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<description><![CDATA[Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday his company is working hard to develop the next generation of smaller, lighter auto batteries -- a technology that holds promise not just for hybrids but also for electric cars.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. firms have been slow to join a U.N. initiative on social and environmental responsibility in business because of perceptions it has no teeth, the head of the Global Compact said Monday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/08/04/080804ta_talk_mead">
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<description><![CDATA[When do the words &#8220;not guaranteed&#8221; actually mean &#8220;guaranteed&#8221;? Whenever the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are involved. The two companies have long been required to tell investors that their securities are not guaranteed by the federal government. But in the financial markets everyone has always assumed that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[When bad things happen, it&#8217;s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[These aren&#8217;t great times for CBS. It&#8217;s no longer the network ratings champ; its radio business is dragging; and a recessionary economy is bad news for a company dependent on advertising revenue. So it isn&#8217;t exactly surprising that the company felt it needed to do something dramatic. What&#8217;s surprising is&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[All the acrimony in the primary race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has disguised the fact that on most issues they&#8217;re not too far apart. That&#8217;s especially the case when it comes to free trade, which both Obama and Clinton have lambasted over the past few months. At times&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Burmese military government, which hides from its people in the splendid isolation of a jungle capital newly manufactured in the center of the country, told the public, on April 29th, to expect widespread rain and forty-five-mile-an-hour winds on the southern coast. Cyclone Nargis arrived, on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[In the current atmosphere of economic tumult, the announcement that Toyota sold a hundred and sixty thousand more cars than General Motors in the first three months of this year might seem like a minor news item. But it may very well signal the end of one of the most&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a crisis, the natural response of government officials is often to offer up new rules and regulations. So it came as no surprise when, a few weeks ago, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a new regulatory scheme for the nation&#8217;s stricken financial markets. What was surprising&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/04/21/080421ta_talk_surowiecki">
<title>Iceland&#x26;#8217;s Deep Freeze</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By now, we&#8217;re all familiar with the major victims of the subprime meltdown: greedy mortgage brokers, overleveraged hedge funds, feckless banks and brokerages, incautious homeowners, and so on. But the crisis is also wreaking havoc in places that, on the surface, might seem to have nothing to do with the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/04/07/080407ta_talk_surowiecki">
<title>Going for Broke</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In recent months, a lot of people have been handed financial get-out-of-jail-free cards. C.E.O.s who presided over billions in losses have walked away with tens of millions in compensation. The Federal Reserve has showered cheap money on banks and brokerages. Even Bear Stearns caught a break&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/business/economy/17stra.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Strategies: Illusions About Inflation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If other things are equal, the value of a company’s future earnings will be lower to the extent that inflation is higher. But other things are not equal when it comes to stocks and inflation.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/realestate/17mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Mortgages: Finding Cash in a Home</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/realestate/17mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new service essentially offers a cash advance on the home, in exchange for the owner’s promise to share in the home’s future appreciation.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/economy/16values.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Market Values: Small Stocks Survive, and Thrive</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/economy/16values.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The current downturn should be particularly rough on corporate minnows, yet for the last six months, smaller-capitalization stocks have outperformed.    

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<title>Your Money: Gauging the Worth of a Frequent-Flier Credit Card</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/yourmoney/16money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Five questions you should ask yourself as airlines alter their frequent-flier programs, add fees and raise the number of miles you need to get some tickets.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/16shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Shortcuts: Winners Never Quit? Well, Yes, They Do</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/16shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Winners do quit. The trick, of course, is to know when it’s right to walk away and when it’s not.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/yourmoney/09money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Even Small Nest Eggs Need Advice</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/yourmoney/09money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The clients most in need of help often get the least access to competent financial advice. But Citi’s global wealth management unit has come up with a way to try to serve this untapped market.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/09mortgage.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Mortgage Rates, Down for So Long, Are Creeping Back Up and Crimping Affordability</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/09mortgage.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you are a prospective home buyer waiting for the bottom of the housing market, there is another fact you need to take into account: mortgage rates are rising.    

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<title>Fundamentally: How to Rebalance While Walking on Eggs</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/business/10fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this volatile market, it’s important to pay attention to how recent market slides are affecting your long-term asset allocation strategy.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/economy/09bargain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Calculating Where Home Prices Will Land</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/economy/09bargain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Housing continues to pull down the economy, but some say the pain is ending. Are they right?    

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<title>Cost of Living: The Price Is the Same; It&#x2019;s the Size That Shrinks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[According to a new study, many supermarket goods are being packaged to sell in ever smaller quantities, while prices stay the same.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Ditch the Gas Guzzler? Well, Maybe Not Yet</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[There are some questions to consider if you are tempted to get rid of your S.U.V., and some tips for figuring out whether it may be more financially sensible to hang onto it for a little longer.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/business/media/04adco.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Advertising: The High Cost of a &#x2018;Free Credit Report&#x2019;</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/business/media/04adco.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Catchy television ads for FreeCreditReport.com don’t highlight another catch tied to the service: a monthly fee.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/business/03stra.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Strategies: The Stars Have Yet to Align for Stocks</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/business/03stra.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The rally that began three weeks ago is fully supported by investor sentiment and not by fundamentals, suggesting that the bottom of this bear market has not yet been reached.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Shortcuts: For Extended Car Warranties, Resist the Showroom Pitch</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[New-car extended warranties are rarely great deals -- and if you must buy one, not purchasing it rolled up with the new car is often beneficial.    

