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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[France enters recession in first quarter]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/france-enters-recession-in-first-quarter-909307-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[French economic growth has been sluggish lately as a result of record unemployment and falling household demand – the key driver of the economy.]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain’s unemployment rate shoots to record 27.16%]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spains-unemployment-rate-shoots-to-record-27-16-884128-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spains-unemployment-rate-shoots-to-record-27-16-884128-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[More than six million people in Spain are now without work. ]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Boston bombing most closely followed news story since Wall Street collapse]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/boston-bombing-news-story-rating-pew-center-882012-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/boston-bombing-news-story-rating-pew-center-882012-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Study of American media finds it fifth in the top stories for public since 9/11.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Business Insider</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Nick Leeson: I’ve observed the need for debt solution – now I’m acting on it]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/readme/nick-leeson-mediation-debt-banks-gdp-874189-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:61bd653e-c780-35ef-f23b-e95398623925</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/readme/nick-leeson-mediation-debt-banks-gdp-874189-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Former trader Nick Leeson explains why he has begun to work as a mediator between indebted people and the banks…]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Updated: EU finance ministers agree to delay repayment of Irish bailout loans]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eurozone-ministers-delay-ireland-loans-866884-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eurozone-ministers-delay-ireland-loans-866884-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[All 27 EU finance ministers have now given a green light to extending the maturity of Ireland’s bailout loans by seven years.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU and Eurozone finance ministers begin two-day summit in Dublin]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/finance-ministers-summit-dublin-866771-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4e613260-b525-0401-a1c7-6a08b25a150c</id>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ministers will discuss extending the repayment dates of Ireland’s loans, and the aftermath of the Cyprus bailout catastrophe.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Troika recommends ‘giving Ireland seven more years to repay loans’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/seven-year-extension-ireland-loans-864095-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Proposals seen by Reuters, to be put to ministers in Dublin this weekend, would see extra time given for Ireland and Portugal to repay.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cyprus president: Crisis is ‘contained’ and we won’t leave eurozone]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-wont-leave-euro-850263-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:801a723c-5fe1-53b3-0edd-8234e64b5c69</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-wont-leave-euro-850263-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Nicos Anastasiades has also thanked the Cypriot public for their “maturity and collectedness” as the banks reopened.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[FF publishes bill to remove bank veto from insolvency regime]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-mortgage-arrears-bill-844548-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:94e0624d-9faa-95a9-4145-2316cecf6ed8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-mortgage-arrears-bill-844548-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil’s legislation would also create an independent Mortgage Resolution Office with the power to make binding orders.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Explainer: Your 25-point crash course on what’s happening in Cyprus]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-crisis-explained-25-points-843600-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:92c27465-1cd3-1bcc-e092-bb0ea9caf91b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-crisis-explained-25-points-843600-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bailouts! Deposit levies! Leaving the euro? It’s all been happening in the last ten days.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurozone finance ministers to meet in Brussels on Cyprus crisis]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurogroup-meeting-cyprus-843362-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:467a0267-57d7-a186-05bf-ab548fde9a34</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurogroup-meeting-cyprus-843362-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ministers will hold a last-ditch meeting to decide whether Cyprus will get a bailout – or be forced to leave the euro.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cyprus president prepares for Brussels as parties debate 25pc deposit tax]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-prepares-for-brussels-as-parties-debate-25pc-deposit-tax-842819-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:383e9963-82ff-db4f-4073-c9bcff2d45a9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-president-prepares-for-brussels-as-parties-debate-25pc-deposit-tax-842819-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Troika are in Cyprus for intensive talks, while Nicos Anastasiades could yet lead a delegation to Brussels this afternoon.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cyprus to exempt small savers from deposit tax ahead of crucial vote]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-parliament-vote-bailout-836556-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:93d8850e-7ad2-9bee-a74f-b0ec41d24ac9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-parliament-vote-bailout-836556-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Accounts with balances under €20,000 will be exempted from a controversial levy if it is approved by MPs today.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland not impacted by Cyprus’ bailout deal – Kenny]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-ireland-enda-kenny-836659-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:18c001a7-f759-e59a-c3d2-9d980c4d14f7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-ireland-enda-kenny-836659-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-ireland-enda-kenny-836659-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Banks in Cyprus remain closed as discussions continue on the terms of the proposed bailout deal.