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<title>Space Debris Threatens Space Station</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Space-Debris-Threatens-Space-Station-747550/?kc=rss</link>
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NASA alerts International Space Station crew of nearing Russian Cosmos space debris that might force astronauts to sleep in Soyuz module.   -  NASA informed the crew of the ISS (International Space Station) that
the spacecraft could be menaced Nov. 6 by a piece of Russian Cosmos
space debris. The time of closest approach is 10:48 p.m. EST. 

NASA said the timing of
available tracking data has made it too late to do a maneuver, but  
...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/37Signals-Breaks-Free-of-Rigid-Work-Culture-464279/?kc=rss">
<title>37Signals Breaks Free of Rigid Work Culture</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/37Signals-Breaks-Free-of-Rigid-Work-Culture-464279/?kc=rss</link>
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You don't have to be locked in a cubicle for 60 hours a week to get your technology work complete or to be successful. 37Signals, the Chicago-based Web software company that makes organizational apps like Basecamp, Ta-Da and Backpack, thrives by allowing workers more freedom with their time, letting individuals recharge daily as they see fit while focusing on getting things done.   -  With 3 million customers and only 16 employees, Chicago-based 37Signals seems to have a nice balance for its employees and its owners, at least, that's the impression taken from a recent article written in  lt;em gt;Inc. lt;/em gt; by one of its founders, Jason Fried.

Want to work at home? Cool. ...]]></description>
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<title>Former CEO: MySQL&#x27;s Installed Base Will Keep it Independent</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Former-CEO-MySQLs-Installed-Base-Will-Keep-It-Independent-232577/?kc=rss</link>
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In an interview with eWEEK, former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos says there is  there's no rational argument  for preventing Oracle from acquiring all of Sun, including MySQL with its open source relational database software. The competitive pressure that MySQL exerts on the market will preserve the independence of the database no matter who owns the product, Mickos asserted.   -  
While Oracle tussles with the European Commission over sanctioning its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems and the future development of the Sun-owned MySQL, industry stakeholders are posting pro and con opinions -- mostly con, as it turns out -- about whether Oracle can ever be a suitabl...]]></description>
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<title>Green IT Company Viridity to Come Out of Stealth Mode</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Green-IT-Company-Viridity-to-Come-Out-of-Stealth-Mode-474386/?kc=rss</link>
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Viridity, which will come out of stealth mode Nov. 9, is developing software designed to give IT administrators, facility managers and C-level executives high visibility into the utilization and energy consumption of its IT equipment and applications. The software will analyze the data and generate action reports businesses can use to transform their data centers into more energy-efficient facilities.   -  A new company coming out of stealth mode Nov. 9 is looking to give enterprises a clearer view into their IT infrastructure and applications to enable them to create more energy-efficient environments and drive down power and cooling costs.
Viridity is developing a namesake software product designed...]]></description>
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<title>10 Essential Third Party Security Apps for Windows 7</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/10-Essential-Third-Party-Security-Apps-for-Windows-7-752776/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Now that users have their hands on Windows 7, it's time to secure it. They could always use solutions from Microsoft, like Security Essentials, but in many cases, third-party applications do a much better job of ensuring a system is kept secure.

Third-party security apps for Windows 7 can be free or paid. In either case, users can find effective security applications to keep their data more secure. However, it's important to remember that some apps are more effective than others and that in no way can all of these applications keep the user's data totally secure. But the first step is to find the security app that works best for the users needs. This eWEEK slide show looks at ten third-party applications that will make Windows 7 more secure.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/EBay-Skype-Settle-IP-Suits-With-Joltid-Sans-Index-Ventures-533818/?kc=rss">
<title>EBay, Skype Settle IP Suits With Joltid, Sans Index Ventures</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/EBay-Skype-Settle-IP-Suits-With-Joltid-Sans-Index-Ventures-533818/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
eBay Nov. 6  settled lawsuits with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, who had earlier tried to buy Skype back from eBay, will join the investor group, contributing Joltid software and making a  significant capital investment  in exchange for a 14 percent stake in Skype. Silver Lake and fellow investors Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will grab 56 percent of Skype, with eBay retaining the remaining 30 percent.   -  






The future of VOIP service Skype looks bright again for
its 500 million-plus users.
eBay Nov. 6 said it has settled lawsuits with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. in a $1.9
billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed
from Joltid and paves the way for ...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmakers-Finish-Draft-Universal-Service-Fund-Reform-357029/?kc=rss">
<title>Lawmakers Finish Draft Universal Service Fund Reform</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Lawmakers-Finish-Draft-Universal-Service-Fund-Reform-357029/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
New legislation would allow Universal Service Fund to be used for broadband deployment, expanding the USF from its traditional use as fund to subsidize phone service in under-served and rural areas and Internet connections in schools and libraries.   -  Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Lee Terry (R-NE) released their draft
discussion bill for reforming the USF (Universal Service Fund) Nov. 6.
