falls on Rising Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-clorox-results.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=e337f44e7d104ffa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:41:35 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-clorox-results.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=e337f44e7d104ffa&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The company was hurt by rising costs for raw materials used in such products as its Glad plastic storage bags and Hidden Valley salad dressings. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: U.S. Factory Orders Rose 2.3 in December</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Economy.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=5245ca5dc927f3a7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:28:34 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Economy.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=5245ca5dc927f3a7&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A real estate trade group said sales of existing homes rose by the largest amount in more than five years in September.<br /><br />    <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&amp;u=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Economy.html"><img alt="" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&amp;u=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Economy.html" /></a> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Private Schools Cry ‘Unfair’ Over a Grade</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04sun.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=0ac4478192e48510&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:23:34 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04sun.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=0ac4478192e48510&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Report cards are in, and the grades are not good: New York City private schools have given The New York Sun an F. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Humana Quarterly Profit Surges 57%</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Humana.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=54b99183e065f291&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:50:20 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Earns-Humana.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=54b99183e065f291&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The health insurer got a boost from its growing government segment, a lower-than-expected income tax rate and a gain on the sale of a venture capital investment. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Microsoft Adds Research Lab in East as Others Cut Back</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04soft.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=a707e4ebf476f7dc&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:03:40 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04soft.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=a707e4ebf476f7dc&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	As other high-tech companies cut back on their research labs, Microsoft continues to increase its ranks of free-rein thinkers. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: It’s the Economy Again, and Some See Similarities to 1992</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/04jobs.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=f1754a14612a3fab&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:43:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/04jobs.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=f1754a14612a3fab&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Economists say the stimulus package and other efforts to address the economic slowdown are likely to be cold comfort to incumbent politicians in November. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Campaign Conflicts Are Not Over Core Goals, but How to Get There</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/us/politics/04issues.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=f20d607cdc7b846b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:43:09 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/us/politics/04issues.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=f20d607cdc7b846b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	There is more consensus than disagreement in the parties over tax, health and Iraq proposals, though the presidential candidates do disagree over means, priorities and each other’s sincerity. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In Election of Change, TV Gives Voice to Insiders</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/us/politics/04watch.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=50628929d31fcd2e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:19:51 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/us/politics/04watch.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=50628929d31fcd2e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The best-known television pundits who hold politicians to account are entangled in old partisanship and past allegiances. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Even as the Candidates Make Nice, the TV Crew Hopes for a Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04debate.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=345a723caab4d8c9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:03:11 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04debate.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=345a723caab4d8c9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A serious discussion on pressing national issues may be good for the country. But it isn’t necessarily good television. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Amgen Selling Japanese Rights to Some Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05amgen.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=6eb3ee3bf7636dfe&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:00:21 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/business/worldbusiness/05amgen.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=6eb3ee3bf7636dfe&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Biotechnology giant Amgen is selling the Japanese rights to some drugs to Takeda Pharmaceutical of Japan in a deal that might bring Amgen more than $1 billion. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: It’s Splitsville for Rupert and Hillary</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04carr.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=c011f6f3a39b8b24&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:36:33 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04carr.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=c011f6f3a39b8b24&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	With its endorsement of Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch and The New York Post tack in a different direction. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Mad Magazine Uses Pulitzer Winners to Tweak Bush</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04mad.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=cebe6dcf887e93d0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04mad.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=cebe6dcf887e93d0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Mad magazine enlists the talents of 10 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists for its two-page exposé,  “Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.” ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Severed Car Grille? It’s Super Bowl Ad Time</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04adcol.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=24a22c8ecf63dcfe&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:24:15 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04adcol.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=24a22c8ecf63dcfe&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	An assessment of some of the high and low points among this year’s Super Bowl ads. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Treasury Auctions Set for This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/04bonds.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=9346d10651bc1991&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:21:14 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/04bonds.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=9346d10651bc1991&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills Tuesday. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Natural Gas Project Planned in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04gas.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=86034ac57cbed6e4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:19:56 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04gas.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=86034ac57cbed6e4&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The Queensland Gas Company, an Australian producer of natural gas from coal seams, and the BG Group of Britain plan to invest about 8 billion Australian dollars ($7.2 billion) in an export project in northeastern Australia to tap rising demand for the fuel. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Northern Rock’s Troubles Demoralize Its Hometown</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04bank.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=5e1131aa850e4b63&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04bank.