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		<title>Further further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/881791/further-further-reading-302/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the commute home, or to the flower and chocolate store,- Love stinks: an economic manifesto.- Understanding the great trade collapse of 2009.- Felix on Occupy the SEC&#8217;s...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the commute home, or to the flower and chocolate store,<br /><br />- Love stinks: an economic manifesto.<br /><br />- Understanding the great trade collapse of 2009.<br /><br />- Felix on Occupy the SEC&#8217;s...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Banks institute renminbi safeguards</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881761/banks-institute-renminbi-safeguards/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881761/banks-institute-renminbi-safeguards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world’s biggest banks have taken steps to protect themselves from the risk of a collapse of the offshore renminbi market in Hong Kong, allowing them to postpone payments...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The world’s biggest banks have taken steps to protect themselves from the risk of a collapse of the offshore renminbi market in Hong Kong, allowing them to postpone payments...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pressure rises on private equity bosses’ tax bills</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881731/pressure-rises-on-private-equity-bosses%e2%80%99-tax-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881731/pressure-rises-on-private-equity-bosses%e2%80%99-tax-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressure is rising across the globe to raise taxes for private equity bosses, with German and Swedish authorities pushing for legislative changes and a leading US pension fund...]]></description>
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		<title>China IP dispute threatens iPad exports</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881711/china-ip-dispute-threatens-ipad-exports/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881711/china-ip-dispute-threatens-ipad-exports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apple’s long-running dispute over the iPad trademark in China could threaten global shipments of the popular tablet as the company which registered the trademark in the country...]]></description>
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		<title>Investors cautious after conflicting signals</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881691/investors-cautious-after-conflicting-signals/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881691/investors-cautious-after-conflicting-signals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Global stocks fell and the euro remained under pressure as a string of economic reports in the US failed to offset the gloom sparked late on Monday by Moody’s, which downgraded...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Global stocks fell and the euro remained under pressure as a string of economic reports in the US failed to offset the gloom sparked late on Monday by Moody’s, which downgraded...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EU officials shelve Greece meeting</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881671/eu-officials-shelve-greece-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881671/eu-officials-shelve-greece-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eurozone officials have called off an emergency meeting of finance ministers to approve a vital €130bn bail-out for Athens amid a growing fight among the country’s European...]]></description>
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		<title>The Juncker statement</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/881521/the-juncker-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/881521/the-juncker-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juncker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What, you people thought I was joking about the €325 mil and a promise from Samaras not to renegotiate terms later? Then watch this.&#8221; &#8211; JCOkay, that&#8217;s...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;What, you people thought I was joking about the €325 mil and a promise from Samaras not to renegotiate terms later? Then watch this.&#8221; &#8211; JC<br /><br />Okay, that&#8217;s...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>On the promise of exports</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/879731/on-the-promise-of-exports/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/879731/on-the-promise-of-exports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s announcement, in January 2010, of his aim to double US exports in five years had the &#8220;benefit&#8221; of timing, coming so soon after the historic...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s announcement, in January 2010, of his aim to double US exports in five years had the &#8220;benefit&#8221; of timing, coming so soon after the historic...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>On balkanisation and credit claims</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/881111/on-balkanisation-and-credit-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/881111/on-balkanisation-and-credit-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquidity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LTRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We missed Willem Buiter&#8217;s comments on &#8220;additional credit claim&#8221; ECB collateral when they were published on Monday. But since it&#8217;s pretty strong stuff from...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We missed Willem Buiter&#8217;s comments on &#8220;additional credit claim&#8221; ECB collateral when they were published on Monday. But since it&#8217;s pretty strong stuff from...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another piece of the LTRO puzzle</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/879841/another-piece-of-the-ltro-puzzle/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/879841/another-piece-of-the-ltro-puzzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquidity operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The point has been made before that rising deposits at the ECB do not, (repeat, not) indicate that banks are &#8220;hoarding liquidity&#8221;.Here&#8217;s Guy Debelle, assistant...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The point has been made before that rising deposits at the ECB do not, (repeat, not) indicate that banks are &#8220;hoarding liquidity&#8221;.<br /><br />Here&#8217;s Guy Debelle, assistant...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nortel hacking went on for years</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881021/nortel-hacking-went-on-for-years/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/881021/nortel-hacking-went-on-for-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese hackers had undetected access to sensitive Nortel data for almost a decade from 2000, the WSJ reports. The extent to which Nortel, the once-mighty telecoms giant, was compromised...