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         <title><![CDATA[Stocks barely budge; market ends week with first loss in a month]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday May 25, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday. 



The Standard & Poor&rsquo;s 500 index dropped 0.91 of a point to close at 1,649.60. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.60 points to 15,303, a gain of 0.1 percent.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 22:02:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stocks edge lower as investors reassess fears]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday May 24, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.



U.S. markets plummeted immediately after the opening bell Thursday following a global slump prompted partly by an unexpected slowdown in Chinese manufacturing.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday May 23, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday, pushing stock prices up in the morning then sending them down in the afternoon. 



Prices surged on congressional testimony by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke early in the day that suggested the central bank would not slow its massive economic stimulus program any time soon.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:13 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stocks gain on reassurance from       a top Fed official]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday May 22, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Reassuring comments from a Federal Reserve official and better earnings from two big retailers helped push the stock market higher Tuesday. 



Stock indexes wobbled between gains and losses in early trading, then took a turn higher just before noon. That&rsquo;s when news crossed that James Bullard, head of the Fed&rsquo;s St.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 20, 2013    
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer. 



Slim recently bought part of two of Mexico&rsquo;s first division soccer teams, setting up another]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 21:35:24 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Chinese premier visits India to boost ties]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 20, 2013    
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China&rsquo;s new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.



Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders emphasized that efforts should]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 21:35:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 20, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country&rsquo;s biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs. 



It&rsquo;s been just more than a year since his bank, JPMorgan Chase, revealed a surprise trading loss that tarnished its usually stellar reputation in Washington and on Wall Street, and]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 21:35:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday May 18, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Encouraging news about the U.S. economy extended the stock market's rally Friday.



Small-company stocks rose the most, a sign that investors are taking on more risk. Two companies soared in their stock-market debuts in the latest indication that the market for initial public offerings is reviving.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 22:27:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A late fade on Wall Street; Wal-Mart, Disney slump]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday May 17, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the stock market down Thursday. 



There was plenty of discouraging news. Applications for unemployment benefits rose last week and manufacturing slowed in the mid-Atlantic region.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 23:34:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stocks climb even as manufacturing softens]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday May 16, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors nudged the stock market to all-time highs Wednesday despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. 



Google&rsquo;s stock topped $900 for the first time after the company announced several upgrades to its Android software for smartphones, and Macy&rsquo;s rose after beatings Wall Street&rsquo;s profit estimates.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 23:19:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stock market rises back into record-breaking territory]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday May 15, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market marched back into record territory Tuesday as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. This time, it was a report on the health of small businesses.



Small business owners were slightly more optimistic in April, according to a survey released by the National Federation of Independent Business before the]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 23:14:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stock market rally pauses on Monday]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday May 14, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- A record-breaking rally in stocks paused Monday as investors assessed whether the rise in stock valuations overstated the recent improvement in the economy.



The latest positive data, out Monday, showed that Americans increased spending at retailers last month.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 23:19:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Project aims to track big city carbon footprints]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 13, 2013    
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. 



Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and automobile]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 13, 2013    
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.



On a broader scale, the new engines could well be viewed as emblematic of the improving financial health]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Leaving Bangladesh? Not an easy choice for brands]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday May 13, 2013    
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bangladesh offers the global garment industry something unique: Millions of workers who quickly churn out huge amounts of well-made underwear, jeans and T-shirts for the lowest wages in the world.



But since a building collapse April 24 killed at least 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh in one of the deadliest industrial tragedies in history, the]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
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