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cyprus postpones crucial vote on unpopular bailout until Tuesday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/cyprus-crisis-vote-bailout-836060-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7756b16e-5cca-b976-d70d-80032b9fbfcf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/cyprus-crisis-vote-bailout-836060-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/cyprus-crisis-vote-bailout-836060-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The president is trying to get parliamentarians to back the bailout deal that slaps a hugely unpopular levy on bank savings. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Noonan: Europe now owes Ireland after ‘taking one for the team’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-bloomberg-team-803873-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1e31546c-d923-1285-c466-2f6b4fde158f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-bloomberg-team-803873-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-bloomberg-team-803873-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[“As Ronald Reagan used to say, ‘We took one for the team.’ And I think the team owes us now.”]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Taoiseach in Brussels for European budget talks]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-in-brussels-for-european-budget-talks-781596-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:af72bbf3-c445-9531-0919-01c33f6665b7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-in-brussels-for-european-budget-talks-781596-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-in-brussels-for-european-budget-talks-781596-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[He is joining the other three Presidents of the EU – Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso and Martin Schulz. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/ireland-begins-its-eu-presidency-6-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Noonan arrives in Brussels for key talks on aid for banks]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-use-of-esm-bail-out-banks-763699-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1a6ed1c4-1a1a-8f38-3ef7-68f52b692ead</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-use-of-esm-bail-out-banks-763699-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-use-of-esm-bail-out-banks-763699-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Noonan will chair tomorrow’s meeting of EU finance ministers; today’s Eurogroup meeting will elect a new head.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Jeroen Dijsselbloem" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Merkel kicks off campaign, highlights economic strength]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/merkel-campaign-economy-741920-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7adb0e2f-7cde-ccbe-a382-a1e977d6e36b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/merkel-campaign-economy-741920-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/merkel-campaign-economy-741920-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The German Chancellor’s party faces a tough battle in the upcoming Lower Saxony state vote. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/germany-merkel-4-230x150.jpg" />
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<author><name>Associated Press</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[European stocks rise after festive break]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-stocks-rise-after-festive-break-731835-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3666ecd9-eb0d-13c7-388f-92970825c3a7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-stocks-rise-after-festive-break-731835-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-stocks-rise-after-festive-break-731835-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Europe’s main stock markets rise as traders focus on whether the United States will avert the 2013 “fiscal cliff”.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Traders" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Wall Street" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Monti to step down as Berlusconi announces fresh run]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/monti-to-step-down-as-berlusconi-announces-fresh-run-708536-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f9af2733-ac86-52fb-804b-3551acbfb0e1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/monti-to-step-down-as-berlusconi-announces-fresh-run-708536-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/monti-to-step-down-as-berlusconi-announces-fresh-run-708536-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has said he is stepping down just hours after Silvio Berlusconi announced he would run again for head of government.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/italy-financial-crisis-45-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Giorgio Napolitano" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mario Monti" />
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Silly diagram does a great job explaining what’s wrong with the Eurozone]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/diagram-whats-wrong-with-the-euro-697828-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:046318b1-ff37-51ad-909d-054c1117a0da</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/diagram-whats-wrong-with-the-euro-697828-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/diagram-whats-wrong-with-the-euro-697828-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Eurozone house of cards has a solid roof – but the foundations are very rocky. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mario Draghi" />
<author><name>Business Insider</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/business-insider/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Amazon announces investment in France, sees 2,500 jobs]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/amazon-announces-investment-in-france-sees-2500-jobs-690101-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e7287f1e-82de-5541-e86c-3d918586651e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/amazon-announces-investment-in-france-sees-2500-jobs-690101-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/amazon-announces-investment-in-france-sees-2500-jobs-690101-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The internet giant is planning to open a fourth despatch centre in the country – despite an ongoing tax dispute with the French government. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/11/amazon-kindle-3-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="France" />
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Clashes erupt in Europe anti-austerity protests]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/clashes-erupt-in-europe-anti-austerity-protests-674827-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:be60073d-ca83-d4bb-b1a3-a59b1e353e4b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/clashes-erupt-in-europe-anti-austerity-protests-674827-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/clashes-erupt-in-europe-anti-austerity-protests-674827-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Millions of workers across Europe rallied together today in strikes and rallies to protest against any further austerity measures.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Day of Action and Solidarity" />
