<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - economic-cooperation</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/economic-cooperation</link><description>Newsvine - economic-cooperation</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:43:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:03:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>OECD urges China to free markets, ease migration</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development urged China to make good on pledges to force state companies to compete in more open markets and ease movement of migrants into cities to keep its economic growth strong.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17409468-oecd-urges-china-to-free-markets-ease-migration</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17409468-oecd-urges-china-to-free-markets-ease-migration</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>oecd</category><category>as</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:06:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>France told to reform, cut more to spur growth</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says France needs to do more to reduce labor regulations, cut taxes and spending, and get young people into the workforce.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370529-france-told-to-reform-cut-more-to-spur-growth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370529-france-told-to-reform-cut-more-to-spur-growth</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>economy</category><category>world-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:46:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34ea0ca6-fe4e-45a7-8f14-451a207e977c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34ea0ca6-fe4e-45a7-8f14-451a207e977c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and  France's President Francois Hollande arrive for a joint statement before their meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, March 18, 2013.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Europe&amp;#039;s Tax Race, It&amp;#039;s the Base, Not the Rate, That Counts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Europe struggles with 27 separate corporate tax policies that multinational companies to select the most favorable European country to establish their European corporation.
Companies like Starbucks, Google and Amazon are not being accused of any illegal behavior.&nbsp; However, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dave20121]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dave20121]]></source><link>http://kingwannamanapua.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006585-in-europes-tax-race-its-the-base-not-the-rate-that-counts</link><guid>http://kingwannamanapua.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17006585-in-europes-tax-race-its-the-base-not-the-rate-that-counts</guid><category>european-commission</category><category>world-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>german-member</category><category>international-tax-law</category><category>business-taxation</category><category>irish-dutch</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kingwannamanapua80A2BC87-2503-C524-9D4C-37C21934CF05.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kingwannamanapua80A2BC87-2503-C524-9D4C-37C21934CF05.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Fiscal cliff' worries pressure oil prices</title>
<description><![CDATA[The price of oil is lower Wednesday as traders look for signs of progress in negotiations over U.S. budget issues.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Shore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sandy Shore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15505073-fiscal-cliff-worries-pressure-oil-prices</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15505073-fiscal-cliff-worries-pressure-oil-prices</guid><category>oil</category><category>prices</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:21:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Oil near $87 after OECD cuts growth forecasts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The price of oil hovered near $87 a barrel Wednesday after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth outlook for the U.S. and the 17 countries that use the euro currency.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Sampson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pamela Sampson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15323429-oil-near-87-after-oecd-cuts-growth-forecasts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15323429-oil-near-87-after-oecd-cuts-growth-forecasts</guid><category>business</category><category>oil</category><category>oil-prices</category><category>prices</category><category>gaza-strip</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>tel-aviv</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:00:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>OECD: Canada to lead G7 in economic growth over next 50 years </title>
<description><![CDATA[The 21st century may not exactly belong to Canada, but according to a  major world economic body the country is going to do pretty well.
In fact, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and  Development sees Canada among the world&rsquo;s leading economic lights o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr Kevin Niefer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mr Kevin Niefer]]></source><link>http://kevin-niefer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15052061-oecd-canada-to-lead-g7-in-economic-growth-over-next-50-years</link><guid>http://kevin-niefer.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15052061-oecd-canada-to-lead-g7-in-economic-growth-over-next-50-years</guid><category>business</category><category>canada</category><category>economy</category><category>report</category><category>leader</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>group-of-seven</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:23:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kevin-niefer31FD149A-31E3-19A3-1E61-CDAC50A18933.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=kevin-niefer31FD149A-31E3-19A3-1E61-CDAC50A18933.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What is the &quot;Fiscal Cliff&quot;? </title>
<description><![CDATA[For the past month or two I&rsquo;m sure you have heard&nbsp;something&nbsp;about the &ldquo;Fiscal Cliff&rdquo; on the news.
&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s a basic summary in case you&rsquo;re still curious.
