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        "uri": "/2012/10/04/jobless-aid-applications-jump/",
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        "prettyDate": "October 04, 2012",
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        "summary": "The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, a level consistent with only modest hiring.",
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        "uri": "/2012/10/03/service-firms-grow-at-fastest-clip-in-months/",
        "title": "Service firms grow at fastest clip in months",
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        "prettyDate": "October 03, 2012",
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        "summary": "U.S. service companies, which employ nearly 90 percent of the work force, grew in September at the fastest pace since March, driven by more activity and an increase in new orders.",
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        "uri": "/2012/10/02/aig-suggests-feds-want-greater-oversight/",
        "title": "AIG suggests feds want greater oversight",
        "byline": "Martin Crustsinger",
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        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2012",
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        "summary": "American International Group says the government may designate the company large enough to pose a risk to the broader financial system. The label would subject the bailed-out insurance giant to greater federal oversight.",
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        "uri": "/2012/09/20/us-economy-hobbled-by-weak-hiring-manufacturing/",
        "title": "US economy hobbled by weak hiring, manufacturing",
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        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2012",
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        "summary": "A trio of reports Thursday offered a reminder that the U.S. economy is struggling to grow and add jobs.",
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        "uri": "/2012/09/14/us-industrial-production-fell-1-2-percent/",
        "title": "US industrial production fell 1.2 percent",
        "byline": " Martin Crustsinger ",
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        "prettyDate": "September 14, 2012",
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        "summary": "U.S. industrial production fell in August by the largest amount in more than three years as factories produced fewer cars and other manufactured goods and Hurricane Isaac triggered shutdowns along the Gulf Coast.",
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        "uri": "/2012/09/06/us-service-firms-grew-at-faster-pace-in-august/",
        "title": "US service firms grew at faster pace in August",
        "byline": "Martin Crustsinger",
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        "prettyDate": "September 06, 2012",
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        "summary": "U.S. service companies grew at a faster pace in August than July and stepped up hiring, further evidence that the economy may be improving.",
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        "uri": "/2012/09/05/spring-productivity-up-higher-than-expected/",
        "title": "Spring productivity up higher than expected",
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        "prettyDate": "September 05, 2012",
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        "summary": "U.S. companies got more output from their workers this spring than initially thought. Productivity rose at a modest 2.2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, largely because employers cut back sharply on hiring.",
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        "uri": "/2012/08/29/economy-grew-slightly-in-second-quarter/",
        "title": "Economy grew slightly in second quarter",
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        "prettyDate": "August 29, 2012",
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        "summary": "The U.S. economy grew at a tepid 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, suggesting growth will stay weak in the second half of the year.",
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        "uri": "/2012/08/16/jobless-aid-apps-up/",
        "title": "Jobless aid apps up",
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        "prettyDate": "August 16, 2012",
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        "summary": "The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged up slightly last week but remained at a level consistent with modest gains in hiring.",
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        "uri": "/2012/07/31/fed-could-be-moving-to-more-bond-buying/",
        "title": "Fed could be moving to more bond buying",
        "byline": "Martin Crustsinger",
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        "prettyDate": "July 31, 2012",
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        "summary": "The Federal Reserve appears to be moving toward announcing some new step to try to energize the troubled U.S. economy. The question is whether it will do so after its policy meeting this week.",
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