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<title><![CDATA[MARKET SNAPSHOT: Stock Rally's Breadth Is A Sign Of Strength, Froth]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stock indexes rallying to new highs have put investors on alert for a correction.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan Stocks Jump In Early Trade On U.S. Cues]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 20:26:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese stocks jumped early Monday on an improved profit outlook, with another record finish for key U.S. benchmarks on Friday aiding several exporters although the yen rebounded from lows against the U.S. dollar over the weekend.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil price probe widens, senator wants Justice Department help]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands and a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice Department to join the investigation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Platts in lockdown as investigators continue oil probe]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[European anti-trust investigators on Thursday searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[R.P. Martin Fires Broker in Libor Mess]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 17:15:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Terry Farr, one of the brokers at the center of the world-wide investigation into alleged interest-rate rigging by banks has been fired, a person familiar with the matter said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil pricing probe widens, Britain pledges tough action]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 12:55:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as a rating agency warned of massive fines if a European Commission's probe into oil pricing found any wrongdoing.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU oil price probe puts Platts in spotlight]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A European investigation into alleged price rigging by major oil companies has drawn attention to leading price agency Platts and the way it sets oil price benchmarks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ASIA MARKETS: Japan's Nikkei Jumps To Reclaim 15,000, Lead Asia]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 04:24:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese shares soared Wednesday on the back of a weaker yen and strengthening expectations for earnings growth, sending the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average above the 15,000-point level for the first time in more than five years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ASIA MARKETS: Japan's Nikkei Reclaims 15,000; Asia Stocks Mixed]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 00:21:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese shares soared Wednesday on the back of a weaker yen and strengthening expectations for earnings growth, sending the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average above the 15,000-point level for the first time in more than five years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Household Debt Down, Margin Debt Up]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 16:13:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The great deleveraging cycle that began after the 2008-09 credit crisis is in full swing.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU probes oil majors on price manipulation]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 11:50:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil as part of a probe into suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IEA urges swift U.S. decision on allowing crude oil exports]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 11:46:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the International Energy Agency on Tuesday urged the United States to decide quickly to allow crude exports, or the industry will find ways to get around restrictions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil, Biofuel Companies May Have Colluded on Price Distortion]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:13 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The European Union's antitrust authorities raided the offices of oil and biofuel companies in two EU member states and Norway on suspicion of distorting prices, the EU Commission said Tuesday. "On 14 May 2013, Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies active in and providing services to the crude oil, refined oil products and biofuels sectors," it said in a statement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU Should Rely on Transactions for Indexes, Barnier Says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 14:05:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tighter supervision of how banks calculate benchmark indexes is unlikely to lead to rules which ban the use of estimates rather than actual transactions, European internal markets Commissioner Michel Barnier said Monday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU Barnier: Should Rely on Rate Indexes Based on Transactions as Much as Possible]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 13:54:56 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tighter supervision of how banks calculate benchmark indexes is unlikely to lead to rules which ban the use of estimates rather than actual transactions, European internal markets Commissioner Michel Barnier said Monday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Denies ISE Appeal on Options Dispute]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 12:35:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court Monday decided not to take up a long-running legal battle between exchanges over the right to trade lucrative options contracts.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Top Court Denies ISE Appeal on Index Options Dispute]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 10:15:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up a long-running legal battle over an exchange's right to trade lucrative options contracts linked to stock indexes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crude Oil Futures Down on Stronger Dollar, Demand Concerns]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 03:25:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Crude oil futures fell in Asian trading Monday, pulled down by a stronger U.S. dollar and warnings from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil cartel about risks to global oil demand.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Libor likely to be replaced by a dual-track system: FT]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 May 2013 17:19:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A dual-track system, including survey-based lending rates along with transaction-linked indices, is likely to replace scandal-hit London interbank lending rate Libor as soon as next year, the Financial Times reported on its website on Sunday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2 Online Valuation Tools for Small Business]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 17:38:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small businesses don’t generate as much interest from financial gurus as their larger Wall Street darling counterparts, but that’s not saying they’re not worthy.]]></description>
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