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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040814/bs_nm/column_stocks_week_dc | Wall St. Pullback Reflects Tech Blowout (Reuters) | null | Business | Reuters - Wall Street's long-playing drama,
"Waiting for Google," is about to reach its final act, but its
stock market debut is ending up as more of a nostalgia event
than the catalyst for a new era. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reuters - Wall Street's long-playing drama,
"Waiting for Google," is about to reach its final act, but its
stock market debut is ending up as more of a nostalgia event
than the catalyst for a new era. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040814/bs_nm/markets_bears_dc | Wall St. Bears Claw Back Into the Black (Reuters) | null | Business | Reuters - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling
band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reuters - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling
band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040814/bs_nm/column_mergers_dc | Carlyle Looks Toward Commercial Aerospace (Reuters) | null | Business | Reuters - Private investment firm Carlyle Group,
which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally
controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed
its bets on another part of the market. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reuters - Private investment firm Carlyle Group,
which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally
controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed
its bets on another part of the market. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040814/bs_nm/column_stocks_outlook_dc | Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook (Reuters) | null | Business | Reuters - Soaring crude prices plus worries
about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to
hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the
summer doldrums. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reuters - Soaring crude prices plus worries
about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to
hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the
summer doldrums. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040814/bs_nm/energy_iraq_dc | Iraq Halts Oil Exports from Main Southern Pipeline (Reuters) | null | Business | Reuters - Authorities have halted oil export
flows from the main pipeline in southern Iraq after
intelligence showed a rebel militia could strike
infrastructure, an oil official said on Saturday. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reuters - Authorities have halted oil export
flows from the main pipeline in southern Iraq after
intelligence showed a rebel militia could strike
infrastructure, an oil official said on Saturday. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20040815/bs_afp/us_economy | Oil prices soar to all-time record, posing new menace to US economy (AFP) | null | Business | AFP - Tearaway world oil prices, toppling records and straining wallets, present a new economic menace barely three months before the US presidential elections. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | AFP - Tearaway world oil prices, toppling records and straining wallets, present a new economic menace barely three months before the US presidential elections. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc | Stocks End Up, But Near Year Lows (Reuters) | null | Business | Reuters - Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday
but stayed near lows for the year as oil prices surged past $46
a barrel, offsetting a positive outlook from computer maker
Dell Inc. (DELL.O) | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reuters - Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday
but stayed near lows for the year as oil prices surged past $46
a barrel, offsetting a positive outlook from computer maker
Dell Inc. (DELL.O) | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040812/ap_on_bi_ge/money_funds | Money Funds Fell in Latest Week (AP) | null | Business | AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by $1.17 billion in the latest week to $849.98 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by $1.17 billion in the latest week to $849.98 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/usatoday/20040813/bs_usatoday/fedminutesshowdissentoverinflation | Fed minutes show dissent over inflation (USATODAY.com) | null | Business | USATODAY.com - Retail sales bounced back a bit in July, and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, the government said Thursday, indicating the economy is improving from a midsummer slump. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | USATODAY.com - Retail sales bounced back a bit in July, and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, the government said Thursday, indicating the economy is improving from a midsummer slump. | 0Business
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Yahoo Business | http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/fo/20040810/bs_fo/ed994115a1e2df01d08b9d2288796767 | Safety Net (Forbes.com) | null | Business | Forbes.com - After earning a PH.D. in Sociology, Danny Bazil Riley started to work as the general manager at a commercial real estate firm at an annual base salary of $70,000. Soon after, a financial planner stopped by his desk to drop off brochures about insurance benefits available through his employer. But, at 32, "buying insurance was the furthest thing from my mind," says Riley. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Forbes.com - After earning a PH.D. in Sociology, Danny Bazil Riley started to work as the general manager at a commercial real estate firm at an annual base salary of $70,000. Soon after, a financial planner stopped by his desk to drop off brochures about insurance benefits available through his employer. But, at 32, "buying insurance was the furthest thing from my mind," says Riley. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5977774&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Uprising Keeps Iraq Oil Exports Halved | null | Business | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's oil exports were still running at half their normal rate Sunday as instability due to an anti-U.S. uprising prevented the re-opening of a main pipeline feeding the country's terminals in the Gulf. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's oil exports were still running at half their normal rate Sunday as instability due to an anti-U.S. uprising prevented the re-opening of a main pipeline feeding the country's terminals in the Gulf. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5976694&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Wall St. Pullback Reflects Tech Blowout | null | Business | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's long-playing drama, "Waiting for Google," is about to reach its final act, but its stock market debut is ending up as more of a nostalgia event than the catalyst for a new era. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:24 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's long-playing drama, "Waiting for Google," is about to reach its final act, but its stock market debut is ending up as more of a nostalgia event than the catalyst for a new era. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5976574&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Wall St. Bears Claw Back Into the Black | null | Business | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short-sellers, Wall Street's dwindling band of ultra-cynics, are seeing green again. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5976573&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Carlyle Looks Toward Commercial Aerospace | null | Business | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private investment firm Carlyle Group, which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed its bets on another part of the market. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:27 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private investment firm Carlyle Group, which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed its bets on another part of the market. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5976043&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Oil and Economy Cloud Stocks' Outlook | null | Business | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soaring crude prices plus worries about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the summer doldrums. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soaring crude prices plus worries about the economy and the outlook for earnings are expected to hang over the stock market next week during the depth of the summer doldrums. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5977017&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | GlaxoSmithKline: CFO to Retire in March | null | Business | LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline <GSK.L> Chief Financial Officer John Coombe is set to retire in March when he turns 60, the company said on Saturday. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:29 | LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Chief Financial Officer John Coombe is set to retire in March when he turns 60, the company said on Saturday. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5975495&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | No Need for OPEC to Pump More-Iran Gov | null | Business | TEHRAN (Reuters) - OPEC can do nothing to douse scorching oil prices when markets are already oversupplied by 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, Iran's OPEC governor said Saturday, warning that prices could fall sharply. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:32 | TEHRAN (Reuters) - OPEC can do nothing to douse scorching oil prices when markets are already oversupplied by 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, Iran's OPEC governor said Saturday, warning that prices could fall sharply. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5977164&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Non-OPEC Nations Should Up Output-Purnomo | null | Business | JAKARTA (Reuters) - Non-OPEC oil exporters should consider increasing output to cool record crude prices, OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Sunday. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:34 | JAKARTA (Reuters) - Non-OPEC oil exporters should consider increasing output to cool record crude prices, OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Sunday. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5974822&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Google IPO Auction Off to Rocky Start | null | Business | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The auction for Google Inc.'s highly anticipated initial public offering got off to a rocky start on Friday after the Web search company sidestepped a bullet from U.S. securities regulators. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The auction for Google Inc.'s highly anticipated initial public offering got off to a rocky start on Friday after the Web search company sidestepped a bullet from U.S. securities regulators. | 0Business
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Reuters Business | http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5974615&src=rss/businessNews§ion=news | Dollar Falls Broadly on Record Trade Gap | null | Business | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled broadly on Friday after data showing a record U.S. trade deficit in June cast fresh doubts on the economy's recovery and its ability to draw foreign capital to fund the growing gap. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:37 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled broadly on Friday after data showing a record U.S. trade deficit in June cast fresh doubts on the economy's recovery and its ability to draw foreign capital to fund the growing gap. | 0Business
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Washington Post Business | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64482-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_business | Rescuing an Old Saver | null | Business | If you think you may need to help your elderly relatives with their finances, don't be shy about having the money talk -- soon. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:40 | If you think you may need to help your elderly relatives with their finances, don't be shy about having the money talk -- soon. | 0Business
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Washington Post Business | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64465-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_business | Kids Rule for Back-to-School | null | Business | The purchasing power of kids is a big part of why the back-to-school season has become such a huge marketing phenomenon. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:43 | The purchasing power of kids is a big part of why the back-to-school season has become such a huge marketing phenomenon. | 0Business
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Washington Post Business | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64471-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_business | In a Down Market, Head Toward Value Funds | null | Business | There is little cause for celebration in the stock market these days, but investors in value-focused mutual funds have reason to feel a bit smug -- if only because they've lost less than the folks who stuck with growth. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:46 | There is little cause for celebration in the stock market these days, but investors in value-focused mutual funds have reason to feel a bit smug -- if only because they've lost less than the folks who stuck with growth. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3562552.stm | US trade deficit swells in June | null | Business | The US trade deficit has exploded 19% to a record $55.8bn as oil costs drove imports higher, according to a latest figures. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | The US trade deficit has exploded 19% to a record $55.8bn as oil costs drove imports higher, according to a latest figures. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3562388.stm | Crude oil prices jump to new high | null | Business | The price of crude oil reaches new record levels amid concerns about possible unrest in Venezuela and the threat of sabotage in Iraq. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | The price of crude oil reaches new record levels amid concerns about possible unrest in Venezuela and the threat of sabotage in Iraq. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3567244.stm | Shell 'could be target for Total' | null | Business | Oil giant Shell could be bracing itself for a takeover attempt, possibly from French rival Total, a press report claims. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Oil giant Shell could be bracing itself for a takeover attempt, possibly from French rival Total, a press report claims. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3563052.stm | Google IPO faces Playboy slip-up | null | Business | The bidding gets underway for Google's public offering, despite last-minute worries over an interview with its bosses in Playboy magazine. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | The bidding gets underway for Google's public offering, despite last-minute worries over an interview with its bosses in Playboy magazine. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3561558.stm | Eurozone economy keeps growing | null | Business | Official figures show the 12-nation eurozone economy continues to grow, but there are warnings it may slow down later in the year. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Official figures show the 12-nation eurozone economy continues to grow, but there are warnings it may slow down later in the year. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3561960.stm | Swatch dismisses tax allegations | null | Business | Swiss watchmaker Swatch, official timekeeper to the Athens Olympics, denies allegations of tax and customs duty evasion. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Swiss watchmaker Swatch, official timekeeper to the Athens Olympics, denies allegations of tax and customs duty evasion. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3560848.stm | Expansion slows in Japan | null | Business | Economic growth in Japan slows down as the country experiences a drop in domestic and corporate spending. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Economic growth in Japan slows down as the country experiences a drop in domestic and corporate spending. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3561292.stm | Rand falls on shock SA rate cut | null | Business | Interest rates are trimmed to 7.5% by the South African central bank, but the lack of warning hits the rand and surprises markets. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Interest rates are trimmed to 7.5% by the South African central bank, but the lack of warning hits the rand and surprises markets. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3560332.stm | Car prices down across the board | null | Business | The cost of buying both new and second hand cars fell sharply over the past five years, a new survey has found. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | The cost of buying both new and second hand cars fell sharply over the past five years, a new survey has found. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3558008.stm | South Korea lowers interest rates | null | Business | South Korea's central bank cuts interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 3.5% in a bid to drive growth in the economy. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:48 | South Korea's central bank cuts interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 3.5% in a bid to drive growth in the economy. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3560672.stm | Google auction begins on Friday | null | Business | An auction of shares in Google, the web search engine which could be floated for as much as $36bn, takes place on Friday. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | An auction of shares in Google, the web search engine which could be floated for as much as $36bn, takes place on Friday. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3560654.stm | HP shares tumble on profit news | null | Business | Hewlett-Packard shares fall after disappointing third-quarter profits, while the firm warns the final quarter will also fall short of expectations. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Hewlett-Packard shares fall after disappointing third-quarter profits, while the firm warns the final quarter will also fall short of expectations. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3548082.stm | Mauritian textile firm cuts jobs | null | Business | One of the oldest textile operators on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last week shut seven factories and cut 900 jobs. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | One of the oldest textile operators on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius last week shut seven factories and cut 900 jobs. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3537790.stm | Chad seeks refugee aid from IMF | null | Business | Chad asks the IMF for a loan to pay for looking after more than 100,000 refugees from conflict-torn Darfur in western Sudan. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Chad asks the IMF for a loan to pay for looking after more than 100,000 refugees from conflict-torn Darfur in western Sudan. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3563998.stm | Wal-Mart to appeal sex bias case | null | Business | Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has been given the right to appeal a US judge's order giving the go-ahead for a huge sex discrimination lawsuit. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:50 | Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has been given the right to appeal a US judge's order giving the go-ahead for a huge sex discrimination lawsuit. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3559516.stm | Heavy competition hits Toys-R-Us | null | Business | US retailer Toys-R-Us may sell its
Babies-R-Us unit after being hit by intense competition from retail chains such as Wal-Mart. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | US retailer Toys-R-Us may sell its
Babies-R-Us unit after being hit by intense competition from retail chains such as Wal-Mart. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3560878.stm | Japan nuclear firm shuts plants | null | Business | The company running the Japanese nuclear plant hit by a fatal accident is to close its reactors for safety checks. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | The company running the Japanese nuclear plant hit by a fatal accident is to close its reactors for safety checks. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3558878.stm | Merger forms world's biggest bank | null | Business | Japan's Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group signs a deal to take over troubled rival UFJ Holdings, forming the world's largest bank. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Japan's Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group signs a deal to take over troubled rival UFJ Holdings, forming the world's largest bank. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3561998.stm | Veteran inventor in market float | null | Business | Trevor Baylis, the veteran inventor famous for creating the Freeplay clockwork radio, is planning to float his company on the stock market. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Trevor Baylis, the veteran inventor famous for creating the Freeplay clockwork radio, is planning to float his company on the stock market. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3561568.stm | Fears for T&N pension after talks | null | Business | Unions representing workers at Turner & Newall say they are 'disappointed' after talks with stricken parent firm Federal Mogul. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Unions representing workers at Turner & Newall say they are 'disappointed' after talks with stricken parent firm Federal Mogul. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3556170.stm | Saudi Arabia to open up oil taps | null | Business | Saudi Arabia says it is ready to push an extra 1.3 million barrels a day of oil into the market, to help reverse surging prices. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Saudi Arabia says it is ready to push an extra 1.3 million barrels a day of oil into the market, to help reverse surging prices. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3551506.stm | Saudi phone sector gets $1bn lift | null | Business | A group led by the UAE's Etisalat plans to spend $1bn (£544m) on expansion after winning two mobile phone licences in Saudi Arabia. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | A group led by the UAE's Etisalat plans to spend $1bn (£544m) on expansion after winning two mobile phone licences in Saudi Arabia. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/3561852.stm | Indians fill rail skills shortage | http___newsimg.bbc.co.uk_media_images_39296000_jpg__39296313_liverr.jpg.gif | Business | Network Rail flies in specialist Indian engineers to work on the West Coast Mainline because of a UK skills shortage. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:50:39 | Network Rail flies in specialist Indian engineers to work on the West Coast Mainline because of a UK skills shortage. | 0Business
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BBC News Business | http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3557996.stm | Cairn Energy takes drill to Nepal | null | Business | British oil and gas firm Cairn Energy has signed a deal with Nepal to explore five new drilling areas in the Himalayan kingdom. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | British oil and gas firm Cairn Energy has signed a deal with Nepal to explore five new drilling areas in the Himalayan kingdom. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/a_hotel_icon_guides_an_empire_and_chooses_carpets?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | A hotel icon guides an empire, and chooses carpets | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | When J. Willard Marriott Jr. popped into Boston recently, it was an opportunity to talk with one of the most recognizable names in the world about the business he knows best: hotels. From a conference room in the Marriott Copley Plaza, the 72-year-old chairman and namesake of the 2,700-hotel Marriott Hotels International chain spoke with Globe reporter Keith Reed on ... | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:44 | When J. Willard Marriott Jr. popped into Boston recently, it was an opportunity to talk with one of the most recognizable names in the world about the business he knows best: hotels. From a conference room in the Marriott Copley Plaza, the 72-year-old chairman and namesake of the 2,700-hotel Marriott Hotels International chain spoke with Globe reporter Keith Reed on ... | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/technology/biotechnology/articles/2004/08/15/steady_as_they_go?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Steady as they go | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | BEDFORD -- Scientists at NitroMed Inc. hope their experimental drugs will cure heart disease someday. But lately their focus has been on more mundane matters. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:46 | BEDFORD -- Scientists at NitroMed Inc. hope their experimental drugs will cure heart disease someday. But lately their focus has been on more mundane matters. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/08/15/google_ipo_type_in_confusing_secrecy?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Google IPO: Type in 'confusing,' 'secrecy' | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | I've submitted my bid to buy shares of Google Inc. in the computer search company's giant auction-style initial public offering. That could turn out to be the good news or the bad news. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:49 | I've submitted my bid to buy shares of Google Inc. in the computer search company's giant auction-style initial public offering. That could turn out to be the good news or the bad news. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/a_bargain_hunters_paradise?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | A bargain hunter's paradise | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | Massachusetts bargain hunters showed up in droves and shopped hard on yesterday's sales tax holiday, buying everything from treadmills and snow blowers to candles and chandeliers, and crediting the 5-percent tax break with bringing them into the stores. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:51 | Massachusetts bargain hunters showed up in droves and shopped hard on yesterday's sales tax holiday, buying everything from treadmills and snow blowers to candles and chandeliers, and crediting the 5-percent tax break with bringing them into the stores. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/08/15/researchers_seek_to_untangle_the_e_mail_thread?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Researchers seek to untangle the e-mail thread | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | E-mail is a victim of its own success. That's the conclusion of IBM Corp. researchers in Cambridge, who have spent nearly a decade conducting field tests at IBM and other companies about how employees work and use electronic mail. It's clear to them that e-mail has become the Internet's killer application. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:53 | E-mail is a victim of its own success. That's the conclusion of IBM Corp. researchers in Cambridge, who have spent nearly a decade conducting field tests at IBM and other companies about how employees work and use electronic mail. It's clear to them that e-mail has become the Internet's killer application. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/08/15/microsoft_corp_20_a_kinder_corporate_culture?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Microsoft Corp. 2.0: a kinder corporate culture | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | Even a genius can mess up. Bill Gates was a brilliant technologist when he cofounded Microsoft , but as he guided it to greatness in both size and historical consequence, he blundered. He terrorized underlings with his temper and parceled out praise like Scrooge gave to charity. Only the lash inspired the necessary aggressiveness to beat the competition, he thought. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:55 | Even a genius can mess up. Bill Gates was a brilliant technologist when he cofounded Microsoft , but as he guided it to greatness in both size and historical consequence, he blundered. He terrorized underlings with his temper and parceled out praise like Scrooge gave to charity. Only the lash inspired the necessary aggressiveness to beat the competition, he thought. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/letters?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Letters | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | Target the abusers of legal weapons We can all share the outrage, expressed by columnist Steve Bailey (''Summer Sizzler," Aug. 11), at the killings in the city's poor neighborhoods. But there's no need to share his ignorance. He argues for renewal of the so-called assault weapon ban, claiming that otherwise, ''UZIs and AK-47s could again be flooding the streets." His ... | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:57 | Target the abusers of legal weapons We can all share the outrage, expressed by columnist Steve Bailey (''Summer Sizzler," Aug. 11), at the killings in the city's poor neighborhoods. But there's no need to share his ignorance. He argues for renewal of the so-called assault weapon ban, claiming that otherwise, ''UZIs and AK-47s could again be flooding the streets." His ... | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/retailers_try_to_meet_budget_style_needs?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Retailers try to meet budget, style needs | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | NEW YORK -- Apparel retailers are hoping their back-to-school fashions will make the grade among style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter hold on their wallets. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:50:59 | NEW YORK -- Apparel retailers are hoping their back-to-school fashions will make the grade among style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter hold on their wallets. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/bandaged_power_grid_still_vulnerable?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Bandaged power grid still vulnerable | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | In the year since the largest blackout in US history, utilities have fixed many of the problems that contributed to the breakdown but still haven't resolved larger issues that could lead to future outages, according to industry officials, regulators, and specialists. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:02 | In the year since the largest blackout in US history, utilities have fixed many of the problems that contributed to the breakdown but still haven't resolved larger issues that could lead to future outages, according to industry officials, regulators, and specialists. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2004/08/15/checking_funds_too_often_is_wasted_effort?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Checking funds too often is wasted effort | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | Larry from Scottsdale, Ariz., was trying to compliment me recently, writing that ''he reads [my] column every week, right after I see how my mutual funds are doing." | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:04 | Larry from Scottsdale, Ariz., was trying to compliment me recently, writing that ''he reads [my] column every week, right after I see how my mutual funds are doing." | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2004/08/15/a_post_bankruptcy_strategy_to_tackle_debts?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | A post-bankruptcy strategy to tackle debts | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | How should I stabilize my financial future? I am 44 years old and my wife is 38. She declared bankruptcy a year ago under her own name; I did a bankruptcy in 1997. We were able to buy a house in May with an adjustable-rate mortgage that has a 7.99 percent interest rate as a result of our credit. I ... | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:06 | How should I stabilize my financial future? I am 44 years old and my wife is 38. She declared bankruptcy a year ago under her own name; I did a bankruptcy in 1997. We were able to buy a house in May with an adjustable-rate mortgage that has a 7.99 percent interest rate as a result of our credit. I ... | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/somewhere_between_gleam_and_gloom?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Somewhere between gleam and gloom | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | President Bush has been saying that the US economy has ''turned the corner." Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry, in the wake of this month's poor jobs report, quipped that it was more like a U-turn. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:08 | President Bush has been saying that the US economy has ''turned the corner." Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry, in the wake of this month's poor jobs report, quipped that it was more like a U-turn. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/technology_company_sues_five_ex_employees?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Technology company sues five ex-employees | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | A Marlborough-based technology company is suing five former employees, including three senior managers, for allegedly conspiring against their employer while working on opening a competing business. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:10 | A Marlborough-based technology company is suing five former employees, including three senior managers, for allegedly conspiring against their employer while working on opening a competing business. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/grant_to_aid_lynn_central_square?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | Grant to aid Lynn Central Square | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with $830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:12 | Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with $830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week. | 0Business
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Boston Globe business | http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/08/15/state_grant_to_aid_lynn_bank_gives_salem_10k?rss_id=Boston Globe -- Business News | State grant to aid Lynn; Bank gives Salem $10k | http___cache.boston.com_bonzai-fba_File-Based_Image_Resource_globe_archives_logo.gif.gif | Business | Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with $830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week. | 4 | 2004-08-18 22:51:14 | Central Square in Lynn should be looking a bit brighter. New sidewalks, curbs, fences, lights, landscaping, and road improvements are planned for the Gateway Artisan Block, a key area of the square, with $830,000 in state grant money given to Lynn last week. | 0Business
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New York Times Business | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/business/yourmoney/15win.html?ex=1250308800&en=0c6836f2d285d3f5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland | A New Legal Chapter for a 90's Flameout | null | Business | A lawsuit against Gary Winnick, the former chief of Global Crossing, refocuses attention on what Mr. Winnick knew about his company's finances as it imploded. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | A lawsuit against Gary Winnick, the former chief of Global Crossing, refocuses attention on what Mr. Winnick knew about his company's finances as it imploded. | 0Business
