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<title>Baby Steps to a World Market</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Now that the House has narrowly passed its financial regulatory reform plan, it's up to Chris Dodd to continue the war on Wall Street in the Senate.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[With polls showing Chris Dodd would lose to either of the Republicans vying to challenge him as a senator from Connecticut, a few local Democratic officials are talking openly about whether he should be replaced on the ballot.]]></description>
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<title>Adventures in Entrepreneurialism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nicole Donnelly uses her time to build and strengthen her global networks—and to learn as much as she can for her next venture.]]></description>
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<title>Dialing for Dollars</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Don’t be fooled by Dell's new phone. This isn’t just about hardware.]]></description>
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<title>United States: 2010: An Estate Tax Odyssey - Holland &#x26; Knight</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Congress is in the midst of one of its most challenging periods in history. On its agenda are health care reform, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, job creation and other economic stimulus efforts, regulation of the financial services industry, and solvency of Social Security and Medicare. ]]></description>
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<title>United States: USA, India Eagerly Awaiting US Supreme Court&#x27;s Decision On Software And Business Method Patents - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &#x26; Dunner, LLP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the era where ideas drive the economy and intangible assets represent almost 75% of the total market value of S&P 500 companies, it is no surprise that intellectual property rights are of paramount importance to businesses in the United States and abroad.]]></description>
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<title>China: China&#x27;s Ministry of Commerce Releases Scaled-back Guidance on Its Merger Control Regime - Part II - Mayer Brown JSM</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the second of two Client Alerts relating to China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) merger control regime, focusing on two new guidance measures published by the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on 27 November 2009.]]></description>
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<title>Canada: Copenhagen Briefing No 2: Progress Mixed As Second Week Gets Underway  - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91036&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first week of COP 15/CMP 5 ended with a proper flurry of activity on Saturday December 12, 2009 and the process has now effectively been handed to the ministers representing each party. ]]></description>
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<title>Canada: British Columbia Securities Commission Companion Policy 91-502CP &#x22;Short Term Foreign Exchange Transactions &#x22;  - Borden Ladner Gervais LLP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On December 4, 2009, the British Columbia Securities Commission adopted a companion policy to its November 24, 1999 Blanket Order 91-502 "Short Term Foreign Exchange Transactions" (the "blanket order").]]></description>
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<title>United Kingdom: The Sound Of Silence - Barlow Lyde &#x26; Gilbert LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91046&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a recession a professional firm may be tempted to keep quiet about the resignation of a key member of the advisory team. But the firm must ensure the client is not misled.]]></description>
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<title>United Kingdom: The Risks Of Recession - Barlow Lyde &#x26; Gilbert LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91048&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[A recession imposes unique pressures upon professionals, including solicitors' firms. The professionals' response to this pressure gives rise to the risk of negligence and good risk management can therefore be crucial.]]></description>
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<title>United States: House &#x22;Extenders&#x22; Provision Contains Modified Information Reporting and Withholding Tax Provisions First Proposed in the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 - Mayer Brown </title>
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<description><![CDATA[On December 9, 2009, as part of a package to extend certain expiring tax provisions, the US House of Representatives passed HR 4213 (the House Bill), a bill containing several of the international tax proposals first introduced in the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (FATCA).]]></description>
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<title>United Kingdom: Guidance On Extending Permissions, Non-Material Amendments And Minor Material Amendments - Speechly Bircham LLP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This guidance should have been issued to coincide with the changes to the General Development Procedure Order and the commencement of section 96A of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 on 1st October 2009. ]]></description>
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<title>United States: Significant Proposed Legislation Would Increase Compliance Costs For U.S. Payors And Impact Worldwide Recipients Of U.S. Source Income - Sutherland Asbill &#x26; Brennan LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91058&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[On October 27, 2009, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (FATCA or FATCAT as referenced by some Hill officials) was introduced simultaneously in both houses of the U.S. Congress and endorsed by the Secretary of the Treasury, reflecting the joint drafting of the bill by the Congress and the Treasury Department. ]]></description>
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<title>United States: Change In Federal Rules Regarding Time Computation: A &#x22;Day&#x22; By Any Other Name Is Still A &#x22;Day&#x22; - Sutherland Asbill &#x26; Brennan LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91060&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[On December 1, 2009, the time computation amendments to Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will take effect, simplifying the computation of deadlines and changing the timing requirements of many rules. ]]></description>
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<title>United States: Supreme Court Hears Argument In Case Affecting Corporate Defendants&#x2019; Access To Federal Courts - Sutherland Asbill &#x26; Brennan LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91062&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[On November 10, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in "Hertz Corp. v. Friend". The case asks the Court to clarify the standard for determining a company’s "principal place of business" for invoking federal court jurisdiction in cases where a corporate party does business in multiple states. ]]></description>
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<title>United Kingdom: HFW Insurance &#x26; Reinsurance Bulletin - December 2009 - Holman Fenwick Willan LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91064&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dunlop Haywards Ltd ("DHL") (formerly Dunlop Heywood Lorenz) & Ors v Barbon Insurance Group Ltd (formerly Erinaceous Insurance Services Ltd formerly known as Hanover Park Commercial Ltd ("HPC")) & Ors v Lockton Companies International (formerly Alexander Forbes Risk Services UK Limited ("Forbes")) [2009] EWHC 2900]. 

