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	<title>Crikey &#187; big four</title>
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		<title>Media&#8217;s bank-bashing ritual? Bah, humbug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/crikey-says-the-medias-bank-bashing-ritual-bah-humbug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/crikey-says-the-medias-bank-bashing-ritual-bah-humbug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever would we do without a round of bank bashing stories this time of year, when all other news content is reduced to How to Baste Your Turkey and Top Ten Top Tens of 2011...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bank stand-off over interest rate cut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates by 0.25% earlier this week has turned into a stand-off with ANZ the only one of the Big Four banks to pass the cuts on to customers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Should the property market tumble, taxpayers will foot the bill</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/24/should-the-property-market-tumble-taxpayers-will-foot-the-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/24/should-the-property-market-tumble-taxpayers-will-foot-the-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property valuations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=198614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's say it again ... the big four banks did not save Australia from the global financial crisis.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>More pulp fiction from the banks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/17/more-pulp-fiction-from-the-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/17/more-pulp-fiction-from-the-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Bankers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=186610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more profitable for the banks than confusion about what they do, writes <b>Dr Richard Denniss</b>, executive director of The Australia Institute.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>World markets take headshots over China inflation, Ireland meltdown</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/17/world-markets-take-headshots-over-china-inflation-ireland-meltdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/17/world-markets-take-headshots-over-china-inflation-ireland-meltdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ireland economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=186586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since last Friday the world financial markets have taken some major blows.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia, Ireland parallels: watch out, there&#8217;s something in the Eire</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/16/australia-ireland-parallels-watch-out-theres-something-in-the-eire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/16/australia-ireland-parallels-watch-out-theres-something-in-the-eire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irish banks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=186301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australians should look very closely at the terrible situation occurring in Ireland, particularly since most remain blissfully ignorant of the dire state of the global economy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Schwab: Gottliebsen got it wrong on bank executives</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/12/schwab-gottliebsen-got-it-wrong-on-bank-executives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/12/schwab-gottliebsen-got-it-wrong-on-bank-executives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Clyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Norris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gottliebsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US housing market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=185188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Business Spectator’s legendary columnist Robert Gottliebsen isn’t reading Steve Keen’s columns (or these ones) particularly closely. If he did, he probably wouldn’t be blaming the bankers’ communication skills for their current public relations foibles.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aussie banks let off the global capital, liquidity rules hook</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/aussie-banks-let-off-the-global-capital-liquidity-rules-hook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/10/aussie-banks-let-off-the-global-capital-liquidity-rules-hook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian banks look like they will escape the full weight of the new, stringent global capital and liquidity rules.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hockey proves it doesn&#8217;t pay to take policy risks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/28/hockey-proves-it-doesnt-pay-to-take-policy-risks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/28/hockey-proves-it-doesnt-pay-to-take-policy-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=181575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet again serious policy is being overlooked in favour of the media's obsession with personalities and internal politics. No wonder we have a reform drought.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who says banks too big to fail? We need a warts-and-all inquiry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/22/who-says-banks-too-big-to-fail-we-need-a-warts-and-all-inquiry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/22/who-says-banks-too-big-to-fail-we-need-a-warts-and-all-inquiry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=180187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have had piecemeal probes, but they are just examinations at the edge. A a wider inquiry is needed and it should be independent, not parliamentary, with the powers of a Royal Commission merely to make sure that everyone attends and takes it seriously.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>APRA says our Big Four banks &#8216;too big to fail&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/apra-says-our-big-four-banks-too-big-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/apra-says-our-big-four-banks-too-big-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks in australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, the Reserve Bank produces the first financial stability report for 2010 and it is expected to be solid, without anything to frighten the still-skittish horses in the financial paddocks.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joye: What&#8217;s the difference between CBA and Fannie Mae?</title>
		<link>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Little-difference-between-CBA-and-Fannie-Mae-pd20100211-2K2VP?OpenDocument&#038;src=is&#038;is=Property&#038;blog=Concrete%20Detail</link>
		<comments>http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Little-difference-between-CBA-and-Fannie-Mae-pd20100211-2K2VP?OpenDocument&#038;src=is&#038;is=Property&#038;blog=Concrete%20Detail#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Very little, says <b>Christopher Joye</b>. Just like the once-epic financial institution, our big banks are "too big to fail" -- if they go down, so does our economy. Taxpayers will continue to subsidise them, even though they will continue to screw us over. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mayne: Bowen is right on Sons of Gwalia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/mayne-bowen-is-right-on-sons-of-gwalia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/20/mayne-bowen-is-right-on-sons-of-gwalia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite all the bleating by class-action lawyers and the Australian Shareholders’ Association, the government's decision to overturn the Sons of Gwalia High Court decision is no great disaster.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget mortgage holders, every rate rise hurts business</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/forget-mortgage-holders-every-rate-rise-hurts-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/forget-mortgage-holders-every-rate-rise-hurts-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/forget-mortgage-holders-every-rate-rise-hurts-business/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is the media so fixated on mortgage holders? More concerning is how much power the Big Four banks now hold over the economy, and how SMEs are struggling to get finance. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>ANZ out-gouges the NAB</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/interesting-anz-out-gouges-the-nab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/interesting-anz-out-gouges-the-nab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/interesting-anz-out-gouges-the-nab/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like the NAB, the ANZ has survived the financial crisis looking rudely health. Which is impressive, considering it suffered more damage from self-inflicted lending disasters than any of the Big Four.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Housing: the market continues to astound</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/housing-the-market-continues-to-astound/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/housing-the-market-continues-to-astound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tanya Plibersek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most obvious problem with the first-home-owner's grant is that it doesn’t actually benefit home buyers, since most recipients of the grant will probably be in competition with each other.
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big banks grow fatter at taxpayer expense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/big-four-banks-grow-fat-at-the-taxpayers-expense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/big-four-banks-grow-fat-at-the-taxpayers-expense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government's guarantee for Australian bank deposits and borrowings has done its work. It's time to scrap it. ]]></description>
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		<title>If you thought RBA rate cuts saved you money, think again</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/23/if-you-thought-rba-rate-cuts-saved-you-money-think-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/23/if-you-thought-rba-rate-cuts-saved-you-money-think-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little known fact: when the RBA cuts rates, the Big Four don't pass those cuts on to customers automatically for up to a year. So much for stimulating the economy, writes David Langsam, editor of <b>Biotech Daily</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>How to re-design the Australian banking sector</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/14/how-to-re-design-the-australian-banking-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/14/how-to-re-design-the-australian-banking-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we have established that banks can't fail in Australia, we need to redesign the regulatory environment. <b>Glenn Dyer</b> offers some thoughts to kick off the conversation.]]></description>
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		<title>Aussie Banks are crying poor but spending big</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/07/aussie-banks-are-crying-poor-but-spending-big/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/07/aussie-banks-are-crying-poor-but-spending-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a time of severe economic turmoil, when banks can't afford to pass on in-full a rate cut, they shouldn't be allowed to buy up their competitors, argues <b>Glenn Dyer</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Eslake: Why Australian Banks are standing strong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/eslake-why-australian-banks-are-standing-strong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/eslake-why-australian-banks-are-standing-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey asked <b>Saul Eslake, Chief Economist with the ANZ Bank</b>, to detail why Australia’s financial giants are in a more comfortable position than their international counterparts. ]]></description>
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