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        <title><![CDATA[Omar Valdimarsson - Former Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Currency ‘Tragedy’ and the Geniuses Tasked With Repairing It]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland's Currency Speculation Opens Rift in Ruling Coalition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 14:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Loomis Sayles Bets Holdouts Will Be Rewarded in Iceland FX Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:38:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hedge Funds, Goldman Rush Into Iceland as Krona Controls End]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 22:26:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland Is Considering a New Tax on Tourists]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:32:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland's Finance Minister Urges Rate Cuts as Krona Controls End]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iceland’s central bank should cut interest rates again to relieve pressure on the krona in conjunction with the dismantling of the capital controls, the nation’s finance minister said.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:15:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland Exits Krona Controls Eight Years After Banking Crash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2017 14:49:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland's Fishing Industry Is Starting to Stink]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Time It's Different, Prime Minister Says as Iceland Booms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland's GDP Soars 10%, so Residents Are Preparing for the Next Crash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The spire of Hallgrimskirkja church, right, stand above residential and commercial property on the city skyline in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Iceland&apos;s prime minister expects hedge funds to pay their &quot;fair share&quot; as the country prepares to dismantle the final barriers to free capital flows. Photographer: Arnaldur Halldorsson/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tourism Riches Spark Battle Over James Bond’s Icelandic Lagoon]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tiniest Developed Economy Ponders Testing Currency Markets]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:37:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland Seeks Monetary Policy Change as Krona Controls Ease]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Funds Step Up Legal Battle After ‘Absurd’ Iceland Ruling]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:52:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Booming Iceland Needs to Sober Up, Governor Warns After Rate Cut]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:49:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland’s Central Bank Cuts Rates to Limit Advance of Krona]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:57:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Currency Springs Central Bank Trap as Iceland Risks Overheating]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland Challenges Iceland U.K. Supermarket Chain Over Name]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:25:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Advertising posters for Iceland Foods Ltd. sit on display in the window of a supermarket in Hornchurch, U.K., on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Iceland Foods Ltd.&apos;s majority shareholder, Landsbanki is in talks with eight banks to handle the sale of its stake in frozen-goods chain Iceland Foods Ltd. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bankers Start to Question Iceland’s Ballooning Currency Reserves]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iceland Shows What Beats Populist Parties: Growth and Jobs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:06:56 GMT</pubDate>
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