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			<title><![CDATA[Boeing Examining Speed-Ups On 787, 737]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:26:11 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Boeing may accelerate production of two of its most popular planes - the 787 and the 737.It&apos;&apos;s already doubling 787 production, from 5 per month last year, on its way toward 10 per month by the end of this year. The efficiency of the 787, Boeing&apos;&apos;s newest plane, has made it very popular with airlines. The company has orders for more than 800 that it hasn&apos;&apos;t built yet.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lea Industries Recalls 63,000 Children''s Beds]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Lea Industries is recalling more than 63,000 children&apos;&apos;s beds in the U.S. and Canada because a support rail could break, putting users at risk of falling.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that two injuries have been reported since 2009. There have been 22 reports of incidents involving the recalled beds in the U.S. and one in Canada.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manufacturers Gather In Baltimore To Share Knowledge, Discuss Efforts To Prepare An Advanced Manufacturing Workforce]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:26:11 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Mich., May 22, 2013 - Sharing information, driving innovation in manufacturing and preparing an advanced manufacturing workforce will be the focus of the 2013 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Annual Conference to be held June 2-4, 2013, at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Md.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Combatting Counterfeiting On All Fronts]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A company introducing a newly created, distinct product to the marketplace may not initially consider the real threat of a counterfeiter. This was the mindset of our company when we first started in 1998 - we created a unique product and we were solely focused on its highly-anticipated introduction to a variety of industries. However, it is exactly at these initial stages of product introduction that the destructive danger of counterfeiting should be addressed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business Agreements: What Did I Just Sign?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Signing a business or partnership agreement is usually a time for celebration. The alliance has been thoroughly discussed, you understand the value each party contributes, and you&apos;re excited to have a new partner for your manufacturing company. But in the process of creating an exciting new venture, entrepreneurs often fail to examine the specifics of the agreement. The details in a business agreement don&apos;t seem important, until they are.It doesn&apos;t matter - until it does.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Show Brings Messy Workplaces To Television]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:26:09 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- This time &quot;you&apos;&apos;re fired&quot; is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.The network on Thursday will begin airing &quot;Does Someone Have to Go?&quot; a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees are compelled to rat out underperforming colleagues. At the end, they choose one co-worker to recommend for firing.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Italy Seizes $1.5B From Steel Family]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MILAN (AP) -- Milan prosecutors have ordered the seizure of 1.2 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in assets belonging to the family that runs a troubled steel plant in southern Italy.Prosecutors allege in the order Wednesday that the real estate, stocks and other financial assets belonging to the Riva family were obtained through the misuse of funds belonging to the Ilva steel plant. Brothers Emilio and Adriano Riva, founders of the company that owns the plant, are currently under investigation for fraud.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Solar Industry Pushes For More Use In Georgia]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (AP) -- The solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand its use of solar energy as it plans to meet the state&apos;&apos;s electricity needs over the next two decades.State utility regulators heard testimony Tuesday on the energy plans from Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power, which must submit new plans every three years. Advocates for the state&apos;&apos;s solar power industry and tea party leaders fault Georgia Power for not including new forms of solar energy in its planning.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Median CEO Pay Rises To $9.7M In 2012]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011, has never been higher.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baldor Electric Introduces Full Line Of ER-Style Ball Bearings]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Baldor Electric Company (Fort Smith, Ark.) has introduced its line of Dodge ER-Style ball bearings, which are available in two shaft attachment methods.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[France: Drug Company On Trial, Suspected In Deaths]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NANTERRE, France (AP) -- A French drug company and its founder are on trial on charges of misleading the public about a diabetes drug marketed as a weight loss method and suspected in hundreds of deaths.But after years of delays in one of France&apos;&apos;s biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Germany''s SAP To Recruit Tech Staff With Autism]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) -- German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior. But some people with mild autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average population.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Gangnam Style]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:23 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Rethink Robotics, the firm that designed and manufactured Baxter the famous industrial robot, has met its match.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Equipment Lease Finance Industry Confidence Improves In May]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tight-Tolerance Springs And Stamping At MD&M East]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:22 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut Spring &amp;amp; Stamping (Farmington, Conn.) will showcase its selection of precise medical product components, such as springs and progressive stampings, at MD&amp;amp;M East from June 18-20, 2013.