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		<title>11-20-09 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart T. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks are lower as the dollar rises and Wall Street digests a week of mixed economic reports
Overseas markets declined. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB plans to start pulling back some of its stimulus programs as the economy begins to recover.
With little U.S. economic news to help sway the market Friday, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen2Media to support Mary J. Blige at American Music Awards on Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart T. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 20, 2009 (Business Wire) &#8212; Gen2Media Corporation (OTCBB: GTWO), a full service video technology and production company, has been chosen by nine-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Mary J. Blige to support her live performance at the American Music Awards. On Sunday November 22, the noted Queen of Hip-Hop Mary Blige, will present for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stitch in Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Bonner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[pAt least something good has come out of the economic crisis; it blew off the purple robes that clothed economists and exposed their naked flanks. Still, they don’t deserve the beating they’re getting in the press – with snide remarks and sarcastic comments; they deserve better. A beating with sticks! /p
pEven Alan Greenspan admitted he had “found a flaw” in his own thinking. We will have to imagine the giggles from the back of the room – if anyone had been awake. It was as if Stalin had confessed to being rude to his mother or Bernie Madoff copped a plea for shoplifting. The mea was fine, but the culpa didn’t seem to measure up to the facts. strongHe, more#8230;/strong/p]]></description>
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		<title>Save the World Air, Inc.’s (ZERO.OB) MagChargRTM Receives Tremendous Positive Response</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>QualityStocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save the World Air, Inc. announced this morning that it has received positive feedback from several private parties who, in cooperation with the company, have installed the MagChargR™ on their vehicles, including boats, automobiles and RVs. MagChargR™ is a breakthrough product which enables the conventional engine to burn fuel more completely, unlocking an increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Bonner: Goldman Sachs Behaves “Like a Welfare Queen in a Pink Cadillac”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrarian Profits</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[pGoldman earned more than $1 billion a month in the second quarter – much of it from scavenging on fixed income, currency and commodities deals created by the credit crisis./p
pAbout six months ago, Goldman itself was on its hands and knees looking to get a part of Hank Paulson’s $700 billion TARP fund. Back then, Goldman posed a “systematic risk” to the system. Handily, the firm’s former CEO happened to be Treasury Secretary. And Goldman was granted bank holding status and TARP rescue money lickety-split./p
pBack in the last depression, the Pecora Commission went straight for bankers’ gonads. Examples were set. Bigwigs were forced to resign. And landmark legislation was put in place (think Glass-Steagall) to keep the “banksters” in their#8230;/p]]></description>
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		<title>Deals Deals Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Bonner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[pAs we all know, the depression is over. The stock market seems to think so#8230; with the Dow up 32 more points on Friday#8230; and apparently eager to go higher. Oil rose above $64. And gold is trading at $937 this morning. /p
pFriday, two more banks – the Bank of America (NYSE:a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=BAC"BAC/a) and Citigroup (NYSE:a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=c"C/a) – announced impressive results. Between them, they made $5.4 billion in the last quarter./p
pThese follow announcements earlier in the week from JPMorgan (NYSE:a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=JPM"JPM/a) and Goldman (NYSE:a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=GS"GS/a). As reported in this space, Goldman set the pace by reporting that it has managed to earn more than $1 billion per month in the 2 nd quarter of this year. It said it did so by helping clients#8230;/p]]></description>
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		<title>RA&#8217;s Daily Russian News Blast &#8211; July 6, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Amsterdam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TODAY: Obamarama begins with touchdown in Moscow today; the US President grants interview to opposition paper; Putin rebuffs suggestion he favors old ways; Obama trying divide and conquer on Medvedev and Putin?; missile defense may be a dealbreaker; Stalinism and...]]></description>
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		<title>Vladimir Putin: be Björn Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Corcoran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[span style="font-weight:bold;"The Guardian - Comment is free/spanbr /br /br /span style="font-style:italic;"The Russian PM should embrace his Abba-loving side – in a global downturn, his country needs all the kitsch it can handlebr /Comments (67)/spanbr /br /span style="font-weight:bold;"By Jason Corcoran /spanbr /br /Claims that Vladimir Putin is a secret Dancing Queen are causing a sensation in Moscow.br /br /The prime minister's press office has denied that the judo-loving, tiger-hunting all-action hero is a closet Abba fan, following a private concert given by the tribute band Björn Again. Putin's personal spokesman Dmitry Peskov also took the unusual step of writing to the Times to reiterate the point.br /br /But the Kremlin has been far too hasty in trying to suppress this story. Russians would warmly embrace their leader's softer musical side in a crucial year, as the capital prepares to host the ultimate celebration of kitsch for the very first time.br /br /Russia and the Slavic nations take Eurovision very seriously and are tremendously proud of Dima Bilan's achievement in winning last year in Belgrade.br /br /Bilan, a heartthrob throughout Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), won following an audacious performance that was accompanied by Olympic figure-skating champion Eugeni Pluschenko who skated during the performance, and violinist Edvin Marton playing a rare 1697 Stradivarius, once used by Paganini.br /br /Sporting and cultural achievements, much more than peak oil prices and military incursions, have restored Russians' pride in their country.br /br /The unprecedented outpouring in June last year of an estimated 700,000 football fans onto the streets of Moscow, following Russia's trouncing of the Netherlands indicates how much they care about national triumph through sport.br /br /Russians deeply appreciate classical and popular music in its different forms. Glamour and showbiz are exalted and Moscovites will embrace Eurovision for all its tackiness and absurdity.br /br /With global prices of oil, Russia's chief export, now dropping, there's less money swishing about to lavish on recreation and sport.br /br /Uefa Cup champions Zenit St Petersburg, sponsored by energy giant Gazprom, recently sold Russia's star Andrei Arshavin to London's Arsenal.br /br /Other domestic clubs are feeling the pinch with Moscow's Khimki having to merge with FC Saturn to save costs. The national football team's manager, Guus Hiddink, was this week been hired as the Chelsea's latest manager, following reports he hasn't been paid by Russia for two months.br /br /Staples of Moscow's cultural life such as attending the ballet, the theatre or musical performances are becoming more inaccessible, with inflation remaining defiantly high and job losses spreading across the economy.br /br /By May, social morale in the country might need a shot-in-the-arm.br /br /The UK has the theatrical impresario and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber as its main cheerleader and Russia needs its own Super Trouper so it can retain its crown in May.br /br /Putin's protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, has made no secret of his affinity for British heavy rockers Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Medvedev publicly attended the latter's concert last year and posed for thumbs-up photos with the band afterwards.br /br /Putin, a former KGB officer, might be best advised to shed his macho image and show a fluffier, feathered-boad element to his steely facade. If the Russian rouble carries on sliding and commodity prices continue to languish, Putin could be forgiven for sending out a SOS.br /br /The Eurovision in May could prove to be the Russian premier's Waterloo if discontent about the economy dents his undeniable popularity. Mamma Mia, I think Putin should unleash his inner Abba.br /br /http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/russia-vladimir-putin]]></description>
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