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<title>Gas station owners fume over credit card fees</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186956440</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  He said he received approval from the Missouri attorney general&apos;s office before implementing the plan.  ...  card companies and several of their member banks. But government regulation and lawsuits won&apos;t solve  ...  expenses elsewhere. Mary Braddock, a partner with Kansas City-based , said the company washes all  ...
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<title>Jobless stormcloud returns reality</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186941959</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 18:23 GMT</pubDate>
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...  massive federal guarantees and support for ailing banks and mortgage lenders. Democrats believe the Republicans are trying  ...  voters in other key states such as Missouri and Pennsylvania. But there is precious little  ...
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<title>Officials announce takeover of mortgage giants</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186941600</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 18:08 GMT</pubDate>
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... Minnesota Public Radio coverage of the foreclosure crisis.  ...  of Americans to get home loans, auto loans and other consumer credit and business finance,&quot;  ...  Freddie. The Federal Reserve and other federal banking regulators said in a joint statement Sunday  ...
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<title>2008 Races: Marriage-Absence Ignored</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186935915</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 17:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  driving the looting of marriages and assets, banking, oil futures, real estate, home loan sharking, and anything else that can make  ...  the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, Missouri Coalition ...
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<title>Hearings start Monday on AmerenUE rates</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186923780</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 15:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... Missouri utility regulators will be in the St.  ...  adjust bills via a separate charge or credit to reflect increases or decreases in fuel  ...
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<title>American consumers tighten up spending</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186921650</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  services at Principal Financial Group, and an Iowa State University expert indicated that a change  ...  or in foreclosure, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association report released Friday. In Iowa, the  ...  likely to want to face repaying a loan, he said. Another reason may be the  ...
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<title>Brasher: Female farmers cut off from many key benefits</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186921649</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the early 1990s from a government-backed, low-interest loan for socially disadvantaged farmers. She used the  ...  was essential because of the skepticism of bankers about the ability of a woman to  ...  farmers in 2002 and 29,090 black farmers. Iowa had 6,204 female farmers in 2002, compared  ...
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<title>Hallsville wins first varsity home game</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186920753</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 14:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and says, &quot;I&apos;m fired up about it.&quot; Mid-Missouri businesses were integral to the process. Boone  ...  and fertilizer for the field. The school financed construction of the bleachers and lights because  ...
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<title>22-Year-Old Man With No College Degree Already in &quot;Semi-Retirement&quot;, Shares His Success Secrets</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186918799</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  old job. We ended up living off credit cards and shopping thrift shops and garage  ...  for himself. He was attending the unique Minnesota New Country School ( ) and had  ...  on and opened a brokerage account with the bank so I could trade stocks while I  ...
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<title>Don&apos;t forget to take money from IRA</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186918162</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  advisors and a leader of the Senate Finance Committee. The required minimum distribution, or RMD,  ...  withdraw is based on the amount of savings in the tax-deferred account divided by the  ...  failed to move forward. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee,  ...
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<title>Prosecutor becomes figure in mortgage mess</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186916834</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 14:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  fraud case since the 1980s savings and loan crisis. &quot;Is he ambitious? Of course he  ...  Seeking justice for victims of the worst banking debacle in a generation could help the  ...  a case to go ahead against a Missouri woman accused of creating a fake online  ...
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<title>American soy beans, staple food of Indonesian poor, are being priced out of their reach</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186916557</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  did not provide cheap seed or low-interest loans. At the same time, they could not  ...  more acres of corn on his 800-acre Minnesota farm and that much less soy. At  ...
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<title>Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186916455</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 13:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  did not provide cheap seed or low-interest loans. At the same time, they could not  ...  more acres of corn on his 800-acre Minnesota farm and that much less soy. At  ...  said Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Iowa-based Soy Transportation Coalition. The cost of shipping  ...
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<title>American soy beans, staple food of Indonesian poor, are being priced out of their reach</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186916431</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 13:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  did not provide cheap seed or low-interest loans. At the same time, they could not  ...  more acres of corn on his 800-acre Minnesota farm and that much less soy. At  ...
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<title>Increasing price of U.S. soy causing trouble in Indonesia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186915980</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 13:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  did not provide cheap seed or low-interest loans. At the same time, they could not  ...  more acres of corn on his 800-acre Minnesota farm and that much less soy. At  ...  said Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Iowa-based Soy Transportation Coalition. The cost of shipping  ...
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