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  <title><![CDATA[The Fine Art of Disruption: How Lorenzo Thione Evolved From 'Bing' To 'Artify It']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Lorenzo Thione believes in fate and and approaches the world with a somewhat self-confident naivete. This outward optimism --whether cock-eyed or simply self-assured -- comes across most clearly when he talks about his new business: He wants to be an &quot;artist among the artists&quot; – unchaining fine art from wealthy collectors and setting it free among the hoi polloi.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 12:02:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Vodafone Extends More Business Services for Ireland, James Whelan Butchers attests]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tradition and innovation can mingle, and meshed if boundaries for originality are maintained and respected, shares Pat Whelan, director at James Whelan Butchers of Ireland.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:05:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Stocks - Time To 'Sell In May And Go Away'?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[You can&#039;t blame investors for feeling a bit squeamish regarding deploying new money in the U.S. stock market these days, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s (DJIA) recent slide from 13,300 to 12,450 unnerving even the most experienced institutional investors. Where’s the market headed in the next six months?.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In Lehman's Archstone Deal, 'Grave Dancer' Sam Zell Wins Again]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sam Zell, the Chicago real-estate mogul, has become so well-known for feasting on distressed assets that he&#039;s been called the &quot;grave dancer.&quot; This week, Zell took the nickname to the next level: He&#039;s about to receive $70 million from a ghost.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:34:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Investors Love Rio: Why Foreign Companies Are Buying Into Brazil's Real Economy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Investing in Brazil&#039;s booming economy has turned another page as foreign companies, especially Japanese firms, move from putting money into the nation&#039;s financial industry to putting it into the real economy of South America&#039;s largest nation.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:28:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Renesas Electronics May Ax 14,000]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Renesas Electronics (Tokyo: 6723), one of Japan&#039;s biggest chip-makers, could fire as many as 30 percent of those on its payroll, or 14,000 workers.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:09 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Yahoo Livestand Killed Six Months After Debut; CEO Ross Levinsohn Makes First Major Move]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It seemed like a move in the right direction for Yahoo back in November, when the company announced a family of new mobile products that would enrich the way users see and understand their news and entertainment content.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:31:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[RIP Cisco Cius (2011-2012): How Apple, iPad Claimed Another Tablet Victim]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Cisco Cius, we hardly knew ye. Less than a year after the Cius hit shelves on July 31, Cisco announced on Friday (via company blog) that it will discontinue all investments being poured into its tablet designed for business and enterprise professionals. The price may have been the Cius&#039; ultimate killer, but the lack of entertaining features made this tablet all work, and no play.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Federal Regulators Plan Arctic Oil Spill Response Drills]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be conducting a series of possibly unannounced equipment inspections and on-water drills to test the oil spill responsiveness of companies planning to operate off the coast of Alaska in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:37:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Dragon By The Tail (In Outer Space): SpaceX Makes It To Space Station]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has become the first non-governmental agency to fly to the International Space Station and dock with orbiting laboratory.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:58:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Limbaugh Boycott Gets Mixed Results; Sponsors Still Out On Ratings Decline]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Three months after Rush Limbaugh characterized a Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke as a “slut” and a “prostitute,” a liberal-backed boycott of the right-winger’s radio show has been effective.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:07:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Airbus Smells Good Business In Wider Plane Seats For Bigger Americans]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. government data says that one American in three is obese -- and a European plane maker sees it as a sales opportunity.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:02:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Apple Tweaks iOS, Mac App Store: Is A Major Redesign Coming?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Apple quietly tweaked its App Store platform for Mac computers and iOS devices, rebranding a few categories and adding new features. But while most users may not notice these subtle changes, it&#039;s possible that these moves are in fact a precursor to a larger, more wholesale redesign of the App Stores.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:54:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Highest Paid US CEOs of Standard & Poor's 500 Companies [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[David Simon, CEO of Simon Property, named highest paid CEO of 2011 in AP analysis.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:49:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Consumer Sentiment Rises To Highest Level In More Than 4 Years]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than four years in May as Americans stayed optimistic about the job market, while higher income households expected to see bigger wage increases, a survey released on Friday showed.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Memorial Day Sales 2012: 25 Best Deals, Discounts And Bargains Online And In Stores For MDW Holiday Weekend]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[While Memorial Day is a day meant to celebrate and commemorate all those who have fallen while serving in the United States Armed Forced, along with a long weekend vacation from work and school, Monday, May 28 may be a great day to snag sales. According to NASDAQ, Memorial Day 2012 will be one of the best in recent years to receive heavy discounts on apparel and home goods.