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<title>Canada: Current Corporate Governance Regime: CSA Issues Staff Notice Regarding Maintenance - Fasken Martineau</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91066&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA" ) has recently issued Staff Notice 58-305 "Status Report on the Proposed Changes to the Corporate Governance Regime" (the"Notice" ). The Notice outlined the CSA's reasons for deciding not to implement significant changes to the corporate governance regime in Canada.
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<title>Ukraine: Post-2012 Support For Kyoto Protocol Projects - CMS Cameron McKenna LLP</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91068&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has recently adopted a procedure regarding the application for and transfer of emissions reductions units generated after 2012 through Joint Implementation (JI) projects under Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol. ]]></description>
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<title>United States: FCC And FEMA Initiate Testing Phase Of Wireless Emergency Alert System - McDermott Will &#x26; Emery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Commercial Mobile Alert System is a voluntary system established pursuant to the Warning, Alert and Response Network Act to enable commercial wireless carriers to transmit emergency alerts generated by government officials to their subscribers.]]></description>
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<title>United States: Florida Government And Politics Weekly Update (Week Of December 14, 2009) - Foley &#x26; Lardner</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91072&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Florida Legislature's special session on transportation adjourned on December 9, 2009 after both chambers passed House Bill 1-B, the passenger rail bill.]]></description>
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<title>United States: Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - December 14, 2009 - Van Ness Feldman</title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91076&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen negotiators are scrambling to narrow the issues in time for the arrival of the heads of state this coming week.]]></description>
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<title>Ireland: Re-Domiciling An Investment Fund To Ireland  - Dillon Eustace</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last 20 years, Ireland has earned a reputation as one of the most attractive jurisdictions in which to establish an investment fund, ranking amongst the most flexible and advantageous international fund domiciles due in no small part to the wide variety of funds (from traditional long only to sophisticated alternatives) which may be established under the Irish legal and regulatory system as well as Ireland’s ability to react promptly to the demands of both fund promoters a]]></description>
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<title>Guernsey: QROPS From Guernsey - GuernseyFinance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Guernsey has seen a surge of interest in Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) during 2009. ]]></description>
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<title>United States: Antitrust Enforcement in US Agriculture Markets: The Obama Administration Plants Seeds for Increased Enforcement - Mayer Brown </title>
<link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=91086&#x26;rss=0</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three recent events indicate that the Obama Administration plans an increased focus on competition issues affecting US agriculture markets.]]></description>
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<title>Boeing Dreamliner in first flight</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft successfully completes its first test flight in the US.]]></description>
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<title>BA in legal challenge to strike</title>
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<description><![CDATA[British Airways is to take legal action to try to prevent a 12-day cabin crew strike set to begin on 22 December. ]]></description>
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<title>Europe strikes &#x27;banana wars&#x27; deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe has agreed a deal to cut tariffs on banana imports, signalling the end of the world's longest-running trade dispute. ]]></description>
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<title>US producer prices see big rise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[US producer prices rose more than expected in November, led by a big increase in the cost of petrol, official figures show.]]></description>
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<title>Airlines &#x27;to lose $5.6bn in 2010&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Airline industry body Iata predicts the sector will lose $5.6bn next year, up from a previous estimate of $3.8bn.
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<title>Kraft warns Cadbury shareholders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kraft Foods warns Cadbury's shareholders they will be "taking a risk" if they support Cadbury as a standalone company. ]]></description>
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<title>Wells Fargo to repay US bail-out</title>
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<description><![CDATA[US bank Well Fargo says it will pay back the $25bn emergency funding it received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.]]></description>
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<title>Greece PM in anti-corruption plan</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/8413391.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A plan to quell Greece's economic crisis will combat "systemic corruption" and "red tape", Greece's PM George Papandreou tells the BBC.]]></description>
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<title>Petrol prices push up UK inflation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UK inflation picked up pace in November, rising to 1.9% from 1.5% the month before, after petrol prices rose.]]></description>
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<title>Obama tells US banks to lend more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama tells US bankers to increase business loans, and warns them not to thwart regulatory reform.]]></description>
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<title>Movie-goers make 2009 a record box office year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[US box office takings are set to pass $10bn for the first time, with attendance higher so far this year than for the whole of 2008.]]></description>
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<title>Shanghai &#x27;could leapfrog&#x27; London in financial league</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8410722.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[London could be pushed into third place as a global financial centre by Shanghai in the next decade, according to a report.]]></description>
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<title>Robert Peston&#x27;s blog - for the latest business analysis </title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the latest business analysis  ]]></description>
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<title>Stephanomics - economic analysis from Stephanie Flanders</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/stephanieflanders/</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the latest economics analysis  ]]></description>
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<title>Woods loses key sponsorship deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The giant consultancy firm Accenture ends its multi-million dollar sponsorship of scandal-hit golfer Tiger Woods.
