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<title><![CDATA[Grounds Zero: A Starbucks-Free Italy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Why hasn't Howard Schultz brought his coffee giant to the land that inspired it?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Starbucks, Tata Venture to Open Store in India]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp. and venture partner Tata Global Beverages Ltd. will open their first store in India by August to tap rising coffee consumption in the world&rsquo;s fastest growing major economy after China. Susan Li reports on Bloomberg Television's &quot;First Up.&quot; (Source: Bloomberg)]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:16:06 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gazprom's Empire at the End of the Earth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Russian energy giant has a lot riding on the success of a massive new gas field 250 miles above the Arctic Circle. So does Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Gas Field at the Top of the World]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Russian gas producer's massive Siberian find is costing a fortune todevelop in the harsh Arctic conditions]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:38:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Church of Internet Piracy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sweden's newest recognized religion, Kopimism, holds illegal file sharing sacred. Is it real, or another prank?]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:53 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Love Under Harlequin's Covers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It takes more than a toga and spray-on tan to create a steamy romance-novel cover image]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:46:38 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Under the Covers: Harlequin&rsquo;s Images of Romance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From 'The Manatee' in 1949 through images of Fabio and the just-issued 'Once Upon a Valentine,' Harlequin has published memorable covers]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:21:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hong Kong to Face Skilled Labor Shortage as Population Ages]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong will face a shortfall of 22,000 workers with higher education by 2018 as the city&rsquo;s population ages, the government said in its first forecast for a shortage since it began the study in 1988.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:59:38 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China&rsquo;s Xi Seeks Second Front for U.S. Ties in Return to Iowa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese heir-apparent Xi Jinping&rsquo;s trip to the U.S. this week will focus on building relations with local officials clamoring for investment and export markets, expanding a second front for bilateral ties as anti-China rhetoric rises in Washington and on the campaign trail.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:59:24 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yale Law School Cuts Back Loan Program for Low-Earning Graduates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Yale Law School, citing rising costs, cut back a loan program that encourages indebted students to take lower-paying public-service and government jobs.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:59:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[North Dakota School Awarded Unearned Degrees, State Says]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dickinson State University in North Dakota granted hundreds of degrees to Chinese transfer students who didn&rsquo;t complete the required class work, according to a state report.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:59:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;The Vow&rsquo; Leads Box Office With $41.7 Million in Ticket Sales]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The romantic drama &ldquo;The Vow&rdquo; opened as the top weekend film in U.S. and Canadian theaters ahead of Valentine&rsquo;s Day, taking in $41.7 million for Sony Corp.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:57:23 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romney Regains Momentum With Maine Caucus Straw Poll Victory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney won a straw poll conducted as part of the Maine caucuses, rebounding from three losses earlier this week in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:46:01 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans to Continue Effort to Block Obama Contraceptive Rule]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans will try to halt Democratic President Barack Obama&rsquo;s plan to have insurance companies for religious-affiliated charities and hospitals pay for contraception coverage, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:45:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MF Global's Collapse Has Ranchers Steamed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[They complain that CME's $100 million fund won't protect them when the next commodities broker collapses]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ultimate Guide to Facebook's IPO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The elaborate dance with regulators and investors has begun]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:57 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Easing the U.S. Visa Hassle for Tourists Who Shop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Retailers have successfully lobbied to get travel rules relaxed for the Chinese and Brazilians]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:53 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook Governance Challenged by Pension Fund]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The California State Teachers' Retirement System, or Calstrs, intends to question in a letter the controlling power amassed by Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:57:56 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How Old Milwaukee Gamed the Super Bowl ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The beer company hit social-media gold with its Will Ferrell ad, which it paid pennies to air in North Platte, Neb.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Year for Tech Mergers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Companies are scrambling to handle a torrent of data, pushing them into bigger M&amp;A frenzy since 2007]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:01:48 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nintendo Needs a Hit in a Hurry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The gaming company faces big losses amid a two-year sales slump]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:55:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Estonia Loves the Euro]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Moving away from the kroon boosted growth, raised trade, and lowered interest rates]]></description>
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