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		<title>The Neverending Bailout: The U.S. Is Still Owed $133 Billion from Crisis Fund</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/30/the-neverending-bailout-the-u-s-is-still-owed-133-billion-from-crisis-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you thought the bank bailout that started in late 2008 was long gone, you would be far from wrong. The special investigator for TARP, the government fund that was created in the wake of the financial crisis, released a report last week that said the government is still owed $133 billion from the fund. Worse, we're probably never going to get all of our money back. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=22540&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Fed Undermining the Recovery?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/26/is-the-fed-undermining-the-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal reserve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke is playing chicken with the real economy. By most measures, the U.S. economy in the past few months seems to be improving. The unemployment rate has been falling. Manufacturing appears to be perking up. U.S. car companies are back in business. And home sales even rose in December. (LIST: The Heavy Hitters of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=22361&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s Tax Plan Would Save Him Millions &#8212; But Not As Much As Gingrich&#8217;s Would</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/25/romneys-tax-plan-would-save-him-millions-but-not-as-much-as-gingrichs/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/01/25/romneys-tax-plan-would-save-him-millions-but-not-as-much-as-gingrichs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newt gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney would save $3.4 million a year &#8212; roughly 85 times the total pre-tax income of the average American citizen &#8212; if the tax plan he advocates were enacted in the year that he is seeking to be President. In fact, Romney&#8217;s policies would not only shrink what he pays to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=22094&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Snow, No Problem: How Wall Street Profits from Weird Weather</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street & Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merrill lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morgan stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never discount Wall Street&#8217;s ability to turn the most basic parts of life into profits. Mother nature is the latest money spinner for financial firms. Despite the recent Northeast snowstorm, the unseasonably warm winter, and in general a lack of snow, could turn into big profits for the banks, brokerages and insurance firms that deal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=208&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Good Earnings, Big Banks Far From Fixed</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/20/despite-good-earnings-big-banks-far-from-fixed/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/01/20/despite-good-earnings-big-banks-far-from-fixed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies & Industries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t have a strong economy without strong banks. That&#8217;s why President Bush&#8217;s and, later, President Obama&#8217;s first attempts to save the economy from a deep recession were focused around bank bailouts. And the fact that the banks have remained weak, despite the government&#8217;s efforts, is one of the major reasons the economic recovery has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=21550&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Chris Keane / Reuters</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[A Bank of America customer uses an ATM machine at a branch in Greenville, South Carolina Wednesday. ]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Why Economists are Rooting for Inflation</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/10/why-more-economists-are-rooting-for-inflation/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/01/10/why-more-economists-are-rooting-for-inflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In most people&#8217;s minds inflation is up there with unemployment as one of the main ills you don&#8217;t want an economy to come down with. But in fact a growing number of economists are arguing that rising prices are exactly what we need to cure our the current economic maladies. It may not be the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18284&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employment Reality Check: 200,000 New Jobs Is a Good Start, but Good Times May Still Be a Decade Away</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/06/employment-reality-check-200000-new-jobs-is-a-good-start-but-good-times-may-still-be-a-decade-away/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/01/06/employment-reality-check-200000-new-jobs-is-a-good-start-but-good-times-may-still-be-a-decade-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Companies are hiring again. That's the good news. The bad news is those hires might not be coming fast enough.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18258&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Paranormal Economy: Why One Investor Says the &#8216;New Normal&#8217; Is Over</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/01/06/welcome-to-the-paranormal-economy-why-one-investor-says-the-new-normal-is-over/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/01/06/welcome-to-the-paranormal-economy-why-one-investor-says-the-new-normal-is-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street & Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of phrases that have grown out of our current economic malaise. The housing bust. Black Swans. The Mancession. Financial Contagion. The growth recession. QE2. But above all else the phrase that most people seem to agree has capture best the essence of the post financial crisis economy is &#8220;The New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18234&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can the U.S. Recovery Continue Without Europe?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/12/15/can-the-u-s-recovery-continue-without-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2011/12/15/can-the-u-s-recovery-continue-without-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A strange thing has happened as the debt crisis in Europe has gotten worse: The U.S. economy has, surprisingly, improved.