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=5e1131aa850e4b63&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The British bank could face nationalization should an effort being led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government fail to find a buyer. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Internet-Era Magazine Is Revived to Look at the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04standard.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=96056063ceb0fee3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:07:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04standard.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=96056063ceb0fee3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A predictions market about technology that can benefit from the wisdom of crowds. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Baby Essentials Succeed Where Pet Food Failed</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04ecom.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=d495f6e24a31f729&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:58:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/technology/04ecom.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=d495f6e24a31f729&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Diapers, wipes and formula — the basics — draw in other more lucrative purchases. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: G.M.’s Global Strategy: A Brand for Every Place</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04gm.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=772e1c475bed195a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:57:48 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04gm.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=772e1c475bed195a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	G.M.’s international strategy isn’t about focusing on a single brand. Instead, it wants its consumers to be able to choose from a fleet of them. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Best Ad? Bowl Fans and TiVo Clash</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/04drill.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=ced53b3aef516bd6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:53:51 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/04drill.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=ced53b3aef516bd6&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Sometimes media metrics and audiences have very different views of what works. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: That’s Crain’s New York, as Distinct From Craig’s</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04craig.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=e7b3d56cdb94f846&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:33:18 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04craig.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=e7b3d56cdb94f846&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Name-squatting on the Internet is nothing new, but one public relations firm has found a novel use for it in promoting a nascent awards and networking program. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: For Celebrities, Ads Made Abroad Shed Some Stigma</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04japander.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=0db14eaa1f5ee342&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:31:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04japander.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=0db14eaa1f5ee342&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A new Web site, Japander.com, catalogs Japanese ads featuring Western actors, like Harrison Ford drinking Kirin beer or Charlize Theron selling Lux products ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: ESPN to Offer Sports Events on the Web Free to Some</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04espn.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=a639ed8eb3e328ce&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:28:26 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04espn.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=a639ed8eb3e328ce&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The network’s charge for access to content over the Internet has been troubling. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Battle of the Moguls Over IAC</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04diller.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=0872cd9443dab88e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:26:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04diller.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=0872cd9443dab88e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A battle royal shaping up between Barry Diller and John C. Malone over IAC/Interactive is not about their personal differences, despite the juicy material this provides. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: France Said to Suggest New Controls for Its Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04trader.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=7016c4892c9d6630&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:45:47 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/worldbusiness/04trader.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=7016c4892c9d6630&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The French government is calling for tighter risk-control measures and a broad review of bank rules in response to losses from the trading scandal at Société Générale. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Leno’s Art of Late-Show Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/arts/television/04leno.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=4acb8651c93ce7a0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:38:43 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/arts/television/04leno.html?ex=1359867600&amp;en=4acb8651c93ce7a0&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Jay Leno has maintained his customary position atop the ratings in late-night television despite the Hollywood writers’ strike. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Google Assails Microsoft’s Bid for Yahoo</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/technology/03cnd-google.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=2b4f419976f9449b&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:56:53 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In a post on its Web site, Google said the deal could pose threats to “innovation and openness” on the Internet. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A.I.G. Chief Can’t Stop Looking Over His Shoulder</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03sully.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=fdaf0230e828dcbd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:59:20 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03sully.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=fdaf0230e828dcbd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A feud over influence at American International Group, the world’s largest insurer, continues in legal papers and in public. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Progress Toward Ending Writers’ Strike</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/business/media/02cnd-writers.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=3ac2fe7169bc34a8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Informal talks have eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, people briefed on the situation said. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Store Where Profit Comes Not in Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/jobs/03homefront.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=775eaa05f600bbc9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:12:34 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/jobs/03homefront.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=775eaa05f600bbc9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	A high-end children’s clothing and toy store in Manhattan helps support the Children’s Aid Society, not only with money but also with job training. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Trying to Clear Fog From Pension Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03pension.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=d73e70cc1084d3d8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:11:40 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03pension.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=d73e70cc1084d3d8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Online tools can help workers assess their plan’s health. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Real Estate Investing, Made Easier Online</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/realestate/commercial/03sqft.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=3dd109fcdc9c0099&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:11:24 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/realestate/commercial/03sqft.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=3dd109fcdc9c0099&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	With the help of resources that have emerged online in recent years, investing in commercial real estate is easier and far more transparent than a decade ago. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03unbox.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=9f1310ff4a7cf3f5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:10:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03unbox.