Basic idea: if our friends over in Washington can&rsquo;t address a series of spe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14530208-what-is-the-fiscal-cliff</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14530208-what-is-the-fiscal-cliff</guid><category>politics</category><category>economics</category><category>news</category><category>deficit</category><category>blogging</category><category>government</category><category>change</category><category>debt</category><category>blog</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>opinion</category><category>bipartisan</category><category>graphs</category><category>political-cartoon</category><category>partisan</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>political-blog</category><category>deficit-reduction</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>simple-politiks-fiscal-cliff</category><category>fiscal-cliff-cartoon</category><category>lower-the-debt</category><category>republican-and-democrat-stalemate</category><category>simplepolitiks</category><category>u-s-fiscal-cliff</category><category>what-is-the-fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:54:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61180C24A4B-522F-5B22-A608-90C9210BD1FB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61180C24A4B-522F-5B22-A608-90C9210BD1FB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Recession 'taking hold' in Eurozone, OECD says</title>
<description><![CDATA[Europe's debt crisis is pushing the 17-country eurozone toward recession and dragging down the global economy, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah DiLorenzo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sarah DiLorenzo]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13673709-recession-taking-hold-in-eurozone-oecd-says</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13673709-recession-taking-hold-in-eurozone-oecd-says</guid><category>economy</category><category>world</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>united-states'</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>world-economic-forum</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2012 07:54:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c84a718-3a2b-4d33-9a27-91f59a1012dc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c84a718-3a2b-4d33-9a27-91f59a1012dc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;State School teachers protest against cutback plans in Spanish State Schools, as they hold up banners reading: ''Not  to Cutback Plans'', in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Spain is in a double-dip recession, spurred largely by a real estate crash in 2008. It has been trying to avoid following Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus in having to ask for an international financial bailout.    (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Challenge to Conservatives </title>
<description><![CDATA[
It&rsquo;s good that conservatives are finally taking seriously the problems of inequality and declining upward mobility. It&rsquo;s unfortunate that they often evade the ways in which structural changes in the economy, combined with conservative policies, have made matters wor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12767723-a-challenge-to-conservatives</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12767723-a-challenge-to-conservatives</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>op-ed</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>opinion</category><category>socialism</category><category>david-brooks</category><category>robert-putnam</category><category>michael-gerson</category><category>upward-mobility</category><category>economic-divide</category><category>occupy-movement</category><category>clinton-era-tax-rates</category><category>american-ceos</category><category>ways-to-increase-revenue</category><category>the-great-divergence</category><category>conservative-reasonings</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Taxing &amp;#39;The Rich&amp;#39; Doesn&amp;#39;t Work </title>
<description><![CDATA[
We continually hear that "The Rich" got richer thanks to the tax cuts enacted in 2001 George W. Bush's first term. If that&rsquo;s the case, why is it that in the wake of these lower tax rates (set to expire at the end of this year) the top 1% of income earners now pay roughly &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12030989-why-taxing-the-rich-doesnt-work</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12030989-why-taxing-the-rich-doesnt-work</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>fairness</category><category>social-justice</category><category>redistribution</category><category>tax-foundation</category><category>higher-living-standards</category><category>it-s-not-fair</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2012 07:41:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC5A83104-B650-02F1-8BB8-37BA4755A6FA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="128" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinC5A83104-B650-02F1-8BB8-37BA4755A6FA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fukushima farmers pray for radiation-free rice    </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11954353-fukushima-farmers-pray-for-radiation-free-rice</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11954353-fukushima-farmers-pray-for-radiation-free-rice</guid><category>farmers</category><category>radiation</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>uk-news</category><category>japan-world-news</category><category>sweeter-fennel</category><category>eurovine</category><category>newsvine-science</category><category>international-commission</category><category>tokyo-electric</category><category>fukushima-daiichi</category><category>rice-paddy</category><category>toraaki-ogata</category><category>shoichi-watanabe</category><category>york-benimaru</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 12:02:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111989808BB-65EC-0D79-8995-016E7B981D67.