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<title>Tech.view: Tossing the phone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Though a great alternative, Skype is open to abuseLATE last year, your correspondent decided he was paying too much for long-distance telephone calls, and vowed to switch to one of the new VOIP (&#8220;voice over internet protocol&#8221;) services, which offer calls to most places in the world for a few pennies a minute at most. At the time, his land-line carrier (Verizon) was charging him five cents a minute for local calls, 11 cents for long-distance, and around 16 cents for international calls. With lots of contacts in Britain and Japan, over half his monthly phone bill was for international calls.Many PC users got their first taste of VOIP in the 1990s when a product called VocalTec first hit the market. But because of the technical hassles involved, making calls between two PCs connected to the internet wasn&#8217;t for the faint of heart. ...]]></description>
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<title>Alcatel-Lucent: Bring down the barriers </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ben Verwaayen&#8217;s talents will be sorely tested in his new roleAFTER Alcatel SA merged with Lucent Technologies Inc two years ago, almost the last thing the new company could afford to worry about was balancing the interests of its French and American parts. But although less than half of the combined group&#8217;s turnover comes from its home countries, Alcatel-Lucent failed to transcend its national origins. Two small, weak telecoms-equipment firms became one big, weak one, beset by low-cost competition from new Chinese rivals and struggling in a business that internet technology was changing beyond recognition. Worse, demand has been weakening across the industry. Appointing people on the basis of nationality rather than ability is never a good idea; in conditions like these, it spelled disaster.Cost savings either failed to materialise or were swallowed by falling prices; despite hacking 16,500 jobs from a workforce of 88,000, Alcatel-Lucent made losses for six consecutive quarters and its share price fell by more than half. At the end of July it said that Serge Tchuruk, its French chairman, and Patricia Russo, its American chief executive, would depart. This week their replacements were named: a French chairman, who lives in America, and a Dutch chief executive, who will be based in Paris. Both Philippe Camus and Ben Verwaayen have the personality and experience that could iron out the beleaguered telecoms group&#8217;s problems. ...]]></description>
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<title>Alcatel-Lucent: Goodbye and adieu </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The architects of a big telecoms-equipment merger decide to hang upWHEN Alcatel, a French maker of telecoms equipment, announced its plan in 2006 to merge with Lucent, an American rival, reactions were mixed. There was general agreement that bigger was better and that the combined firm would benefit from greater geographical reach. But there was also scepticism that its French and American managers would be able to get along. With good reason, it seems: on July 29th Alcatel-Lucent announced its sixth consecutive quarterly loss and the resignations of Serge Tchuruk, its French chairman, and Patricia Russo, its American chief executive. Their firm&#8217;s troubles stem in large part from its internal clash of cultures.This clash was an unhelpful distraction, given that the entire telecoms-equipment industry is suffering. The bonanza of 2000-05, when European operators upgraded their mobile-phone networks to new &#8220;third-generation&#8221; (3G) technology, is winding down. Sales growth is slowing, and even Ericsson, the industry leader, has seen its share price fall by 50% in the past year. Margins have also been squeezed by the rise of Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese firms. Their prices are sometimes 40-50% lower than those of Western vendors. ...]]></description>
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<title>Tech.view: Home warriors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Telecommuters need more than e-mail and a broadband connectionTHE best thing about being a foreign correspondent is not having to commute to the office every day, attend dreary meetings, dress soberly, and generally get distracted from the nitty-gritty of doing the job. The worst thing is being out of touch with colleagues at head office, with little say over how your stories are treated. But if you can handle the patchy feedback and total lack of control, the freedom pays dividends in productivity and sheer job satisfaction.Being one of the most portable jobs on the planet, journalism provides a daily reminder that work is something you do, not some place you go to. For the past quarter of a century, your correspondent has smirked about the time and energy he&#8217;s saved through not having to travel to work.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Telecoms in Mexico: Slim&#x26;#8217;s pickings </title>
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<description><![CDATA[More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone chargesIT HAS become quaint, in the era of Skype and unlimited calling plans, to worry too much about the cost of phone calls. But it is a textbook case of the old saying: &#8220;Them as has, gets&#8221;. The well-connected executive can use any number of voice-over-internet services to make free calls; but the rural poor, if they have phones at all, must pay high rates. Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in Mexico, where Carlos Slim, by some estimates the world&#8217;s richest man, dominates the telecoms industry. He controls Telmex, which has 81% of the fixed-line market, and Telcel, which has 72% of the mobile market. In the first quarter of 2008 Telmex had a profit margin before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of 48.7%; for Telcel the figure was 52.1%.This is well above the global average for telecoms firms of 35%, says Martin Lara, an analyst at Vector Casa de Bolsa, a research firm. Base tariffs have fallen in Mexico in recent years, but they do not include things like international calls or calls to mobile phones. Competition has not helped much, because smaller firms have been reluctant to undercut Mr Slim&#8217;s companies by very much&#8212;and high prices boost their profits, too. &#8220;No one wants to destroy these profits overnight,&#8221; says Mr Lara. ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[After dramatic rises earlier in the week, most European and Asian stock markets give up some ground.]]></description>
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<title>Bank crisis to dominate EU talks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[EU leaders are to discuss multi-billion-euro rescue plans for Europe's ailing banks at a two-day summit in Brussels. 