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Precise Flow Measurements On Small Pipelines]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Emerson Process Management (Boulder, Co.) has added the Micro Motion ELITE CMFS sensor platform to its line of Coriolis flowmeters in the effort to bring more precise measurement to pipelines smaller than 2&quot; or DN50.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Advanced Technical Finishing Invests $10 Million In Huntsville Facility]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Preparing To Succeed When Your Network Has Been Breached]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:20 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The New Food Fight: Defending Against Labeling Litigation]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[CI Tools Aren't Just For CI Events; They're For Everyday]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Survey: 12-Month High In English Manufacturing SME Confidence]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:10 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Growth prospects amongst English manufacturing SMEs is at a twelve month high according to the latest Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Barometer, which reveals nearly two thirds (64 percent) ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Building A Secure Manufacturing Infrastructure]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:09 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today&apos;s manufacturing is a wonder of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, the same technology that makes it possible for smaller manufacturers to thrive in our global economy also presents security challenges. The digital design process makes it easier than ever for employees to share information with one another and outside experts, but at the same time, with every endpoint connected to the Internet, there is always a risk of a cybercriminal stealing this intellectual property or other sensitive information.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Royalty Pharma Increases Bid For Elan]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:09 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Royalty Pharma is raising its offer to buy Elan on the condition that shareholders reject the Irish drugmaker&apos;&apos;s push to refocus its business through a string of recently announced deals.Royalty says it will pay $12.50 in cash for each share of Elan Corp. PLC. That adds up to a total value of about $7.5 billion.Royalty offered in February to buy Elan for $11 per share and later raised that bid to $11.25 per share.Elan has said the $11.25 bid was much too low.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Special K Churns Out Products In Brand Evolution]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Special K was once just a line of cereals. Today, it&apos;&apos;s a diet food empire.The brand first hit shelves in 1955 as a no-frills breakfast alternative but now caters to dieters who see its airy chips and pastries as a way to beat cravings and lose weight. And this summer, Kellogg Co. is building on its biggest moneymaker with a &quot;hot cereal&quot; called Special K Nourish that&apos;&apos;s made with quinoa and other grains.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ex-Saab Execs Arrested On Accounting Charges]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges.Prosecutor Olof Sahlgren says the three are &quot;suspected of aggravated attempts to avoid tax controls&quot; by allegedly falsifying parts of Saab&apos;&apos;s accounts between 2010 and 2011 - a crime that carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.Sahlgren wouldn&apos;&apos;t identify the three, who worked for Saab while it was owned by Dutch luxury car maker Spyker, which had bought the Swedish company off General Motors.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marine Who Dumped Toxins Felt Illness Was Payback]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- Ron Poirier couldn&apos;&apos;t escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment.As a young Marine electronics technician at Camp Lejeune in the mid-1970s, the Massachusetts man figured he&apos;&apos;d dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic solvents onto the ground. It would be decades before he realized that he had unknowingly contributed to the worst drinking water contamination in the country&apos;&apos;s history - and, perhaps, to his own premature death.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Judge Gives Final Approval To A123 Bankruptcy Plan]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:07 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Economists Predict Increase In Consumer Spending]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:26:07 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists.The economists predict that the U.S. economy will grow 2.4 percent this year and 3 percent next year. That&apos;&apos;s unchanged from their forecast in February.But they are more bullish on consumer spending and housing than they were three months ago, in part because of a more positive view about unemployment.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Motorola Offers Freezer-Rated Hardware For Better Cold Chain Efficiency]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[New ATEX-Approved Pneumatic Vacuums For Hazardous Locations]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Nortech Vacuum Products (Chicopee, Mass.) has announced a new line of ATEX-approved pneumatic vacuums for hazardous locations, which eliminate the threat of static electricity by combining static conductive design with inherent safe pneumatic vacuum technology.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gauge Of U.S. Economy''s Future Health Up In April]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:09 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A measure of the U.S. economy&apos;&apos;s future health rose solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build homes and a better job market.The Conference Board said Friday that its index of leading indicators increased 0.6 percent last month to a reading of 95. That followed a 0.2 percent decline in March.The index is intended to signal economic conditions three to six months out.Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein said the index is 3.5 percent higher at an annual rate than it was six months ago, suggesting expansion for the economy.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Falls In 40 U.S. States]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:08 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[4-month Strike At Peugeot Citroen Plant Ends]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[PARIS (AP) -- A four-month strike at a car factory north of Paris has come to an end, although the workers say they will still fight a plan to close the plant.PSA Peugeot Citroen said Friday that it had signed an agreement with the CGT union to end the strike, which started in January. The CGT called the strike &quot;suspended.