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chinese hackers had undetected access to sensitive Nortel data for almost a decade from 2000, the WSJ reports. The extent to which Nortel, the once-mighty telecoms giant, was compromised...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Low gas prices lead Chesapeake into $12bn asset sale</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880981/low-gas-prices-lead-chesapeake-into-12bn-asset-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880981/low-gas-prices-lead-chesapeake-into-12bn-asset-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy plans to raise $12bn from asset sales in 2012, its latest effort to reduce debt amid the current slough in natural gas prices, the FT says. A deal to sell future...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy plans to raise $12bn from asset sales in 2012, its latest effort to reduce debt amid the current slough in natural gas prices, the FT says. A deal to sell future...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Surprise warning for UK from Moody&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880961/surprise-warning-for-uk-from-moodys/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880961/surprise-warning-for-uk-from-moodys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s has placed the UK&#8217;s AAA rating on negative outlook alongside France and Austria, in a barrage of ratings actions in response to the eurozone debt crisis, says Reuters....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s has placed the UK&#8217;s AAA rating on negative outlook alongside France and Austria, in a barrage of ratings actions in response to the eurozone debt crisis, says Reuters....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>iPad 3 in March, and smaller tablet also in pipeline</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880931/ipad-3-in-march-and-smaller-tablet-also-in-pipeline/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880931/ipad-3-in-march-and-smaller-tablet-also-in-pipeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon and AT&#38;T will sell Apple&#8217;s latest tablet on their next-generation 4G wireless networks, after Apple unveils the third version of its iPad tablet in the first week of March,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Verizon and AT&amp;T will sell Apple&#8217;s latest tablet on their next-generation 4G wireless networks, after Apple unveils the third version of its iPad tablet in the first week of March,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Google-Motorola Mobility clears antitrust</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880901/google-motorola-mobility-clears-antitrust/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880901/google-motorola-mobility-clears-antitrust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motorola mobility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regulators in the US and EU have given grudging approval to Google&#8217;s $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the company&#8217;s biggest gambit in the smartphone patent wars,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Regulators in the US and EU have given grudging approval to Google&#8217;s $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the company&#8217;s biggest gambit in the smartphone patent wars,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bank of Japan expands policy easing</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880831/bank-of-japan-expands-policy-easing/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880831/bank-of-japan-expands-policy-easing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[central banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s central bank has surprised markets by adding another $128bn to its asset purchases and adopting a one per cent inflation target &#8220;for the time being&#8221;, says Bloomberg....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s central bank has surprised markets by adding another $128bn to its asset purchases and adopting a one per cent inflation target &#8220;for the time being&#8221;, says Bloomberg....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>UPDATED: Not German enough</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/880751/not-german-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/880751/not-german-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The report is out &#8212; click to open the pdf:We explained earlier that the EU&#8217;s first report on economic imbalances (the Alert Mechanism Report) is due to...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[UPDATE: The report is out &#8212; click to open the pdf:<br /><br /><br /><br />We explained earlier that the EU&#8217;s first report on economic imbalances (the Alert Mechanism Report) is due to...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>From the BoJ with love</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/880581/from-the-boj-with-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Izabella Kaminska</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bank of Japan on Tuesday, February 14:At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided to amend the &#8220;Principal Terms and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the Bank of Japan on Tuesday, February 14:<br /><br />At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided to amend the &#8220;Principal Terms and...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/880601/further-reading-957/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/880601/further-reading-957/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Izabella Kaminska</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Tuesday,- It&#8217;s deflation and inflation.- Why art isn&#8217;t a commodity.- Everyone loves VXX options.- Understanding the great trade collapse of 2008-2009....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Tuesday,<br /><br />- It&#8217;s deflation and inflation.<br /><br />- Why art isn&#8217;t a commodity.<br /><br />- Everyone loves VXX options.<br /><br />- Understanding the great trade collapse of 2008-2009....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>UK car trade deficit at 36-year low</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880471/uk-car-trade-deficit-at-36-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880471/uk-car-trade-deficit-at-36-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s trade deficit in cars is at its smallest since 1976 as the country’s automakers profit from buoyant overseas demand for their vehicles, reports the FT, citing unpublished...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Britain’s trade deficit in cars is at its smallest since 1976 as the country’s automakers profit from buoyant overseas demand for their vehicles, reports the FT, citing unpublished...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rangers lodges papers for administration</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880431/rangers-lodges-papers-for-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880431/rangers-lodges-papers-for-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rangers, the 140-year-old Scottish football club, has lodged legal papers signalling it intends to enter administration, reports the FT. The move came as the defending Scottish...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rangers, the 140-year-old Scottish football club, has lodged legal papers signalling it intends to enter administration, reports the FT. The move came as the defending Scottish...