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         <title><![CDATA[Learn  to manage credit cards]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[n It's not the numbers of cards that's important, it's how the cards are used]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Eve Mitchell <br> STAFF WRITER]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 09:31:42 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Corrected IRS refunds in mail]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The Internal Revenue Service says up to 350,000 households didn't get their $300 per child refund that should have been part of their economic stimulus rebate checks.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[Associated Press <br>Associated Press]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 09:25:07 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mortgage rates drop to one-month low]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[n Optimism behind downward pressure]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Jeannine Aversa <br>ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 09:24:57 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Retailers attack fees put on credit cards]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[n Criticism focuses on how fees are set; `take it or leave it" ]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[ASSOCIATED PRESS<br>ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 09:24:47 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Credit card suckers complain]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- I should have known: Call people suckers and they'll take offense. A number of folks were either confused or offended when I said recently that we are all suckers -- that is, losers -- when we use credit to pay for services and goods.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[CCT Staff]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 09:06:19 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New 401(k) law great for investors]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes an act of Congress to straighten out a few kinks in the financial services sector.  I was leafing through the final version of Congressman George Miller's bill calling for disclosure of all 401(k) fees and was amazed at how comprehensive the end result appears to be.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[CCT Staff]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 09:05:57 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[CBS buys SF-based CNet for $1.8 billion]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Media and entertainment company CBS is buying San Francisco online news and information provider CNet Networks for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[CCT Staff]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 04:08:58 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hurd confident about EDS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[HP's CEO Mark Hurd says buying tech-services company Electronic Data Systems will make HP a "leading force" in the market. 
]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Brandon Bailey<br>MEDIANEWS STAFF]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 01:17:33 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[CBS agrees to buy CNet for &#36;1.75 billion]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[CBS Corp. says it has agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 12:13:02 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other references ]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_9267448?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Oakland based Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 12:04:08 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sybase sets world record]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dublin-based software company Sybase said it has been recognized for a Guinness World Record by powering the world's largest data warehouse.The data warehouse, powered by a server made by Santa Clara-based Sun Microsystems, contains six trillion rows of transactional data and more than 185 million]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[CCT Staff]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 03:09:19 AM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Spammer owes MySpace $230 million]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[n Court award  biggest anti-spam judgment 
ever; message bigger 
than the money]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Anick Jesdanun <br>ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 03:07:48 AM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Oakland solar firm lands $115 million in financing]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Units of Google, Chevron, and BP are among the latest investors in BrightSource Energy]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By George Avalos <br> Staff Writer]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 03:07:18 AM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Inflation slows down in April]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[n Food and energy remain economic wild cards, but rising gasoline prices expected to continue to take toll]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Martin Crutsinger <br>ASSOCIATED PRESS]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 03:07:07 AM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Muscle cars focus of Brentwood business]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[East Bay Muscle Cars provides parts and services for hot rods]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[CCT Staff]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/15/2008 02:23:19 AM GMT]]></pubDate>
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