&quot;Peugeot said around 130 of the plant&apos;&apos;s 2,500 workers have been on strike since Jan. 16.France&apos;&apos;s largest automaker is cutting 8,000 jobs and has slated the Aulnay-sous-Bois factory as it struggles to compete in Europe&apos;&apos;s stagnant car market.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[GM Stock Rises Above $33 For First Time In 2 Years]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:07 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (AP) -- Shares of General Motors reached an important milestone on Friday, topping their initial public offering price of $33 for the first time in more than two years.The automaker&apos;&apos;s stock, which has been on a tear since January, reached $33.58 Friday morning before slipping back to $33.52, up 3.5 percent, around midday. The auto giant sold shares to the public for $33 in a November 2010 IPO, but they hadn&apos;&apos;t traded above that price since May 4, 2011.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UAW Study: Nissan Subsidies Top $1.3B]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:07 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Organic Industry Clout Grows With Consumer Demand]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[J&J''s DePuy To End 2 Hip Replacement Systems]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson&apos;&apos;s DePuy orthopedics business plans to stop selling a couple of hip replacement systems not widely used by doctors.DePuy will discontinue both its Ultamet Metal-on-Metal Articulation and Complete Ceramic-on-Metal Acetabular systems worldwide at the end of August. It made the decision as part of a push to streamline its product portfolio. DePuy said Thursday the discontinuations were not connected to concerns about safety or effectiveness, and they were not recalls.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Canada Trying To Lure Silicon Valley Tech Workers]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:28:06 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The Canadian government is trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who are frustrated by U.S. visa policies, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America&apos;&apos;s immigration system.Canada&apos;&apos;s minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism arrived in the San Francisco Bay area Friday for a four-day visit aimed at snapping up talent for his country&apos;&apos;s high-tech economy by offering startup entrepreneurs a new visa.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NC Colleges Look To Expand Advanced Manufacturing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina&apos;&apos;s community colleges are working to train factory workers comfortable in a new manufacturing world of computers and robots.State community college leaders are meeting Friday with manufacturers to assemble training courses in line with a skills certification plan that&apos;&apos;s recognized by factories across the country. The program mixes advanced manufacturing education and work-site training to turn out workers who can keep North Carolina makers competitive.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fix Your Enterprise Application Performance Issues - Before They Fix You]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[APEM, Inc. Announces Merger With CH Products]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[(Manufacturing.net) - APEM, Inc., has announced that APEM Components, Inc., and CH Products have merged, effective April 1, 2013. The company says that with the merger in place, the companies will be able to combine APEM&apos;s well-known switches and LED indicators with the respected industrial joysticks and Hall effect control devices made by CH Products. The merger will also allow for more collaboration and innovation in man-machine interface products, with the addition of products such as membrane switch panels, panel-mount LED indicators and industrial joysticks.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attracting Talent: A Lesson In Battling Perception]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:34 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CPSC Recalls About 55,000 Popcorn Makers]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:33 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday issued a voluntary recall for about 55,000 microwave popcorn makers sold by Avon, because of the potential for fire and burns.The CPSC said the recall involves popcorn makers sold in the U.S. for about $13 through Avon sales representatives and the company&apos;&apos;s website between October and February.The popcorn makers were made in Taiwan and have the item number 474-105. They consist of a clear tub and a yellow vented lid, the CPSC said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Consumer Prices Fall On Cheaper Gas]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:33 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged.The consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in April from March, the Labor Department said Thursday. The main reason the index fell was that gas prices plunged 8.1 percent.For the 12 months that ended in April, overall prices rose 1.1 percent - the smallest year-over-year increase in 2? years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[hybris Named Leader In Magic Quadrant Report By Leading Industry Analyst]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill Would Limit Lawsuits Over Lead Contamination]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:32 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri-based lead mining company could be shielded from punitive damages in state lead contamination lawsuits under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.The measure passed late Wednesday night would exempt the Doe Run Resources Corp. from punitive damages if the court determines the company is making a &quot;good faith&quot; effort to clean up the contaminated sites. Otherwise, punitive damages would be capped at $2.5 million per lawsuit.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Cost Of Summer Heat]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:31 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alcoa Cuts 500 Jobs In Canada]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Aluminum smelter and parts-maker says it will close down two production lines at a plant in Canada and cut about 500 jobs there because of lower aluminum prices.A planned upgrade for the facility in Quebec is being pushed back by three years, to 2019, the company said.Alcoa has seen strong demand for aluminum, but prices have fallen. Those lower prices were a factor when Alcoa reported lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue last month.