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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:07:20 EST</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Consider family, charities when selecting life insurance]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:56 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Last week I discussed how disability insurance can be more important than life insurance. But that isn&#39;t to say life insurance is not important. If we have someone else depending on our income, then life insurance has a spot in our financial plan. But the question often comes up - how much do I need?]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obesity of our spending and our bodies]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:16 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[John Hanselman knew that too many steak dinners with clients and too little exercise were adding inches to his waistline.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Inflation gives boost to I Savings Bonds]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:21 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The I Bond - which enraged savers when its rate dropped to zero percent - is back in business thanks to renewed inflation.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Making a big splash with investments means higher risks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:15 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Where can you put your money today to get a higher return?]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Crunch economic numbers yourself]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:34 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Brokers, traders, analysts feed off numbers related to the health of the U.S. economy. But many of the figures that analysts examine are also readily available to anyone interested in gauging economic strength and weakness. Here is a sampling of Web sites that feature key economic data:]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Teens, bag the attitude while working]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:56 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I have long had a thing for a perfectly sacked grocery bag.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Credit card regulations are coming  in a while]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:06 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[If a teacher learns that a student has been rewriting Wikipedia entries instead of doing the assigned research, how long should the teacher give the student to quit her deception and start earning grades the old-fashioned way?]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sharp buying eases way into wet razor use]]></title>
    <link>http://www.bradenton.com/personal_finance/story/1837365.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:14 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Many American men, and women, are rediscovering wet-shaving with a safety razor. Shaving with a weighty metal razor and traditional blades can be cheaper than pricey disposable cartridges and can provide superior results.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Clearing up misconceptions about Roth IRAs]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:09 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Question: I&#39;m 23 and have been making a point of saving money in a savings account. I&#39;ve been told that a savings account isn&#39;t good for my future and that I should invest in a Roth instead. But I don&#39;t want to choose anything risky. Would I lose money if I invest in a Roth?]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rockford Corporation Announces Third Quarter and Year to Date 2009 Results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Rockford Corporation (Pink Sheets: ROFO) today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Blue River Bancshares, Inc. Announces Dividend and Third Quarter Earnings (Unaudited)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:26 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Blue River Bancshares, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BRBI) today announced that a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share was declared by the Board of Directors, payable December 1, 2009, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 15, 2009.  ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mantra undertakes a project with 3M]]></title>
    <link>http://www.bradenton.com/personal_finance/story/1828154.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:23 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[SEATTLE, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (&#39;Mantra&#39;, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce a project to further develop its Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) technology with input from 3M.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Global Axcess Corp Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Global Axcess Corp (OTC Bulletin Board: GAXC; the &quot;Company&quot;), an independent provider of self-service kiosk solutions, today announced the financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Corporate Plan Sponsors Rate Equity Compensation Plan Administration Service Providers]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:45 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Group Five, a corporate services research company, today announced results of its annual study of plan sponsor opinions of services provided by commercial equity compensation plan administrators and commercial plan administration systems. The study had 567 plan sponsors participating -- representing 1,582 equity compensation plans including stock options, restricted stock, stock purchase, performance shares, and stock appreciation rights. The study is the only independent forum for corporate clients to make their opinions and priorities known to service providers. The annual study included the largest providers of outsourced plan administration services and commercial systems for internal plan administration. The highest rated plan administrator was Bank of America Merrill Lynch with an overall satisfaction rate of 77% favorable for full service plan administration and the highest rated commercial system was Transcentive&#39;s Express Options with a 69% favorable rating. E*TRADE received a 94% satisfaction rating for their co-sourced plan administration, the highest for partial outsourced administration services. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney received the highest loyalty rating with 86% of their clients willing to recommend MSSB as a plan administrator.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Electronic Game Card, Inc. Mourns the Passing of its Executive Chairman, The Lord Leonard Steinberg]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:36 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Electronic Game Card, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EGMI) (&quot;EGC&quot;), announced today with great sadness that the Company&#39;s Executive Chairman, Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg of Belfast, died suddenly of a heart attack  November 2, 2009 on his 73rd birthday in London, England.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sunovia Energy Receives Permit from U.S. State Department to Export Infrared Products, Accelerates International Sales]]></title>
    <link>http://www.bradenton.com/personal_finance/story/1827411.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:35 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SUNV) has been granted an export license from the U.S. Department of State to sell mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) undoped infrared wafers for night-vision camera applications to a South Korean customer.  This license permits Sunovia to substantially increase its international sales of infrared-related products.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Quepasa and Mexico&#39;s Tourism Board Announce Social Media Marketing Initiative]]></title>
    <link>http://www.bradenton.com/personal_finance/story/1827286.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Quepasa Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: QPSA) Quepasa.com, one of the world&#39;s fastest-growing Latino social networks, today announced that it will be collaborating with Mexico&#39;s Tourism Board -- officially known as the Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Mexico, SA de CA -- with regards to an online initiative aimed at promoting tourism to Mexico. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[IceWEB Enters Agreement With ExxonMobil Global Services for Upstream Services]]></title>
    <link>http://www.bradenton.com/personal_finance/story/1827162.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ IceWEB, Inc.(TM) (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB), www.IceWEB.com, a leading provider of purpose built appliances and building blocks for cloud storage networks, announced today that the Company has entered into a Standard Procurement Agreement (SPA) with ExxonMobil Global Services Company, an operating division of ExxonMobil, the largest publicly traded international oil and gas company. The agreement for upstream services from IceWEB is for both the design of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and to provide GIS technical staff including Consultants, Project Managers, Senior GIS System/Software Architects, GIS Software Developers, Engineers, Data Base Analysts, and Senior Storage Engineering staff.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[PetroAlgae Announces Strategic Partnership With Indian Oil Corporation Limited]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:10 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ PetroAlgae Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PALG) (PetroAlgae or the Company) today announced that PA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is PetroAlgae&#39;s operating subsidiary has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into an agreement to license the Company&#39;s proprietary micro-crop technology to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for its future large-scale production of renewable fuels.  ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Aethlon Medical Announces Collaboration to Identify Brain Trauma Biomarkers]]></title>
    <link>http://www.bradenton.com/personal_finance/story/1827109.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:05 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[ Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AEMD) announced today that it has initiated a collaborative biomarker discovery program with the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine and the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI).  In the collaboration, Aethlon will analyze brain tissue of professional athletes who suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of their death and from individuals without any evidence of brain disease.  CTE is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by brain trauma but with unclear environmental and genetic risk factors.  The research goal is to discover common biomarkers, including dormant viruses that might lead to a diagnostic product able to identify athletes with an increased susceptibility to suffer from CTE.  Such a test could help distinguish those who should be precluded from participating in football and other activities with a high risk for head trauma.  CTE has recently been identified in ten former NFL players, most of whom died before the age of 50 from complications of the disease, including Andre Waters, John Grimsley, Lou Creekmur, Mike Webster, and Tom McHale. ]]></description>
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