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<title>Fundamentally: In a Downturn, Buy and Hold or Quit and Fold?</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/business/yourmoney/27fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The misery for investors doesn’t stem just from the recent sell-off, which pushed stocks into an official bear market. The problem is deeper than that.    

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<title>The Count: Credit Squeeze Puts Dream on Back Burner</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/business/27count.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A severe tightening of credit is preventing more people than before to start their own companies.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/yourmoney/26money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Danger Lurks When Shopping for Student Loans</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/yourmoney/26money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Comparison shopping for a private student loan -- unlike a mortgage or an auto loan -- may hurt your credit score.    

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<title>Your Money: Housing Bill Has Something for Nearly Everyone</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/business/25money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you think the housing bailout bill will benefit only troubled homeowners, you may miss out on a windfall.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/yourmoney/19money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Honor Your Word, or This Banker May Call Mom</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/yourmoney/19money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A look at the local community bank, where bankers try to make prudent loans within the community and try to keep customers from making a mess of their finances.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/business/13count.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>The Count: Watching That Balance Grow . . . and Grow</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/business/13count.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[It’s a tried-and-true piece of financial advice: try not to make too many purchases on credit.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/business/yourmoney/05money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: When Credit Gets Tight, a 401(k) Loan Becomes Tempting</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/business/yourmoney/05money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the rationales for supporting or damning the practice of borrowing against a retirement fund can be a useful exercise.    

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<title>Your Money: Food-Shopping Tips Direct From the Store Manager</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/business/yourmoney/28money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As food costs soar, a high-quality grocer is experimenting with ways to save money while not sacrificing taste.    

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<title>Cost of Living: Economy Can Wait; Stimulate Your Savings</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/business/yourmoney/28cost.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As millions are receiving stimulus checks in the mail, it pays to ask oneself whether it ought to be spent the way Congress intended it, or whether it should be saved.    

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<title>Fundamentally: Are Small-Cap Stocks Signaling a Recovery?</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/business/yourmoney/22fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Russell 2000 index of small stocks has soared 12.7 percent since mid-March, compared to much more modest growth among the industry-leading blue-chip companies.    

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<title>Your Money: 8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/business/yourmoney/21money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Costs are rising, retirement income is less secure and the golden years are lasting longer, leaving older people less to bequeath to their heirs.    

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<title>Banks Trimming Limits for Many on Credit Cards</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/business/21credit.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[After fostering the explosive growth of consumer debt in recent years, financial companies are reducing the credit limits on cards held by millions of Americans, often without warning.    

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<title>Is It Better to Buy or Rent?</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Compare the costs of renting and buying equivalent homes.    

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<title>Who runs the world?: </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The post-war global institutions have largely worked well. But rising countries and growing threats are challenging their pre-eminence THE powerful, like the victorious, do not just write history. They grab the seats at the top tables, from the United Nations Security Council to the boards of the big international economic and financial institutions. They collude behind closed doors. They decide who can join their cosy clubs and expect the rest of the world to obey the instructions they hand down. That is how many outsiders, not just in the poor world, will see the summit that takes place from July 7th to 9th of the G8, the closest the world has to an informal (ie, self-appointed) steering group. Leaders of seven of the world&#8217;s richest democracies, plus oil-and gas-fired Russia, gather this year in Toyako, on Hokkaido in northern Japan, to ruminate on climate change, rising food and energy prices, and the best way to combat global scourges from disease to nuclear proliferation. ...]]></description>
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<title>International government: </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global institutions are an outdated muddle; the rise of Asia makes their reform a priority for the WestCLUBS are all too often full of people prattling on about things they no longer know about. On July 7th the leaders of the group that allegedly runs the world&#8212;the G7 democracies plus Russia&#8212;gather in Japan to review the world economy. But what is the point of their discussing the oil price without Saudi Arabia, the world&#8217;s biggest producer? Or waffling about the dollar without China, which holds so many American Treasury bills? Or slapping sanctions on Robert Mugabe, with no African present? Or talking about global warming, AIDS or inflation without anybody from the emerging world? Cigar smoke and ignorance are in the air.The G8 is not the only global club that looks old and impotent (see article). The UN Security Council has told Iran to stop enriching uranium, without much effect. The nuclear non-proliferation regime is in tatters. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the fireman in previous financial crises, has been a bystander during the credit crunch. The World Trade Organisation&#8217;s Doha round is stuck. Of course, some bodies, such as the venerable Bank for International Settlements (see article), still do a fine job. But as global problems proliferate and information whips round the world ever faster, the organisational response looks ever shabbier, slower and feebler. The world&#8217;s governing bodies need to change.  ...]]></description>
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