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Revival Radio: Operational Excellence Through Lean Principles]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A common theme on Manufacturing Revival has always been Lean concepts and their implementation. Today we bring you a guest who has unique perspective on how to better utilize the concepts that continue to drive the Lean movement.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Students In Ghana Launch Mini-Satellite]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:42 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) -- Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a Coke can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down on a red parachute.Yet in this developing West African country, ambitious organizers, who recently launched the Ghana Space Science and Technology Center, see the test as a sign of bigger things to come.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Experts: Smartphones Another Avenue For Hackers]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:42 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eurozone''s Struggling Economies Mired In Recession]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:41 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The eurozone is stuck in recession - its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union&apos;&apos;s statistics office show that the economy of the 17 EU countries that use the euro shrank for a sixth straight quarter, slumping by 0.2 percent in the January-March period from the previous three months.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Exploring The Artsy Side Of 3-D Printing]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:41 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Three-D printing technology is a game changer in the arts and crafts world.&quot;It really takes the lid off of what&apos;&apos;s possible,&quot; says Andrej Suskavcevic, president and CEO of the Craft and Hobby Association, in Elmwood Park, N.J. &quot;It seems to me it&apos;&apos;ll provide a really good bridge between technology and hands-on crafting.&quot;Randy Sarafan, technology editor at Instructables, a website for sharing do-it-yourself projects, calls 3-D printing &quot;mind-blowing. And the technology is adapting, changing and growing so fast.&quot;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senate Pushes Bill To Regulate Compound Pharmacies]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:41 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate lawmakers are pushing ahead with a bill that would bring new federal oversight to large specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak last year.The bill introduced Tuesday by Democrats and Republicans would subject such large compounding operations to direct federal oversight by the Food and Drug Administration, rather than the state pharmacy boards that have traditionally overseen them.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[EU: China May Be Dumping Mobile Network Equipment]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:40 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (AP) -- A senior EU official says China may be illegally dumping and subsidizing the import into Europe of mobile telephone networks and their essential elements. But Competition Commissioner Karel De Gucht says an official investigation, while approved by the European Commission, won&apos;&apos;t be launched now as officials seek an amicable resolution.Wednesday&apos;&apos;s announcement came as the Commission, the EU&apos;&apos;s executive arm, is nearing the end of an investigation into whether China illegally dumped solar panels into the EU.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Foes Of S. Ind. Fertilizer Plant Cite Texas Blast]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:26:40 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) -- Opponents of a proposed southern Indiana fertilizer plant are arguing that state officials should block the project because of dangers highlighted by last month&apos;&apos;s deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer.An Illinois businessman is seeking permission to build a fertilizer plant projected to cost $950 million near the Ohio River city of Rockport.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sharp drops in fuel and food costs reduced a measure of wholesale prices last month by the most since February 2010, indicating inflation has slowed.The Labor Department says the producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, fell a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent in April from March. It was the second straight decline.Gas prices dropped 6 percent. The price of home heating oil fell by the most in almost four years. Food prices declined 0.8 percent.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kobe Aluminum To Expand In Bowling Green, Ky., Create 100 Jobs]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bowling Green, KY, May 15, 2013 - Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today joined company and local officials to break ground on an 87,000 square foot addition to Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), LLC advanced manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, representing $66 million of new capital investment and the addition of?100 new full-time employees.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NJ Man Charged With Plane Parts Fraud Scheme]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:24:47 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is due in federal court to face charges he ran a scheme to sell airplane parts that had been scrapped or rejected.Gideon Vaisman of Edgewater was arrested Monday night. He is due in court Tuesday to face a wire fraud conspiracy charge that carries a 20-year maximum sentence.The U.S. Attorney&apos;&apos;s Office alleges Vaisman and others bought scrapped airplane engine parts and created fake paper trails to hide the fact that they&apos;&apos;d been rejected by licensed repair facilities.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dell Raises Intrigue By Rescheduling 1Q Report]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:24:47 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- Struggling personal computer maker Dell will report its latest quarterly earnings ahead of schedule in a move likely to spur speculation that the results will be dismal.The schedule change announced Tuesday means Dell Inc. will release its fiscal first-quarter earnings after the market close this Thursday. The Round Rock, Texas, company had planned to report the results on May 21.Dell spokesman David Frink declined to say why the company made the switch.