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Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3602882834</guid><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:57:32 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guaranteed yields on savings accounts surge (Bankrate.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/080705/25637.html?.v=1</link><description>Some banks are competing with attractive introductory rates on accounts. Get the lowdown here on the high yields.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3681835735</guid><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080704/drilling_off_florida.html?.v=2</link><description>Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4263969518</guid><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 18:01:04 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will You Outlive Your Money? 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