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		<title><![CDATA[Lowe's: 'Feeling Better']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Earlier in the week, Lowe's Cos. LOW said in the third quarter it saw improved sales in several major big-ticket categories, including major appliances and flooring projects.Same-store-sales declines for Lowe's progressively moderated as Q3 advanced, with October same-store sales only dropping 5.6%, following a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:38:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPS and Fedex Will Need 64,000 Additional Holiday Workers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  On Monday UPS announced that its projections show it will handle more parcel deliveries this holiday season than it did last year. UPS it will deliver about 400 million packages worldwide between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Furthermore, UPS announced that it will hire 50,000 temporary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:33:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Add Japan to the Better-than-Expected Growth Column]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Rapidly growing neighbors as well as government stimulus programs helped Japan return to growth much more quickly than anyone had expected. Japan's Q3 growth surged sharply at a 4.8% annualized clip. It was Japan's second consecutive quarter of growth -- accelerating from the 2.7%...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:23:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreclosure Rates Continue Their Steady Decline]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  In October the number of U.S. properties for which a foreclosure filing was received declined for the third month sequentially according to a RealtyTrac report released on Wednesday.  The report is a further indication that foreclosures are beginning to subside and that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:04:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local Media Agrees: U.S. Housing Outlook Improves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Sales of previously owned homes rose across the country during the third quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors.Nationally, sales were up 5.9 percent from the third quarter of last year. Previously owned homes changed hands at a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:11:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Growth Probably Now at 4.5 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  The economy continues to rebuild itself and the manufacturing sector has now grown for three consecutive months. According to the Institute for Supply Management, their PMI registered 55.7 percent. That is 3.1 percentage points higher than the 52.6 percent reported in September. It was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:13:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q3 Earnings Season Underscores Rebound]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  While skeptics remain, Q3 earnings season kicked off on Wednesday with almost all those announcing earnings surprising to the upside. Alcoa AA, the firm which much earlier in the year pegged the global turnaround, swung to a profit in Q3. "We do clearly see...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:10:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bloggers Post an Abundance of Good Economic News]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Three of our favorite blogs are: Positive Economic News, Carpe Diem, and Calafia Beach Pundit.  Each posted an overabundance of great economic news last week: From Positive Economic News:----------------------------1. Toyota TM raised its world 2009/10 sales forecast by 3 percent citing a recovery...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:44:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Newton's Third Law: DJIA Poised for Epic Rise?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."   Newton's statement implies that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting systems. The size of the forces on the first system equals the size of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:48:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Economic Growth Rate Now Likely Near 3.7% Annually]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  We've continued to point to the ISM Manufacturing Index as a superb indicator of what is occurring in the overall US economy. In addition to reporting the manufacturing sector conditions, the ISM's PMI index has an impressive track record in GDP growth correlation. A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:09:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Clunkermania: Top Good News Economic Story of the Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  This week marked the end of the Cash for Clunkers program. Many have called it one of the best economic stimulus programs ever implemented. Of course the White House has called it "Wildly Successful." "This is one of the best economic news stories we&#8217;ve...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:58:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Second Half Growth: Coming on Strong]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Back in mid-July, Intel INTC gave us the first glimpses of a stronger than expected Q3. They made it clear then that Q3 growth would be anything but lackluster. On Friday they underscored that assertion by further raising their Q3 outlook. Now it's likely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:40:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another Dozen Housing Markets Improve]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Back in June we pointed out a dozen housing markets that were showing pricing improvement.  This week revealed a dozen more. A jump in the national S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index further clarifies that the price drops of the past few years are now...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:19:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pending Home Sales: Longest String of Monthly Gains in Six years]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  On Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors announced that the pending home sales index for June jumped 3.6 percent. The gain is the fifth such monthly gain in a row and represents the longest string of surges in six years! Year-over-year comparisons also now...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:49:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Home Sales Jump as Supply Plummets; Prices Bounce Higher]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  New home sales added to our run of good news in the housing market on Monday. Sales jumped 11.0 percent in June to an annual rate of 384,000 and the highest rate this year -- well above any economists' estimates. In fact the month-to-month...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:27:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Clunkermania: Obama's Cars Act Off to a Good Start]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  In June, President Obama signed the Cars Act. It makes $1 billion available for Americans that trade their fuel inefficient vehicles for brand new, greener ones.Some dealerships have accepted cars in the program since July 1. However, most dealers were waiting for Friday in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:01:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taxpayers Earn 23% Return on Goldman TARP Investment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Federal taxpayers received a 23% annualized return on their investment in Goldman Sachs GS. On Wednesday Goldman announced that calculation by combining the interest it paid before repaying the Treasury&#8217;s $10 billion principal loan with the warrant buyback payments it made this week. Goldman...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:02:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lackluster Recovery? Not According to Intel]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  Many economists have claimed that as recovery begins in the current economic cycle that the rebound will be lifeless. However several economists andindices argue that many times deeper than average recessions are followed by a significant economic rebounds. by The Good News Economist]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:13:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TARP Warrants: Good News for Taxpayers?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  On Friday it was announced that State Street Corp. STT became the first of 10 large banks to repurchase warrants held by the US Treasury. The warrants were put in place to assure that taxpayers are rewarded for their collective TARP loan to banks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:05:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Initial Claims at Lowest Rate Since January as Auto Plants Restart]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Good News Economist submits:  The rate of new claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since January, and a close look at the pattern of layoffs in the automotive industry provided additional good news for auto workers. The government said that initial claims fell by 52,000...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:50:08 -0700</pubDate>
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