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		<title>SYTYCD shake-up to hurt some, help others</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fan Fare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Adam Shankman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ashleigh Di Lello]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jakob Carr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mollee Gray]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the dancers who remain after tomorrow night's So You Think You Can Dance elimination, next week will bring new styles and a new partner. So who will the shake-up help and who will it hurt?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="jakobaashleighlyrjazz_mg_5722" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/jakobaashleighlyrjazz_mg_5722.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-7727" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/jakobaashleighlyrjazz_mg_5722.jpg" alt="jakobaashleighlyrjazz_mg_5722" width="315" height="217" align="left" /></a>They came, they danced and the judges were almost too positive, especially since two more dancers will be sent packing from <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/" target="_blank">So You Think You Can Dance</a> tomorrow, leaving only the all important Top 10, who are expected to <a href="http://fox.com/blogs/dance/2009/07/08/so-you-think-you-can-dance-tour-2009/" target="_blank">go on tour</a> in 2010.</p>
<p>For the dancers who remain after Wednesday night's elimination, next week will bring new styles and a new partner. So who will the shake-up help and who will it hurt?</p>
<p>Topping the list of those who may feel the squeeze is <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/ashleigh-di-lello.php" target="_blank">Ashleigh Di Lello</a>. Last week, <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2009/11/18/will-the-di-lello-husband-and-wife-team-make-top-10-on-sytycd/" target="_blank">we speculated that without her partner</a> Jakob Carr, Ashleigh may find herself in trouble. <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/jakob-karr.php" target="_blank">Jakob</a>'s strength was certainly evident in their first number, with judge <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/#bio:adam" target="_blank">Adam Shankman</a> saying the only flaw was his pants. But Ashleigh got high praises after their second number, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-cha-cha_(dance)" target="_blank">cha-cha</a>, with judge <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/#bio:nigel" target="_blank">Nigel Lythgoe</a> again saying that those who questioned her abilities in Vegas were eating their words.</p>
<p>"That may have been a cha-cha, but you are waltzing through to the top 10," said Nigel of the performance.</p>
<p><a title="nathanmolleecancan_mg_6511" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/nathanmolleecancan_mg_6511.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-7728" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/nathanmolleecancan_mg_6511.jpg" alt="nathanmolleecancan_mg_6511" width="311" height="214" align="right" /></a><a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/mollee-gray.php" target="_blank">Mollee Gray</a> may also find herself in a bad place when her partnership with <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/nathan-trasoras.php" target="_blank">Nathan Trasoras</a> breaks up. The couple seem to have been buoyed by <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/11/so-you-think-you-can-dance-tough-love.html" target="_blank">Nathan's popularity</a> and Mollee may not fare so well with voters on her own. But a more mature partner could prove to give her the push to make it through to the top 4.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, if <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/karen-hauer.php" target="_blank">Karen Hauer</a> makes it through the elimination, she will need to connect with one of the stronger men if she hopes to survive another week. A fresh partner may also prove the right move for <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/noelle-marsh.php" target="_blank">Noelle Marsh</a>, who has done well with <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/russell-ferguson.php" target="_blank">Russell Ferguson</a>, but may shine with someone else.</p>
<p>As for who will be headed home this week, expect to see Karen and partner <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/victor-smalley.php" target="_blank">Victor Smalley</a> among the bottom three couples. As for the rest - it really is anyone's game right now.</p>
<p>Who do you think will benefit from the partner switch up? Which dancers do you want to see in the Top 10?</p>
<p>Join us live on Twitter @Reuters_Fanfare for the east coast airing of the show.</p>
