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The Energy Department&apos;s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that natural gas inventories held in underground storage in the lower 48 states dropped by 64 billion cubic feet to about 3.77 trillion cubic feet for the week ended Dec. 4.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/229244009</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:01:44 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scholastic Corporation Announces Date for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Earnings Release and Teleconference (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091210/20091210005669.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Scholastic Corporation announced the following schedule and teleconference information for its second quarter fiscal year 2010 earnings release: Earnings Release: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at approximately 7:00 AM by public distribution and on the Company’s website at investor.scholastic.com.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3341434905</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EQT / Springer (at FT.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/ft/rss/SIG=125hi51f0/*http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/024fa136-e570-11de-81b4-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&amp;ft_ref=yahoo1&amp;segid=03058</link><description>The Christmas party that Germany&apos;s Springer Science and Business Media gave in Berlin on Wednesday night may have been a knees-up for tweed jacket types with unruly facial hair. 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Power and Associates 2009 Customer Retention Study released today.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3745996669</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>S&amp;P Provides More Index Options for Environmentally Conscious Investors with Launch of New Carbon Efficient Index for Emerging Markets (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091210/ny23947.html?.v=1</link><description>Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s , the world&apos;s leading index provider, today announced the launch of the S&amp;P/IFCI Carbon Efficient Index which measures the performance of investable emerging market companies whose weighting in the Index is based in part on their level of carbon emissions.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/572458324</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:15:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>McGraw-Hill Education&apos;s Online Resources Ease Learning at Home During H1N1 Outbreak (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091210/ny23932.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2381259348</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:02:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>John Wiley &amp; Sons Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091210/20091210005043.html?.v=1</link><description>HOBOKEN, N.J.----John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc. : Change $ millions Q210 Q209 Excluding FX Including FX Revenue $448 $432 3% 4% Adjusted EPS 0.92 0.67 18% 37% Reported EPS 0.78 0.67 16%</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/529736903</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Long Will the SEC Look at Ratings Agencies Before Nailing Them? 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Losing a finance director can also happen. EasyJet&apos;s announcement that Andy Harrison,its chief executive, would leave next year means that the low-cost carrier has lost the incumbents from all three posts since April.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1292673014</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:15:29 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bloomberg buys UK energy data group (at FT.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/ft/rss/SIG=12530kjan/*http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/be43d6ee-e51d-11de-9a25-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&amp;ft_ref=yahoo1&amp;segid=03058</link><description>Bloomberg, the privately-owned financial data company that had made only one acquisition in 28 years before buying Business Week, has bought New Energy Finance in a bet on the growth of carbon markets and clean energy investment.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/938523424</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:05:28 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds target rating agencies&apos; role in meltdown (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091209/us_financial_crisis_fraud.html?.v=6</link><description>Enforcement officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department said Wednesday that their staffs are targeting the role of Wall Street rating agencies in the financial meltdown.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4099903502</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:54:10 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Standard &amp; Poor&apos;s Announces Update to the U.S. Market Cap Guidelines (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091209/ny24011.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2147035923</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[video] Ohio AG: Credit raters broke law (at CNNMoney.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cnnm/rss/SIG=12ct28695/*http%3A//money.cnn.com/video/news/2009/12/09/n_ohio_credit_rating.cnnmoney</link><description>State Attorney General Richard Cordray files suit against S&amp;P, Moody?s and Fitch, claiming the companies misled investors and violated securities laws.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/187752891</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:55:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>S&amp;P Expands Family of Target Risk Indices with Launch of MATRIX Index (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091209/ny23788.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2556727863</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:14:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crude oil stockpiles fell by 3.8 million barrels (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091209/apfn_us_crude_inventories.html?.v=2</link><description>Crude inventories fell last week, while gasoline supplies grew, the government said Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 3.8 million barrels, or 1.1 percent, to 336.1 million barrels, which is 4.4 percent above year-ago levels, the Energy Department&apos;s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3418734862</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:39:37 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>McGraw-Hill Education Offers Comprehensive Career Training Program to Help India Develop Skilled Workforce (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091209/ny22801.html?.v=1</link><description>McGraw-Hill Education today launched a professional development certification program in India to provide the 21st Century skills and knowledge necessary for a career in India&apos;s retail industry.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2373850354</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) Announce Third Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Competition (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091209/20091209005227.html?.v=1</link><description>SEATTLE &amp; NEW YORK----Amazon.com, Inc. and Penguin Group today announced the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, the international competition seeking the next popular novel.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2252663223</guid><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- c12.finance.sp2.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Thu Dec 10 11:02:12 PST 2009 -->