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New York Times Business | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/business/yourmoney/15russia.html?ex=1250308800&en=cf403d645c07f67d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland | Will Russia, the Oil Superpower, Flex Its Muscles? | null | Business | Russia is again emerging as a superpower - but the reason has less to do with nuclear weapons than with oil. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Russia is again emerging as a superpower - but the reason has less to do with nuclear weapons than with oil. | 0Business
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New York Times Business | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/business/yourmoney/15sund.html?ex=1250308800&en=2e53080c794bc1ef&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland | Switching Titles, if Not Gears, at Dell | null | Business | Kevin B. Rollins, the new chief executive of Dell, talks about Dell's transitory slip in customer service, and why he sees a broader technology recovery taking place. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Kevin B. Rollins, the new chief executive of Dell, talks about Dell's transitory slip in customer service, and why he sees a broader technology recovery taking place. | 0Business
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New York Times Business | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/business/yourmoney/15every.html?ex=1250308800&en=94869fb7814df79f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland | For Sale: The Ultimate Status Symbol | null | Business | With the country in need of cash and rich people dying to show off their wealth, Mr. Stein proposes a unique solution: having the government sell titles of nobility. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | With the country in need of cash and rich people dying to show off their wealth, Mr. Stein proposes a unique solution: having the government sell titles of nobility. | 0Business
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New York Times Business | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/business/yourmoney/15charity.html?ex=1250308800&en=266af0b82b79a42f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland | How Donated Dollars Turn Into Pennies | null | Business | Nonprofit organizations have long used professional fund-raisers to help raise cash, often losing the bulk of the donations to the fund-raiser's fee. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Nonprofit organizations have long used professional fund-raisers to help raise cash, often losing the bulk of the donations to the fund-raiser's fee. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/news/take/2004/take040813.htm | Dell's Oh So Swell | null | Business | Plus, IBM wants help, and is Google overexposed? | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Plus, IBM wants help, and is Google overexposed? | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04081319.htm | Isle of Capri Antes up for Growth | null | Business | The casino operator posts a drop in earnings amid construction. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | The casino operator posts a drop in earnings amid construction. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04081318.htm | IBM: Help Wanted | null | Business | Amid signs of a mixed recovery in tech, Big Blue lays out a plan to add 18,000 workers. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Amid signs of a mixed recovery in tech, Big Blue lays out a plan to add 18,000 workers. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04081317.htm | Ignore Your Lender | null | Business | Banks let you get away with a lot more than you should. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Banks let you get away with a lot more than you should. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04081316.htm | Quality Gets Swept Away | null | Business | Quality Distribution is hammered after reporting a large loss for the second quarter. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:55 | Quality Distribution is hammered after reporting a large loss for the second quarter. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary04081305.htm | Cashing in on Digital Video | http___g.fool.com_art_free_foolpromo_125x125_dbc_no.gif.gif | Business | Apple, Avid, and Adobe are leading actors on the digital video stage. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:51:42 | Apple, Avid, and Adobe are leading actors on the digital video stage. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary04081304.htm | Making Your Insurer Pay | http___s0b.bluestreak.com_ix.e?ir&s=174724.gif | Business | If Hurricane Charley blows your house down, how can you make your insurance company pay? | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:59 | If Hurricane Charley blows your house down, how can you make your insurance company pay? | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04081315.htm | BEA Systems Bucks Up | http___view.atdmt.com_INV_view_thmtlfsi00100290inv_direct_01_.gif | Business | The software company's stock rises on improved second-quarter numbers. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:51:52 | The software company's stock rises on improved second-quarter numbers. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/community/pod/2004/040813.htm | Foolish Collective | null | Business | Reflections on a first Foolday. | 5 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Reflections on a first Foolday. | 0Business
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The Motley Fool | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04081314.htm | Delightful Dell | http___s0b.bluestreak.com_ix.e?ir&s=174724.gif | Business | The company's results show that it's not grim all over tech world. Just all of it that isn't Dell. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:51:59 | The company's results show that it's not grim all over tech world. Just all of it that isn't Dell. | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678611,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Chrysler's Bling King | null | Business | After a tough year, Detroit's troubled carmaker is back -- thanks to a maverick designer and a car that is dazzling the hip-hop crowd | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:59 | After a tough year, Detroit's troubled carmaker is back -- thanks to a maverick designer and a car that is dazzling the hip-hop crowd | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678644,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Why Oil Prices Aren't Falling | null | Business | The troubles of Yukos drive up the price | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:53:59 | The troubles of Yukos drive up the price | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678631,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Punching at iTunes | null | Business | How rivals are taking aim at Apple's dominance in digital music | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:54:00 | How rivals are taking aim at Apple's dominance in digital music | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678635,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Scion