<p><em>SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Jakob Karr (L) and Ashleigh Di Lello (R) perform a Lyrical Jazz routine choreographed by Sonya Tayeh on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE on FOX. ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX</em></p>
<p><em>SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Nathan Trasoras (L) and Mollee Gray (R) perform a Can-Can choreographed by Tyce Diorio on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE on FOX. ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX</em></p>
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		<title>So You Think You Can Dance taps out to top 16</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/?p=7259</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Bianca Revels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The top 18 dancers sashayed straight into competition -- and eliminations -- on Tuesday’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The top 18 dancers sashayed straight into competition -- and eliminations -- on Tuesday’s episode of <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/" target="_blank">So You Think You Can Dance</a>.</p>
<p>The two-hour long show was the final round to be decided entirely by the panel of three judges before voting is handed back over to viewers on November 10.</p>
<p>It was a packed show, with all nine couples <a title="hiphop" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/sytycd_noelle-russell_hiphop_0005.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-7261" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/sytycd_noelle-russell_hiphop_0005.jpg" alt="hiphop" width="294" height="201" align="left" /></a>performing ahead of the same-day elimination.</p>
<p>The night started off with <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/noelle-marsh.php" target="_blank">Noell</a><a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/noelle-marsh.php" target="_blank">e</a><a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/noelle-marsh.php" target="_blank"> Marsh</a>, freshly recovered from an injury that kept her out of the competition last week, and partner <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/russell-ferguson.php" target="_blank">Russell Ferguso</a><a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/russell-ferguson.php" target="_blank">n</a> in a tennis-inspired hip-hop battle.</p>
<p>The routine, choreographed by first-time contributor Jamal Sims, was fast-paced, but fell short for all three judges.</p>
<p>“It was just so fast that I think you really didn’t get a hold of it,” said <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/#bio:nigel" target="_blank">judge Nigel Lythgoe</a>, adding that he found the routine disappointing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/ashleigh-di-lello.php" target="_blank">Ashleigh Di Lello</a> and <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/jakob-karr.php" target="_blank">Jakob Carr</a> were up next with a Viennese Waltz that prompted <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/#bio:adam" target="_blank">judge Adam Shankman</a> to gush, “I am madly in love with you guys.”</p>
<p>Also evoking rave re<a title="mollewood" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/sytycd_mollee-nathan_bollywood_0032.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-7266 alignright" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/sytycd_mollee-nathan_bollywood_0032.jpg" alt="mollewood" width="294" height="201" align="left" /></a>views were fan favorites <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/mollee-gray.php" target="_blank">Mollee Gray</a> and <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/nathan-trasoras.php" target="_blank">Nathan Trasoras</a>. The show’s youngest couple aced a tough Bollywood number prompting <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/#bio:cat" target="_blank">host Cat Deeley</a> to rename the genre “Molleewood.”</p>
<p>Latin dancer <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/karen-hauer.php" target="_blank">Karen Hauer</a>, who was the first contestant this season to board <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/#bio:mary" target="_blank">judge Mary Murphy</a>’s Hot Tamale Train, was so spicy in this week’s hip hop routine that Shankman fell out of his chair – literally.</p>
<p>Meanwhile partner <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/kevin-hunte.php" target="_blank">Kevin Hunte</a>'s dancing was so “hot, hot, hot” that Murphy invited him to hop on the <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hot%20Tamale%20Train" target="_blank">Tamale Train</a> too.</p>
<p>Contemporary dancer <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/kathryn-mccormick.php" target="_blank">Katheryn McCormick</a> shone in the most “compelling” act of the evening, a Stacey Tookey contemporary number about a woman and her fear -- potrayed by partner <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/legacy-perez.php" target="_blank">Legacy Perez</a>, who was praised for his growth in the competition.</p>
