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			<title><![CDATA[Dave Says: Level-pay is OK]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Our utility company offers a level-pay option. They average out our bills over the last 24 months, and bill us a consistent amount each month based on that average. Do you think this is a good idea, or would you just pay the regular bills?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[GM hopes new  Buick LaCrosse will lure young buyers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT &mdash; With only four brands selling far fewer models than in the past, every new car or truck that General Motors Corp. rolls out is paramount, and none is more important than the 2010 Buick LaCrosse.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Iconic skyscrapers find new luster in green tech]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy.<br>
They also needed tenants.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[BIZ NORTH PLANNER]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[July 8<br>
METHUEN &mdash; "By the Riverside" business networking mixer, 5 to 7 p.m. at Jackson's Restaurant, 478 Lowell St. Includes hors d'oeuvres, beverages, raffle. Presented by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers. For more information, call 978-686-0900 or visit www.merrimackvalleychamber.com. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sony hopes to reinvent itself three decades after launchng the portable music player]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO &mdash; When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go &mdash; a totally innovative idea back in 1979.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Motor Mouth: New Ford is a model for Independence Day]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Ford F-Series pickup truck has reigned as the top selling vehicle in this country for the last 27 years. That is a monumental achievement for Ford. It is also a largely unheralded testament to mobility in the lives of us independent Americans. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['98 Escort engine keeps sputtering]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am the third owner of a 1998 Ford Escort and have spent much to keep my car safe and running. I will be driving at a constant speed and all of a sudden my engine will sputter, struggle and almost conk out. And then it will return to normal. It doesn't happen every ride. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[European markets take breather with US on holiday]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; European stock markets steadied Friday after big losses the previous day, when weak U.S. jobs data reinforced concerns that recovery in the world's biggest economy will be a long, hard slog. Wall Street will be closed for business for the Independence Day holidays.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs data]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling.<br>
By mid-afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was down 16 cents to $66.57 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Thursday, it fell $2.58, nearly 4 percent, to settle at $66.73.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tell us: How is the economy affecting you?]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[As bad economic news continues to mount, some experts say we are either in a recession or hurtling toward one. For many people, it's a technical question, since they are cutting back on their budgets already due to high gasoline and home heating oil prices, crippling credit card debt, high mortgages and car payments, and the rising cost of all kinds of food and other necessities. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.<br>
In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. The government would provide subsidies for the poor and many middle-class families, but those who still refuse to sign up would face fines of more than $1,000.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[467K jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[As deficit grows, Calif prepares to issue IOUs]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &mdash; California's controller will start paying many of the state's bills with IOUs as soon as Thursday after lawmakers failed to close the state's worsening budget deficit, adding a new measure of indignity to a state sinking deeper into dysfunction.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stocks slide on dip in consumer confidence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Investors are adding consumer confidence to their growing list of things to worry about.<br>
Stocks fell sharply Tuesday after a private research group said consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in June.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama pledges support for social innovators]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Barack Obama on Tuesday promised that the White House will do its part to support grassroots organizations that are successful in their efforts to improve communities.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Consumer confidence falls in June]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Mounting job losses and other economic realities caught up with Americans this month, pushing down a key barometer of consumer sentiment after a streak of gains built on glimmers of hope.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oil prices fall in volatile trading]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &mdash; Oil prices fell in volatile trading Tuesday not long after hitting an eight-month high.<br>
Benchmark crude for August delivery dipped $1.60 to settle at $69.89 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after swinging between $68.90 and $73.38 in early trading.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Citing concerns about salmonella, Dunkin' Donuts temporarily suspends serving hot chocolate]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you're headed to Dunkin' Donuts to grab a hot chocolate or a Dunkaccino, you may be sorely disappointed.<br>
The coffee chain is "voluntarily withdrawing all hot chocolate and Dunkaccino beverages as we have been made aware by our supplier that some of the equipment used at their facility to produce one of the ingredients in these beverages was contaminated with Salmonella," said Andrew Mastrangelo, manager, Public Relations, for the Canton, Mass.-based company.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report: Worst may be over for US tech market]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday.<br>
The research firm nonetheless revised its forecast for 2009. It now expects the U.S. technology market to shrink by 5 percent this year. In March, Forrester had predicted a smaller 3 percent decline in spending on technology products and services.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Desperate Maine lobstermen sell from trucks, homes]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SCARBOROUGH, Maine &mdash; Lobsterman Greg Turner keeps a sandwich-board sign at the end of his driveway that advertises fresh lobster for sale from his garage, an attempt to claw for a few extra dollars by reaching buyers directly.]]></description>
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