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="143" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111989808BB-65EC-0D79-8995-016E7B981D67.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Eurozone warned 'severe recession' looming</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a "severe recession," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Tuesday, as it called on governments and Europe's central bank to act quickly to keep the slowdown from dragging down the global economy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Keller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Keller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11805218-eurozone-warned-severe-recession-looming</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11805218-eurozone-warned-severe-recession-looming</guid><category>business</category><category>economy</category><category>world</category><category>world-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:14:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eaa4b9f8-0ea6-40c4-ab2a-d955e50d33f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eaa4b9f8-0ea6-40c4-ab2a-d955e50d33f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman walks past a closed-down travel agency plastered with concert posters in Madrid Monday May 21, 2012.  Spain's economy minister de Guindos said the Spanish economy, which has contracted by 0.3 percent in each of the past two quarters, will shrink by about the same amount in the second quarter of 2012. The forecast is for it to decline 1.7 percent for the year. Unemployment stands at a staggering 24.4 percent, and exceeds 50 percent for people under age 25.(AP Photo/Paul White)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Corruption Law that Scares the Bejesus Out of Corporate America - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic</title>
<description><![CDATA["Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney In 2009, Halliburton agreed to pay $559 million to settle charges that a former unit had bribed Nigerian officials while building a gas plant. German engineering firm Siemens has coughed up the largest settlement so far, paying $800 m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doris Jude Porter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doris Jude Porter]]></source><link>http://dorisjudeporter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11396743-the-corruption-law-that-scares-the-bejesus-out-of-corporate-america-jordan-weissmann-business-the-atlantic</link><guid>http://dorisjudeporter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11396743-the-corruption-law-that-scares-the-bejesus-out-of-corporate-america-jordan-weissmann-business-the-atlantic</guid><category>business</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>democrates</category><category>illinois-institute</category><category>tea-party</category><category>walmart-nigarian</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:29:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dorisjudeporter6DC3742B-5A9F-1E67-C9A3-BE49A2CC1E0D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dorisjudeporter6DC3742B-5A9F-1E67-C9A3-BE49A2CC1E0D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Eurozone boosts financial buffers to $1.1 trillion</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 17 countries that use the euro have boosted their emergency funding for heavily indebted countries to (EURO)800 billion ($1.1 trillion) &#8212; an amount that falls short of what the currency union's international partners had said is needed to calm financial markets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriele Steinhauser]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gabriele Steinhauser]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10882857-eurozone-boosts-financial-buffers-to-11-trillion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10882857-eurozone-boosts-financial-buffers-to-11-trillion</guid><category>business</category><category>financial</category><category>europe</category><category>crisis</category><category>world-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>several-european</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:20:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/15635f32-a1c4-427d-bbd0-b0e1ffbaf4d1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/15635f32-a1c4-427d-bbd0-b0e1ffbaf4d1.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angel Gurria, the head of the Paris-based international development body, OECD, addresses the media in Brussels, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro should boost their financial buffers to at least euro 1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) to help the struggling currency union return to growth, the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1a477366-194e-478f-9cee-e3ce0dc23c59.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1a477366-194e-478f-9cee-e3ce0dc23c59.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angel Gurria, the head of the Paris-based international development body, OECD, shows a survey to the media in Brussels, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro should boost their financial buffers to at least euro 1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) to help the struggling currency union return to growth, the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a10b7f01-c7ee-4095-a75d-4bdcfb916df9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a10b7f01-c7ee-4095-a75d-4bdcfb916df9.