<p>“Legacy, you are a different man than I have ever seen before,” said Shankman. “You turned a corner, buddy… you were dancing.”<a title="sytycd_ellenore-ryan_argentinetango_0023" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/sytycd_ellenore-ryan_argentinetango_0023.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-7273 alignleft" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/11/sytycd_ellenore-ryan_argentinetango_0023.jpg" alt="sytycd_ellenore-ryan_argentinetango_0023" width="201" height="294" align="right" /></a></p>
<p>Also garnering rave reviews were <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/ryan-di-lello.php" target="_blank">Ryan Di Lello</a> and partner <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/ellenore-scott.php" target="_blank">Ellenore Scott</a> -- who danced the majority of a challenging Argentine Tango with her dress stuck to the bottom of her shoe.</p>
<p>Falling short this week were <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/bianca-revels.php" target="_blank">Bianca Revels</a> and <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/victor-smalley.php" target="_blank">Victor Smalley</a>, who struggled with their Tyce Diorio Broadway routine.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/channing-cooke.php" target="_blank">Channing Cooke</a> and <a href="http://www.fox.com/dance/contestants/profiles/phillip-attmore.php" target="_blank">Philip Attmore</a> were criticized over the lifts in their piece, but praised for their support of one another.</p>
<p>After a brief meeting, the judges decided Revels, Smalley, Attmore and Marsh would have to dance for their lives. After the solos, Lythgoe announced that, in a split decision, tapper Revels was being sent home.</p>
<p>Attmore was also sent home, with Lythgoe adding that it broke his heart to let two tappers go in one night.</p>
<p>Next week, voting is back in your hands.</p>
<p>Are you glad to have the power to vote again? Do you think the judges made the right choices? Was it a good idea to let two tappers go in one night?</p>
<p><em>(Noelle Marsh (L) and Russell Ferguson (R) perform a Hip Hop routine choreographed by Jamal Sims on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE . ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Michael Becker/FOX)</em></p>
<p><em>(Nathan Trasoras (L) and Mollee Gray (R) perform a Bollywood routine choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Michael Becker/FOX)</em></p>
<p><em>(Ellenore Scott (L) and Ryan Di Lello (R) perform an Argentine Tango choreographed by Miriam Larici and Leonardo Barrionuevo on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Michael Becker/FOX)</em></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; works like magic at box offices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/?p=5261</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Radcliffe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the latest Harry Potter movie opening across North America tomorrow, "The Half-Blood Prince" is already -- and perhaps expectedly -- among the hottest-selling movie tickets of the year.
From Alaska to Florida, 2,500 midnight showtimes of "The Half-Blood Prince" have sold out, according to Fandango, a top movie and entertainment online ticket seller.
The website is currently selling an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the latest <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE5621UC20090707?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0" target="_blank">Harry Potter</a> movie opening across North America tomorrow, "The Half-Blood Prince" is already -- and perhaps expectedly -- among the hottest-selling movie tickets of the year.</p>
<p><a title="Japanesefans" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/07/rtr25d1c.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-5272" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/07/rtr25d1c.jpg" alt="Japanesefans" width="300" height="228" align="left" /></a>From Alaska to Florida, 2,500 midnight showtimes of "The Half-Blood Prince" have sold out, according to <a href="http://www.fandango.com/" target="_blank">Fandango</a>, a top movie and entertainment online ticket seller.</p>
<p>The website is currently selling an average of eight Harry Potter tickets per second.</p>
<p>It seems the British boy wizard has cast the right spell to reclaim his spot among the top 3 advance-ticket sellers of all time, a coveted honor <a href="http://www.fandango.com/ShowPressRelease.aspx?id=136" target="_blank">lost last fall to "Twilight"</a>.</p>
<p>In fact, by the end of the day, "The Half-Blood Prince" may even outpace "The Dark Knight" in advance-ticket sales.</p>
<p>"Harry Potter fans are insanely loyal," said Fandango spokesperson Harry Medved. "And it's clear that the online buzz and positive reviews for 'The Half-Blood Prince' are fueling the online ticket sales."</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204261704574276261288253316.html" target="_blank">This should come as a surprise to the Wall Street Journal</a>.</p>
