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		<title>NEW SITE LOCATION!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to let everyone know about the new location : The Investment Blog (www.theinvestmentblog.net)! . Please note that new articles will now be at www.theinvestmentblog.net. Thanks &#38; Happy Investing! – The Investment Blogger © 2010 Follow Me On Twitter! Tagged: Do It Yourself DIY investing, economic and financial information for the little guy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1159&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Currency Battle Intensifies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global currency battle has deepened yet again as countries push forward with efforts to resist capital inflows that increase their currencies and undercut the competitiveness of their exports. Thailand imposed a 15% withholding tax on capital gains and interest income from foreign investment in government debt in a bid to curb the Thai baht.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1154&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of Japan Reverts To Zero Interest Rate Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday October 5, 2010, the Bank of Japan (central bank) cut its overnight rate target to a range between 0 and 0.1% (effectively 0%), from 0.1%.  This reinstates the &#8220;zero-interest rate policy&#8221; that was ended in July 2006 by the BoJ. It intends to buy 5 trillion yen, or roughly $60 billion USD worth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1142&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comeptition Bureau Reaches Landmark Agreement with Canadian Real Estate Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, September 30, 2010, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and the federal competition authorities reached an agreement in principle.  The agreement allows sellers to choose which services they want from a real estate agent, and to pay for only those services. In February 2010, the The Bureau challenged the rules imposed by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1132&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Site Changes Coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next little while I will be making quite a  bit of changes and updates to the blog: - New look &#38; layout &#8211; Hopefully will be easier/quicker to navigate and get info. - Personal Finance &#8211; New category based on reader demand, and its close relation to investing. - Eventually moving the site [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1126&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a natural progression that complements my blog articles I&#8217;ve jointed Twitter.  I&#8217;ll be posting there more often as time goes by, commenting on events in the stock &#38; real estate markets, the economy, business, personal things, and whatever else may come to my mind that I wish to share with my readers! http://twitter.com/investment_blog . [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1112&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bank of Canada Raises Overnight Rate to 1%</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 9/8/2010, The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced it is raising its overnight interest rate by 0.25% to 1%. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. The next scheduled date for announcing the overnight rate target is October 19, 2010. Although almost all retail bank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=investmentblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3750985&amp;post=1106&amp;subd=investmentblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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