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	<title><![CDATA[Investment fund born with a bribe: Markstone founder pleads guilty, quits ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:11:21 GM</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Elliot Broidy, the chairman of Markstone Capital Partners, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he helped his company land a lucrative deal with New York's public pension fund by giving nearly $1 million worth of illegal gifts to state officials in a pay-to-play kickback scheme at the Office of the New York State Comptroller.  
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	<title><![CDATA[Water prices to rise almost 50% by 2011 ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:11:20 GM</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Household water prices will go up 25% on Jan. 1, 2010, and will rise by another 16% on July 1 and then by 2% more on Jan. 1, 2011. The Water Authority Council officially approved the price hikes last Thursday. These amounts are less than originally asked for by the Finance Ministry.  
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	<title><![CDATA[TAU Board of Governors chairman's U.S. bank goes bust ]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[U.S. bank regulators shut down Ohio bank AmTrust Bank Friday night. The bank is owned by the family of Robert (Bobby) Goldberg, who is also the chairman of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University.   
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	<title><![CDATA[Business in Brief ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:11:19 GM</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Israel Electric Corporation was prevented from replacing the gas turbines at its Hagit power station in the north, near Elyakim, after its union, with the support of ultra-Orthodox Knesset Members, asked the ministries of National Infrastructures and Industry, Trade and Labor to revoke the special permit for work on the Sabbath. The ministries will hold another hearing on the matter tomorrow. The work is needed to prepare the generating plant to meet winter production needs. A serious technical fault occured at Hagit last month and one of the 340 megawatt turbines had to be shut down. The unit provides one third of the station's generating capacity. A replacement brought to Hagit last week was to have been installed yesterday but the union's northern branch, which is at odds with IEC management over other issues, says the task was not urgent enough to require Saturday work and could be completed during the week. (Avi Bar-Eli)  
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