<p>An article posted Friday on their website argued that Harry Potter fans were getting too old for spellbooks and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch" target="_blank">Quidditch</a>.</p>
<p>The article further stated the average teen would rather spend time with "the gorgeous vampire (<a href="http://www.laineygossip.com/Robert_Pattinson_Edward_Anthony_Masen_Cullen_in_New_York_shooting_Remember_Me.aspx?CatID=1090&amp;CelID=0" target="_blank">Robert Pattinson</a>) who fights his own biological destiny to fall in love with Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), a human girl" in the Twilight series.</p>
<p>While there is no denying Potter fans are growing up (the first Harry Potter book was published in 1997), are they really ready to abandon the boy wizard en masse?</p>
<p><a title="USfans" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/07/rtr25idk.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-5273" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/07/rtr25idk.jpg" alt="USfans" width="300" height="190" align="right" /></a>The numbers suggest most fans have room for both.</p>
<p>Fifty-five percent of people who plan to see "The Half-Blood Prince" said they are also fans of the Twilight series of books, according to Fandango.</p>
<p>And 59 percent of people who plan to see "The Half-blood Prince" said they are looking forward to "New Moon", the upcoming Twilight movie.</p>
<p>But there is one category where Harry Potter has Twilight beat.</p>
<p>While 63 percent of people planning to see "The Half-Blood Prince" are female, there is still a sizable group of males looking forward to watching Harry Potter's latest adventure on screen.</p>
<p>"It's not like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_book" target="_blank">Twilight</a>," said Medved. "That was 80-90 percent female."</p>
<p><a title="twlightkiss" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/07/rtr244yy.jpg"><img class="attachment wp-att-5274" src="http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/files/2009/07/rtr244yy.jpg" alt="twlightkiss" width="140" height="200" align="left" /></a>Medved added that Twilight's popularity may have been fueled by the fact that "The Half-Blood Prince" was delayed from its original release date in November of 2008.</p>
<p>"A lot of fans had to satisfy themselves with 'Twilight,'" said Medved. "I'm assuming that some went to see 'Twilight' to get their fantasy and romance fix."</p>
<p>The draw of a romance-infused plot line has not escaped the "Half-blood Prince" producers. If this trailer is any indication of what is to come, the latest movie promises <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWxWGo8Iank" target="_blank">plenty of romance</a>.</p>
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		<title>ActionAid: Bailout the hungry, please</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2008/10/12/actionaid-bailout-the-hungry-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the U.S. approving a $700 billion Wall Street bailout and the UK offering up £88 billion to bolster its banks, you can be forgiven for forgetting about that pesky food crisis in the developing world that dominated the news a few months back.
But the issue is still very much alive in the corridors of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the U.S. approving a $700 billion Wall Street bailout and the UK offering up £88 billion to bolster its banks, you can be forgiven for forgetting about that pesky <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/gc06/idUSTRE49544L20081006" target="_blank">food crisis</a> in the developing world that dominated the news a few months back.</p>
<p>But the issue is still very much alive in the corridors of the World Bank, which released on Saturday a report entitled <a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVCOMMEXT/Resources/Food-Fuel.pdf?resourceurlname=Food-Fuel.pdf" target="_blank">Rising Food and Fuel Prices: addressing the risks to future generations</a> .</p>
<p>While the report is quick to point out that people around the world are starving, there is also a sentiment that as rich countries scramble to fund their own bailouts, there will be <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49B32B20081012?virtualBrandChannel=10338)" target="_blank">cutbacks</a> in humanitarian aid funding.</p>
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<p>What do you think: should government money go to multi-billion dollar bailouts or to feeding the world's hungry?</p>
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		<title>Shifting tides of confidence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2008/10/12/shifting-tides-of-confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance  (IIF), a global association of financial firms, says the United States has larger worries than a weak U.S. dollar.
"The dollar is just a function I think now of the shifting tides of confidence in the system," Dallara tells Reuters.