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bard To Pay $51M To Resolve Kickback Investigation]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- The Department of Justice said that medical device maker CR Bard Inc. will pay nearly $51 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to customers and physicians to convince them to use its radiation therapy seeds.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Safety Agency Probes Mazda Door Latch Problem]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. auto safety officials are investigating complaints that doors won&apos;&apos;t close properly on more than 39,000 cars made by Mazda.The probe affects Mazda 6 cars from the 2009 model year.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has received four complaints that the doors wouldn&apos;&apos;t latch. In one case, a passenger door opened while a car was being driven. The agency says the owners complained that some of the door-latch mounting screws were missing.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AP: Wind Farms Get Pass On Eagle Deaths]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) -- It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America&apos;&apos;s green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm&apos;&apos;s spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.Killing these iconic birds is not just an irreplaceable loss for a vulnerable species. It&apos;&apos;s also a federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Business Agility In The Evolving Workforce]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:24:44 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pest Birds And Corrosive Droppings]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:24:43 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Revival Radio: Big Ass Fans - Keeping Cool While Saving Energy]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:24:41 EST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:11 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dell board members say they need more details from investor Carl Icahn if he wants them to seriously consider his latest challenge to Michael Dell&apos;&apos;s $24.4 billion plan to take the computer maker private.Icahn and prominent Dell shareholder Southeastern Asset Management said last week they want to keep Dell Inc. publicly traded and give shareholders $12 in cash or more shares.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:10 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. businesses left their stockpiles unchanged in March for a second straight month while their sales fell sharply.The Commerce Department said Monday that business stockpiles showed no increase in March on a seasonally adjusted basis. Businesses hadn&apos;&apos;t upped their restocking in February, either. Sales fell 1.1 percent in March, offsetting a 1 percent gain in February.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:09 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A federal judge has approved a $40 million class-action settlement between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:09 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[March U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $507.91 million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was up 30.4 percent from February and up 3.2 percent when compared with the total of $491.96 million reported for March 2012. With a year-to-date total of $1,278.05 million, 2013 is down 5.0 percent compared with 2012.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Bobcat Co. is investing $20 million in an expansion and renovations in Bismarck, about 3 ? years after closing its manufacturing plant and laying off nearly 500 workers.The compact construction equipment maker broke ground Monday on a research-and-development facility at its existing site at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre. Construction is expected to be done in about a year.Bobcat has hired an additional 135 people for the expanded facility, bringing its workforce in Bismarck to 625.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Glass Door Maker Opening Facility In Kentucky]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ELKTON, Ky. (AP) -- A company that makes glass doors will create 100 full-time jobs when it opens its manufacturing plant in western Kentucky.Glass Door Solutions LLC is a new company that plans to lease a facility in Elkton in Todd County with an investment of $3.5 million.The state has given preliminary approval to tax incentives of up to $1.95 million for the project.Gov. Steve Beshear helped announce the plan on Monday.Beshear&apos;&apos;s office said Glass Door Solutions will make glass doors for display cases in grocery and convenience stores.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Raising The Bar]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:32:08 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cocaine Vaccine Passes Key Testing Hurdle]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[New Anti-Cocaine Vaccine Research Shows Drug Can&apos;&apos;t Reach the Brain, Human Clinical Trials on the HorizonNEW YORK - Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials.Their study, published online by the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, used a radiological technique to demonstrate that the anti-cocaine vaccine prevented the drug from reaching the brain and producing a dopamine-induced high.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Worker Rescued After 17 Days In Bangladesh Rubble]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) -- For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90s F. She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast losing hope of ever making it out alive.In the ruins of the collapsed eight-store garment factory building above her, the frantic rescue operation had long ago ended. It had turned instead into a grim search for the decaying bodies of the more than 1,000 people killed in the world&apos;&apos;s worst garment industry disaster.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Dakota Tops Nation In Rate Of Worker Deaths]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:08 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota has the highest rate of worker deaths in the nation, due in large part to the oil boom in the western part of the state in recent years, according to a new report from the AFL-CIO.There were 44 worker deaths in North Dakota in 2011, for a rate of 12.4 deaths per 100,000 workers. That was well above the national rate of 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 workers, the report said.&quot;The oil boom has come with a hefty price tag of a steep increase in deaths on the job,&quot; the labor union said in a statement.