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<title ><![CDATA[Global IT spending to recover in 2010]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA['Modest increases likely next year if this recession mirrors its predecessors.']]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Minister's loss is the wedge's thin edge]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[Lost ID pass ushers in what experts fear will be the biggest year for data loss.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[IT contractor job offers down by 75%]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[Financial services made contract IT workers its lightning rod.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA['Tax tweaks cost small firms £2.4bn']]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[Brown accused of trying to tax small companies out of existence.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[CUK would like to wish all our readers a very happy holiday. We look forward to keeping you up-to-date with all the latest contractor news throughout 2009.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[What the recession means for IT skills]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/004134.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[Ensure your skills are honed, not generic, says public sector IT boss.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[IT contracting 2008 - Winners & Losers]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[Who helped IT contractors this year...and what didn't.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[The IT Contractor Crunch - How to beat it]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[The IT Coach offers an 'un-ostrich-like' strategy for uncertain times.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Closed for Christmas, say IT giants ]]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[US tech hub logs off early after months of slowing sales. ]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Software budgets to avert 'hard stop in growth']]></title>
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<description ><![CDATA[Centrality of software to UK outfits holds it in good stead - analyst.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Buy-to-let 'scam' hits City investors]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004129.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[Falling house prices sharpen the sting of spurious buy-to-let deals.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Zero Interest Bug promotes contracting boom]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/004128.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[A year of frightening news ends with the hope of a big payout for contractors. After all, fixing and writing vulnerabilities is what makes the industry tick.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[The bailiff just wrote on your wall]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004127.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[An Australian court raised eyebrows by approving the use of Facebook to notify a couple they had defaulted on their mortgage.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Could crowdsourcing have prevented the Internet Explorer security alert?]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004126.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[There are red faces at Redmond this week as Microsoft is forced to issue an emergency patch for Internet Explorer. Could Microsoft be forced to open-source some of their products?]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Has Britain gone to the tulips?]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/004125.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[Why do so many contractors think it's time to leave the UK?]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Contractor UK Market Report: Rates freeze]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004114.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[Stagnant rates offer hope that market has bottomed out.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Remain competitive in the downturn]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/004124.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[Contractors can compete by working faster, smarter and by paying attention to clients' problems.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[The unanswered questions in the mortgage relief scheme]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004123.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[A raft of mortgage relief measures pose twice as many questions as they answer for contractors.]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Emerging skill requirements for 2009]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004122.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[There are always winners and losers in a recession. Where should contractors steer their careers next year?]]></description>
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<title ><![CDATA[Could net speed equality be under threat?]]></title>
<link >http://www.contractoruk.com/news/004121.html</link>
<description ><![CDATA[New revelations have led commentators to suggest Google and other big content providers could be trying to buy their way into the internet fast lane, threatening ‘network neutrality’.]]></description>
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