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	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Weekender</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/03/60421/the-weekender-104/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This week on FT Alphaville,

- Fiscal patriotism, we NEED YOU!

- Bubbles, the shampoo and Chinese kind.

- A rogue trader in crude oil.

- Introducing www.franktimis.co.uk.

- Taleb vs Tavakoli goes postal.

- Implied sovereign ratings.

- The league of prime brokers.

- China's MAD dollar strategy....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to profit from a heatwave</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go long sunscreen, perhaps? Barbecue sausages and patio furniture?

What about going short old people?

That idea comes via Brewin Dolphin analysts  Sahill Shan and Chris Glasper in a note on Southern Cross Healthcare, Britain's largest provider of care homes for the elderly.

Here's a taster:

The current heatwave is reportedly leading to a dramatic increase in the number of 999 calls made and the DoH has issued special advice for the elderly and other vulnerable groups....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>In memoriam  - Sam Jones, an FT Alphaville competition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our colleague Sam Jones is leaving us to take up the glamorous role of FT hedge fund correspondent.

We're honouring him with a competition. Rules below.

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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lunch Wrap</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On FT Alphaville Friday morning,

- Some fiscal patriotism.

- Shampoo and China bubbles.

- AIG bringin' down the world in Further reading.

- The human factor in Pink picks.

- Bank of Ireland and bins in Markets Live.

On FT.com,

- UK services sector recovery slows.

- Tesco to face investor no vote....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Markets live transcript 3 Jul 2009</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/03/60416/markets-live/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets live chat transcript for the chat ending at 12:14 on 3 Jul 2009.  Participants in this chat were: Neil Hume, FT (NH) Paul Murphy, FT (PM) &nbsp; NH:good morning and welcome to Markets LiveNH:or what passes for it, the morning after the night beforeNH:it was Sam’s leaving party last night, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fiscal patriotism</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/03/60396/fiscal-patriotism/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps what's needed in this time of state fiscal crisis is a bit of war mentality -- patriotism, solidarity and all that.

That's our takeaway from a piece of research by Goldman Sachs economist, Saleem Bahaj, who notes that:

When thinking about the longer-term prospects for the debt stock, it is important to bear in mind that there have been occasions in the past when sovereigns have been able to digest high levels of debt and fairly quickly return to a more sustainable debt to GDP ratio....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bubbles&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . and before you ask that isn't a reference to the late Michael Jackson's pet chimp, but China's latest runaway IPO.

From FT.com:

Bawang International, a Chinese herbal shampoo maker, shined on its market debut in Hong Kong on Friday, with the shares rising as much as 34 per cent in spite of a falling market....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/03/60366/further-reading-306/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Friday,

- So much for those 'green shoots'.

- How to read US employment figures.

- Smells like deflation.

- How AIG FP brought down the world.

- Statistics and basketball for beginners.

- The return of big pay packages.

- 83 stocks that doubled your money.

- Bill Gross:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pink picks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comment, analysis and other offerings from Friday's FT,

Adam Posen and Nicolas Véron - European banking needs a state-led triage body
The Bank for International Settlements has just announced that national governments have done too little to clean up their banking problems, and it is right. The European Summit concluded that there can be no fiscal federalism to transfer funds between banking systems,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Snap news</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking pre-market news on Friday,

- Bank of Ireland sees impairment charges of €6bn in 3yrs to 2011 - statement.

- Friends Provident completes demerger of stake of in F&C Asset Management - statement.

- Balfour Beatty half year trading in line with expectations - statement.

- Climate Exchange reports 57 per cent rise in June trading - update....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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