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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US asset rescue scheme 'stalled']]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:46 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[World stocks are braced for more turmoil, amid reports that a US plan to stabilise credit markets has stalled.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No change in European bank rate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:45 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank decides to keep interest rates in the eurozone at their current 4% level.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Instability 'threat' to business]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:45 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Instability in emerging markets threatens business prospects in many countries around the world, a report says.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plane problems hit profits at SAS]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Plane_problems_hit_profits_at_SAS/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:45 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Scandinavian airline SAS reports a fall in quarterly profits after it grounds 27 planes over safety fears.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BHP makes bid move for Rio Tinto]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/BHP_makes_bid_move_for_Rio_Tinto/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:45 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton makes a bid approach for the Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto, which is rejected.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US retailers have tough October]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/US_retailers_have_tough_October/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A number of American retailers report poor October sales figures, the latest sign of weak US consumer spending.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Strike 'to hit Christmas turkeys']]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Strike_to_hit_Christmas_turkeys/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[About 1,300 workers at Bernard Matthew's turkey factories are to take strike action in a row over pay.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HIPs having an 'adverse effect']]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/HIPs_having_an_adverse_effect/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The introduction of home information packs is continuing to distort the housing market, according to estate agents.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK merchant bank rebuffs bid]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/UK_merchant_bank_rebuffs_bid/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares in UK investment bank Close Brothers gain almost 21% after smaller rival Cenkos Securities makes a £1.4bn bid approach.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Buy-to-let now 'rich man's game']]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Buy-to-let_now_rich_mans_game/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rising interest rates and the need for higher deposits mean only the wealthy can now afford to become landlords, says a group of surveyors.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford seeks New Year Jaguar sale]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Ford_seeks_New_Year_Jaguar_sale/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ford says it expects to sell Jaguar and Land Rover in early 2008, and both to the same bidder.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Go-ahead for sale of Gdansk dock]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Go-ahead_for_sale_of_Gdansk_dock/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Polish competition authorities give the go-ahead for the Gdansk shipyard to be sold to a Ukrainian company.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asda withdraws toy over drug risk]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Asda_withdraws_toy_over_drug_risk/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Asda_withdraws_toy_over_drug_risk/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Asda withdraws three children's toys found to contain a substance linked to the date-rape drug GHB.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pound strengthens against dollar]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Pound_strengthens_against_dollar/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The UK pound pushes even higher against the US dollar, hitting levels last seen at the start of the 1980s.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ryanair sues EU over French aid]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Ryanair_sues_EU_over_French_aid/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Ryanair_sues_EU_over_French_aid/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ryanair lodges a legal case against the European Commission, saying it has not stopped alleged French aid for Air France.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK rates held at 5.75%]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/UK_rates_held_at_5-75/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates unchanged at 5.75% for the fourth month, in a widely expected move.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bernanke says US economy to slow]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Bernanke_says_US_economy_to_slow/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Bernanke_says_US_economy_to_slow/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:23:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns the US economy will slow in the last three months of 2007.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Productivity of US workers grows]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Productivity_of_US_workers_grows/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Productivity_of_US_workers_grows/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:45 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The productivity of workers in the US grows at the strongest rate for four years between July and September.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Action needed' on soaring debt]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Action_needed_on_soaring_debt/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Irresponsible lenders are pushing people into debt, but regulators are &quot;asleep on the job&quot;, a charity warns.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Concern over workplace bullying]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Concern_over_workplace_bullying/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Concern_over_workplace_bullying/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bullying at work has affected one in four staff and is a &quot;major cause&quot; of stress, research says.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Average weekly earnings at £457]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Average_weekly_earnings_at_%A3457/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The average pre-tax wage for a full time adult worker rose by 2.9% in the past financial year, to £457 a week.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Summit to cut conflict gem trade]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Summit_to_cut_conflict_gem_trade/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Summit_to_cut_conflict_gem_trade/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A diamond industry watchdog meets to discuss ways of preventing the trade in conflict diamonds.