The proposed legislation would broaden the base of contributions into
the USF and controlling distributions from the fund and allow the use
of the USF for br...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Aruba-Motorola-Settle-Patent-Dispute-769476/?kc=rss">
<title>Aruba, Motorola Settle Patent Dispute</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Aruba-Motorola-Settle-Patent-Dispute-769476/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
WLAN vendor Aruba agrees to a one-time payment of $19.8 million to Motorola and its subsidiaries, Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications. The out-of-court settlement also calls for a cross-licensing agreement between Aruba and Motorola for WLAN communication technologies.   -  Aruba Networks and Motorola said Nov. 6 they have settled a two-year dispute
over patents owned by both companies. The settlement involves Aruba
paying Motorola $19.8 million and both parties agreeing to a cross-licensing
agreement.

The dispute dates back to August 2007 and involves patents re...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Will-Be-Challenged-By-Google-Opera-Mozilla-on-EU-Settlement-345854/?kc=rss">
<title>Microsoft Will Be Challenged By Google, Opera, Mozilla on EU Settlement</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Will-Be-Challenged-By-Google-Opera-Mozilla-on-EU-Settlement-345854/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Microsoft and the European Commission may be close to a deal on packaging Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7, with Redmond agreeing to offer users an automatic  ballot screen  from which they can choose a rival browser. Such an agreement would alleviate the Commissions antitrust concerns, but Google, Opera and Mozilla plan on asking the regulatory body for as-yet-unannounced changes to the agreement.   -  
Microsoft may not quite be out of the woods yet with regard to its antitrust
dealings with the European Commission, the regulatory body that investigates
possible violations of European Union antitrust rules. Although Redmond and the
regulatory body seem close to a deal over the integration of ...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Building-ZeroEmission-Data-Centers-123794/?kc=rss">
<title>IBM Building Zero-Emission Data Centers</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Building-ZeroEmission-Data-Centers-123794/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
IBM is working to deliver technology that could lead to zero-emission data centers, says an IBM researcher at the USENIX Large Installation System Administration conference.   -  BALTIMORE IBM is
working to deliver technology that could lead to zero-emission data centers,
said an IBM researcher at a USENIX
conference here Nov. 6.
At the USENIX Large
Installation System Administration conference, Bruno Michel, manager of
Advanced Thermal Packaging at IBM's Zurich
Resea...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Sprint-and-Verizon-Prepare-for-Holiday-Flurry-326433/?kc=rss">
<title>T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Prepare for Holiday Flurry</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Sprint-and-Verizon-Prepare-for-Holiday-Flurry-326433/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
The first week of November has been busy for phone manufacturers and carriers as they gear up for Nov. 27, the official first day of the holiday shopping season. The Android-based Motorola Cliq arrived on the T-Mobile network this week, while the Samsung Moment, also with Android, arrived in Sprint Nextel stores. The Chocolate Touch, the first of the Chocolate line with a touch screen, is now available from Verizon Wireless. Rounding out the week, Verizon debuted the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris. We've compiled a look at many of these models and their features to help you kick-start your comparison shopping.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Nvidia-Mocks-Intel-Legal-Woes-581092/?kc=rss">
<title>Nvidia Mocks Intel Legal Woes</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Nvidia-Mocks-Intel-Legal-Woes-581092/?kc=rss</link>
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On a Website called Intel's Insides, graphics chip maker Nvidia offers a series of editorial-style cartoons that take shots at Intel over a number of issues, including the legal problems that are besetting the company. Intel is being sued on several fronts regarding its business practices, and also is dealing with lawsuits involving Nvidia and licensing issues.   -  Nvidia, already involved in a bitter licensing dispute with Intel, is now
taking shots at the chip giant's legal woes in a series of cartoons.
Nvidia has created a Website called Intel's Insides, which
has a series of editorial-style one-panel cartoons that mock Intel, which is
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Reframe It says Google's Sidewiki service is too close to its own Web annotation service for comfort. Reframe It CEO Bobby Fishkin argues that Sidewiki's features mimic Reframe It's right down to the icon buttons. Google denies any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, an intellectual property attorney says Reframe It could make a patent or copyright infringement complaint against Google, depending on its IP. eWEEK has published side-by-side comparisons of the two Web apps on Google Watch.   -  What do you do when you're a small startup that releases a Web application,
only to have something strikingly similar come along from a large, established
vendor? 
