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      <title><![CDATA[Malaysia makes bold changes in race-based policies]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia's leader to chip away at an affirmative action program for Malay Muslims that has been considered virtually untouchable in]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:59 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By EILEEN NG<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday _ making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system.
The purchase]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 08:47 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By FABIOLA SANCHEZ<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Malt-O-Meal recalls oatmeal made with dry milk]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.
The instant nonfat dry milk came from Plainview]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 08:40 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado company offers banana coffins]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colorado,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 08:18 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By CATHERINE TSAI<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez's government has taken control of the nation's third largest bank _ Banco de Venezuela.
The government agreed in May to pay Spain's Grupo]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 08:12 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tropicana Las Vegas emerges from bankruptcy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tropicana Las Vegas has emerged from bankruptcy protection with new owners.
Toronto-based Onex Corporation and former MGM Mirage President Alex Yemenidjian acquired a majority stake in]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 08:08 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ruling favors Antiguan receiver in Stanford case]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank won control Friday of assets in the U.K.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 06:13 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[World Bank chief warns against protectionism]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The head of the World Bank says the world economic crisis is spawning restrictive trade measures that threaten to slow a recovery.
Robert Zoellick says those]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 04:02 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Airline BA to cut capacity, delay new planes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[British Airways PLC announced Friday it will ground aircraft, slash seat numbers and postpone taking delivery of a dozen new Airbus A380 superjumbos as it]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 02:31 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[VW readies to go electric]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Volkswagen AG hopes to introduce its first electric cars on the market in 2013, the German automaker's chief executive said Friday.
In a speech to an]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 01:48 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Antigua's new top financial regulator steps aside]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The man appointed to replace Antigua's disgraced financial regulator is stepping aside to avoid a possible conflict of interest.
Everett Christian was tapped for the job]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 01:10 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China Investment buying stake in Teck Resources]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mining company Teck Resources Ltd. says it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for 1.74 billion Canadian dollars ($1.5 billion) in]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:45 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China Investment Corp to buy stake in Teck]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Teck Resources Ltd. says China Investment Corp. will buy a 17 percent stake in the cash-strapped mining company for 1.74 billion Canadian dollars ($1.5 billion)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:43 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FTSE 100 up 2.01 points at 4,236.28]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Share prices ended flat Friday on the London Stock Exchange.
The FTSE 100-share index closed up 2.01 points, or 0.05 percent, at 4,236.28.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:35 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$10B plan would ship gas from Africa to Europe]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship gas across the Saharan desert to Europe, Nigeria's]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:29 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By BASHIR ADIGUN<br>Associated Press]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asian markets retreat on gloomy U.S. jobs report]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Asian stocks retreated yesterday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signaled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy.
Losses across Asia were somewhat tame compared]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. dollar gains on yen after disappointing data]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar rose against the yen in Asian trade yesterday as fresh worries about the health of the U.S. economy supported the "safe-haven" greenback,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Agence France-Presse]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil falls in Asian trade on U.S. economic concerns]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Oil fell further during Asian trade yesterday as investors continued to fret about the state of the U.S. economy where the jobless rate has surged]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=994023&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business]]></link>
      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wall Street slumps on weak job numbers]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Wall Street fell hard Thursday after a government report highlighted a weak labor market that could hinder prospects for recovery from the brutal recession.
The Dow]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taipei share prices close little changed]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taiwan share prices closed flat yesterday after bargain hunting offset early pressure following a Wall Street fall overnight, dealers said.
The weighted index fell 2.13 points]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The biggest German telecommunications operator, Deutsche Telekom, is looking to swap its loss-making T-Mobile unit in Britain for an asset in another country, a press]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=994020&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business]]></link>
      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Electric cars]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[French auto maker Renault-Nissan and electricity giant EDF will launch a large-scale electric car experiment starting September 2010 in the Paris region, the two companies]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[JetAmerica delays launch]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A fledgling discount airline is having trouble getting off the ground.
Clearwater, Florida-based JetAmerica issued a statement Thursday saying it's delaying the start of flight operations]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Three more banks fail as FDIC mulls rules for sales]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Three Illinois banks were shuttered Thursday as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks.
Regulators shut down John]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.N. forecasts higher decline in global tourism in 2009]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.N. World Tourism organization revised its 2009 global tourism forecast down sharply Thursday due to worsening economic growth prospects and uncertainty over the impact]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Warren Buffett makes gifts to charity worth US$1.53 billion]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated US$1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The gift is the third installment in]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Feds seize Madoff penthouse, wife leaves, official says]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s US$7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New bubbles rising in China property market: state media]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[China's recent moves to ease curbs on the real estate sector have sent prices soaring recently, stoking fears that new property bubbles are forming, state]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=994012&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business]]></link>
      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Debt-laden miner Rio Tinto reaps rights bonanza]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mining giant Rio Tinto yesterday confirmed a huge take-up for its record rights offering after investors snapped up the Australian portion, allowing it to pay]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=994011&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business]]></link>
      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. jobs data dashes quick recovery hopes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Dampening hopes of an early recovery from recession, official figures Thursday showed U.S. job losses surged to 467,000 in June, pushing the unemployment rate to]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2009-07-04 12:09 AM</pubDate>
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