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		<title><![CDATA[Economy Appears to Have Turned - Dale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Falloon and Fiona ShaikhLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Britain appears to be emerging from recession and, although headwinds remain, policymakers need to be wary of driving up asset prices with loose policy, Bank of England Chief Economist Spencer Dale said on Wednesday.But Dale said there was no strong evidence...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:00:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Countries Must Unwind Stimulus: McKibbin]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A "bubble" may be forming in global markets due to the very low base rates of interest put in place during the financial crisis and regulators must act quickly to unwind the stimulus, a central bank board member has warned.Reserve Bank of Australia RBA board member Warwick McKibbin, who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Speedier Stimulus May Mean a Quicker Exit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christina FincherLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The Bank of England has raced far ahead of its peers along the quantitative easing road, but it could overtake other central banks in the reverse direction when the time comes to tighten.Although the Bank's rhetoric remains more dovish than that of the European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:45:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UK Needs Firm Plan to Cut Borrowing-OECD]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Britain needs to come up with a concrete plan to cut its ballooning budget deficit to soothe concerns about the stability of the public finances, a leading think-tank said on Thursday.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said ultra-loose monetary policy and government measures have helped...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:16:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan Extra Stimulus Likely]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stanley White and Tetsushi KajimotoTOKYO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Japan's government inched towards agreeing new stimulus measures that could be worth $30 billion (18 billion pounds) on Monday as economic growth is likely to slow next year due to sluggish personal spending and rising inventories.Economists doubt whether that amount will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:30:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank Report May Signal QE Wind Down]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fiona ShaikhLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Inflation will hit its 2 percent target and growth will return in the medium term, new Bank of England forecasts are expected to show on Wednesday, signalling the economy is ready to be weaned off its stimulus.The forecasts will have underpinned the Monetary Policy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:31:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank Report May Signal QE Wind Down]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fiona ShaikhLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Inflation will hit its 2 percent target and growth will return in the medium term, new Bank of England forecasts are expected to show on Wednesday, signalling the economy is ready to be weaned off its stimulus.The forecasts will have underpinned the Monetary Policy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:31:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackboard Inc.Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Michael Nemeroff - Wedbush Morgan Securities. Michael Nemeroff - Wedbush Morgan Securities One for Mike Chasen and then one for Mike Beach, if I may; Mike, if you could just maybe give us an update on what&#8217;s going on internationally,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:09:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MDU Resources Group Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Paul Ridzon - KeyBanc. Paul Ridzon - KeyBanc What impact on the DD&A rate will the Bakken sale have? Steve Bietz At this point our DD&A rate on a go forward basis is expected to be similar to what it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:44:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumers Aren't Buying Stimulus Jobs "Success"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm getting sick and tired of everyone talking about how much worse shape we would be in, but for (fill in the blank: TARP, stimulus, auto bail outs...) Even if it's true, it doesn't make anyone feel better. That's what I keep thinking when Obama Administration officials sound like cheerleaders...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:30:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Report Accurate?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A White House report on jobs created by the stimulus program is coming under fire after an earlier report card showed multiple errors. Chip Reid reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:02:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cerner Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from the line of Sean Wieland from Piper. Sean, you may proceed.  Sean Wieland - Piper Hi, thanks. On this stimulus demand that you're seeing and forecasting for the fourth quarter in 2010, how do you go about quantifying...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:46:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orion Energy Systems, Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We&#8217;ll take a question from Glenn Wortman with Sidoti & Company. Glenn Wortman &#8211; Sidoti & Company Can you guys give more detail on where you saw the improved order rates during the quarter and how those order rates are tracking so far in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:05:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Hasn't the Stimulus Reduced Unemployment?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama's economic team predicted unemployment would hit 8.8 percent during this recession without the stimulus.  So why have we already exceeded the White House's worst expectations? by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:44:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Broadband Stimulus Attracting A Great Deal Of Attention As Echostar Sets Record]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the "Stimulus" bill or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA signed by President Obama in March was a provision to set aside about $4 billion to aid in expanding broadband coverage.  Part of this is also to be used in especially low served rural areas....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:00:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brown puts fiscal stimulus centre stage]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A series of ministers will use this week's Labour party conference to claim government action helped pull the country back from the economic abyss, while their Tory counterparts will as surely use their own conference next week to blame the government for the downturn's depth.Gordon Brown drew the battle...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Package Report Card: Has It Worked?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far, at least some of the $787 billion stimulus package is showing signs of success. But what about the longer term? And will it have been worth the cost?   The answer is that at least some of the spending has goosed the economy. But it&#8217;s a tricky...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nuclear Clean Up Contracts Cleaning Up On Stimulus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the largest contracts let under the stimulus program are to clean up Hanford and Savannah River nuclear sites.  The Department of Energy is using stimulus funds to augment their already planned budget. by Matthew Potter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:52:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[International Debate On Stimulus Spending Heats Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the world various governments and their political opposition are entering into a robust debate on the overall effect of the different stimulus programs that have been tried to counter the effects of the economic downturn. by Matthew Potter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:00:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hibbett Sports, Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 08/01/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Certainly. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Dan Wewer - Raymond James. Dan Wewer - Raymond James  Mickey or Jeff, can you remind us the last time that Hibbett went through a cycle where footwear sales were down in this mid to high teen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:21:02 -0700</pubDate>
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