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18174&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Realtor Revise: Housing Downturn Was Worse Than We Thought</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/12/15/realtor-revise-housing-downturn-was-worse-than-we-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[existing-home sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national association of realtors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It may not seem possible, but the horrific housing market crash of the past few years has actually been worse than we previously thought.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18155&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Shoppers Save the Economy?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/12/13/will-shoppers-save-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. consumer is back, but how long can that keep the economy going?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18075&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Corzine Guilty of Raiding MF Global&#8217;s Client Accounts?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/12/09/is-corzine-guilty-of-raiding-mf-globals-client-accounts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street & Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the law, intentions are often relevant. But that might not be enough to save Jon Corzine, the former politician and more recently former head of failed commodities and futures brokerage firm MF Global<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=18051&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Raises Have Become Rare</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/12/08/despite-drop-in-unemployment-rate-wages-still-a-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of fat is rising faster than your paycheck, about five times as fast. And it&#8217;s not only the price of butter and oil at the supermarket that are making your pay increases &#8211; if you are getting any at all &#8211; look slim. In the past year, the prices of clothing, public transportation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17984&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Unemployment Falls to 8.6%: Amazing News, But Is It a Game Changer?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/12/02/american-unemployment-falls-to-8-6-amazing-news-but-is-it-a-game-changer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double-dip recession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job gains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when we were expecting the economy to go boom it went zoom<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17819&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Latest Euro Bank Bailout is Bullish for America</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/11/30/why-the-lastest-euro-bank-bailout-is-bullish-for-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bottom-line truth about today's Federal Reserve-led coordinated effort by six of the developed worlds' central banks to ease the liquidity problems of European financial institutions is this: It doesn't change anything<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17787&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines: Bankrupt Companies Are Healthier Than They Used to Be</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/11/30/american-airlines-bankrupt-companies-are-healthier-than-they-used-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies & Industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having $4 billion in the bank is not your typical definition of broke. That's why American Airlines' parent company AMR surprised a bunch of people —  particularly, one presumes, the five Wall Street analysts who still rated the company's shares a "buy" — when it filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17774&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Was the Government Bailout of AIG Illegal?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/11/22/was-the-government-bailout-of-aig-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2011/11/22/was-the-government-bailout-of-aig-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street & Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here's what we have learned for sure during the past three years: No one likes bailouts. Not even, apparently, the people being bailed out<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17743&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Europe, U.S. Economy Appears to be Gaining Steam</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/11/18/despite-europe-u-s-economy-appears-to-be-gaining-steam/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2011/11/18/despite-europe-u-s-economy-appears-to-be-gaining-steam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy & Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the real economic recovery, perhaps. And it appears Europe won&#8217;t spoil the party. Even though the recession officially ended in June 2009, the economy has continued to struggle to get off the floor. And to many people the downturn looked like it never ended.  But in the past few weeks a number of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17724&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Americans Calling it Quits: Another Sign the Job Market May be Better Than it Looks</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/11/17/more-americans-calling-it-quits-another-sign-the-job-market-may-be-better-than-it-looks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 14 million people unable to find work and job prospects seemingly bleak, why are more employees calling it quits? According to government data released last week, in the first nine months of the year, about 17.3 million people left their jobs by choice. That&#8217;s up 9% from last year, when  just under 16 million [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17710&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Crappy Wall Street Deal Produces Nation&#8217;s Largest Ever Municipal Bankruptcy, Finally</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2011/11/10/a-crappy-wall-street-deal-produces-nations-largest-ever-municipal-bankruptcy-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Gandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County has long been the canary in the municipal bond market coal mine - a sign that there were big problems brewing in the market for local government debt that could spread like the bank problems in 2008, and we fear Italy and the rest of Europe's debt problems now, to the rest of the economy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=17690&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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