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		<title>Double-Dip Recession Fears Back in Market</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/07/double-dip-recession-fears-putting-scare-back-in-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A slew of troubling market factors have collided to send investors looking for safety amid concerns that the economy may slip back into a deeper recession.]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Recovery Will Be Long Slow Climb?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/06/study-shows-economic-recovery-will-be-a-long-slow-climb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UCLA Anderson Forecast makes the case for a tepid recovery from the national recession, with unemployment levels slowly declining.]]></description>
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		<title>Who Will Bail Out America?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Security, Medicare and the retirement of the baby boom generation wasn't enough of a burden for the American taxpayer. We will now be paying as well for the generous pensions of Greek bureaucrats retiring in the warm Mediterranean sun at age 55, thanks to the foresighted leadership of our very own international statesman, Barack Obama.]]></description>
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		<title>What Will It Take to Save Greece?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/06/time-what-will-it-take-to-save-greece/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Greece's debt crisis spreading, economists are warning that the $60 billion rescue package isn't enough. Standard &#038; Poor's downgraded Greek debt to junk-bond status on Tuesday, sending the markets into a new tailspin. EU officials are scrambling to assure investors that Greece is on the right track]]></description>
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		<title>Greek Debt Crisis Preview of What Awaits U.S.?</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/greek-debt-crisis-offers-preview-of-what-awaits-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/greek-debt-crisis-offers-preview-of-what-awaits-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 18:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American leaders fiddle as excess borrowing roils financial markets.]]></description>
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		<title>Shitty Economy Makes US a Greener Place</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/shitty-economy-makes-us-a-greener-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions dropped a record 7 percent in the U.S. in 2009, the largest decline in more than 60 years as the country faced an economic recession.]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai seeks plan to bail out $80 Billion debt</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/dubai-seeks-plan-to-bail-out-80-billion-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/dubai-seeks-plan-to-bail-out-80-billion-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 18:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dubai's government said Sunday it is creating a finance team assigned to draft a four-year financial plan and making recommendations on fiscal needs in the cash-strapped emirate.]]></description>
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		<title>Greece Crisis: Fears grow that it could spread</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/greece-crisis-fears-grow-that-it-could-spread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 04:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ban on short-selling on Greece&#8217;s stock market following steep falls in bank shares. The ban is designed to prevent investors betting on falls in share prices.
Read The Full Article Here:
Greece crisis: Fears grow that it could spread
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8648029.stm
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		<title>Lessons From Japan&#8217;s Economic Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/lessons-from-japan%e2%80%99s-economic-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/lessons-from-japan%e2%80%99s-economic-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 04:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Few countries were hit as hard by the global financial crisis as Japan. But despite its troubles, Japan has recovered faster from the financial crisis than most other nations &#8212; including the US.
Read The Full Article Here:
Lessons From Japan&#8217;s Economic Recovery 
http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/lessons-from-japans-economic-recovery/
]]></description>
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		<title>The Federal Debt: How To Lose A Trillion Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelgordonsblog.com/wp/2010/05/the-federal-debt-how-to-lose-a-trillion-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 04:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Debt will reach $916 billion by the end of the decade. Although everyone can see the train wreck coming, lawmakers seem powerless to stop it. 
Read The Full Article Here:
The Federal Debt: How To Lose A Trillion Dollars
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126413824
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