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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Mixed:, Sterling Surges as UK Avoids ‘Triple Dip’ Recession [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spain: Quarterly Unemployment Surges to Record High 27.2% [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[More than 6.2m jobless in Spain as youth unemployment passes 55 percent mark.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Hold Modest Gains Ahead of ECB Rate Decision [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Government Exploring Private Equity Sale for Royal Mail Group - Sky News]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Government advisers sounding out private equity groups as plans for £1bn flotation fall through.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[German Business Confidence Falls in April as Core Europe Stalls]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bigger-than-expected fall in German business morale builds case for ECB interest rate move.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barclays Profits Falls as 'Transform' Restructuring Takes £500m from Bottom Line]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[CEO Antony Jenkins says new path &#039;not easy&#039; as lender reveals restructuring costs may hit £1bn in post-Bob Diamond era.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:34:22 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Stocks On Three-Day Win Streak Amid ECB Rate Cut Hopes [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eurozone Economic Slump Continues Amid Surprise German Slowdown [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[German economic activity in April slows for the first time in five months as Cyprus headwinds hit the eurozone core.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eurozone Debt Levels Reach Record High - Eurostat]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Britain&#039;s debt-to-GDP hits 90 percent and notches one of the highest budget deficit figures for the whole of the European Union.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Italian Shares, Bonds Rise as Napolitano Election Raises Hopes For New Government]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Giorgio Napolitano becomes first two-term president after weekend vote that could mark end of political gridlock.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Head for Weekly Decline Amid Commodity Price Volatility [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Fall for a Fourth Day as Growth Concerns Persist [VIDEO]]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[British Home Ownership Falls for First Time in More Than a Century - ONS]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Office for National Statistics says percentage of owner-occupied homes fell between 2001 and 2011 as price increases and stricter lending pushed millions into the rental market.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Stocks Snap Four-Day Losing Streak [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Big Macro: Bank Of Japan’s QE Beefs-up Price of McDonald’s Hamburgers]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[McDonald&#039;s said to be planning an inflation-busting 20 percent rise in hamburger prices as central bank pumps trillions into moribund economy]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Fall for a Fourth Day as Growth Concerns Persist [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bank Of England Minutes: King Outvoted for Third Month on QE Increase]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bank of England governor Mervyn King fails to convince colleagues on merits of £25bn expansion to quantitative easing programme]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tesco Plans US Exit As Profits Slump For First Time in 20 Years]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Europe&#039;s biggest food retailer will close &quot;Fresh & Easy&quot; brand in the United States as CEO Philip Clarke continues his aim to focus on UK growth]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:28:48 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[IMF Cuts Global Growth Forecast As Austerity Bites in US and Europe]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund says advanced nations will expand at a 1.2 percent pace, compared to 5.3 percent for emerging and developing economies.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:29:35 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Earnings Beat Forecasts After 36% Investment Bank Revenue Surge]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Goldman earnings rise 5.5 percent in first quarter after 36 percent surge in investment banking revenue.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Extend Declines as Commodity Prices Tumble [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[German Investor Confidence Slumps Amid Eurozone Concerns]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[ZEW&#039;s benchmark sentiment index falls 12.2 points to 36.3 as Cyprus rescue, economic data, pare optimism]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Citigroup Profits Rise as Investment Bank Unit Boosts Bottom Line]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Third-largest US bank says profits rose by 31 percent in the first full quarter under new CEO Michael Corbat.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:34:19 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Shares Fall After Poor China GDP Raises Global Recovery Concerns [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/457180/20130415/gold-china-economy-ftse-item-club.htm</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK Growth to Slow As Exports and Investment Lag - ITEM Club]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Ernst & Young&#039;s ITEM Club marks down UK growth for 2013 but hints at consumer rebound led by housing market and &#039;Help to Buy&#039; scheme.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: Stocks Extend Three-Day Rally after Record Wall Street Close [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:29:10 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Shares Extend Gains After Record Wall Street Close]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[China data and central bank stimulus from the US and Japan boost Asia shares as Europe builds on three-day rally.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[KPMG Faces Misconduct and Conflict of Interest Claims]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Auditor who signed off on collapsed HBOS reports also sacked US partner.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Royally Shafted: Bullying James Crosby from His Knighthood is Unfair and Hypocritical]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The public humiliation heaped on bank bosses who are guilty of little more than hubris represents a desire for vengeance rather than a search for the truth.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[RBS Faces Financial Conduct Authority Probe into 2012 IT Failure]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[New Financial Conduct Authority to  investigate bank&#039;s system collapse that hit millions of customers.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:11:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[European Market Briefing: European Stocks Rise After China Data, Alcoa Earnings [VIDEO]]]></title>
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