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	<title>Fed to keep bond-buying pace</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:10:59 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it&rsquo;s moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.]]></description>
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	<title>Stocks fall on Wall Street</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:48:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;Stocks are falling after the Federal Reserve gave a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy, which investors took as a hint that the bank was nearer to a decision to reduce its economic stimulus program.]]></description>
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	<title>Area credit unions boost ratings</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Two Toledo-area credit unions saw their financial profiles rise, and a northwest Ohio bank saw its profile dip in the latest quarterly ratings from a financial institutions rating service.</description>
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	<title>Home building pace boosts stocks</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; The stock market is moving higher in midday trading after the government reported gains in home construction and low inflation.]]></description>
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	<title>Estimates made for city taxes</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Two University of Toledo professors with a track record of conservative financial predictions offered their estimates for the city&rsquo;s total 2013 income taxes &mdash; figures that, even under the best conditions, fall short of what the Bell administration expects for the year.]]></description>
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	<title>Housing starts rise 6.8% in May</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;U.S. builders began construction on more single-family homes and apartments in May, encouraged by more buyers and a scarcity of houses for sale.]]></description>
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	<title>Consumer prices up just 0.1% in May</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:26:28 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash; U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in May as higher energy costs were partly offset by cheaper food. The small increase underscores that inflation is mild.]]></description>
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	<title>Agency's expansion back on track</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2013/06/18/Area-trade-unions-step-in-to-assist-unfinished-project.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>As Jason Robertson watched local families struggle during the darkest moments of the Great Recession, the executive director of Sylvania Area Family Services had financial worries of his own.</description>
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	<title>Casino holds job fair</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Officials at Hollywood Casino Toledo said they need to fill about 70 positions, the largest bunch of job openings the casino has had since it opened last spring.</description>
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	<title>Most homebuilders optimistic</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:25:47 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>For the first time in seven years, most U.S. homebuilders are optimistic about home sales, a sign that construction could help drive stronger economic growth in coming months.</description>
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	<title>Stocks rise ahead of Fed meeting</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash;&nbsp;Investors are in a game of wait-and-see with the Federal Reserve. Today, they guessed that the Fed will continue trying to prop up the economy, and sent stocks higher.]]></description>
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	<title>Reckoning day arrives for Detroit</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2013/06/15/Reckoning-day-arrives-for-Detroit.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[DETROIT &mdash; Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr laid out Friday a complex and painful path back to solvency for Detroit in a proposed plan to creditors that promises the city a way out of its financial mess.]]></description>
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	<title>Chrysler plansto freeze U.S.pensions of salaried force</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[AUBURN HILLS, Mich. &mdash; Chrysler Group LLC said Friday it is freezing the pensions of roughly 8,000 U.S. salaried employees at the end of the year.]]></description>
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	<title>Snyder signs $49B budget; Medicaid expansion on hold</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[LANSING &mdash; Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $49 billion state budget that sets aside more money to fix deteriorating roads and provide preschool to low-income children, but does not include &mdash; for now &mdash; his call to expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of Michigan adults.]]></description>
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	<title>Grocers sue alleged potato cartel</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Food/2013/06/14/Grocers-sue-alleged-potato-cartel.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[BOISE &mdash; A U.S. wholesale grocer says America&rsquo;s potato farmers have run an illegal price-fixing cartel for a decade, driving up prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.]]></description>
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	<title>New hurdle for home buyers</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2013/06/14/Building-supply-price-jumps-hamper-home-construction.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Just as interest in building new single family homes appears to be rekindling in the Toledo area, another hurdle is making potential new home buyers think twice.</description>
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	<title>Retail sales up 0.6% in May</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Americans stepped up purchases at retail businesses in May, spending more on cars, home improvements, and sporting goods. The gain shows consumers remain resilient despite higher taxes and could drive faster growth later this year.]]></description>
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	<title>Spitzer Building auction yields no bids</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>A sheriff's sale auction of Toledo's Spitzer Building was held today, but drew no bidders.</description>
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	<title>Stocks on the rise on Wall Street</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:41:20 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash;&nbsp;A pair of better economic reports helped nudge the U.S. stock market up today, even as the Japanese market plunged again.]]></description>
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	<title>Toledoan among FedEx's best drivers</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Robert Sikes, a FedEx Freight driver based in Toledo, took home top honors at the 2013 Michigan State Truck Driving Championship in Lansing last week.</description>
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