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angel Gurria, the head of the Paris-based international development body, OECD, shows a survey to the media in Brussels, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro should boost their financial buffers to at least euro 1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) to help the struggling currency union return to growth, the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ec80cd6a-b18a-4083-95be-ddfbb8236211.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec80cd6a-b18a-4083-95be-ddfbb8236211.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn addresses the media in Brussels, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro should boost their crisis firewalls to at least euro 1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) to help the struggling currency union return to growth, the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8a4af672-6e4c-4f0f-a43a-5aa900949c5a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8a4af672-6e4c-4f0f-a43a-5aa900949c5a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Minister of Finance of Greece Filippos Sachinidis, during the informal EU-meeting for EU Finance ministers, the ECOFIN Meeting, in Copenhagen, Denmark Friday, March 30 2012. (AP Photo/Gregers Tycho/POLFOTO) DENMARK OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1c7c1636-94cd-485e-b9da-c79c2450553c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1c7c1636-94cd-485e-b9da-c79c2450553c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Danish Minister of Economics Margrethe Vestager talks to the press during the informal EU-meeting for EU finance ministers, the ECOFIN Meeting, in Copenhagen, Denmark Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Joachim Adrian/Polfoto) DENMARK OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/89d9a3fc-8cba-4e24-a55d-690e99795400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/89d9a3fc-8cba-4e24-a55d-690e99795400.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Danish Minister of Economics Margrethe Vestager talks to Britain's Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne, right, during the informal EU-meeting for EU finance ministers, the ECOFIN Meeting, in Copenhagen, Denmark Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregers Tycho, POLFOTO) DENMARK OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8c43ad45-96bd-4fdb-95de-f8b7dae2d58f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8c43ad45-96bd-4fdb-95de-f8b7dae2d58f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schauble, right,talking to Minister of Economics of France Francois Baroin, during  the informal EU-meeting for EU Finance Ministers, in Copenhagen, Denmark Friday, March 30 2012. (AP Photo/Gregers Tycho/POLFOTO) DENMARK OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>OECD pushes for $1.3 trillion eurozone crisis fund</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 17 countries that use the euro should boost their financial buffers to at least (EURO)1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) to help the struggling currency union return to growth, the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10771624-oecd-pushes-for-13-trillion-eurozone-crisis-fund</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10771624-oecd-pushes-for-13-trillion-eurozone-crisis-fund</guid><category>business</category><category>financial</category><category>europe</category><category>crisis</category><category>world-news</category><category>chancellor-angela-merkel</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:40:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dd5ea1ae-565f-4767-abc2-54d36e249a5f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dd5ea1ae-565f-4767-abc2-54d36e249a5f.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos speaks during the hand over-ceremony of the PASOK party in Athens, Monday, March 19, 2012. Venizelos will submit his official resignation on Monday after being elected to head the majority Socialist party as Greece heads into early general elections. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e1edaa37-794c-4436-9e9b-3938868d7e28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e1edaa37-794c-4436-9e9b-3938868d7e28.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel, speaks during a press conference after the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a21dec60-bf95-4cc0-84ea-e26bdea810de.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a21dec60-bf95-4cc0-84ea-e26bdea810de.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel, smiles at the beginning of the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 26, 2012 one day after the Saarland state elections. Chancellor Angela Merkel's party won the  state election in western Germany Sunday, making a promising start to a difficult series of regional ballots this year. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1c0e52a7-fdda-4d0d-aa58-e1eec40a611e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1c0e52a7-fdda-4d0d-aa58-e1eec40a611e.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel, reacts  at the beginning of the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 26, 2012 one day after the Saarland state elections. Chancellor Angela Merkel's party won the  state election in western Germany Sunday, making a promising start to a difficult series of regional ballots this year. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31bf042e-3557-493b-b4ac-367df00dcbe0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31bf042e-3557-493b-b4ac-367df00dcbe0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel,waves  at the beginning of the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 26, 2012 one day after the Saarland state elections. Chancellor Angela Merkel's party won the  state election in western Germany Sunday, making a promising start to a difficult series of regional ballots this year. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>G-20 linking IMF hike to bigger EU 'firewall' fund</title>
