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    <title>AP Top Business News At 9:21 a.m. EST</title>
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      <title>Landmark health bill passes House on close vote</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By ERICA WERNER</author>
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      <title>Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By JEANNINE AVERSA</author>
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      <title>Holiday airfares close to last year but climbing</title>
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      <description>If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they're likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By JOSHUA FREED</author>
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      <title>Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By JOELLE TESSLER</author>
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      <title>Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa</title>
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      <description>SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt     (AP) -- China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By TAREK EL-TABLAWY</author>
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      <title>Indian PM hopes for 7 percent growth next year</title>
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      <description>NEW DELHI, India     (AP) -- The Indian government is pushing ahead with economic reforms aimed at achieving a growth rate of more than 7 percent next year but will make sure the benefits reach the poor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:25:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Talks in Philadelphia transit strike break off</title>
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      <description>PHILADELPHIA     (AP) -- Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania's governor walked away from the negotiations....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By RON TODT</author>
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      <title>G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus</title>
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      <description>ST. ANDREWS, Scotland     (AP) -- Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By JANE WARDELL</author>
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      <title>House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:24:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By ERICA WERNER</author>
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      <title>Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>By JIM KUHNHENN</author>
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