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Regulator must 'name and shame']]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Regulator_must_name_and_shame/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Regulator_must_name_and_shame/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Consumer groups argue the Financial Services Authority should give greater publicity to firms that breach its rules<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Subscriber boost for Virgin Media]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Subscriber_boost_for_Virgin_Media/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:43 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Virgin Media adds 13,000 new customers in the third quarter as it shrugs off the effects of a bitter row with rival BSkyB.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pound breaks through $2.10 level]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Pound_breaks_through_2-10_level/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Pound_breaks_through_2-10_level/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:42 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The UK pound climbs past the $2.10 level against the US dollar, the highest it has been in 26 years.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM reports record quarterly loss]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/GM_reports_record_quarterly_loss/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:42 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After reporting a $39bn loss, due to huge accounting charges, GM says its performance was &quot;inadequate&quot;.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Confusion on London markets]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Confusion_on_London_markets/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Confusion_on_London_markets/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:41 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Trading on London markets is thrown into confusion after technical problems see misleading prices published.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Average petrol cost at £1 a litre]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Average_petrol_cost_at_%A31_a_litre/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:41 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The average UK price of unleaded petrol passes £1 per litre for the first time, an industry research group says.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cisco profit up but stock falls]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Cisco_profit_up_but_stock_falls/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Cisco_profit_up_but_stock_falls/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:41 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cisco Systems' quarterly profit jumps 37%, but its shares fall sharply amid fears about US firms cutting network spending.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brown ally critical of tax reform]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Brown_ally_critical_of_tax_reform/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Brown_ally_critical_of_tax_reform/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:40 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A close ally of Gordon Brown joins criticism of plans to reform capital gains tax unveiled by Alistair Darling.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Visa in $2.1bn Amex settlement]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Visa_in_2-1bn_Amex_settlement/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Visa_in_2-1bn_Amex_settlement/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:40 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[American Express will receive a payment of about $2.1bn from Visa after it sued the credit card giant.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley takes $3.7bn hit]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Morgan_Stanley_takes_3-7bn_hit/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Morgan_Stanley_takes_3-7bn_hit/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:40 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Investment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure.<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Restructuring hurts BT earnings]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Restructuring_hurts_BT_earnings/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Restructuring_hurts_BT_earnings/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:40 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Reorganisation costs at BT dent earnings at the telecoms giant for the first half of the year.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More cuts mooted after EADS loss]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/More_cuts_mooted_after_EADS_loss/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/More_cuts_mooted_after_EADS_loss/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:39 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Airbus parent firm EADS says it will have to increase its efficiency measures after third-quarter losses.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Northern Rock shares in new slide]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Northern_Rock_shares_in_new_slide/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:39 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Northern Rock shares fall as much as 12% after a report that savers have withdrawn £10.5bn from the stricken bank.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Halifax sees house price slowdown]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Halifax_sees_house_price_slowdown/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Halifax_sees_house_price_slowdown/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:39 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The UK's biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says house prices fell by 0.5% in October.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shares hit again by credit crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Shares_hit_again_by_credit_crisis/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Shares_hit_again_by_credit_crisis/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:11:39 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Asian and European shares take another hit from the credit crisis after big dips in New York.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guidelines for financial journalists]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:09:44 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMG seeks investors to cut debts]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/SMG_seeks_investors_to_cut_debts/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/SMG_seeks_investors_to_cut_debts/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:09:44 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Business</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares in the media group SMG tumble after the company turned to investors to try to cut its debts.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smoking ban hits JD Wetherspoon]]></title>
<link>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Smoking_ban_hits_JD_Wetherspoon/</link>
<comments>http://www.pfnow.com/Business/Smoking_ban_hits_JD_Wetherspoon/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:09:43 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Business</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Pubs group JD Wetherspoon warns again that the smoking ban in England is hitting sales of drinks.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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