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       'February 8, 2010 Monday 1:51 PM EST', 
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       ' MarketWatch', 
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       'Latest News - Marketwatch', 
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       'WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Job creation will be job No. 1 in Washington this week, with a bipartisan meeting at the White House on tap, in addition to possible movement in the Senate on a jobs bill and a handful of congressional hearings dealing with employment and the economy.With Friday\'s employment report showing that the economy lost 20,000 jobs in January -- but also showing that the jobless rate ticked down to 9.7% -- lawmakers and the White House are anxious to try to kick-start job creation. The question now is whether they can do it in a bipartisan way given the new math in the Senate that leaves Democrats without their filibuster-proof majority.'),
  


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