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moody’s shifts outlook for UK and France</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880361/moody%e2%80%99s-shifts-outlook-for-uk-and-france/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880361/moody%e2%80%99s-shifts-outlook-for-uk-and-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AAA rating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rating agency Moody&#8217;s warned on Monday it may cut the triple-A ratings of France, the United Kingdom and Austria, and it downgraded six other European nations including Italy,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rating agency Moody&#8217;s warned on Monday it may cut the triple-A ratings of France, the United Kingdom and Austria, and it downgraded six other European nations including Italy,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BoJ introduces more easing</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880351/boj-introduces-more-easing/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880351/boj-introduces-more-easing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank of japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary easing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan surprised markets Tuesday by implementing new easing policies and moving closer to an explicit price target, the latest sign of growing worries around the world...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan surprised markets Tuesday by implementing new easing policies and moving closer to an explicit price target, the latest sign of growing worries around the world...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Overnight markets: Mixed</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880111/overnight-markets-down-195/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880111/overnight-markets-down-195/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian shares drifted lower on renewed concerns about the fallout of the eurozone debt crisis after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded six European countries including Italy...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Asian shares drifted lower on renewed concerns about the fallout of the eurozone debt crisis after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded six European countries including Italy...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>ISS looking into employee kickback claims</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880101/iss-looking-into-employee-kickback-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880101/iss-looking-into-employee-kickback-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Institutional Shareholder Services, a provider of proxy voting services for corporations, is investigating whether an employee was selling, for cash and other gifts, non-public...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Institutional Shareholder Services, a provider of proxy voting services for corporations, is investigating whether an employee was selling, for cash and other gifts, non-public shareholder voting data,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Further MF Global funds returned in UK</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880171/biggest-winner-of-mf-global-accounts-expands-more/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880171/biggest-winner-of-mf-global-accounts-expands-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liquidators of failed brokerage MF Global will start returning funds to a further 1,300 UK clients next week, the FT says, after returning a total of $3m to 600 others in a first...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Liquidators of failed brokerage MF Global will start returning funds to a further 1,300 UK clients next week, the FT says, after returning a total of $3m to 600 others in a first...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama targets rich with tax proposals</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880131/obama-targets-rich-with-tax-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880131/obama-targets-rich-with-tax-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has sharpened the divisions with his Republican rivals ahead of this year’s presidential election, the FT says, with a 2013 budget proposal that more than doubles...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Barack Obama has sharpened the divisions with his Republican rivals ahead of this year’s presidential election, the FT says, with a 2013 budget proposal that more than doubles...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>France to push on with trading tax</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880121/france-to-push-on-with-trading-tax-2/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880121/france-to-push-on-with-trading-tax-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Mackenzie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Briefings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[francois baroin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[France is determined to press ahead with a financial transaction tax inspired by the UK’s stamp duty and supported by at least eight other eurozone countries, the country’s...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[France is determined to press ahead with a financial transaction tax inspired by the UK’s stamp duty and supported by at least eight other eurozone countries, the country’s...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s the most imbalanced of all (EU members)?</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/879781/whos-the-most-imbalanced-of-all-eu-members/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/14/879781/whos-the-most-imbalanced-of-all-eu-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cardiff Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[EU Excessive Imbalances Procedure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a graphic designed to give one a headache (click to embiggen)&#8230;To clear things up, it&#8217;s a projected scorecard from RBC Capital Markets representing...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a graphic designed to give one a headache (click to embiggen)&#8230;<br /><br /><br /><br />To clear things up, it&#8217;s a projected scorecard from RBC Capital Markets representing...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s vs Europe &#8212; in full</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/13/879831/moodys-vs-europe-in-full/</link>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/13/879831/moodys-vs-europe-in-full/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Cotterill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[credit ratings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain and Italy downgraded, France (and the UK) on negative outlook. The EFSF affirmed. A slew of Moody&#8217;s ratings actions on the eurozone crisis late on Monday&#8230;...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Spain and Italy downgraded, France (and the UK) on negative outlook. The EFSF affirmed. A slew of Moody&#8217;s ratings actions on the eurozone crisis late on Monday&#8230;...]]></content:encoded>
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