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			<title>City job vacancies rise on the month</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1826&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Hiring within the City gained some momentum during April, up 10 per cent rise on March.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:36:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Drop in US CEO direct compensation</title>
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			<description>CEO direct compensation among large US firms is declining in the face of a slowing economy. </description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:50:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Manufacturing and retail administrations down</title>
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			<description>The manufacturing and retail sectors have seen a significant drop in the number of administrations.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:20:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Local government strike ballot planned</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1819&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Local government employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will vote on possible strikes.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:14:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Sheffield and Belfast comeback hailed</title>
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			<description>Two UK cities are completing a full recovery after the collapse of the manufacturing industry.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Recruitment firm Hat Pin in administration</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1811&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>AIM-listed recruitment consultancy Hat Pin Plc has  called in the administrators </description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:44:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>King warns of pain before recovery</title>
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			<description>The Bank of England says that the outlook for inflation has &amp;ldquo;deteriorated markedly&amp;rdquo; over the past three months.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 03:50:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>RMT ballots members over rail strike</title>
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			<description>The RMT transport union will ballot 17,000 members at Network Rail over a possible strike.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:06:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Globalisation expected to accelarate</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1801&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Executives believe that trade protectionism and an economic downturn will not slow globalisation.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:13:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Consumer inflation rises to 3% in April</title>
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			<description>Consumer Price Index annual inflation was up from 2.5% in March to 3.0% in April.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 03:06:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>House purchase loans halve in one year</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1797&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Mortgage lending for house purchase remained subdued in March, mortgage lenders say.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 02:09:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Centrica sues Accenture over IT system</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1793&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>British Gas is suing Accenture over problems in implementing a new customer billing system.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:55:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Customers reject end of free banking</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1792&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>The recent high court ruling on bank charges could lead to the silent majority of account holders being worse off.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Thousands more post offices at risk</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1791&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>The Government has been urged not to remove sub postmasters&amp;#39; right to handle state pensions and benefits payments.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:02:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Deficit narrowed to £4.0bn in March</title>
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			<description>The UK&amp;rsquo;s deficit on trade in goods and services was &amp;pound;4.0 billion in March.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 03:52:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Production prices rise at record pace</title>
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			<description>Output price annual inflation for all manufactured products rose to 7.5 per cent in April.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 03:20:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Banks forecast to shed 40,000 jobs</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1783&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Financial services jobs are particularly vulnerable as the fallout from the credit crunch continues. </description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:05:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Repossession claims rise by 16%</title>
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			<description>The first quarter of 2008 saw a shock rise in mortgage repossession actions. </description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:08:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Bank of England holds rates at 5.0%</title>
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			<description>The Monetary Policy Committee has kept  interest rates unchanged, as had been predicted.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 04:03:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Government in green collar job boost</title>
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			<description>Environmental industries may employ a million UK workers within the next two decades.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 02:54:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Confidence continues to drop in April</title>
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			<description>Sixty per cent of consumers believe now is a bad time to make a major purchase.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 02:28:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Oil prices could damage any recovery</title>
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			<description>High oil prices have the potential to snuff out any recovery in the UK and global economies.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Regional mixed picture in manufacturing</title>
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			<description>The CBI warns that 18,000 manufacturing jobs will be lost in the second quarter of this year.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 05:00:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Chinese espionage alert in Belgium</title>
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			<description>The Belgian government has warned of Chinese cyber attacks on its computer systems.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 09:52:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Brown pays high price for 10p tax</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1748&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Anger over the abolition of the 10p tax rate has resulted in Labour&amp;#39;s worst local election results for 40 years.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 05:11:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Mayor Boris: Let's get cracking</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1747&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>A lack of transparency over hand-outs to special interest groups may have contributed to Ken Livingstone losing his job as...</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 02:40:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Insolvency figures show mixed picture</title>
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			<description>There were 3,210 liquidations in England and Wales in the first quarter of 2008 on a seasonally adjusted basis.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:54:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Smith &amp; Nephew in sales probe hit</title>
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			<description>Smith   Nephew has announced $100m in lost sales due to &amp;lsquo;unacceptable sales practices&amp;rsquo; in one of its European...</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:02:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Sacked print workers to demonstrate</title>
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			<description>Hundreds of sacked workers at Somerset printers Butler   Tanner are to mount a demonstration on Friday.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 02:46:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>House prices in 1.3% fall in April</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1753&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>House prices fell by 1.3 per cent in April, while they were 0.9 per cent lower on an annual basis.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Bank of England calls for confidence</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1752&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>The Bank of England says the worst of the credit crunch is over in its Financial Stability Report. </description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lack of credit fuels rise in fraud</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1733&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>A lack of easy credit combined with increased security are fuelling a rise in smaller frauds.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:38:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Half of EU migrants have left UK</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1732&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>About half of the people who moved to Britain from the countries that joined the European Union on 1 May...</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:09:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Chinese market is not one size fits all</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1729&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Staying power and adaptability are key to corporate success in China, says Catherine Bolgar. </description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:44:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>S&amp;P sees moderate German slowdown</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1723&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Strong fundamentals are predicted to cushion the German economy against the credit crunch.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:13:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Corporate insolvencies at record level</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1716&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>The number of corporate insolvencies in quarter one of 2008 rose by 21 per cent compared to the last quarter...</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:11:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Phased rollout for new Faster Payments</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1714&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>APACS has confirmed plans for the launch of the new Faster Payments Service.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:25:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Look outside London, says BCC</title>
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			<description>The British Chambers of Commerce says that &amp;ldquo;too much attention is paid to what happens in the Square Mile and...</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:35:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Union blamed for print job losses</title>
			<link>http://www.dofonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1707&amp;Itemid=117</link>
			<description>Butler   Tanner, one of Europe&amp;rsquo;s leading printers, will go into receivership with the loss of 287 jobs.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:36:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Eos Airlines files for Chapter 11</title>
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			<description>Business-only Eos Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and laid off most staff. </description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:29:07 +0100</pubDate>
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