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<title>Dell Grows Adamo Line with Form-Pushing Adamo XPS</title>
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With the Adamo XPS, Dell says it is reinforcing its commitment to craftsmanship and design. It's 0.4 inch thin, features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, unfolds itself and looks like nothing else on the market.   -  The Dell Adamo XPS laptop demands a second look. And then a third.
  
On Nov. 5 Dell introduced its newest laptop, the
second in its design-minded Adamo family, which it launched March 17 with the
super-thin Adamo.
  
The Adamo XPS further pushes the ideas of thinness, modern design and
innov...]]></description>
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The negotiations over the International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that concluded another round this week in Seoul, South Korea, prompts watchdog groups to complain to President Obama about Hollywood's influence over the talks and the lack of transparency surrounding the entire negotiations.   -  Civilian libertarians, Internet privacy watchdog groups and libraries are
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Korea, involving ACTA (International
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). The negotiations, they claim, heavily
favor Hollywood interests pushing tougher international
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<description><![CDATA[Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., the nation's largest ticket seller and proposed merger partner of Live Nation Inc., is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]></description>
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<title>Earnings Preview: Live Nation 3Q seen lower
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<description><![CDATA[Live Nation Inc., the world's biggest concert promoter and proposed merger partner of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]></description>
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<title>ZymoGenetics injunction lifted</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal court judge in Tennessee has lifted temporary restraining orders that barred ZymoGenetics from making certain claims in its marketing of the blood-clotting agent Recothrom, the Seattle-based biotechnology company said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[To hear directors of some state agencies tell it, managing Nebraska's worst fiscal crisis in recent memory isn't that big of a deal. Others tell a totally different story, one of significant cutbacks in services.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Broadway has found its Spider-Man - rock singer Reeve Carney.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and his big campaign donors.]]></description>
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<title>Dolan Media buys 85 percent stake in DiscoverReady
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010220062_apusdolandiscoverready.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dolan Media Co. said Friday it bought an 85 percent stake in DiscoverReady LLC, which provides document-review services to companies and their lawyers.]]></description>
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<title>Small banks in Ga., Mich. closed
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<description><![CDATA[Regulators have shut small banks in Georgia and Michigan, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 117 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.]]></description>
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<title>Business Highlights
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<description><![CDATA[Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since '83]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Facing an expected $1 billion shortfall in next year's budget, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is proposing a 4.6 percent cut in education spending and charging sales tax on items including candy and soda and online purchases.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California.]]></description>
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010219961_apuslivenationticketmastermerger.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a tacit acknowledgment of a delay in their plan to combine, Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. said in filings Friday that a shareholders meeting to approve the deal is set for Jan. 8.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two top Florida Democrats want changes to the makeup of the board that oversees Florida's $130 billion investment portfolio now under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Sports management agency Crown Athlete Management Co. said Friday it has sued the maker of the Monster energy drink, accusing it of fraud and other wrongdoing.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett's company said Friday that its third-quarter profit tripled as the improving economy and stock market boosted the value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s derivative contracts.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gubernatorial candidate Artur Davis has picked up an endorsement from a major union.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[New Jersey's next governor vowed Friday to veto any tax increase the Legislature sends to his desk in the coming year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[STR Holdings Inc. shares jumped Friday after the solar products company launched its initial public offering, but shares priced below expectations on the New York Stock Exchange.]]></description>
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<title>News group: Latin American gov&#x27;ts restrict press
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<description><![CDATA[Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.]]></description>
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<title>Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow
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<description><![CDATA[Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.]]></description>
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<title>Pemco sells tech unit, cuts 31 jobs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pemco Insurance has sold its electronic payment-processing business and plans to cut 31 jobs from its information technology staff as it wrestles with increasing competition in its only market, Washington.]]></description>
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010219807_apmmastrikeforceoncbs.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko is ready for his close-up.]]></description>
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<title>Earnings roundup: Freddie Mac, PriceSmart
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010219792_apusearnsroundupfreddiemac.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Among the earnings stories for Friday, Nov. 6, from AP Financial News:]]></description>
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<title>Mississippi woman sentenced for bankruptcy fraud
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<description><![CDATA[A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for hiding more than $255,000 from a bankruptcy trustee.]]></description>
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<title>Freddie Mac loses $6.3B in 3Q
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<description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion.]]></description>
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<title>Earnings roundup: Berkshire Hathaway, Rosetta
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<description><![CDATA[Among the earnings stories for Friday, Nov. 6, from AP Financial News:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Treasury prices mostly rose Friday after the government said the nation's unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year-high of 10.2 percent last month.]]></description>
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<title>CardioNet reports 3Q loss as it restructures
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<description><![CDATA[Wireless heart-monitoring device maker CardioNet Inc. fell to a loss in the third quarter, as it had ramped up marketing spending after Medicare lowered reimbursement rates on the company's products.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades.]]></description>
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<title>Starbucks begins store redesigns in U.K., prompting Wall Street Journal to recall Schultz&#x27;s offense to Lord Mandelson</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After remodeling stores in Seattle, Tokyo and Paris Disney Village with its new, community-focused design, Starbucks has taken those ideas to the U.K., where The Times of London reports that the first of 100 "individualized" Starbucks opens in Central London today (although the article is dated tomorrow, and even the time change doesn't account for that). ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury on Friday indicted former New Orleans technology chief Greg Meffert, his wife and a one-time city vendor in an alleged kickback scheme involving contracts for the city's crime surveillance program.]]></description>
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<title>Defense asks jury to clear ex-hedge fund managers
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010218067_apusbearstearnstrial.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.]]></description>
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<title>Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa.
