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		<title>Bargain sales aren&#8217;t always what they appear to be</title>
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		<title>Deflation watch: gyudon</title>
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		<title>Deflation watch: Retort curry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What effect has deflation had on ready-to-eat curry?]]></description>
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		<title>Annals of cheap: bananas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bananas haven't been this cheap in Japan since 1979.]]></description>
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		<title>Fast-food joints hail relaxed rules for U.S. beef, signal end of the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 02:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<title>Vitamin drinks demonstrate their stamina in the market</title>
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		<title>Somebody has to pay for cheap beer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol wholesalers get called on the carpet for dumping beer.]]></description>
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