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Financeen-usSat, 21 Nov 2009 16:07:31 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091121/us_obama_jobs.html?.v=6President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.yahoo_finance/1833829962Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:07:31 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091121/eu_russia_putin_s_party.html?.v=10Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday chided officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party with unprecedented bluntness, saying they should stop trying to manipulate elections and learn to win fairly.yahoo_finance/933125011Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:55:21 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091121/us_health_care_women_s_tests.html?.v=7Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.yahoo_finance/3869348311Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:24:03 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091121/eu_spain_farmers_protest.html?.v=1Several thousand farmers protested the low prices Saturday they receive for their products, saying that commercial middlemen take too high a cut.yahoo_finance/4081047484Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:27 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/091121/112009_state_unemployment.html?.v=5A growing number of states reported rising jobless rates in October, and thirteen states reported unemployment rates above the national average of 10.2%, according to a government report released on Friday.yahoo_finance/471471251Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:12:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_health_care_women_s_tests.html?.v=14Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.yahoo_finance/1142721870Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:48:46 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/091120/business_us_column_stocks_outlook.html?.v=1U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.yahoo_finance/45953475Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:01 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091120/20091120005820.html?.v=1WASHINGTON----With the holidays around the corner, the National Association of Federal Credit Unions is offering these tips to help folks avoid the holiday budget hangover.yahoo_finance/3223592454Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/091120/econbrief.html?.v=1ECRI U.S. leading indicators slipyahoo_finance/3363211951Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:25 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_investors_defrauded_louisiana.html?.v=1A Louisiana businessman was charged Friday with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud about 160 investors -- mostly elderly people -- out of roughly $19.5 million and using some of the money to pay for cars, cruises, sports tickets and a house.yahoo_finance/3810355351Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:27:38 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/091120/industry.html?.v=1Nov. 30 is the ceremonial kickoff to the online holiday shopping season this year. That's Cyber Monday.yahoo_finance/1852899504Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:45 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_bank_closure.html?.v=3Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.yahoo_finance/54301547Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:02 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_rock_bottom_rates.html?.v=2The U.S. is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money. Interest rates are sinking to near zero for the first time since last year's financial meltdown, dampening spending as Americans earn less on their bank deposits and investment accounts.yahoo_finance/661383779Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:04:53 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091120/20091120005809.html?.v=1NEW YORK----In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has downgraded Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indiana's approximately $97.7 million outstanding unlimited tax general obligation bonds to 'AA' from 'AAA', consisting of the following issues:yahoo_finance/1581753809Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_florida_unemployment.html?.v=8Florida's unemployment rate continued its steady upward climb in October to 11.2 percent -- a mark last seen in the 1970s and a tenth of a percentage point higher than September's adjusted rate, state officials said Friday.yahoo_finance/1111146033Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:58 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_minnesota_budget_cuts_lawsuit.html?.v=2Lawyers for the Minnesota House spell out in a 34-page brief why they believe Gov. Tim Pawlenty misused a state law to enact budget cuts without legislative consent.yahoo_finance/1926525358Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:10 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_earns_dr_horton.html?.v=11Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc., saw new home orders spike 26 percent from a year ago in the latest quarter as buyers raced to close deals and take advantage of a federal tax credit. But a wider-than-anticipated loss fueled by write-downs sent shares tumbling more than 15 percent Friday.yahoo_finance/676896889Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:10 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_nixon_higher_education_missouri.html?.v=2Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick and not slash their budgets.yahoo_finance/4013312101Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:58 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/lt_mexico_economy.html?.v=3Rising oil prices and increased exports are slowly dragging Mexico's economy out of a severe recession, but the nation's financial system still confronts fundamental challenges, national leaders and experts said.yahoo_finance/3717817275Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:15:39 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091120/us_alabama_unemployment.html?.v=2Just two years after hitting a record low, the unemployment rate in Alabama climbed to 10.9 percent in October, the highest it has been in more than 25 years, state officials announced Friday.yahoo_finance/425320529Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:24 Etc/GMT