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:34:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Calls For Exercise In Gulf Of Mexico To Prevent Oil Spill Disasters]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Department of the Interior on Thursday called for a deepwater oil and natural gas containment exercise, designed to test the oil industry&#039;s readiness and capacity to respond to a future  accident like the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:22:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook Shares Drop Again On New Probes Despite Morgan Stanley Investor Pledges]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell 3.4 percent again Friday, a week after their disastrous debut in their initial public offering.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:19:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fracking Debate Complicates As Group Accuses University Of Parroting Oil Industry]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In the debate on hydraulic fracturing&#039;s safety record, the back and forth between industry groups, activist, and academic studies creates a lot of noise for the average person to sort out. But when a university is accused of misrepresenting its own data, that makes understanding the controversial drilling technique even more challenging.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:56:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Curt Schilling Fires Entire Staff in ‘Non-Voluntary’ Layoffs at Video Game Company 38 Studios]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at his Rhode Island-based video game company, 38 Studios, on Thursday, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs because the company couldn&#039;t repay its debt to the state.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:03:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Quest Software Jumps On Dell Purchase Report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Quest Software (Nasdaq; QSFT) jumped 5 percent Friday after a report it would be acquired by Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), for as much as $2 billion.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:55:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook Shares Fall In Early Trading]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell in early activity Friday, a week after their disastrous debut in their initial public offering.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345447/20120525/facebook-ipo-probe.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:22:37 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg's $6.4 Billion Loss: Value Of Facebook CEO's Stake A Gambler's Nightmare]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In the week since Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) went public, its founder, CEO and majority shareholder saw his $20.2 billion stake in the social media giant quickly swell to $24 billion only to shrink by day&#039;s end to $17.6 billion.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 06:24:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Are Record-Low Mortgage Rates Hurting The US Housing Market?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. mortgages rates have dropped to record lows for four consecutive weeks, but that doesn&#039;t mean more homes will be sold. In fact, at least one housing expert argues that extremely low rates are causing banks to be even more stringent with underwriting approvals, turning away more prospective buyers and hurting the national housing market.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 05:57:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook, ‘Titanic'  Of IPOs, Could Poison Tech Company Pipeline]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Faced with the disastrous fallout from the initial public offering of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, other technology companies that had been waiting to go next may reconsider.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 05:49:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Afternoon 5/25/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Australian sharemarket lost ground for the third consecutive day and week, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) down 0.6 pct or 25 pts to 4081.2 today. Nine out of 12 sectors finished in the red today and the broader market hit a fresh six-month low. On June 17, the Greeks will need to return to the polls to vote for a President for the second time.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 05:45:26 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty Hover Between Red And Green; Oil, Auto And IT Shares Worst Hit]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex started on a negative note Friday and was trading in the red in the morning session.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:12:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Warns of Potential Ban on EU Airlines over Carbon Tax Dispute]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[European airlines may risk an embargo from India&#039;s airspace, should Brussels impose sanctions on Indian carriers over carbon emissions. Brussels is facing the heat from several nations, including China, Russia, over an EU carbon emissions trading scheme that called for charging airlines over pollution.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:55:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[HP’s WebOS Enyo Team Leaving Company To Join Google: Report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The manpower behind HP&#039;s webOS platform continues to shrink as the team leading the Enyo HTML 5 development project is reportedly leaving the company to join Google shortly.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345307/20120525/hp-webos-enyo-team-leaving-join-google.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:53:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Shareholders Approve Executive Pay Plans, Turns to Twitter to Improve Image]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bank&#039;s chief executive Lloyd Blankfein would be taking a pay cut and receive lower pay compared to his counterparts in JPMorgan and Citigroup, shareholders told.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345275/20120525/goldman-sachs-annual-meeting-executive-pay-plans.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 02:59:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: More Online Adverts Viewed on Tablet Computers in Q1 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Advertisers take notice. Views of online advertisements have been gradually migrating on mobile devices as shown by a new report issued on Thursday by Internet advertising firm Millennial Media.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345236/20120525/study-more-online-adverts-viewed-tablet-computers.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345236/20120525/study-more-online-adverts-viewed-tablet-computers.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:15:25 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Midday 5/25/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Australian share market kicked off the session a little higher for the third time this week, only to start losing ground following some disappointing economic data out from China. The latest HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI came in at 48.7 down from 49.3 points the month before. By the close of trade the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) fell 12 points to 4,106 points.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 05/25/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks finished mostly higher after late afternoon comments from the Italian premier boosted confidence that Greece would stay in the euro zone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 34 points, or 0.3%, at 12530, after bouncing back from a 0.6% slide.