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        <title><![CDATA[Lorraine Woellert - Senior Managing Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Father, a Daughter, and the Housing Market]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[To millennials, homeownership isn’t the safe bet it once was]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorraine Woellert]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:25:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Unpalatable Plan to Rescue Failing Pensions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Business and labor ask Congress for power to cut retirees’ benefits]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:21:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>With more pensions crumbling and their government backstop deep in the red, business and labor ask Congress for power to cut retirees&apos; benefits
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            <title><![CDATA[Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Has Economic Benefits]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Washington’s last amnesty for illegal workers led to higher wages and economic growth]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:31:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Work Share Program Helps Employers Avoid Layoffs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A federal program provides cash for struggling companies to keep workers on the job]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:56:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Every $1 spent on work share could generate $1.64 in economic growth
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            <title><![CDATA[Washington Wades Deeper into Housing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Congress taps Fannie and Freddie for cash and expands the FHA’s reach]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:56:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Foreclosures: Uncle Sam and His 248,000 Homes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. government is swamped with foreclosed houses it can’t sell]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:56:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Steps Up in Mortgages After Fannie, Freddie?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Real Estate Lobby Is Ready to Rumble]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Would-Be Watchdog Woos the Opposition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Time to Rethink Fannie and Freddie]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rising Tab for the Mortgage Mess]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gittelsohn]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A 'Troubled' Immigration Reform Proposal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Bush and the Democrats reach a compromise on immigration reform]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Was Uncle Sam Bilked by IT Kickbacks?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Justice Dept. has accused some of the tech industry's biggest companies of running secret rebate and commission schemes, and more charges are expected]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AT&T vs. the Farm Team]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The telecom giant wants to close a legal loophole that allows rural phone companies to profit from conference-calling and sex-line services]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2007-04-12/at-and-t-vs-dot-the-farm-teambusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HP Fight Forecasts Stormy Proxy Season]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Companies are battling proxy initiatives across the country. Now, shareholders are lashing out with lawsuits, such as the two against Hewlett-Packard]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Justice Softens Investigation Guidelines]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[New rules may make it harder for U.S. attorneys to demand confidential data in fraud probes, or to punish companies if they refuse to comply]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The SEC Opens Up SarbOx]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Regulatory revisions to the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act won't radically ease costs, but the changes will offer some legal relief]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fastow Fingers the Banks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The former Enron CFO says the bankers helped him do it; settlement talks are likely to heat up]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doug Parker Wants to Fly Delta]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US Airways CEO wants to take over Delta Air Lines while it's in bankruptcy. But Delta's boss has other ideas]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former HP Chair Dunn Indicted]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The California AG has charged Dunn with four felony counts, but her lawyer claims they've got the wrong person for the wrong reason]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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