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<description><![CDATA[North Carolina's highest court says three cigarette companies can stop making payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania through a decade-old settlement.]]></description>
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<title>Rosetta Resources swings to 3Q profit
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010219656_apusearnsrosettaresources.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rosetta Resources Inc. said Friday its revenue fell by nearly half due to lower natural gas prices.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Pixel Magic, which creates digital visual effects for film and television, announced Friday that it will open a Louisiana studio in December.]]></description>
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<title>MaxLinear, a TV tuner maker, files for IPO
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<link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010219638_apusmaxlinear.html?syndication=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[MaxLinear Inc., a maker of TV tuners, is planning to go public.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $143.2 million contract from the Air Force for electronics upgrades for the C-5 aircraft, the Pentagon said late Friday.]]></description>
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<title>IBM offers to swap higher-interest debt
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<description><![CDATA[IBM Corp. on Friday made an offer to certain debt holders to swap their long-term debt with bonds carrying a lower interest rate plus cash in a move to save money and bolster its balance sheet.]]></description>
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<title>Minnesota governor postpones Mexico trade trip
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<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is postponing a brief trade trip to Mexico, saying that President Felipe Calderon has a scheduling conflict.]]></description>
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<title>Recalls: Anesthetic medications
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<description><![CDATA[The following recall has been announced:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Detroit man has been charged in the theft of nearly $1 million in money intended for employee prescription drug coverage in the city of River Rouge.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Unemployed Rhode Islanders can now collect jobless benefits for up to 99 weeks.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt out if it can, a position rejected by Democrats Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.]]></description>
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<title>One Liberty Properties 3rd-qtr FFO up 22 percent
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<description><![CDATA[One Liberty Properties Inc. on Friday said its third-quarter funds from operations rose 22 percent as rental income rose.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Ferro Corp. said Friday it completed the sale of 41.1 million shares of common stock and will use some of the proceeds for restructuring programs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A judge has tossed out a decision - for now at least - that could have cost PepsiCo Inc. $1.26 billion after the soft drink maker didn't respond to a lawsuit claiming it stole the idea for bottled water.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dunkin' Donuts said Friday it will launch a new 99-cent menu at 500 Chicago locations on Monday and hand out 20,000 gift cards pre-loaded with $2 each to lure customers.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Horizon Air flies between Seattle and Yakima and hopes to boost passenger numbers; Yakima business leaders want more air service]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced on Friday a series of spending cuts and other steps to offset a continuing multimillion-dollar dive in state revenues.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[One-third of Virginia's watermen have offered to sell their licenses back to the state under a buyback program intended to ease pressure on the Chesapeake Bay crab.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Victims and the families of those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 agreed Friday to settle their lawsuits against a construction company that was resurfacing the span at the time.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The safe-haven dollar got an immediate boost Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate rose above 10 percent, but then gave back its gains in choppy trading as investors figured that a weak economy meant the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates at their current near-zero range for a long time.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[York Water Co., which purifies and distributes water, said Friday a higher number of customers plus a rate increase lifted its third-quarter profit by 20 percent.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report. Stock indexes posted a modest advance in light trading Friday after the Labor Department said the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed. The rise in joblessness, while not welcome news for the economy, reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will have to hold interest rates low for some time.]]></description>
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<title>What&#x27;s in a name? Companies past identities
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<description><![CDATA[GMAC Bank recently reinvented itself as Ally Bank. The move was a way to distance itself from its troubled parent company GMAC Financial Services, which is negotiating its third infusion of taxpayer aid.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Its TV and print ads poke fun at the bait-and-switch tactics of other banks. Its interest rates on CDs have been the most generous in the industry.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Crews pumping water out of the Sanford Underground Laboratory in Lead have reopened a second deep shaft that eventually will be used as the primary entrance and exit for science experiments.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may change its policy for inspecting coal ash impoundments after a survey uncovered more problems - and dams - than expected.]]></description>
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<title>Covidien closes $210M purchase of Aspect Medical
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<description><![CDATA[Drug and medical device maker Covidien PLC said Friday it completed its $210 million purchase of Aspect Medical Systems, a company that makes brain monitoring technology.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Michigan's chief environmental regulator wants more information about a rocky outcrop in Marquette County that could affect plans for a nickel and copper mine.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares of Amazon.com Inc. got a boost Friday after a Bernstein Research analyst upgraded the Seattle-based online retailer, expecting faster revenue growth in 2010.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Brookfield Asset Management on Friday said its board declared a dividend of 13 cents.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Brookfield Asset Management Inc. on Friday said its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent, as revenue declined, expenses rose and the company booked a charge of more than $192 million as the value of assets declined amid the weak economy.]]></description>
