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    "If the Yankees win the World Series the economy will have a nice bounce back in 2010 but if the Phillies prevail it will be a long slog to recovery, according to a Real Time Economics analysis of gross domestic product following Yankees and Phillies World Series victories"writes the Wall Street Journal here. Full Article at Philly.com
    If the Yankees win the World Series the economy will have a nice bounce back in 2010 but if the Phillies prevail it will be a long slog to recovery, according to a Real Time Economics analysis of gross domestic product following Yankees and Phillies World Series victories
    SOURCE: Philly.com 1 month ago

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  1. Auckland City's players celebrate a goal against TP Mazembe during their Club World Cup soccer match in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
  2. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, December 16, 2009. Danish police detained 230 people on Wednesday as protesters stormed barricades around a global climate summit and a handful briefly broke through, witnesses and a police spokesman said.
  3. Police frisk people after the funeral ceremony for Necmi Oral in the south-eastern Turkish town of Mus December 16, 2009. Two Kurds protesting against the closure of a pro-Kurdish party were shot dead and seven were wounded on Tuesday when shopkeepers attacked them in the south-eastern Turkish town of Mus, security officials said.
  4. Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (L) toasts after exchanging documents with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko during their meeting in Kiev, December 16, 2009.
  5. Turkish riot police stand guard during the funeral ceremony for Necmi Oral in the south-eastern Turkish town of Mus December 16, 2009. Two Kurds protesting against the closure of a pro-Kurdish party were shot dead and seven were wounded on Tuesday when shopkeepers attacked them in the south-eastern Turkish town of Mus, security officials said.
  6. Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (L) and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko arrive for their meeting in Kiev, December 16, 2009.
  7. A man looks at a model during an outdoor campaign for new male underpants that underwear company Unno says provide extra shape enhancement, in Madrid December 16, 2009.
  8. A British Airways plane comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. British Airways PLC and union leaders agreed to meet Wednesday for emergency talks as the airline attempts to avert a 12-day strike by cabin crew staff over Christmas.
  9. This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, shows one of the restored fragments of a 3,200 year-old tomb walls after it was handed over to Egyptian antiquities authorities after arriving on a flight from Paris to Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian airport official said the ancient artwork that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum have returned home.
  10. This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, shows one of the restored fragments of a 3,200 year-old tomb walls after it was handed over to Egyptian antiquities authorities after arriving on a flight from Paris to Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian airport official said the ancient artwork that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum have returned home.
  11. A shopkeeper arranges a Christmas display with large Santa Claus figures in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
  12. A British Airways plane comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. British Airways PLC and union leaders agreed to meet Wednesday for emergency talks as the airline attempts to avert a 12-day strike by cabin crew staff over Christmas.
  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: A plant is covered in the early morning frost in Richmond Park on December 16, 2009 in London, England. A cold weather front is due to bring snow to parts of the country today with temperatures falling to as little as -4C according to the Met office. Heavier snow is expected in the capital towards the end of the weeek.
  14. NEWBURY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Barry Geraghty and Oscar Whiskey clear the last flight to win Division Two of The First Great Western Maiden Hurdle Race run at Newbury Racecourse on December 16, 2009 in Newbury, England.
  15. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 16: Protestors attempt to break through police lines outside the Bella Centre where the UN climate summit is taking place on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hundreds of climate demonstrators marched to the summit venue to show there anger over the slow progress towards a climate deal by world leaders.
  16. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 16: Protestors attempt to break through police lines outside the Bella Centre where the UN climate summit is taking place on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hundreds of climate demonstrators marched to the summit venue to show there anger over the slow progress towards a climate deal by world leaders.
  17. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 16: Protestors attempt to break through police lines outside the Bella Centre where the UN climate summit is taking place on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hundreds of climate demonstrators marched to the summit venue to show there anger over the slow progress towards a climate deal by world leaders.
  18. CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 16: Graeme Swann of England appeals for the wicket of AB de Villiers of South Africa and then asks for a referral when the wicket is not given the result of which was that AB de Villiers was not out during day one of the first test match between South Africa and England at Centurion Park on December 16, 2009 in Centurion, South Africa.