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							<title><![CDATA[Why Did Spirit Fail? Too Many Passengers Hated Flying It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/why-did-spirit-fail-too-many-passengers-hated-flying-it/ar-AA22mXnV</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Isidore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Spirit was doomed to fail because of mismanagement, deep financial problems, and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' crucially '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' its reputation for poor customer service. The spike in jet fuel prices during the war just accelerated Spirit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s inevitable demise.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Last Christmas for Sears?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/business/sears-last-christmas/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Isidore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tracy Easterling spent about an hour Sunday shopping at Sears, which used to be one of her favorite stores. She ended up with nothing to show for it but memories.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad News: Jobs Market Getting Worse]]></title>
							<link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/02/news/economy/jobs_september/index.htm?postversion=2009100210</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chris Isidore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Employers cut more jobs from their payrolls in September and the unemployment rate hit another 26-year high, as the long-battered U.S. labor market took an unexpected turn for the worse, according to a government report Friday.The Labor Department said there...]]></description>
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