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The broader market also gained, as investors shrugged off another rise in the national unemployment rate, which the government said Friday broke above 10 percent last month for the first time in 26 years.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2607602767</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:13:10 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business Highlights (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091106/business_highlights.html?.v=2</link><description>The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher. 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Friday on signs that the oil industry contractor&apos;s key operations are improving.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1050858037</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:39:54 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ahead of the Bell: Starbucks shares perk up (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091106/us_starbucks_ahead_of_the_bell.html?.v=1</link><description>Shares of Starbucks Corp. perked up in premarket trading Friday after the chain said its fourth-quarter profit climbed and it lifted its fiscal 2010 adjusted earnings guidance due to improving traffic in its stores.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2562215437</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:30:45 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ahead of the Bell: Consumer Credit (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091106/apfn_us_consumer_credit_ahead_of_the_bell.html?.v=2</link><description>Consumers likely reduced their borrowing for an eighth straight month in September, as layoffs continue and credit remains tight. The declines in borrowing are expected to drag on the fledgling economic recovery.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2883986024</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:36:38 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ahead of the Bell: Wholesale Inventories (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091106/apfn_us_wholesale_inventories_ahead_of_the_bell.html?.v=1</link><description>Businesses likely slashed wholesale inventories for a record 13th consecutive month in September. 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