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		<title>Median Pay For Top Executives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final figures show that the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million. That works out to a 23 percent gain from 2009. The earlier study had put the median pay at a none-too-shabby $9.6 million, up 12 percent. Total C.E.O. pay hasn’t quite returned to its heady, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Banks Easing Terms on Loans Deemed as Risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As millions of Americans struggle in foreclosure with little hope of relief, big banks are going to borrowers who are not even in default and cutting their debt or easing the mortgage terms, sometimes with no questions asked. Two of the nation’s biggest lenders, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are quietly modifying loans for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euro Area Backs Greek Aid, Looks to New Bailout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The euro area approved its share of a 12 billion-euro ($17.4 billion) aid payment for Greece and pledged to complete work in the coming weeks on a second rescue package for the cash-strapped nation to prevent a default. Finance ministers agreed to disburse 8.7 billion euros of loans under last year’s 110 billion-euro bailout by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans may hit gas again after reserve release</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going lightly on the gas pedal, getting a few dollars of gas rather than filling up, cutting out the cruising, and swapping the BMW for a Dodge Caliber &#8212; those are ways Americans are coping with gasoline prices well above $3 a gallon. But people pumping gas on Friday from Miami to San Francisco saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama takes flak for tapping emergency oil reserves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama took withering fire from the oil industry and Republicans for agreeing to release the nation&#8217;s emergency oil supplies, a decision that senior officials said was prompted by the need to prop up the ailing economy. Critics blasted the release of 30 million barrels of oil &#8212; half of a global injection coordinated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Taxes in the U.S. High or Low?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, the term “tax rate” has meant the average or effective tax rate — that is, taxes as a share of income. The broadest measure of the tax rate is total federal revenues divided by the gross domestic product. By this measure, federal taxes are at their lowest level in more than 60 years. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stupidity of Hope: Greece Is Still Going to Default</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping in mind that the words “hope” and “Greece” should almost never be used in the same sentence, here would be the one exception: Let’s “hope” markets aren’t rallying on “hope” for “Greece.” Hope, apparently, does spring eternal, however, and it seems as though despite all the evidence to the contrary, there are still people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobius Says Fresh Financial Crisis Is Around Corner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management’s emerging markets group, said another financial crisis is inevitable because the causes of the previous one haven’t been resolved. “There is definitely going to be another financial crisis around the corner because we haven’t solved any of the things that caused the previous crisis,” Mobius said at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you must buy a car now, here&#8217;s what to do</title>
		<link>http://finhelper.com/if-you-must-buy-a-car-now-heres-what-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://finhelper.com/if-you-must-buy-a-car-now-heres-what-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 05:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising prices and a looming vehicle shortage make this summer one of the worst times in years to go car shopping. But if your vehicle is on its last leg or your lease is about to come due, here are some tips on how to navigate through a difficult market. • Consider cars with incentives: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best option for car shoppers: Postpone buying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 05:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oksana Grebenjuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inventory shortages caused by the effects of Japan&#8217;s earthquake have led to rising prices for new and used vehicles, creating what one analyst describes as a &#8216;huge seller&#8217;s market.&#8217; Attention all car buyers: The era of cut-rate financing, generous cash-back offers and big discounts is coming to an end. With the effects of the earthquake [...]]]></description>
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