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<title>Perot pledges $6.1M to Army college in Kansas
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<description><![CDATA[Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to vote against the health care reform bill coming up for a vote in the U.S. House.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[When senior citizens finally surrender the car keys, they don't have to lose their independence.]]></description>
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<title>Mirant 3Q profit plunges 97 pct on hedging losses
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<description><![CDATA[Mirant Corp. on Friday posted a 97 percent plunge in its third-quarter profit - driven mainly by one-time hedging losses - and lowered its 2009 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Economists worry the declines in borrowing will drag on the fledgling recovery.]]></description>
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<title>Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts
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<description><![CDATA[Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]></description>
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<title>Ask AP: Polluted water, neutralizing nuclear waste
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<description><![CDATA[Instead of figuring out where to put nuclear waste, why can't we just find a way to neutralize it so it's no longer hazardous?]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investigators are looking into the behavior of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s CEO during a zoning vote by the St. Louis County Council this week on a casino complex being developed by another company.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[PriceSmart Inc., which runs warehouse-shopping clubs, said Friday its fourth-quarter profit declined 9 percent as an increase in operating expenses hurt its bottom line.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A former Boeing employee was convicted Friday in federal court of 19 felonies for sending threatening e-mails to officials at Boeing, Shell Oil and Chevron Oil companies, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearing, most investors have little choice.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking on a Monday deadline for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[JOBLESSNESS JUMPS: The unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October - a 26-year high - as employers continued to cut jobs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The state of Wisconsin does not have to pay $225,000 to a blind businesswoman in a dispute over an Army dining contract, a federal judge ruled this week.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gold prices outshone other commodities Friday, soaring to a new high of $1,100 an ounce, as prices for copper, oil and soybeans fell.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Car dealers must inspect used vehicles for safety defects and either make repairs or warn potential buyers before they are resold, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Carl-Peter Forster, the chief executive of General Motors Europe who runs its struggling Opel unit, will leave the company, GM said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Internet speeds in more than four-fifths of Minnesota are too slow to support technologies that could draw new jobs, take cars off the roads and bring new services to people in their homes, a new report said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A 4.5-mile trail for ATV riders running through the northernmost city of New Hampshire may be key to putting the North Country community, still suffering from the loss of its paper mill industry several years ago, on the path to economic recovery.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Alternative asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC said Friday its third-quarter loss deepened as it cut expenses and recorded a big gain on affiliate investments.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Arizona municipalities will sue to challenge state budget legislation that local government officials contend went astray.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AIG said Friday it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after the company's bailout by the government last year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Deadline for submitting a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Arch Capital Group Ltd. said Friday it will buy back up to an additional $1 billion of its common stock.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Windstream Corp.'s acquisition of D&E Communications Inc. phone and Internet company has the approval of Pennsylvania state utility regulators.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week has risen by nine this week to 1,078.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation's leading literary festivals isn't giving up on readers in a bad economy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadian sweetener supplier GLG Life Tech Corp. plans to offer 3.6 million common shares in a U.S. initial public offering.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Hedge fund and private equity firm The Blackstone Group LP on Friday posted a narrower loss for the third quarter, as its private equity holdings gained value and its real estate investments stabilized.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Elected officials in Oxford have endorsed by a 5-0 vote a proposal to build a resort and casino in the western Maine town.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Virginia man will spend more than seven years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than $5 million from more than 30 investors.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Water officials have banned septic tanks in portions of Malibu, ending years of wrangling between surfers, environmentalists and residents in the celebrity-filled community.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The housing bust left homebuilders with plenty of red ink on their books as they walked away from swaths of land they no longer needed.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. said Friday that lenders have agreed to give the company more time to pay back a revolving credit facility and certain term loans, giving the restaurant chain operator greater flexibility for inventory management and cash flow.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[State agriculture experts say soggy weather that drenched Arkansas during much of the harvest season will cut farm receipts statewide by nearly $225 million.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Top of the News: During last year's campaign, Barack Obama angered Democrats by implying he wanted to be a transformative president like Ronald Reagan. Now he has one thing in common with Dutch: An unemployment rate of 10.2 percent. The last time we saw that was during the first Reagan term, when he urged the nation to "stay the course."]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two Nebraska banks have obtained federal loan guarantees through the U.S Department of Agriculture, which is using federal stimulus funding.