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        <title>EU-US airline data talks collapse</title>
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        <title>VW workers agree to work longer</title>
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        <title>Gas pipeline to begin operations</title>
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        <title>EU told to speed up GM approvals</title>
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        <title>BA pension deficit to hit 2.1bn</title>
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        <title>New York judge frees gaming boss</title>
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        <title>Age law 'threat to minimum wage'</title>
        <description>The minimum wage system could be imperilled by a law banning age discrimination, a business group warns.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:14:07 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Credit card users repaying debts</title>
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        <title>Energy firm outlines price rise</title>
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        <title>Union fears over Airbus job cuts</title>
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        <title>Internet control 'nears autonomy'</title>
        <description>The US government says it will maintain oversight of the internet but with far less hands-on involvement.</description>
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        <title>Toshiba joins Sony battery recall</title>
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        <title>Kerkorian wants extra GM shares</title>
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        <title>Insurer acts on unclaimed shares</title>
        <description>More will be done to track down  270,000 people who have not claimed their windfall shares, says Standard Life.</description>
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        <title>Call for better money skills</title>
        <description>The government should introduce personal finance as a subject in high schools, a charity says.</description>
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        <title>Tougher rules for estate agents</title>
        <description>House buyers and sellers will be given clearer data by estate agents as a firmer code of conduct is introduced.</description>
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        <title>US growth weaker than predicted</title>
        <description>US economic growth slowed more than expected in the second quarter of 2006, revised official data says.</description>
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        <title>Factory boost for UK productivity</title>
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        <description>Australians will get a chance to buy government-owned shares in national telecoms giant Telstra on 23 October.</description>
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        <title>Congress committee slams HP</title>
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