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Texas Launches Criminal Probe Into Plant Explosion]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:07 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WACO, Texas (AP) -- Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.The announcement came the same day a paramedic who helped to evacuate residents the night of the explosion was arrested on a charge of possessing a destructive device, though it is not clear whether the charge is related to the April 17 blast at West Fertilizer Co.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fibrelite Covers Pass The Test]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA Mulls Spacewalk To Fix Space Station Leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:06 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Sanctions Taiwan Firm For N.Korea Dealings]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:06 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is slapping sanctions on a Taiwanese company and its general manager suspected of procuring and shipping hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment to North Korea that could be used for its weapons program.The Treasury Department announced designation Friday of Trans Multi Mechanics Co. Ltd. and Chang Wen-Fu for links to a Taiwanese man, Alex Tsai, arrested in Estonia last week.Tsai and his son, a U.S. resident, were charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a ban on export of weapons machinery.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Treasury Reports $113B Surplus In April]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:05 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Treasury said Friday that it took in a rare surplus of $113 billion in April, the largest in five years.Steady economic growth and higher tax rates have boosted the government&apos;&apos;s tax revenue, keeping this year&apos;&apos;s annual budget deficit on pace to be the smallest since 2008. A smaller deficit is also likely to give negotiators more time to work out a deal on raising the nation&apos;&apos;s borrowing limit.Through the first seven months of the budget year, the deficit was $488 billion. That&apos;&apos;s lower than last year&apos;&apos;s deficit of $720 billion over the same period.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NYC Wins $70M From 44 Pharmaceutical Companies]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:05 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has won nearly $70 million from 44 pharmaceutical companies in a Medicaid fraud lawsuit over the pricing of prescription drugs.The New York City Law Department said Thursday that the city has already been paid about $60 million with the last settlements being processed.The case was first filed nearly nine years ago.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Campylobacter On The Rise]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:05 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This column originally ran in the May 2013 issue of Food Manufacturing.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Retailers Report Modest Gains For April]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they&apos;&apos;re encouraged by the economic recovery.Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans&apos;&apos; shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit: Merck Discriminates Against Women]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -- A Merck &amp;amp; Co. sales representative is suing the drugmaker for at least $100 million, saying Merck doesn&apos;&apos;t give women equal opportunities for advancement and punishes employees for taking maternity leave.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[''Monkeemobile'' Designer Dean Jeffries Dies]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean&apos;&apos;s Porsche and made the &quot;Monkeemobile&quot; for &quot;The Monkees&quot; TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80.His son, Kevin, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1913hRl?) that Jeffries died in his sleep on Saturday at his Hollywood home.In 1955, Jeffries custom painted Dean&apos;&apos;s Porsche 550 Spyder. Dean died in a wreck less than a month later.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[IMS: U.S. Medicine Spending Shows Rare Dip In 2012]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:29 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in more than five decades last year.A new report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics states the total spent was down 3.5 percent to $325.8 billion last year.That&apos;&apos;s partly because patients benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic versions of widely used drugs for chronic conditions, such as Lipitor for high cholesterol.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Maintaining A U.S. Manufacturing Presence]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:29 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mold Design & Tooling For Injection Molding]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:28 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senators Seek Ban On Renting Recalled Vehicles]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:28 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan group of senators wants to ban car rental companies from renting or selling vehicles to consumers that are under manufacturer recall until the defect is fixed.Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats Chuck Schumer of New York, Barbara Boxer of California and Claire McCaskill of Missouri on Thursday to introduce the measure aimed at keeping unsafe rental cars off the road.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incoming WTO Director Seeks ''Negotiating Pillar'']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:28 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (AP) -- Brazilian Ambassador Robert Azevedo said Wednesday that his first priority as the new leader of the World Trade Organization will be to try to rescue its credibility as a forum for trade negotiations.Azevedo, in his first appearance as the presumed next WTO director general, said the organization&apos;&apos;s prestige is on the line because it is used more to settle trade disputes and monitor policy than as a host for serious trade negotiations.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama To Open Middle-Class Jobs, Opportunity Tour]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Aiming to show he&apos;&apos;s still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts.Obama on Thursday was dropping in on Austin, Texas, and using that bustling state capital as a backdrop to talk about attracting jobs, providing skills training and ensuring that hard work begets a decent living.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Engineering Newswire 37: Boeing Makes Hypersonic History]]></title>
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