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares of clothing retailer Bebe Stores Inc. tumbled 8 percent Friday, after it posted a quarterly loss on sharply lower sales.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Disabled with severe cerebral palsy, 32-year-old Anne Lamic spends her days in southeastern France mostly in bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls. She cannot speak or walk, and she sometimes has seizures.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares of Magna International Inc. soared Friday after the Canadian auto supplier said it posted a $51 million third-quarter profit, blowing away Wall Street predictions.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor says workers laid off in Utah by a business-services company will qualify for special federal assistance because their jobs were lost to foreign competition.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dril-Quip Inc., which makes equipment for offshore oil drilling, said Friday its profit slipped from a year ago on a charge even as sales rose, and it gave a fourth-quarter outlook in line with Wall Street expectations.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Global power company AES Corp. said Friday it is selling a 15 percent stake in itself to China's investment arm for $1.58 billion in a move to raise cash to develop projects around the world.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[First it was books. Now it's DVDs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts - and humiliating the government from a distance.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A Florida yacht broker who admitted filing a false U.S. tax return and concealing millions of dollars in a secret account at Swiss bank UBS AG was sentenced Friday to two months in prison.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Pollsters say economic worries may have contributed to a decline in rural Nebraskans' views of their communities.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Opposition to Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's plan to use some crop checkoff dollars to balance the state budget may be working.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Nebraska lawmakers have only one more day to introduce bills in their budget-cutting special session.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The owner of a plant that has made school buses in Conway for decades said that it would end bus-production operations there soon, affecting up to 477 jobs at the facility.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama said new figures released Friday showing national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are a sobering reminder of the challenges still facing the U.S. economy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares of Chinese printing equipment supplier Duoyuan Printing Inc. fell Friday after its initial public offering raised $63 million, pricing at the bottom of its expected range.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[State Street Corp. on Friday said it added $250 million to a legal reserve, and revised its third-quarter earnings results downward to reflect the change.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Emergency help for the jobless will be a huge windfall for Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage bankers and others, and that's no accident.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large investment for East Tennessee.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Energy West Inc., a natural gas and energy marketing company in Great Falls, has bought 83 percent of the outstanding shares of Cut Bank Gas Co., a natural gas utility serving Cut Bank.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O'Malley says he plans to create Maryland's first commission on small business.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Used vehicle prices edged lower in October, according to a closely watched index, ending a three-month climb that brought prices to their highest level the previous month.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[California utility operator Edison International said Friday its third-quarter profit fell on lower earnings at its Edison Mission Group.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Alabama is benefiting from Kia's assembly plant on the Georgia state line.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Florida agency that manages $132 billion in pension and local government investments is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Consumers likely reduced their borrowing for an eighth straight month in September, as layoffs continue and credit remains tight. The declines in borrowing are expected to drag on the fledgling economic recovery.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Businesses likely slashed wholesale inventories for a record 13th consecutive month in September. But analysts expect sales rose for a sixth straight month.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[British Airways PLC on Friday reported a net loss of 208 million pounds ($346 million) in the six months ending in September as the global economic downturn continued to take its toll on revenues.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Businesses likely slashed wholesale inventories for a record 13th consecutive month in September. But analysts expect sales rose for a sixth straight month.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Consumers likely reduced their borrowing for an eighth straight month in September, as layoffs continue and credit remains tight. The declines in borrowing are expected to drag on the fledgling economic recovery.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Starbucks' Seattle's Best Coffee brand will sell brewed coffee through more than 9,000 Subway shops in the U.S. and 800 in Canada by the end of the years, the company said in a release early this morning elaborating on an agreement with Subway announced by CEO Howard Schultz on Thursday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[U.N. climate negotiators in Spain are discussing a formula for securing agreement among 192 nations on tackling global warming during a last day of talks before next month's major climate conference in Denmark.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[House Democratic leaders are offering a $1.2 trillion, 10-year health overhaul bill that expands coverage to millions of Americans. House Republicans have unveiled their alternative, after months of criticizing the Democrats' approach.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Emergency help for out-of-work Americans will be a huge windfall to Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage bankers and others, and that's no accident.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[British Airways PLC on Friday reported a net loss of 208 million pounds ($346 million) in the six months ending in September as the global economic downturn continued to take its toll on revenues.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[At the height of the nationwide salmonella outbreak nearly a year ago, FBI agents raided two peanut plants and carried away boxes of evidence. FDA inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaky roof. Then, Congress revealed e-mails from the peanut company's top executive that seemed to suggest the pursuit of profits over ensuring public safety.