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		<title>Obama orders freeze of Iranian government, bank assets in U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Windsor Genova &#8211; AHN News News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) &#8211; President Barack Obama has issued an executive order freezing all assets of the Iranian government and financial institutions being held in the U.S. In the order, which takes effect Monday, Obama declared that all property and interests in property of the Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Underworld Awakening&#8217; sees light at top of weekend box office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diane Alter &#8211; AHN News Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) &#8211; &#8220;Underworld Awakening&#8221; came out on top of the weekend box office, taking in $25.4 million in its debut. The film is a 3-D fourth installment of the popular vampires vs. werewolves franchise. &#8220;Awakening,&#8221; starring Kate Beckinsale, took in more than its 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warner Bros. extends DVD rental delay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diane Alter &#8211; AHN News Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) &#8211; Warner Bros. will extend the time customers have to wait to watch movies on DVDs from services such as Netflix to 56 days, more than twice as long as the current delay. The move is a bid to bolster flagging DVD sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan liberalizes ban on arms export</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AHN News Staff Tokyo, Japan (AHN) &#8211; In an attempt to reduce spending on national defense and strengthen domestic arms industry, Japan on Tuesday eased self-imposed arms exports ban. The liberalization will allow hundreds of Japanese companies to take part in multinational projects of developing weapons for the first time in several decades. &#8220;Under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two major publishers announce bad news for newspaper industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Borghese &#8211; AHN News Contributor Tampa, FL, United States (AHN) &#8211; It&#8217;s beginning to be a tough week for newspapers, with one major publication announcing a round of lay-offs, while another publisher announces bankruptcy. Media General announced Monday that it will let go 165 staffers from the Tampa (FL)Tribune newspaper, TBO.com, and other community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday&#8217;s stocks miss earlier highs, but up sharply into closing bell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diane Alter &#8211; AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) &#8211; U.S. stocks cheered strong retail sales over the long Thanksgiving weekend and early forecasts of a strong showing for Cyber Monday with a strong rally. With less than an hour in the trading day, stocks were off earlier highs but still boasted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks drops undisclosed $1.50 charge for coffee beans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kris Alingod &#8211; AHN News Contributor Seattle, WA, United States (AHN) &#8211; Starbucks has stopped charging $1.50 for orders of coffee beans less than a pound in stores in the United States. The Seattle-based company made the decision after being fined by the the Massachusetts Division of Standards for not disclosing the hidden charge to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court upholds no limit on patient lawsuits against medical device makers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vittorio Hernandez &#8211; AHN News Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2008 decision that allowed patients to file a parallel claim against manufacturers of medical devices. With the ruling, the court rejected an appeal by Stryker Corporation against a lawsuit foiled by Illinois resident Margaret Bausch who got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple wins patent infringement case against Taiwan&#8217;s HTC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AHN News Staff Washington, DC, United States (AHN) &#8211; Just days after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the U.S. company has won a legal battle against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. HTC had lodged a patent infringement complaint against Apple last year and sought a ban on import of Apple products. However, the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM plans to buy more mid-sized firms to expand software business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vittorio Hernandez &#8211; AHN News Armonk, NY, United States (AHN) &#8211; International Business Machines Corp. is bent on retaining its hold as the number two most valuable company in the world by expanding its $22.5-billion software business. IBM Senior Vice President Steve Mills says the firm, which has sold its hardware business and shifted to [...]]]></description>
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