His real worry? Lending between banks, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charles Dallara, managing director of the <a href="http://www.iif.com/" target="_blank">Institute of International Finance</a>  (IIF), a global association of financial firms, says the United States has larger worries than a weak U.S. dollar.</p>
<p>"The dollar is just a function I think now of the shifting tides of confidence in the system," Dallara tells Reuters.</p>
<p>His real worry? Lending between banks, which has virtually come to a standstill.</p>
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		<title>Bankers, bailouts and laughs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2008/10/12/bankers-bailouts-and-laughs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks are tumbling around the world and Mainstreet  is feeling the crunch, but at the Institute of International Finance  (IIF) luncheon it was hard to see the dark side past the luxurious chocolate mousse cake and keynote comedy.
Jacob Frenkel, the vice-chairman of American Internal Group (AIG) -- yes, that insurer on the receiving [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stocks are tumbling around the world and <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4993WN20081010" target="_blank">Mainstreet</a>  is feeling the crunch, but at the <a href="http://www.iif.com/" target="_blank">Institute of International Finance</a>  (IIF) luncheon it was hard to see the dark side past the luxurious chocolate mousse cake and <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49A3OH20081011" target="_blank">keynote comedy</a>.</p>
<p>Jacob Frenkel, the vice-chairman of American Internal Group (AIG) -- yes,<em> that </em>insurer on the receiving end of an $85 billion government bailout a few weeks ago (and now <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE49886E20081009" target="_blank">an extra $37.8 billion loan</a> ), gave a light-hearted address on the G7's plan of action to combat the credit crisis.</p>
<p>Frenkel was quick to take issue with the lack of details in the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49B1CX20081012?virtualBrandChannel=10338" target="_blank">G7 plan</a> and urged the importance of concrete dates.</p>
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<p><em>Jacob Frenkel needs a date</em></p>
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<p>But all jokes aside, Frenkel suggested the current financial crisis could be seen in a different light.</p>
<p><em>Jacob Frenkel thinks Chinese</em></p>
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		<title>The code of silence&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2008/10/11/the-code-of-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a routine press conference given by Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney on the results  of Friday's G7 meeting.
After reassuring Canadian's that they "probably have the most efficient, effective financial system in the world", Carney was asked how Wednesday's coordinated interest rate cut  came together [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was a routine press conference given by Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney on <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49992Z20081011" target="_blank">the results</a>  of Friday's G7 meeting.</p>
<p>After reassuring Canadian's that they "probably have the most efficient, effective financial system in the world", Carney was asked how Wednesday's coordinated <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/euPrivateEquityNews/idUSTRE49752G20081008" target="_blank">interest rate cut</a>  came together and who drove the process.</p>
<p>His answer revealed not only a "code of silence" among Central Bank leaders, but also hinted that those same leaders might have some special powers -- at least if we are to believe they all independently decided an interest rate cut was a good idea at the exact same time.</p>
<p><em>Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney</em></p>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the protest?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/macroscope/2008/10/11/wheres-the-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[angry protesters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when IMF/G7 meet-ups were met with hundreds of angry protesters throwing rocks and smoke bombs at police.
How things have changed...
Now the protests are scheduled, complete with press releases and carefully assembled information packets. But while the message is there, the people really aren't.
Kenny Bruno of Oil Change International

Even without much of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a time when IMF/G7 meet-ups were met with hundreds of angry protesters throwing rocks and smoke bombs at police.</p>
<p>How things have changed...</p>
<p>Now the protests are scheduled, complete with press releases and carefully assembled information packets. But while the message is there, the people really aren't.</p>
<p><em>Kenny Bruno of Oil Change International</em></p>
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<p>Even without much of an audience, the colorful nature of these well-organized protests guarantees plenty of media coverage to get the message out.</p>
<p>So what exactly is that message?</p>
<p><em>Oil Change's Stephen Kretzmann and Dr. Brent Blackwelder of Friends of the Earth talk greenwashing<br />
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<p>Is it a sign of the times that violent mass protests are being replaced by media-friendly performance art? Tell us what you think.</p>
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