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=9f1310ff4a7cf3f5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	As humans, we want to believe that creativity and innovation come in flashes of pure brilliance, with great thunderclaps and echoing ahas. Balderdash. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Belmondo, Bond and Now Kerviel</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03suit.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=0f9ca4ab0558432d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:10:38 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03suit.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=0f9ca4ab0558432d&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	France has always had a soft spot for the lawbreaker. Now Jérôme Kerviel, the trader who cost Société Générale more than $7 billion, has attracted a fan club of his own. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Yahoo Deal Is Big, but Is It the Next Big Thing?</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/technology/03valley.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=009d7b0bb4ccbc38&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/technology/03valley.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=009d7b0bb4ccbc38&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	In Silicon Valley, buying rather than building from the bottom up is seen as counter to the reinvention culture. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: A Strong Week for Stocks After Fed Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03data.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=924ea2fde5827b6a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:27:51 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03data.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=924ea2fde5827b6a&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Buoyed by another Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and by Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, the broad stock market rose last week. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03backpage.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=17429b5ba8c69045&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:14:29 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03backpage.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=17429b5ba8c69045&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	English and Only English?. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Preconceptions Defied</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/jobs/03boss.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=78ad4f7e444b7cdd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:09:16 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/jobs/03boss.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=78ad4f7e444b7cdd&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	During my climb up the corporate ladder, I saw some women who didn’t have enough confidence and other women who might make a fight when there didn’t need to be one. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Gossip Is Information by Another Name</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/jobs/03career.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=894f3c9ee30559b5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:08:55 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/jobs/03career.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=894f3c9ee30559b5&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The office grapevine fulfills a human need, but not all needs are benign. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: In Praise of the Decisive C.E.O.</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03shelf.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=442bef6796efb386&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:07:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03shelf.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=442bef6796efb386&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	“Judgment,” by Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis, is a valentine to that savior-leader, especially to the all-deciding C.E.O. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: It’s Even Worse Over There</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03fund.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=cf8f8c1f2b3ac8bb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:06:30 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03fund.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=cf8f8c1f2b3ac8bb&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Amid growing recession fears, it’s only natural that U.S. investors are a little spooked.  But how do you explain that foreign stocks are off to an even worse start in 2008? ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: My Birthday Wish: Not Burdening Our Children</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03view.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=f31e34b5d3b4e0a9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:06:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03view.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=f31e34b5d3b4e0a9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	My birthday wish is for all of us to stop asking what the government can do for us today and to focus instead on what we can do to prepare the economy for our children. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: An Online Organizer That Helps Connect the Dots</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03novel.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=90e437a12e16a0c9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:05:23 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03novel.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=90e437a12e16a0c9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Radar Networks is testing a free, Web-based application, called Twine, that may provide some robotic secretarial help in organizing and retrieving documents. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Lenders Who Sold and Left</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03gret.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=c44d7126b0679093&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:01:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03gret.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=c44d7126b0679093&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	The mortgage brokers, traders and bankers who took in big bucks steering customers into subprime loans should not be allowed to slink offstage without recognition. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Yes, a Giant Can Sprint</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03maker.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=5547a12f12e6e985&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:59:47 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03maker.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=5547a12f12e6e985&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Siemens, the 161-year-old conglomerate based in Munich, has been disproving the skeptics who questioned whether an industrial giant could be a stock market star. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Lost Innocence, Now Appearing in the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03count.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=f8eece25b9c35c6f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:59:15 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/business/03count.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=f8eece25b9c35c6f&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Economic events in January, it turns out, were enough to crack the composure of some usual glass-is-half-full types. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Yahoo Sale Could Be Bad for Minnows</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/technology/03yahoo.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=01ab00fe757fa7f9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:58:22 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/technology/03yahoo.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=01ab00fe757fa7f9&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Microsoft’s proposed mega-bid for Yahoo is based on its own particular corporate needs and may not be a harbinger of rampant deal-making in Silicon Valley. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: Wal-Mart: The New Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/weekinreview/03barb.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=98812285199dbc1e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:19:27 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/weekinreview/03barb.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=98812285199dbc1e&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Look who’s governmentizing the private sector. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>NYT &amp;gt; Business: The Tax Bills of New York’s Rich</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/realestate/manhattan/03newreal.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=06e3586ea4eefbf8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:41:30 -0500</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/realestate/manhattan/03newreal.html?ex=1359781200&amp;en=06e3586ea4eefbf8&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ronald O. Perelman’s neo-Georgian town house on East 63rd Street holds the distinction of being the highest-taxed single-family home in New York City. ]]></content:encoded>
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