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    <title><![CDATA[Social Media? Teachers Fund, NOW Knock Facebook for Lack of Women Directors]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Has Facebook, the No. 1 global social media site now seeking to go public, overlooked women, who constitute more than half of its 845 million members?]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[$900-Trillion Suit: How Much Money Is That?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[It’s unclear how she arrived at that exalted figure of $900-trillion.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed May Resume Bond Buying, Fed Pres Says]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said Wednesday the Fed may resume expanding its balance sheet to boost the U.S. economy if the recovery loses momentum or inflation stays below two percent.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Move Over Germany, Poland Is Coming]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Poland&#039;s economy is on a roll, averaging a 4.4 percent economic growth over the last 20 years, and investors are taking note: The nation&#039;s bonds have been easily outperforming those of Europe&#039;s traditional economic powerhouse, Germany.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Istanbul Tops European Real Estate Trends Report, Followed by Munich and Warsaw]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Istanbul was ranked as the European city with the best prospects for 2012 by PricewaterhouseCooper and the Urban Land Institute, with German cities also on top.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[IMF Cottarelli Warns Some Countries Might be Cutting Debt Too Quickly]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Some countries, including the U.S., could be trying to bring their budget deficit down too quickly, posing a risk for the economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund&#039;s fiscal affairs department warned Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Facebook's All-Male Board Hit by Criticism]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Just days after Facebook filed papers to go public, a large California pension fund is criticizing the social media giant for having an all-male board of directors.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Frustrations Soar as Greece, EU Seek Elusive Bailout Deal]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Greek parties will try on Wednesday to agree to a reform deal in return for a new EU/IMF rescue to avoid a chaotic default, after repeated delays which have prompted warnings that the euro can live without Athens.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China’s Inflation Eases in January, Aiding Leadership Transition]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Inflation in China is expected to trend lower in January, which provides room for Beijing to stimulate the country&#039;s economy if the Euro area experiences a sharp recession. However, economists do not expect to see aggressive stimulus packages to be put in place as Beijing is looking to achieve a smooth leadership transition this year.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Post-Market NASDAQ Losers (SGI, OPNT, RICK, RAM, JIVE, SWHC, OPTR, PNRA)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The top after-market NASDAQ Losers Tuesday were: Silicon Graphics International, OPNET Technologies, Rick&#039;s Cabaret International, RAM Energy Resources, Jive Software, Smith & Wesson Holding, Optimer Pharmaceuticals and Panera Bread Co.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Top After Market NYSE Movers (CALX, HMC, CSC, BLC, HFC, TNK, WU, LNC, VSH, KNL)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: Calix, Honda Motor Co, Computer Sciences, Belo Corp and HollyFrontier Corp. The top aftermarket NYSE losers: Teekay Tankers, Western Union, Lincoln National, Vishay Intertechnology and Knoll.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Post-Market NASDAQ Gainers (AVID, BWLD, GUID, SNCR, CERN, GLUU, OPEN, ONTY, SMSI, GRPN)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Tuesday were: Avid Technology, Buffalo Wild Wings, Guidance Software, Synchronoss Technologies, Cerner Corp, Glu Mobile, OpenTable, Oncothyreon, Smith Micro Software and Groupon, Inc.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Stocks Gain on Greek Deal Optimism]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[European stocks opened on a positive note Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street overnight and in Asia on reports that Greece was close to reaching an agreement needed to qualify for a second bailout.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nokia to Cut 4,000 Jobs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Jobs would be axed at the units in Hungary, Mexico and Finland as the firm is planning to move smartphone assembly work to Asia.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report - Afternoon 2/8/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Australian sharemarket rose for the second time this week today with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.4 pct or 18.8 pts to 4363.7. All sectors ended higher with the exception of the utilities which lost a little ground.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bharti Airtel Posts 22 Percent Profit Fall, Shares Slump]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The continuing decline in earnings has mainly been attributed to currency fluctuations and the rising interest costs. Also, all the major mobile phone service providers in the country are engaged in a bitter tariff war.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Beijing Soon to Use LNG-Powered Public Transport]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[By end February, residents and travellers plying the routes of China&#039;s municipality of Beijing will slowly get to experience inhaling cleaner air as the municipality government undertakes to introduce the first batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered public buses.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China Strongly Prepared to Face Any Economic Slowdown – Former IMF Adviser]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The global fiscal crisis that has been going for five years now had surely caught, and affected, most global economies unprepared and debilitated. Fact is the present ongoings now in the eurozone. But not China. Regardless of the real and present danger of a potential hard landing economic scenario, China had already prepared itself to face this.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australians Prefer Bali Holiday Over WA Visit]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Aussies are vacationing in droves overseas with New Zealand, the U.S. and Indonesia as their favourite destinations. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics said that in 2011, Australians made 7.8 million international trips.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Aussie Firms Defend Offshoring of Jobs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Business leaders defended on Wednesday the decision of Australian banks and other local companies to offshore jobs. They said the rising labour cost in Australia requires that businesses must have more flexibility in responding to market changes minus political criticism.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China Raises Oil, Gasoline Prices]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The three to four percent hike marks the first in the country in the last 10 months.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Confidence In Bradken Remains High]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sale of Dollar Bonds Boost South African Reserves Up 5.3%; Kazakhstan, Belarus Also Up]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Boosted by the international sale of its 12-year old bonds early this month, the gold and foreign- currency reserves held by South Africa has risen by 5.3 per cent at end January over the previous month, its most in almost two years, data from the Reserve Bank showed on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NAB Reviews UK Operations Hit by High Levels of Bad Debts]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[National Australia Bank (NAB) announced on Wednesday a strategic review of its U.S. business after the latter suffered from high levels of bad debts.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Profits: Bradken’s Bounce, Cochlear’s Loss, Transurban’s Surge]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Mining and rail equipment manufacturer Bradken is on track to meet earlier guidance for a 40% lift in full year profit after a 65% jump in first half earnings.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 2/8/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The local share market is trading slightly higher in the early session, on the back of modest gains on Wall Street overnight. At lunchtime in the East, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) has added 7.6pts or 0.2pct to 4352.5.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NAB Undercuts Majors, as ANZ Mulls Move]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[As the market awaits ANZ&#039;s promised rate decision this Friday, NAB has vowed to beat its fellow majors on rates for the remainder of 2012, regardless of moves by the RBA.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Westpac Rubbishes Fairfax Report as Misleading]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Westpac has dismissed a Fairfax report insinuating that the bank was holding out on borrowers following last year’s rate cuts.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[RBA Sparks Anger With Rate Hold]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank rendered moot much of the discussion surrounding bank funding costs this month when it chose to hold the cash rate steady.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Profits: NAB Confident, Macquarie Gloomy]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Reserve bank delivered the bad news to the banking sector yesterday, no rate cut and no chance to rebuild profit margins by hanging onto all or some of the widely expected 0.25% cut.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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