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Starbucks is backing away from its long-held dislike of fast food to partner nationally with Subway. Its Seattle's Best Coffee brand will be in 9,000 Subway stores in the U.S. by the end of this year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers pushed sales in the Seattle area to new highs for the year in October.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider-trading case that has snared one of America's richest men and shown white-collar suspects to be using the cover-up tactics of drug dealers.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Ancestry.com, the world's largest online provider of family histories, surged in its first day of trading after raising $100 million in an initial public offering.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The former manager of a kosher Iowa slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive immigration raid says he never intentionally violated federal laws.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite signs of an economic revival gathering pace around the globe, the millions of people laid off during the worst recession in 70 years are unlikely to see relief any time soon as joblessness is still climbing in many of the world's largest economies.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Government officials put trillions of taxpayer dollars on the line to guarantee risky bank assets - a strategy that could cause permanent and costly market distortions, a government watchdog says.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, are crying foul about the millions of dollars in subsidies directed to the school's athletic department.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Hawaii would be allowed to opt out of key requirements of national health care reform legislation, the only state given such a privilege because it already has its own comprehensive health insurance law.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Starbucks is backing away from its long-held dislike of fast food to partner nationally with Subway. Its Seattle's Best Coffee brand will be in 9,000 Subway stores by the end of this year, and will move into more of the sandwich shops next year, CEO Howard Schultz told analysts during a conference call about its quarterly results Thursday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Leap Wireless International Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter loss grew 31 percent as competition and the weak economy were a drag on subscriber growth.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A group of economists and policy-makers slashed Kansas tax collection estimates Thursday by $235 million, reflecting signs of continued weakness in the state economy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Harris Stratex Networks Inc., which makes wireless equipment, said Thursday it swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss, mostly due to restructuring and other one-time charges.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Sapient Corp., which helps companies with technology needs, said Thursday that services revenue would rise sequentially in the fourth quarter.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Technology-services provider Sapient Corp. said Thursday that third-quarter profits plunged by two-thirds, partly due to special charges, and the CEO said customers were growing more confident in business prospects.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[JDS Uniphase Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed as demand for the company's communications equipment rose from fourth-quarter levels.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Virginia's largest electric utility has agreed to settle a pending rate case that will return nearly $400 million to customers and drive down monthly electric bills.]]></description>
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<title>Google&#x27;s Voice Is Silent In Some Rural Areas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Google Voice, the phone management service offered by Google, is blocking customers' calls to about 100 phone numbers that were generating excessive long distance fees in the Midwest. Lawmakers and AT&T have cried foul, and the dispute is renewing focus on a controversial practice that lets some phone companies charge inflated fees.]]></description>
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<title>40 Years Later, Looking Back At The Internet&#x27;s Birth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Forty years ago this past week, a message was sent across ARPANET, the computer network developed by the Defense Department's Advanced Projects Agency. Many people consider that the day the Internet was born. For our series "The Net at 40," Guy Raz profiles the people who worked to make that transmission happen, as well as the two university lab students who sent the first message. Their goal? Type the simple word "login."]]></description>
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<title>Track Those Tax Dollars In An &#x27;Augmented Reality&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Want to know where those stimulus dollars were spent? Consider turning your smart phone into a government watchdog &mdash; then all you'll have to do is take it for a walk.]]></description>
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<title>Across Globe, Blogging Brings Change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the 40 years since the birth of the Internet on Oct. 29, 1969, the Web has transformed how we live our lives. It has also spawned a new class of celebrity: the blogger. Three bloggers &mdash; one in London, one in Shanghai, China, and one in Mumbai, India &mdash; share their stories. Philip Reeves Louisa Lim, Vickie Barker]]></description>
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<title>Play.com hit by ordering glitch</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customers of online shop Play.com contact the BBC to report problems with its ordering system.]]></description>
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<title>Gadget problems divide the sexes</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8346810.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A technology helpline claims that there are significant differences between the types of calls it receives from men and women.]]></description>
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<title>Early origins for uncanny valley</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8344203.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human suspicion of realistic robots and avatars may have earlier origins than previously thought.]]></description>
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<title>China plans for humanoid Olympics</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8346185.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Robots sports stars are being sought for an international robot Olympics to be held in China in 2010.]]></description>
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<title>F1 designer unveils electric car</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8344532.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new sustainable electric car designed for city or town use is the result of a £9m investment programme.]]></description>
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<title>EU offers hope to file-sharers</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8344174.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The European Parliament has put together a reform package that would protect those accused of illegal file-sharing.]]></description>