<description><![CDATA[The G-20 nations are conditioning additional money for the International Monetary Fund on the European Union first increasing its financial stabilization funds to ease concerns about the euro zone debt crisis, officials said Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/25/10505765-g-20-linking-imf-hike-to-bigger-eu-firewall-fund</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/25/10505765-g-20-linking-imf-hike-to-bigger-eu-firewall-fund</guid><category>business</category><category>mexico</category><category>20</category><category>european-union</category><category>mexico-city</category><category>world-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>international-monetary-fund</category><category>lt</category><category>g-20</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9e8cf2c5-406e-4008-b839-06de87fcf7d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9e8cf2c5-406e-4008-b839-06de87fcf7d8.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at a meeting with G-20  finance ministers, in Mexico City, Saturday Feb. 25, 2012.  Concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis topped the agenda Saturday, with Geithner acknowledging the work of European leaders, saying they have &quot;made quite a bit of progress in convincing the world that they are not going to allow a catastrophic financial failure&quot; in their countries. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c2b8eec-cf46-46f0-a137-e08aeac10703.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="372" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c2b8eec-cf46-46f0-a137-e08aeac10703.jpg" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at a meeting with G-20 finance ministers, in Mexico City, Saturday Feb. 25, 2012.  Concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis topped the agenda Saturday, with Geithner acknowledging the work of European leaders, saying they have &quot;made quite a bit of progress in convincing the world that they are not going to allow a catastrophic financial failure&quot; in their countries. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d54b1da-141f-471b-8c51-fac6875b950e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d54b1da-141f-471b-8c51-fac6875b950e.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at a meeting with G-20  finance ministers, in Mexico City, Saturday Feb. 25, 2012.  Concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis topped the agenda Saturday, with Geithner acknowledging the work of European leaders, saying they have &quot;made quite a bit of progress in convincing the world that they are not going to allow a catastrophic financial failure&quot; in their countries. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/72f118c3-a245-4271-b4b1-b41140eee61a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/72f118c3-a245-4271-b4b1-b41140eee61a.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mexican singer Luis Miguel performs in concert in Mexico City, Saturday Feb. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/47435387-77d1-4424-ae3d-9d1fa4c19fbf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/47435387-77d1-4424-ae3d-9d1fa4c19fbf.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivers a speech during a conference at a so-called Group of 20 meeting in Mexico City, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/50f9ecb6-e72c-42cd-90ac-a4612ddc0495.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/50f9ecb6-e72c-42cd-90ac-a4612ddc0495.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde delivers a speech during a conference at a so-called Group of 20 meeting in Mexico City, Sunday Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama to propose lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent - The Washington Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama on Wednesday plans to propose a major overhaul of the nation&rsquo;s corporate tax code, an election-year gambit that is likely to draw a contrast over a key policy issue with the Republicans vying to replace him.
Obama will propose lowering the nation&rsquo;s ta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[azartguy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[azartguy]]></source><link>http://azartguy.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/22/10474401-obama-to-propose-lowering-corporate-tax-rate-to-28-percent-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://azartguy.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/22/10474401-obama-to-propose-lowering-corporate-tax-rate-to-28-percent-the-washington-post</guid><category>politics</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:47:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>I Will Pay My &quot;Fair Share&quot; of Taxes When...</title>
<description><![CDATA[
But the president needs to understand that fairness is a subjective thing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10348286-i-will-pay-my-fair-share-of-taxes-when</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10348286-i-will-pay-my-fair-share-of-taxes-when</guid><category>taxes</category><category>bank</category><category>religion</category><category>abc-news</category><category>obama</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>cato-institute</category><category>warren-buffet</category><category>international-union</category><category>washington-times</category><category>fair-share</category><category>keystone-xl</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:19:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The myth of Israel's isolation</title>
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Far from being isolated, Israel increasingly is acknowledged as a world player in view of its social, economic, financial and diplomatic achievements in the last 64 years.