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cyprus close to deal on becoming fourth bailed-out Eurozone country]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-close-to-agreeing-bailout-653122-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:25831ee1-2a9d-5c3d-9dc6-2d4ed9ec0058</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-close-to-agreeing-bailout-653122-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cyprus-close-to-agreeing-bailout-653122-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The finance minister of Cyprus says the last few difference on a Troika bailout are “bridgeable”.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/10/cyprus-vassos-shiarly-bailout-deal-3-230x150.jpg" />
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Portugal government faces backlash over austerity]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/portugal-government-faces-backlash-over-austerity-637427-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:776e3143-c436-afb1-537c-1ae29a17988b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/portugal-government-faces-backlash-over-austerity-637427-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/portugal-government-faces-backlash-over-austerity-637427-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament after the Finance Minister announced his plans to introduce steep tax increases. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Portugal" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="portugal taxes" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Protest" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="tax increases" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Vitor Gaspar" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Euro crisis based on ‘design flaws’ in monetary union, conference told]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tasc-calls-for-banking-union-634618-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:34eb72b3-db56-b0fe-d442-02afb9a7f8a6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tasc-calls-for-banking-union-634618-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/tasc-calls-for-banking-union-634618-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An economics conference in Galway is told the Eurozone’s debt crisis is based on a ‘deeply flawed institutional architecture’.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/10/new-european-central-bank-headquarters-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin Economics Workshop" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ESM" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Lender of last resort" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Peter Breuer" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tom McDonnell" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Van Rompuy: Ireland could get deal on bank debts before new watchdog]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-debt-deal-van-rompuy-632875-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:45df6a08-6f38-9cc9-0619-40f42e0a3efe</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-debt-deal-van-rompuy-632875-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-debt-deal-van-rompuy-632875-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The President of the European Council says the European banking supervisor doesn’t need to be finalised for the ESM to invest in banks.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/10/herman-van-rompuy-esm-investment-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="AIB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo Irish Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank deal" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic union" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Herman Van Rompuy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stress Tests" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Portugal criticises tardy European Central Bank]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/portugal-criticises-ecb-627076-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:26998057-3417-df33-5cda-980da814fa40</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/portugal-criticises-ecb-627076-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/portugal-criticises-ecb-627076-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ECB “arrived late” to attend to the debt crisis in the eurozone, accuses Portuguese president Anibal Cavaco Silva.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Aníbal Cavaco Silva" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="debt markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ECB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="president" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU report says Irish homes hit second-hardest by economic slump]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/disposable-income-ireland-617406-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5b1bf210-e2c8-bae5-8168-f8af9f665b0a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/disposable-income-ireland-617406-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/disposable-income-ireland-617406-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Disposable incomes in Irish households fell by more than in every other EU country between 2009 and 2011 – except for Greece.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/10/ireland-eu-flags-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Employment and Social Situation review" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greek economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="income" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spending" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Working week" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain to announce Budget – with €39bn of cuts on the table]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-budget-39-billion-611777-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b0a80928-c51e-5923-1a74-20b4d82cd0b4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-budget-39-billion-611777-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-budget-39-billion-611777-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Prime minister Mariano Rajoy will hope that the hard-hitting Budget will soften the terms of any prospective bailout.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/spain-financial-crisis-44-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bond Markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Stability Mechanism" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="mariano rajoy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spain" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spanish economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Shares fall amid protests against austerity in Athens and Madrid]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greece-markets-protests-611196-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c5eb182f-6963-054a-a844-651af37232e8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greece-markets-protests-611196-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greece-markets-protests-611196-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Protests on the streets of Spain and Greece have spooked the markets. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/wall-street-34-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Athens" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greece" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Madrid" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spain" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stock Market" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="the markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="us stocks" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Free advice to be given to distressed mortgage holders]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/free-mortgage-advice-arrears-585605-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ddfcaea9-9854-e13a-a27d-acb164ca6162</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/free-mortgage-advice-arrears-585605-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/free-mortgage-advice-arrears-585605-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A panel of 1,000 accountants – paid for by the banks – will become available to mortgage holders from the middle of this month. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/mortgage-arrears-advice-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Accountancy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ACCOUNTANTS" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Arrears" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Arrears Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgage" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgages" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poland and Bulgaria shelve plans to join Eurozone]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/poland-bulgaria-join-eurozone-583916-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4abaf67d-4198-5290-44a7-1d28e4969328</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/poland-bulgaria-join-eurozone-583916-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/poland-bulgaria-join-eurozone-583916-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Eurozone debt crisis and the likelihood of a double-dip recession mean little appetite for joining the single currency.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/eu-and-euro-stock-13-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bulgaria" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="bulgaria economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Poland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Polish economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Germany to seek new EU treaty on budget rules – report]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-wants-new-eu-treaty-573509-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:95eb06b1-1d0a-ea39-d557-2ffede3b9a83</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-wants-new-eu-treaty-573509-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-wants-new-eu-treaty-573509-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine says the federal government wants a convention on a new treaty this December.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/08/angela-merkel-cabinet-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Angela Merkel" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Treaty" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="euref" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="fiscal compact" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Germany" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[European leaders begin week of crucial meetings on Greece’s future]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-leaders-begin-week-of-crucial-meetings-on-greeces-future-565563-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d93df608-f308-20c0-b2e5-8ec698c32ba8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-leaders-begin-week-of-crucial-meetings-on-greeces-future-565563-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-leaders-begin-week-of-crucial-meetings-on-greeces-future-565563-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The week began today with a meeting of Greece and Germany’s foreign ministers, which ended with stern words from Germany.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Angela Markel" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Antonis Samaras" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Crunchzeit" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dimitris Avramopoulos" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Francois Hollande" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greek economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Guido Westerwelle" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[See-sawing: exports fall in June after May bounce back]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/see-sawing-exports-fall-in-june-after-may-bounce-back-560523-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:035bde43-81c5-ed6b-7740-9edc47877607</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/see-sawing-exports-fall-in-june-after-may-bounce-back-560523-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/see-sawing-exports-fall-in-june-after-may-bounce-back-560523-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A disappointing April was followed by an improved May but June’s exports fell back once more. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Central Statistics Office" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Export-led Recovery" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Exports" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Great Britain" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Imports" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="US" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurozone and EU economies shrank in second quarter of 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-economy-shrank-in-q2-557672-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2151df9d-1d8f-e9d6-2dc6-38d9ab213aa8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-economy-shrank-in-q2-557672-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-economy-shrank-in-q2-557672-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Figures compiled by Eurostat show that economic output in both the eurozone, and the EU as a whole, is down.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic Growth" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurostat" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Yikes!" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fall in German exports causes concern over European crisis]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-europe-550944-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:43951e1f-ab47-1bff-ad79-7e1f8c41d093</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-europe-550944-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-europe-550944-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Imports were 3 per cent lower in June, following a 6.2 per cent increase the previous month.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic downturn" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="industrial production" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[S&P: Return to markets is promising – but we won’t increase Ireland’s rating]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/standard-poors-credit-rating-ireland-bbb-542921-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:41ca2bee-e4d5-503e-fba5-2b3866fb2661</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/standard-poors-credit-rating-ireland-bbb-542921-Aug2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:44:11+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The return to the bond markets is “an indication of progress”, it says – but the cost of borrowing is still way too high.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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