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<description><![CDATA[New York City could lose 165,000 jobs as a result of the crisis in the financial sector, the city's chief financial officer warns.]]></description>
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<title>Russia suspends regional airlines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Russia's national aviation authority is to suspend the flights of nine regional carriers because of  unpaid debts.]]></description>
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<title>Intel sees quarterly profits rise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Intel, the world's biggest manufacturer of computer chips, reports a 12% rise in its quarterly earnings.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[India's top private airline Jet Airways lays off 800 staff as it cuts back on flights, officials say.]]></description>
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<title>Virgin to reduce fuel surcharges</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic is to cut its fuel surcharges for most passengers in response to a fall in the price of oil.]]></description>
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<title>Iceland &#x27;working day and night&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland's government is working "day and night" to solve the country's financial crisis, Prime Minister Geir Haarde tells the BBC.]]></description>
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<title>Daimler to axe 3,500 truck jobs </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of workers at Daimler, one of the world's biggest makers of heavy trucks, will lose their jobs.]]></description>
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<title>Iceland&#x27;s biggest music festival goes ahead despite banking crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A music festival in Iceland with CSS, Biffy Clyro and Vampire Weekend goes ahead, despite the country's cash crisis.]]></description>
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<title>Canadian firm unveils software to stop motorists using mobile phones</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Canadian firm unveils software which prevents motorists using mobile phones by intercepting their calls on the road.]]></description>
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<title>Guidelines for financial journalists</title>
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<title>Airline turbulence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[India's first civil air show comes at a bleak time]]></description>
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<title>Fish and cool</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland hopes to weather hard times with stoical calm]]></description>
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<title>Robert Peston</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Law and order is being brought to hedge funds]]></description>
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<title>Job done?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Will the efforts to revive the banking sector work?]]></description>
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<title>German rescue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Finance minister Steinbrueck on the bank bail-out]]></description>
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<title>Immoral lending</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UK mortgage broker admits immoral practices]]></description>
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<title>UK unemployment increases again</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The number of people out of work in the UK has risen again - climbing by 164,000 to 1.79 million  official figures show.]]></description>
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<title>Consumer inflation reaches 5.2%</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The annual rate of UK inflation hits a 16-year high of 5.2%, with higher energy bills behind much of the increase.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Nationalised lender Northern Rock says it will not take legal action for negligence against those in charge before its collapse.]]></description>
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<title>Barclays faces investment lawsuit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Barclays is sued over claims it moved loss-making investments from its own accounts to outside investors.]]></description>
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<title>Libya &#x27;to pull Swiss bank assets&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Libya is to withdraw an estimated $7m of assets from Swiss banks in a row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the African Union appeals against any cut in aid following the global financial crisis.]]></description>
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<title>US unveils $250bn banking rescue</title>
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<title>Pepsi cuts jobs as profits slide</title>
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<description><![CDATA[PespsiCo is to axe 3,300 jobs as part of a cost-cutting plan after profits fell amid lagging soft drinks sales in the US.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[After dramatic rises earlier in the week, most Asian stock markets lose ground despite a regional plan to ease the crisis.]]></description>
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<title>Fear grips global stock markets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global stocks fall sharply on one of the worst days of trading in 30 years, despite continuing actions to tackle the crisis.]]></description>
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<title>Germany &#x27;on brink of recession&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Germany's economy is heading for recession and will only expand by 0.2% in 2009, the country's four leading economic think tanks warn.]]></description>
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<title>Europe acts to strengthen banks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Major European economies announce financial rescue schemes to shore up their banking systems.]]></description>
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<title>Middle East stock markets plunge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares on the main Arab stock markets fall sharply amid concern the financial crisis in the US and Europe is spreading to the Middle East.  ]]></description>
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<title>Oil price dips below $90 a barrel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oil prices fall to an eight-month low of less than US $90 a barrel and shares on Gulf stock markets fall sharply.]]></description>
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<title>US bans key Indian drug imports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The US FDA says it has banned the import of more than 30 generic drugs made by Indian drug firm Ranbaxy.]]></description>
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<title>Pakistan sees wider trade deficit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Export disruption causes trade gap between Pakistan and the rest of the world to widen in August.]]></description>
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<title>Bleak Numbers Stoke Fears of Recession in Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the financial sector’s problems weighing directly on the broader economy, many economists say Europe is already in recession and will be lucky to get out of it by summer.    
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<title>Europe and Asia Fail to Sustain Rallies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stocks fell in Europe after a mixed session in Asia as investors began to face the likelihood that dislocations would plague the economy even if bailouts were to succeed.    
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<title>Despite Big Rally, Grim Outlook on Profits and Jobs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A day after the stock market staged one of its biggest rallies in history, investors retreated once again.    
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<title>Lehman&#x2019;s &#x2018;Certificates&#x2019; Proved Risky in Germany</title>
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<description><![CDATA[To tens of thousands of German residents with modest investments, the Lehman collapse hit close to home.    