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:24:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[SEC Reported Not Charging Lehman; Schapiro Statement Disputed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation into Lehman Brothers Holdings and will not likely recommend charges, according to the excerpt of a memo.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 18:38:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook Market Makers Losing At Least $100 Million]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Claims by four of Wall Street&#039;s main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook&#039;s botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook Camera Review: Like Instagram, But More Relevant]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[HP Shares Gain Slightly On Whitman’s Job Cuts]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ben & Jerry’s Lock Protects Your Ice Cream Pints From Thieves, Where To Buy The 'Euphori-Lock' [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tired of reaching in your freezer only to pull out your half-eaten ice cream when it was supposed to be full? Ben & Jerry&#039;s has created a solution to that pesky, ice cream-stealing roommate problem: a lock for your pint of ice cream. Ben & Jerry&#039;s re-introduced the &quot;Euphori-Lock,&quot; a lock that slide over the lid of your ice cream and locks it.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:28:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Ive: Apple's Next Project Is 'Most Important,' 'Best Work We've Done']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Apple&#039;s senior VP of industrial design Jonathan &quot;Jony&quot; Ive, who was also Apple founder Steve Jobs&#039; closest friend and confidant, was asked by The Telegraph what project he would like to be remembered by. Even though Ive is behind some of Apple&#039;s most courageous product designs, the design guru actually said Apple&#039;s current project could be his finest hour.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:27:57 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[“Ethical iPhone”? SumofUs Says No]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[SumOfUs, the Washington, D.C.-based liberal group that pressured Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world&#039;s most valuable technology company, about its Chinese contractors, is keeping the pressure on.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345107/20120524/apple-iphone-foxconn-china-factory-slave-labor.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:21:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dow Chemical Awarded $2.2B In Kuwaiti Dispute]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW), the No. 1 chemical maker in the U.S., won a $2.16 billion arbitration case against Petrochemical Industries of Kuwait over the 2008 termination of a planned joint venture, Dow said Thursday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:09:09 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Manufacturing In Central Western States Rebound In May]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said Thursday that manufacturing growth in the Midwest and part of the Rocky Mountain region rebounded in May and that firms were more optimistic than in previous months.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345074/20120524/kansas-city-fed-manufacturing-report-tenth-disctrict.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:42:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook's Shares Recover, But IPO Wounds Fester]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, rose $1.03 to close at $33.03 on Thursday. A week ago, they were priced at $38 for the IPO.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345063/20120524/faecbook-ipo-lawsuit-class-zuckerberg-shares.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345063/20120524/faecbook-ipo-lawsuit-class-zuckerberg-shares.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:22:18 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How Much Did Facebook’s Bankers Rake In For The Mega-IPO?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, didn’t just set records for enriching inside investors like CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg, Accel Partners and Digital Sky Technologies. Underwriters fared very well.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:41:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Judge Tosses Part Of AIG Suit Against Bank Of America]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) was partially rebuffed in its effort to get $10 billion out of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) Wednesday, as a Los Angeles U.S. district judge dismissed some of the New York re-insurer&#039;s claims in its securities lawsuit against the giant Charlotte, North Carolina- bank.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345042/20120524/aig-bac-bank-america-countrywide-lawsuit.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:36:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How’s Facebook Faring On Thursday?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, are up six cents to $32.06 in late morning trading on Thursday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345029/20120524/facebook-shares-ipo-zuckerberg-value.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345029/20120524/facebook-shares-ipo-zuckerberg-value.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:22:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU Court Rejects MasterCard Claim That Fees Benefit Cardholders]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) said Thursday it will appeal a decision by Europe&#039;s second-highest court rejecting the credit card company&#039;s argument against an EU ban on cross-border card fees, Reuters reported.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345019/20120524/eu-mastercard-europe-mif-fees-ruling.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345019/20120524/eu-mastercard-europe-mif-fees-ruling.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hit New Record Low: 3.78%]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rates dropped to 3.78 percent in the week ending May 24, down slightly from 3.79 percent in the previous week, mortgage financier Freddie Mac said Thursday.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344997/20120524/mortgage-rates-dip-record-low-fourth-week.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:29:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[HP’s CEO Chops 27,000 Jobs, Investors Cheer]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer maker, leaped as much as 7.4 percent Thursday after the company said Wednesday it would fire 27,000 people.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344962/20120524/hp-shares-whitman-fire-27-000.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:42:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How Much Value Has Facebook Lost In A Week?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shareholders of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, already know: priced a week ago at $38, shares once hit $45 but closed Wednesday at $32.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:54:33 EDT</pubDate>
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