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	<title><![CDATA[World Bank Warning About New Bubble is Overblown]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Fears are growing that another financial bubble is forming. But we're not there yet]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[How Not to Solve the Too Big to Fail Problem]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Economist Dean Baker says a House bill aimed at solving the "too big to fail" problem will make matters worse]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:54 PST</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Alain Sherter</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[Regulators Face Pressure To Act After CIT Bankruptcy]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[CIT Group (CIT), an embattled small business lender that filed for bankruptcy Sunday as a result of lack of government-sponsored financial...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:26:28 PST</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Daniel M. Harrison</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[U.K. to Break Up Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[U.K. financial regulators are moving ahead on plans to break up big banks]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:50:06 PST</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Alain Sherter</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[CRE Prices Tick up for First Time Since '07]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[After plunging for more than a year, commercial real estate prices may be rebounding]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:14:46 PST</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Alain Sherter</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[Unsexy U.S. Bancorp Knocks Investors and Customers Dead]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[U.S. Bancorp's slow-and-steady growth strategy has allowed it surge while other banks slide]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:27:34 PST</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Alain Sherter</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[FBOP Shuttered, as U.S. Bancorp Swoops in]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Time finally ran out on FBOP. The FDIC on Friday seized the $18.2 billion banking company, whose nine subsidiary banks will be absorbed by U.S....]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:33 PST</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Alain Sherter</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[Buffett Sells More Moody's Stake As Credit Ratings Agencies Face Revenue Growth Challenges]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The investor who once famously remarked that his best holding period for a stock is "forever" is unloading portions of his holding in a firm many...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:18:34 PDT</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Daniel M. Harrison</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[As Fourth Quarter Gets Underway, Real-Life Stress Tests Begin]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In the first quarter of the year, all government-supported banks underwent stress tests to determine their financial strength. What remains of the...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:15:05 PDT</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Daniel M. Harrison</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[While CIT Group Announces More "Restructuring," Bankruptcy Still Unclear]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Throughout the week, a burning question has been on the lips of investors, bankers and business owners alike: "Is CIT filing for Chapter 11?"...]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:26:55 PDT</pubDate>
	<dc:creator>Daniel M. Harrison</dc:creator>
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