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<title>China to ban beating web addicts</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8344002.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China's internet boot camps should not use physical punishment to treat web addicts, the ministry of health says.]]></description>
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<title>BBC iPlayer to launch on Freesat </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8343350.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The BBC's catch-up service iPlayer will have a test launch on Freesat later on this month.]]></description>
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<title>Action promised on council spying</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8341197.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Council officers keen to use covert surveillance will have to get permission from senior executives, under new plans.]]></description>
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<title>English wine gets a helping hand... from Space</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8334688.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[English vineyards have signed up to use a harvest optimisation scheme based on data gathered from satellites.]]></description>
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<title>Get your up-to-date fix of blog posts about all things digital</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/technology</link>
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<title>All together now</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8342851.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists use social networking to collaborate]]></description>
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<title>Rocket it and roll</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8343063.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Land speed team sees its plans come together]]></description>
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<title>Web access</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/8341886.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pupils in Denmark are allowed to use the net in exams]]></description>
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<title>Doing the rounds</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8339729.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why US doctors are ditching pagers for smartphones ]]></description>
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<title>Game on</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8337492.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Are too many sequels damaging video games?]]></description>
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<title>Language lab</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8334233.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A multi-lingual net is a good thing, says Bill Thompson]]></description>
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<title>Smart spectacles aid translation</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8343941.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Glasses that can provide near real-time subtitles to translate foreign languages are being developed by Japan's NEC.]]></description>
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<title>Intel in threats and bribery suit</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8343179.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Intel is hit with an anti-competition lawsuit in the US, accused of using "illegal threats" to dominate microchip sales.]]></description>
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<title>EMI sues Beatles download website</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of The Beatles' albums for sale.]]></description>
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<title>Microsoft reveals new-look MSN</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8342016.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced a major redesign of its MSN.com web portal, designed to drive traffic to search engine Bing.]]></description>
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<title>Orange gives cash for old mobiles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mobile operator Orange is offering a recycling scheme for mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices.]]></description>
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<title>GPS used to preserve ants&#x27; nests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GPS satellite technology is used to record the locations of rare ants' nests ahead of work to fell thousands of trees.]]></description>
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<title>Global &#x27;caring&#x27; portal to launch</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8339822.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Plans are being drawn up for a website that will aim to promote social good around the world.]]></description>
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<title>X-rays &#x27;top scientific invention&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The public votes the X-ray machine as the best invention over the Apollo 10 space capsule and Stephenson's rocket.]]></description>
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<title>Android phone for SonyEricsson</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The first Android mobile phone from SonyEricsson is due to go on sale in early 2010, says the handset maker.]]></description>
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<title>Is e-democracy a good thing?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8304266.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Digital Britain requires a pause for thought, writes Bill Thompson]]></description>
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<title>Net nomads of the electronic age</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8284589.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Thompson on how tech will help him cope while his life becomes more nomadic.]]></description>
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<title>No net gains for party politics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Net will not decide the next election, says Bill Thompson]]></description>
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<title>Barring Google from libraries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Google should not be world librarian, says Bill Thompson
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<title>Broadband in a backpack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Going online from disasters areas just got easier]]></description>
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<title>Crowd control gets intelligent</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new computer simulator is helping predict the behaviour of crowds in a unique way.]]></description>
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<title>&#x27;Galapagos of mobile industry&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Richard Taylor discovers why the "keitei" has become the must-have personal companion for the Japanese.]]></description>
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<title>Digital Revolution</title>
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