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<title>Notts County chairman buys club</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8409631.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Notts County executive chairman Peter Trembling completes his takeover, meaning Sven-Goran Eriksson will stay at Meadow Lane.]]></description>
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<title>England vaunts 2018 World Cup bid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[England officials say they believe they could deliver the most "commercially successful" 2018 World Cup.]]></description>
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<title>Guidelines for financial journalists</title>
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<title>Camp millionaire</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8408400.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[US kids learn that making money is child's play ]]></description>
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<title>Banana split</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8413979.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[What the battle says about the state of world trade]]></description>
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<title>High stakes</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8412913.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[What both sides stand to lose in the BA dispute]]></description>
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<title>Stephanomics</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/stephanieflanders/2009/12/overrated.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An 'interesting' year coming for UK sovereign debt 
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<title>Beatles boom</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8411741.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why is troubled EMI still dependent upon old music?]]></description>
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<title>Biofuels in Africa </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8407855.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Farmers in Tanzania weigh the use of jatropha oil ]]></description>
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<title>House prices up on lack of supply</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8412399.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[House prices are still being driven up by a relative shortage of properties for sale, a surveyors body says.]]></description>
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<title>Abu Dhabi gives Dubai $10bn help</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8411215.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dubai announces it has been given a $10bn handout from UAE neighbour Abu Dhabi to help it pay off its debts.]]></description>
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<title>Turkmenistan-China gas link opens</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8411204.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China's President Hu Jintao visits Turkmenistan to open the final link in a new pipeline delivering gas from Central Asia.]]></description>
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<title>Borders staff may go by Christmas</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8414862.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[All 1,100 staff at book chain Borders will lose their jobs on Christmas Eve unless a buyer is found this week, administrators warn.]]></description>
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<title>Political meddling &#x27;damaging&#x27; RBS</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8414046.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The chief executive of RBS, Stephen Hester, says political meddling is damaging the bank.]]></description>
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<title>Cuts made to boost Afghan mission</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8413135.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government is to buy 22 new helicopters and other equipment for Afghanistan but makes huge cuts to fund them.]]></description>
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<title>S Korea in $10bn Ghana homes deal</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8403774.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A South Korean firm will build 200,000 houses in Ghana over the next six years in a $10bn deal, Korean officials say.]]></description>
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<title>Zimbabwe predicts economic upturn</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8390086.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's first budget since its unity government began sharing power 10 months ago predicts a healthy economic future.]]></description>
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<title>Obama attacks &#x27;fat cat&#x27; bankers</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8411412.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama tells bankers to take responsibility for the crisis and to stop fighting against tighter regulation.]]></description>
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<title>Cadbury and Hershey in bid talks</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8410884.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cadbury and Hershey are in talks with a view to the US firm making a bid for the UK confectioner, the BBC learns.]]></description>
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<title>Beijing in Saab technology deal</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8411484.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China's Beijing Automotive agrees to buy some assets relating to Saab's car and engine technology from GM.]]></description>
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<title>US and Japan agree open air deal</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8409313.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States and Japan agree to a new "open skies" deal cutting restrictions on flights between the two countries.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Canada's largest bookstore chain - Indigo Books & Music Inc. - said Tuesday it has spun off its Shortcovers digital book business to Kobo Inc.

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<description><![CDATA[A new joint initiative by the federal and Ontario governments will help unemployed older workers develop new skills that will help them find jobs, federal Human Resources and Development Minister Diane Finley said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The global airline industry will lose $5.6 billion US in 2010, an industry group predicts. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Sales of existing homes were up 73 per cent in November compared to last year's level, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>15 rail cars leave tracks in Fort Saskatchewan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A derailment near Shell Canada's Scotford refinery, about 40 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, caused 15 cars to leave the tracks in the railyard, CN Rail said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>Upper Deck retains Woods as spokesman </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sports card and memorabilia giant Upper Deck Co. confirmed Tuesday that Tiger Woods will remain its exclusive spokesman.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Quebec is increasing its minimum wage by $0.50 to $9.50 per hour, effective May 1, 2010.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The number of Canadian bankruptcies fell a record 27.7 per cent in October from a month earlier, says the office of the superintendent of bankruptcy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The composite leading index rose by 1.3 per cent in November, its sixth straight month in positive territory, Statistics Canada reports.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The labour productivity of Canadian businesses slipped 0.2 per cent in the third quarter.]]></description>
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<title>New car sales 3.5% higher in October</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New motor vehicle sales increased 3.5 per cent to 133,559 units in October after rising in September.]]></description>
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<title>Obama tells banks to boost lending </title>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama presses bank executives to do more to lend to homeowners and small- and medium-sized businesses.

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<description><![CDATA[Real-time search, translation, location--everywhere?]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Internet giant released new tools that give news publishers more control over the search engine.]]></description>
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<title>Digg Bets Big On A New API</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The social media company aims to make developing for its platform easier.]]></description>
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<title>King of Pop Tops Search Engines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson was the most-searched phrase in 2009.]]></description>
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<title>The Pirate Bay&#x27;s Heir Apparent</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As the world's biggest file-sharing sites clean up or shut down, all eyes are on Isohunt.]]></description>
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