Grows Up | null | Business | Toyota's trendy youth brand gets a sporty coupe. Will kids get on board? | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:54:00 | Toyota's trendy youth brand gets a sporty coupe. Will kids get on board? | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678643,00.html?promoid=rss_business | What's Cool In the Pool ... ... And Hot On the Deck | null | Business | Americans are spending more on tricking out the places where they swim. Here's a look at the new wave of accessories | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:54:00 | Americans are spending more on tricking out the places where they swim. Here's a look at the new wave of accessories | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678610,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Che Lives! | null | Business | The 1960s communist's famous likeness is a hot item for modern-day capitalists | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:54:00 | The 1960s communist's famous likeness is a hot item for modern-day capitalists | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1101040809-674764,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Made in the U.S.A. | http___i.timeinc.net_time_images_sp_healthbook.jpg.gif | Business | Where does that hamburger come from? Those strawberries? America's ranchers and farmers think you have the right to know | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:05 | Where does that hamburger come from? Those strawberries? America's ranchers and farmers think you have the right to know | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101040809-674778,00.html?promoid=rss_business | The Age of Doom | http___i.timeinc.net_time_archive_redesign_images_pre_cover.gif.gif | Business | In 1993 six geeks had a digital nightmare that changed the culture. It's about to get far creepier | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:08 | In 1993 six geeks had a digital nightmare that changed the culture. It's about to get far creepier | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1101040809-674760,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Hip Hop's Online Shop | http___i.timeinc.net_time_images_sp_healthbook.jpg.gif | Business | Celebrity fashion is booming. These webpreneurs are bringing it to main street | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:10 | Celebrity fashion is booming. These webpreneurs are bringing it to main street | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1101040809-674775,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Stoking the Steamroller | http___i.timeinc.net_time_images_sp_healthbook.jpg.gif | Business | No other recording artist can channel American middle-class tastes quite like Chip Davis and his best-selling band | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:12 | No other recording artist can channel American middle-class tastes quite like Chip Davis and his best-selling band | 0Business
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Time Business | http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1101040809-674754,00.html?promoid=rss_business | Coming to The Rescue | http___i.timeinc.net_time_images_sp_healthbook.jpg.gif | Business | Got a unique problem? Not to worry: you can find a financial planner for every specialized need | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:14 | Got a unique problem? Not to worry: you can find a financial planner for every specialized need | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/eaststrategy9.htm | The New Customers Are In Town | http___www.apmforum.com_images_east.jpg.gif | Business | Today's customers are increasingly demanding, in Asia as elsewhere in the world. Henry Astorga describes the complex reality faced by today's marketers, which includes much higher expectations than we have been used to. Today's customers want performance, and they want it now! | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:16 | Today's customers are increasingly demanding, in Asia as elsewhere in the world. Henry Astorga describes the complex reality faced by today's marketers, which includes much higher expectations than we have been used to. Today's customers want performance, and they want it now! | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/china26.htm | Bridge Story - A Tale of Two Dragon Cities | http___www.apmforum.com_images_pisetpic.gif.gif | Business | For first time visitors to China, one of the most stunning entry points is Shanghai. The view from the mouth of the Yangze River, which looks out over Shanghai and other cities, reveals an incredible urban and industrial panorama, clearly one of the most rapidly developing areas among all the cities of the world. And yet . . . The Chinese have described themselves as "A plate of scattered sand grains" that would never join or unite with each other. Piset, in his latest Awakening Dragon column, tells the story of Two Bridges to illustrate just some of the underlying dynamics of China's explosive economic growth. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:18 | For first time visitors to China, one of the most stunning entry points is Shanghai. The view from the mouth of the Yangze River, which looks out over Shanghai and other cities, reveals an incredible urban and industrial panorama, clearly one of the most rapidly developing areas among all the cities of the world. And yet . . . The Chinese have described themselves as "A plate of scattered sand grains" that would never join or unite with each other. Piset, in his latest Awakening Dragon column, tells the story of Two Bridges to illustrate just some of the underlying dynamics of China's explosive economic growth. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/orientseas63.htm | Barrel of Monkeys, 2004 Edition: Notes on Philippine Elections | http___www.apmforum.com_images_orientseas.gif.gif | Business | Well, it's election time in the Republic of the Philippines, and that means the monkeys are rolling around in those political barrels, having as much fun as they can while laughing their heads off at the strange goings-on that characterize a democratic process loosely based on the American model but that de facto looks more like a Fellini movie crossed with a Tom and Jerry cartoon - column includes a useful election-year glossary! | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:19 | Well, it's election time in the Republic of the Philippines, and that means the monkeys are rolling around in those political barrels, having as much fun as they can while laughing their heads off at the strange goings-on that characterize a democratic process loosely based on the American model but that de facto looks more like a Fellini movie crossed with a Tom and Jerry cartoon - column includes a useful election-year glossary! | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/orientseas61.htm | Globalization Circa 2003: Random Reflections | http___www.apmforum.com_images_orientseas.gif.gif | Business | The word 'globalization' seems to have evolved into a cliche and handy dandy fighting word for ideologues. The alternative (and often conflicting) definitions and interpretations are enough to make you dizzy. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:20 | The word 'globalization' seems to have evolved into a cliche and handy dandy fighting word for ideologues. The alternative (and often conflicting) definitions and interpretations are enough to make you dizzy. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.brandingasia.com/cases/case9.htm | Oldsmobile: The final parking lot | http___www.brandingasia.com_images_imagesmall.gif.gif | Business | Why General Motors dropped the Oldsmobile. The four brand paradoxes GM had to face - the name, the product, image re-positioning, and the consumer - all added up to a brand that had little hope of rebranding. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:22 | Why General Motors dropped the Oldsmobile. The four brand paradoxes GM had to face - the name, the product, image re-positioning, and the consumer - all added up to a brand that had little hope of rebranding. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/eaststrategy8.htm | Not All Jobs Belong To The White Man: Asian Minorities, Affirmative Action, And The Quest For Parity At Work | http___www.apmforum.com_images_east.jpg.gif | Business | Although a smattering of Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Indians, Thais, and others may crow about seeing their kind sitting in prominent positions in corporations and organizations in the USA, these accomplishments become mere cultural high-fives and ritualistic chest-thumping goaded and impishly patronized by 'mainstream society' - the milder and gentler term for the white-dominated populace. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:23 | Although a smattering of Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Indians, Thais, and others may crow about seeing their kind sitting in prominent positions in corporations and organizations in the USA, these accomplishments become mere cultural high-fives and ritualistic chest-thumping goaded and impishly patronized by 'mainstream society' - the milder and gentler term for the white-dominated populace. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/orientseas60.htm | Downhome Pinoy Blues, Intersecting Life Paths, and Heartbreak Songs | http___www.apmforum.com_images_orientseas.gif.gif | Business | The Blues is alive and well in the Philippines, as evidenced by this appreciation of the Pinoy Blues band 'Lampano Alley', penned by columnist Clarence Henderson as a counterpoint to his usual economics, business, and culture fare. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:24 | The Blues is alive and well in the Philippines, as evidenced by this appreciation of the Pinoy Blues band 'Lampano Alley', penned by columnist Clarence Henderson as a counterpoint to his usual economics, business, and culture fare. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/travel/asiaplacenom.htm | The Best Places in Asia Survey | http___www.apmforum.com_images_travel.gif.gif | Business | Thailand, after escaping the worst ravages of SARS and terror attacks, is the place of choice for APMF readers right now in our 'Best Places in Asia' survey. After more than 5,000 votes since March 2003, Thailand dominates the tourism categories (Best Business Hotel, Restaurant, Hawker Food, Tourist Resort, Bar, and Guest House) but Bali, Hong Kong, and Malaysia lead other sections such as Best Airline, Airport, City, and Tourism Destination. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:25 | Thailand, after escaping the worst ravages of SARS and terror attacks, is the place of choice for APMF readers right now in our 'Best Places in Asia' survey. After more than 5,000 votes since March 2003, Thailand dominates the tourism categories (Best Business Hotel, Restaurant, Hawker Food, Tourist Resort, Bar, and Guest House) but Bali, Hong Kong, and Malaysia lead other sections such as Best Airline, Airport, City, and Tourism Destination. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/travel/asia-city-living.htm | Best Cities in Asia for Living | http___www.apmforum.com_images_travel.gif.gif | Business | Chiang Mai is the surprise leader in the newest category of the APMF Asian Business Travel Survey, nudging out Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Hong Kong as the most livable city in Asia. Add your vote and reasons to make your opinion count. Our Best Airlines survey has also surpassed the 1,000 respondent mark, with Cathay Pacific extending their lead over Singapore Airlines. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:26 | Chiang Mai is the surprise leader in the newest category of the APMF Asian Business Travel Survey, nudging out Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Hong Kong as the most livable city in Asia. Add your vote and reasons to make your opinion count. Our Best Airlines survey has also surpassed the 1,000 respondent mark, with Cathay Pacific extending their lead over Singapore Airlines. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/columns/orientseas59.htm | The Real Time Modern Manila Blues: Bill Monroe Meets Muddy Waters in the Orient | http___www.apmforum.com_images_orientseas.gif.gif | Business | Globalization does strange things to people. A day in the life of a Manila Philippines based business consultant - proving that you really CAN talk about Muddy Walters, bluegrass and work all on the same page... | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:27 | Globalization does strange things to people. A day in the life of a Manila Philippines based business consultant - proving that you really CAN talk about Muddy Walters, bluegrass and work all on the same page... | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/travel/asia-tourism.htm | Best Asian Tourism Destinations | http___www.apmforum.com_images_travel.gif.gif | Business | The new APMF survey of the best Asian tourism destinations has just kicked off, but it's crowded at the top, with Chiang Mai in Thailand just leading from perennial favourites Hong Kong, Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, and Bali in Indonesia. Be one of the first to vote and let us know your reasons. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:28 | The new APMF survey of the best Asian tourism destinations has just kicked off, but it's crowded at the top, with Chiang Mai in Thailand just leading from perennial favourites Hong Kong, Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, and Bali in Indonesia. Be one of the first to vote and let us know your reasons. | 0Business
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Asian Business | http://www.apmforum.com/travel/asia-city-business.htm | What are the best cities for business in Asia? | http___www.apmforum.com_images_travel.gif.gif | Business | One of our new categories in the APMF Sense of Place survey is for best Asian business city. After a couple of days, Singapore leads the pack, followed by Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong. Enter your vote and comments and make your views count. More new categories include best city for livability, and best tourism destinations. | 5 | 2004-08-18 22:52:29 | One of our new categories in the APMF Sense of Place survey is for best Asian business city. After a couple of days, Singapore leads the pack, followed by Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong. Enter your vote and comments and make your views count. More new categories include best city for livability, and best tourism destinations. | 0Business
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