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<title>Iceland Turns to Neighbors to Prevent a Collapse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As its stock market dropped almost 80 percent, Iceland said it drew $273.2 million from the central banks of Norway and Denmark.    
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<title>Hong Kong Backs Bank Deposits for 2 Years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong’s financial regulators announced on Tuesday that they would provide government backing for all of the territory’s $773 billion in bank deposits through 2010.    
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<title>Daimler to Cut Jobs in U.S. and Canada</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Daimler announced plans to eliminate its Sterling truck brand and shift production from the United States to Mexico, moves that will cut about 3,500 jobs.    
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<title>British Prime Minister&#x2019;s Stock Rises as His Bank Plan Lifts Stocks Worldwide</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After devising a bank rescue plan that has now been endorsed by European and American officials, Gordon Brown is seeing a revival to his political career.    
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<title>Russian Gas Executives Visit Palin&#x2019;s Turf</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15alaska.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A high-level delegation from the Russian energy company Gazprom met in Anchorage with state officials to talk about investing in Alaskan energy projects.    
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<title>A Host of Measures Across Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Britain effectively took control of two of its largest banks, and leaders in other countries offered more than a trillion euros in loan guarantees and other support.    
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<title>Commodity Prices Tumble</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The financial panic and economic slowdown have put at least a temporary end to the commodity bull market of the last seven years.    
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<title>Sovereign Funds Now Prefer Hoarding Cash to Rescuing U.S. Financial Firms</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14wealth.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some large sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East have been hoarding cash, much like the hedge funds and institutional investment funds that have been running for cover.    
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<title>Spanish Bank Buys Sovereign</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Banco Santander confirmed that it would buy the rest of Sovereign Bancorp, extending a wave of consolidation in the banking industry.    
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<title>Professor and Columnist Wins Economics Nobel</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/economy/14econ.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton and a columnist for The Times, won for his work on global trade patterns.    
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<title>I.M.F. Says It&#x2019;s Ready to Help Out Hungary</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14hungary.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund said that it stood ready to help Hungary as the global financial crisis increased the strains on the Eastern European country’s economy.    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14rencap.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russian Bank Loses $10 Million on Illicit Trades</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14rencap.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An equities trader at the Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital lost the company about $10 million by placing unauthorized bets on the stock market just as it collapsed.    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/business/worldbusiness/13euro.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Missteps Are Evident, but Europe Is Implicated</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/business/worldbusiness/13euro.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Experts say lenders in Europe all too willingly embraced many of the riskiest practices of their American counterparts.    
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<title>Stock Slump Imperils Putin&#x2019;s Effort to Pump Up Russian Wealth, and His Legacy</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/europe/13russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vladimir V. Putin is facing a threat to his legacy of bringing growth, stability and a renewed swagger to this nation.    
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<title>Reaching for a Higher Profile, Abu Dhabi Opens a Hub for Western Media</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/business/media/13deal.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[CNN, The Financial Times and other media companies are setting up shop in the island city that is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.    
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<title>In Japan, Hope Fades for Disposable Workers</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Little is being built in Japan’s stagnant economy, and day laborers and part-time workers are having difficulty finding jobs.    
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<title>A Power That May Not Stay So Super</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/weekinreview/12leonhardt.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Britain overreached imperially. The U.S. has been doing it financially.    
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<title>Rich Nations Pushing for Joint Financial Rescue</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/11global.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States and six other nations agreed to a plan to rescue the financial industry, but fell short of offering concrete steps to backstop bank lending.    
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<title>Economic Uncertainty Spreads</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Around the world, fears of recession have fed a stock market panic, as worries about toxic assets spread from the financial sector to the credit markets and now to the broader economy.    
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<title>Russia to Spend Billions Buying Shares on Stock Exchanges to Bolster Confidence</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/worldbusiness/11ruble.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move would support one of the world’s hardest-hit markets from the credit crisis, as the country suffered fresh blows from plunging commodity prices.    
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<title>Russia Approves $36 Billion Loan Plan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/worldbusiness/11moscow.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Parliament passed a law unlocking Central Bank lending to private banks in a $36 billion bailout, continuing a strategy that has relied on making government oil profits available to banks.    
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<title>World Business Briefing | Europe: Spain: Nissan to Cut 1,680 Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14fobriefs-NISSANTOCUT1_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Nissan official said the car maker would lay off 1,680 workers at a plant in Spain because of poor demand.    
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<title>World Business Briefing | Europe: Luxembourg: Divided on Russia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14fobriefs-DIVIDEDONRUS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nations in the European Union were divided over whether to resume talks on a political and economic pact with Russia that were frozen in protest over its war with Georgia.    
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<title>World Business Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Protests at Exchange</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14fobriefs-PROTESTSATEX_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The police surrounded Pakistan’s biggest stock exchange to thwart violence by investors demanding a trading halt.    
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<title>World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Record Trade Surplus</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/business/worldbusiness/14fobriefs-RECORDTRADES_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[China’s trade surplus in September hit a new monthly high of $29.3 billion, the government said.    
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