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    <title><![CDATA[3M names new Thulin CEO]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:36 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[3M Co. is naming Inge Thulin its next president and chief executive officer. Inge is currently the company's chief operating officer.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apotex pays Bristol, Sanofi damages over Plavix]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A major generic drugmaker has paid Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi SA more than $445 million to end a decade-long patent infringement case over blockbuster blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best-selling drug.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[NYC hotels to equip workers with panic alarms]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hotels in New York City have agreed to equip their employees with panic alarms that would summon help in case of an emergency.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hackers post W.Va. police officers' personal info]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:05 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group obtained more than 150 police officers' personal information from an old website for the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted it online.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Butterfingers stunt tweaks Patriots' dropped pass]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:45 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[People aren't quite done piling on New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker for a dropped fourth-quarter pass that helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[US pledges to work with Europe on tax evaders]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:41 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The United States and five European nations are pledging to crack down on global tax evaders.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[RI judge denies Richard Hatch $25 IRS payment bid]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059638/ri-judge-denies-richard-hatch.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:56 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A request by reality television star Richard Hatch to give the Internal Revenue Service a reduced payment of $25 for January in his tax evasion case has been denied by a Rhode Island judge.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK lawmakers question military capabilities]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:35 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Britain would struggle to mount another operation on the scale of its intervention in Libya because of deep defense cuts, a report from lawmakers warned Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[McDonald's key revenue figure up 6.7 pct. in Jan.]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:05 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[McDonald's Corp. said Wednesday that a key revenue figure climbed 6.7 percent in January as U.S. customers spent more on breakfast items, beverages and its new Chicken McBites.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Stocks inch higher as Greek talks drag on]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks inched higher early Wednesday as traders wait for European leaders to hammer out a bailout deal for Greece.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ky. lawmakers want burley in trade pact]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:39 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT   Legislators have drafted a bipartisan resolution urging the Obama administration to include burley tobacco in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:35 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative Harry Potter franchise.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sprint posts deeper 4Q loss on iPhone costs]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:36 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sprint dug deep into its pockets in the latest quarter to put iPhones in the hands of its customers. The perennially money-losing company on Wednesday posted its largest loss in three years.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[CVS Caremark 4Q profit climbs nearly 4 percent]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:16 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[CVS Caremark Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings climbed nearly 4 percent as the drugstore operator's pharmacy services revenue swelled because of a long-term contract and new business.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chinese leaders promise pay hikes, more jobs]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:55 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[China's government promised Wednesday to raise minimum wages by 13 percent a year through 2015 and to launch measures to generate 45 million new jobs.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European central banks to blast cash into economy]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:15 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT, Germany - With Europe sliding toward recession, the region's two main central banks are preparing to redouble their emergency measures aimed at softening the downturn and blunting the effects of the government debt crisis.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spanish writedown costs Scandinavia's SAS dear]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:55 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Scandinavian airline group SAS recorded a loss of 1.7 billion kronor ($250 million) in 2011 after taking a big writedown following the bankruptcy of Spanish budget carrier Spanair.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vestas warns on profits, chairman resigns]]></title>
    <link>http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/08/2060225/vestas-warns-on-profits-chairman.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:45 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The chairman of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines in terms of revenue, will step down after the company said Wednesday that its 2011 profits were substantially below target.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Statoil earnings surge on higher oil, gas prices]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:16 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA on Wednesday said its profits soared in the fourth quarter on higher oil and gas prices and a one-time gain from the sale of a stake in a gas transportation company.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[European agency orders global check on A380 wings]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:21 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Europe's air safety authority has ordered checks on the entire global fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbo jets for cracks on parts inside the wings - extending a previous order to check nearly a third of the planes.]]></description>
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