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			<title><![CDATA[Fed district chief foresees phaseout of stimulus by year's end]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The recent improvement in the labor market and other signs that the recovery is gaining speed have surprised economists, fueling speculation that the Federal Reserve will soon pull back from its massive monetary stimulus. 

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			<title><![CDATA[Is S&P to blame?]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-ed-sp-fraud-lawsuits-20130206,0,4940485.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[California accuses S&P of deception in $4-billion lawsuit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-05 10:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor&rsquo;s, charging the firm with violating the state's False Claims Act by using &ldquo;magic numbers&rdquo; and &ldquo;guesses&rdquo; to inflate ratings that...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Justice Department, state officials to announce Standard & Poor's suit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-05 07:15:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Justice Department officials and attorneys general from California and several other states were set Tuesday morning to announce a landmark civil suit against Standard & Poor's Corp. concerning the company's credit ratings of troubled...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[S&P helped cause financial crisis with faulty ratings, Feds allege]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-05 10:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's Corp. helped cause the financial crisis by misleading investors with falsely high credit ratings on bonds backed by toxic subprime mortgages, federal officials alleged Tuesday in announcing a civil suit against the company....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fed renews stimulus efforts, ties interest rates to jobless rate]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-12 10:25:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, maintaining its aggressive efforts to stimulate a slow-growing economy burdened by high unemployment, said it would continue its large-scale bond-buying programs in the new year and, for the first time, announced...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New York sues Credit Suisse over mortgage-backed securities]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-11-20 12:48:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[New York Atty Gen. Eric T. Schneiderman sued Credit Suisse on Tuesday,  accusing the Swiss Bank  of systematically misleading investors who bought the firm&rsquo;s mortgage-backed securities during the housing boom. 

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			<title><![CDATA[MF Global deja vu? $220 million goes missing at futures brokerage]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-10 08:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It feels like doomsday at mid-size Iowa futures brokerage PFGBest, where $220 million in customer funds have gone missing, accounts have been frozen by an industry regulator and the company&rsquo;s chief executive attempted suicide Monday.

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			<title><![CDATA[Spain's borrowing costs rise, stocks sink following bank rescue]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-28 16:38:39</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It feels like doomsday at mid-size Iowa futures brokerage PFGBest, where $220 million in customer funds have gone missing, accounts have been frozen by an industry regulator and the company&rsquo;s chief executive attempted suicide Monday.

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			<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl ticket prices are down, but they're still no bargain]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-23 16:33:47</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It feels like doomsday at mid-size Iowa futures brokerage PFGBest, where $220 million in customer funds have gone missing, accounts have been frozen by an industry regulator and the company&rsquo;s chief executive attempted suicide Monday.

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			<title><![CDATA[Facebook reportedly suspends share trading ahead of IPO]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-25 16:36:41</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It feels like doomsday at mid-size Iowa futures brokerage PFGBest, where $220 million in customer funds have gone missing, accounts have been frozen by an industry regulator and the company&rsquo;s chief executive attempted suicide Monday.

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			<title><![CDATA[72 Hours: Wilco, Secret Chiefs 3 and more]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-26 16:36:49</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It feels like doomsday at mid-size Iowa futures brokerage PFGBest, where $220 million in customer funds have gone missing, accounts have been frozen by an industry regulator and the company&rsquo;s chief executive attempted suicide Monday.

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