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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart's Mexico unit eyes banking 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-03 08:31:09</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The Mexican unit of  Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. has filed for a  banking  license with local regulators, the latest retailer to enter the realm of  financial services  in Mexico in recent years.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Core inflation edges higher in June 
    (Reuters)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-01 10:32:50</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Core U.S. consumer prices rose a 
moderate 0.2 percent in June for a third straight month, but 
the year-on-year rate hit a nearly four-year high, keeping 
 financial markets  on edge over a possible Federal Reserve 
interest-rate hike.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fed's Bernanke sees inflation risks 
    (Reuters)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-07-20 02:05:41</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben 
Bernanke warned on Wednesday the U.S. economy still faced 
inflation risks but said cooler growth should curb price 
pressures over time. His comments boosted  financial markets .  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Faces Key Decision On Interest Rates]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?112917</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-26 09:12:27</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Reserve and its chairman Ben Bernanke face an important decision on Wednesday and Thursday, during a meeting held by the Federal Open Market Committee, whether or not to raise interest rates during a period of economic slowdown with high inflation.  Financial markets  speculated...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top central bankers glower at rising inflation 
    (Reuters)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-05 17:28:18</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Officials from the world's top three 
central banks said on Monday they were monitoring the advance 
in inflation like hawks, prompting  financial markets  to bet 
U.S. borrowing costs were likely to rise again.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Labor costs tame, jobless claims rise 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?98744</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-01 09:39:42</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - U.S. business productivity was 
stronger than first thought in the first quarter and labor 
costs were much better contained, the government said on 
Thursday in a report that tempered inflation jitters in 
 financial markets .  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Productivity revised up, labor costs contained 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?98726</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-06-01 08:54:22</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - U.S. business productivity was 
stronger than first estimated in the first quarter of the year 
and labor cost pressures were much better contained, the 
government said on Thursday in a report that could temper 
inflation jitters in  financial markets .]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Core inflation not as strong as feared in April 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?95608</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-26 09:24:03</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Core U.S. inflation rose 0.2 percent 
in April, according to a government report on Friday that did 
little to clear up the question of whether the Federal Reserve 
would raise interest rates in June.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[April core inflation up 0.2 percent, spending jumps 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?95596</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-26 08:54:02</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Core U.S. inflation advanced 0.2 
percent in April and overall prices shot up a steep 0.5 
percent, according to a government report on Friday that 
 financial markets  will parse closely for clues on Federal 
Reserve interest-rate moves.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big rise in core inflation spooks Wall Street 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?89499</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-17 15:29:38</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - A big jump in energy costs pushed 
consumer prices up sharply last month, while rising rents led 
to a surprisingly steep gain in core prices, according to a 
government report on Wednesday that spooked  financial markets .  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CNBC report seen denting Bernanke's credibility 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?80448</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-02 16:26:43</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Fledgling Federal Reserve Chairman 
Ben Bernanke may have a hard time recouping his credibility 
after off-the-cuff remarks over the weekend made it onto the 
airwaves on Monday, roiling  financial markets .  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stocks End On A Low Note Monday]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?79700</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-05-01 18:27:46</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter
 New York, NY (AHN) &#150; Prospective news of a pause in interest-rate hikes caused U.S. Stocks to end today&#146;s market on a low note. 
 Comments made by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke managed to shock the  financial markets  into a pullback this...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Core producer prices tame, housing starts drop 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?70684</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-18 09:51:30</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - U.S. producer prices outside of 
volatile food and energy costs posted their smallest gain in 
four months in March and housing starts tumbled, leading 
 financial markets  to cut bets on how far interest rates will 
rise.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Financial system strong but challenges emerging: IMF 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?66419</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-11 08:46:36</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - World  financial markets  have 
strengthened but cyclical challenges are emerging from the 
prospect of higher interest rates and an unwinding of global 
imbalances, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unemployment rate back to 4-1/2-year low 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?64200</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-07 09:33:03</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - U.S. employers added 211,000 jobs in 
March and the unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped back to a 
4-1/2-year low 4.7 percent, the government said on Friday in a 
report that underlined a relatively vigorous labor market.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[March unemployment rate back to 4-1/2-year low 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?64173</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-07 08:47:33</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - U.S. employers added 211,000 jobs in 
March and the unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped back to a 
4-1/2-year low 4.7 percent, the government said on Friday in a 
report likely to keep concern about potential inflation 
pressures on the burner.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fed's Fisher urges emerging market care, lauds Mexico 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?63114</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-05 23:26:10</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Officials in emerging nations must 
take care not to upset  financial markets  as interest rates rise 
in many rich nations, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said 
on Wednesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[GM says to cut hundreds of salaried jobs Tuesday 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?56971</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-03-28 08:27:50</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters -  General Motors  Corp.  said it 
will cut a few hundred salaried jobs on Tuesday in its initial 
effort to reduce its U.S. white-collar work force by 7 percent 
this year.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Global markets coping well with rate shift: Trichet 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?47724</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-03-13 10:48:42</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters -  Financial markets  are coping 
well with a shift in the global interest rate cycle, including 
Japan's ending of its superloose monetary policy, G10 central 
bankers' chairman Jean-Claude Trichet said on Monday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reuters, MasterCard to supply US retail sales data 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?35827</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-02-23 09:28:02</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - News and information group Reuters 
 said on Thursday it will distribute U.S.  retail  sales 
data from credit card association MasterCard to clients in 
 financial markets  before comparable official statistics are 
available.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greenspan upbeat on economy at private events (Reuters)]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?28197</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-02-09 16:32:29</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - Just a week after leaving the Federal 
Reserve, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan made upbeat remarks 
on the U.S. economy at several private events, sources said on 
Wednesday, causing a stir in  financial markets  worried about 
future interest rate hikes.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asset growth outstrips the world economy (FT.com)]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?21510</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-01-17 17:59:49</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[FT.com - One of the most comprehensive private surveys of the world's  financial markets  indicates continued rapid growth of financial assets and a shift from banks to market securities.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jobs report to jumpstart 2006 action (Reuters)]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?13171</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-01-02 20:28:21</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Monthly U.S. employment data will jolt 
 financial markets  out of their holiday slumber this week as 
investors scramble to lay bets on where U.S. interest rates 
will peak.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[US jobs report to jumpstart 2006 action (Reuters)]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?12958</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-01-02 09:22:24</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Monthly U.S. employment data will jolt 
 financial markets  out of their holiday slumber this week as 
investors scramble to lay bets on where U.S. interest rates 
will peak.]]></description>
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