Its latest integration (not isolation) in the company of other important global players is its newly won &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10316577-the-myth-of-israels-isolation</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10316577-the-myth-of-israels-isolation</guid><category>israel</category><category>agriculture</category><category>oecd</category><category>world-news</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>undp</category><category>economic-power</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:29:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The True Cost of High School Dropouts - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
ONLY 21 states require students to attend high school until they graduate or turn 18.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10242117-the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts-nytimescom</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10242117-the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts-nytimescom</guid><category>education</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>drop-outs</category><category>college-graduates</category><category>high-school-graduation-rate</category><category>investing-in-our-future</category><category>oliver-munday</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:06:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499FC3242A7-3690-73EB-BF72-BDB89AF37838.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499FC3242A7-3690-73EB-BF72-BDB89AF37838.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Iain Murray and James C. Bennett: Britain's Future Lies With America, Not Europe - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Up to now, however, the U.S. has pursued a policy of propping up the euro while discouraging British independence from Brussels. This is incredibly short-sighted.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[space guy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[space guy]]></source><link>http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/29/9801993-iain-murray-and-james-c-bennett-britains-future-lies-with-america-not-europe-wsjcom</link><guid>http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/29/9801993-iain-murray-and-james-c-bennett-britains-future-lies-with-america-not-europe-wsjcom</guid><category>britain</category><category>politics</category><category>north-america</category><category>uk</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:49:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wingod8E376D02-237D-DCA4-5A48-020AC67360EE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="76" width="76" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wingod8E376D02-237D-DCA4-5A48-020AC67360EE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="76" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gap Between Rich And Poor Widening Across The Developed World, As Bankers And Executives Reap More Income </title>
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According to&nbsp;a new report&nbsp;by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, income inequality &mdash; which has sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/05/9228138-gap-between-rich-and-poor-widening-across-the-developed-world-as-bankers-and-executives-reap-more-income</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/05/9228138-gap-between-rich-and-poor-widening-across-the-developed-world-as-bankers-and-executives-reap-more-income</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>uk</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>income-inequality</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:31:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364C238A534-8784-B856-D530-2C3088AFB80C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="220" width="217" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364C238A534-8784-B856-D530-2C3088AFB80C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>OECD issues stark warning on global economy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday policy makers around the world must "be prepared to face the worst," as the economic impact of Europe's debt crisis threatens to spread around the developed world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/28/9063701-oecd-issues-stark-warning-on-global-economy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/28/9063701-oecd-issues-stark-warning-on-global-economy</guid><category>business</category><category>economy</category><category>world</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:08:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Income Inequality Suddenly Matters -- In These Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[Americans are tired of watching the rich getting richer while the dream of upward mobility becomes a joke.
A few weeks ago, as the Occupy Wall Street protests were first spreading, something amazing happened: For 10 whole seconds, the local reporter on my TV screen actually talk&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen-one shot-one kill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen-one shot-one kill]]></source><link>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8817898-why-income-inequality-suddenly-matters-in-these-times</link><guid>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8817898-why-income-inequality-suddenly-matters-in-these-times</guid><category>politics</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>census-bureau</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>american-dream</category><category>wall-street-ceo</category><category>pew-charitable-trusts</category><category>us-all</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><category>by-david-sirota-in</category><category>middle-america8221</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:14:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Shanghai’s students stunned the world</title>
<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI, China - Students in this booming Chinese city shocked the world last year when they beat every other country on international exams, but Chinese educators say their success is no fluke.“If you are a hard-working, diligent student you will succeed," said Qiu Ying Li, who has been teaching English for 20 years. "This is the secret for all Chinese students.”At Shanghai’s Yucai High School, students put in 12-hour days – nine hours before dinner plus three after they eat. Homework is assigned every evening, even for weekends, as an essential part of students’ learning activities. And kids study during summer and winter breaks to get ready for high-stakes college entrance tests.With all of this hard work comes stress. To help students cope, time is set aside for workouts and even eye massages.“It’s a test-oriented education system, which means students are taught from a very early age how to beat tests,” said Jiang Xueqin, deputy principal of Peking]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[NBC, msnbc ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NBC, msnbc ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8603888-how-shanghais-students-stunned-the-world</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8603888-how-shanghais-students-stunned-the-world</guid><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>students</category><category>shanghai</category><category>economic-cooperation</category><category>jiang</category><category>nightly-news</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>schleicher</category><category>peking-university-high-schoolstudents</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Nov 2011 23:06:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>