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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:17:28 GMT</pubDate>

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<title><![CDATA[Qihoo&apos;s Stock Rise Lifts CEO Zhou Hongyi Into Ranks Of China&apos;s Internet Billionaires]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/qihoo-apos-s-stock-rise-lifts-ceo-zhou-hongyi-into-ranks-of-china-apos-s-internet-billionaires-45-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - A big run-up in the price of U.S.-traded shares in Internet security products provider Qihoo 360 Technology has lifted the company"s CEO into the ranks of China"s Internet billionaires.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Game 7 Winner is Less Important Than Why The Miami Heat Are Better For The NBA Than The Spurs.]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/the-game-7-winner-is-less-important-than-why-the-miami-heat-are-better-for-the-nba-than-the-spurs-80-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - NBA Finals MVP LeBron James of the Miami Heat looks to move against the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 21, 2012 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.The Miam...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Rekvin On Renewables, The Limits Of Information And The Dangerous Middle]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/andrew-rekvin-on-renewables-the-limits-of-information-and-the-dangerous-middle-5-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - The Seattle Science Festival 2013 ended on Saturday with it&apos;s closing night program, Our 11th Hour: Straight Talk on Climate Change from People Who Know with world-leading experts on climate chan...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is There Life After An MBA?]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/is-there-life-after-an-mba-30-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Whatever you expected when you entered the degree programme, it all looks different ten years hence. An INSEAD case study draws lessons on career success and personal fulfillment from the lives and wo...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smithfield CEO could make about $46.6 million from Shuanghui deal]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/smithfield-ceo-could-make-about-46-6-million-from-shuanghui-deal-32-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reuters Finance - (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc Chief Executive Larry Pope could receive nearly $46.6 million in merger-related payments as part of a planned takeover by China's Shuanghui International, a securities...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax Fraud Allegations Against Princess Said To Be Case Of Mistaken Identity]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/tax-fraud-allegations-against-princess-said-to-be-case-of-mistaken-identity-15-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Spain is making tax news again but not for the right reasons: the Spanish tax authorities now say they made a huge mistake in a high profile tax case. Authorities now claim they have found errors in r...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dmitry Itskov Wants To Live Forever. (He Wants You To Live Forever, Too.)]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/dmitry-itskov-wants-to-live-forever-he-wants-you-to-live-forever-too-69-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - At the Global Future 2045 conference (GF2045) in New York City on June 15-16, 2013, emcee Philippe van Nedervelde said, "It used to be that the only sure things are death and taxes. Soon, it will just...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Heritage And Hospitality In India&apos;s Ancient &apos;Pink City&apos;]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/heritage-and-hospitality-in-india-apos-s-ancient-apos-pink-city-apos-80-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - The name &apos;India&apos; conjures up clear, contrasting images in the mind of any traveler, whether or not they&apos;ve ever been there to see it: the Taj Mahal, slums, royal palaces or ineffable po...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philadelphia Schools Closing While A New $400 Million Prison Is Under Construction: Could It Be Worse Than It Sounds?]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/philadelphia-schools-closing-while-a-new-400-million-prison-is-under-construction-could-it-be-worse-than-it-sounds-33-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Is there a a way to justify closing 23 Philadelphia public schools and laying off potentially thousands of teachers in order to build a new $400 million prison complex for Pennsylvania&apos;s Departme...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIPO: Informal Economy Innovates In The Absence Of Intellectual Monopolies]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/wipo-informal-economy-innovates-in-the-absence-of-intellectual-monopolies-34-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[TechDirt - One of the problems with the debates around copyright and patents is that they too often assume that intellectual monopolies are necessary in order to promote innovation or even basic economic activit...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shanghai Brides Ranked As China&apos;s Most Costly For Suitors]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/shanghai-brides-ranked-as-china-apos-s-most-costly-for-suitors-6-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Would-be husbands of single young women in Shanghai are expected have to pay out more than 100,000 yuan, or almost $16,400,  in  betrothal gifts and cash in order to seal a marriage, more than elsewhe...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[United Airlines Changes Frequent Flier Program, Adds Dollars Spent To Miles]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/united-airlines-changes-frequent-flier-program-adds-dollars-spent-to-miles-76-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Earlier this year I wrote about Delta"s big change to its SkyMiles program, when it became the first major US Airline to require minimum levels of dollars spent on tickets in addition to minimum miles...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese Billionaire Qiu Guanghe&apos;s Retailer Semir To Buy Menswear Brand; Stock Resumes Trade Today]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/chinese-billionaire-qiu-guanghe-apos-s-retailer-semir-to-buy-menswear-brand-stock-resumes-trade-today-49-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Zhejiang Semir Garment, the Chinese youth apparel chain controlled by billionaire Qiu Guanghe, plans to acquire a domestic men"s fashion chain in order to expand its product line.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What Miss Utah Should&apos;ve Said About The Pay Gap]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/what-miss-utah-should-apos-ve-said-about-the-pay-gap-21-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - By now, you"ve probably heard or seen the garbled answer Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, gave to this question during Sunday"s the Miss USA pageant: A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American fam...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Chinese dream jobs]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/10-chinese-dream-jobs-9-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[CNN Money - Research firm Universum surveys university students in China each year to see where they most want to work. These are the top 10 dream employers for humanities, liberal arts and education students.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:22:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asian markets tense before Fed; Nikkei outperforms]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/asian-markets-tense-before-fed-nikkei-outperforms-80-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reuters Finance - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia which anxiously waited for clarity on the U.S. Federal...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Empire State Building gets 'left-field' $2 billion offer to sell]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/empire-state-building-gets-left-field-2-billion-offer-to-sell-98-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reuters Finance - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City real estate company offered to buy the Empire State Building for $2 billion, a written offer showed, significantly below the skyscraper's appraisal price and about...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[All Eyes Are On The Federal Reserve, And That&apos;s The Problem]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/all-eyes-are-on-the-federal-reserve-and-that-apos-s-the-problem-95-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - To read the financial and economic commentariat right now is to know that all eyes are on the Federal Reserve.Will it or won"t it cease buying Treasuries and agency paper, will it or won"t it raise th...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NRG Moves Into Automobiles]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/nrg-moves-into-automobiles-22-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - NRG Energy, the largest competitive energy provider in the U.S., may soon be giving Winnebago a run for its money, but I wouldn&apos;t hold your breath.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bernanke&apos;s Challenge: Convince Markets Tapering QE Isn&apos;t The End Of Easy Money]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/bernanke-apos-s-challenge-convince-markets-tapering-qe-isn-apos-t-the-end-of-easy-money-92-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke displayed all his power in the weeks since May 22, when he testified before Congress and suggested quantitative easing could be tapered back over the next few mee...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tweet Becomes An &apos;Official Word&apos; In Latest Oxford English Dictionary Update]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/tweet-becomes-an-apos-official-word-apos-in-latest-oxford-english-dictionary-update-21-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - For all the talk of multi-million dollar valuations, one to one interactions, and a steadfast refusal to speculate about a flotation, Twitter finally has something that could impress even the most tec...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Outcry In Taiwan Kills Their Version Of SOPA]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/public-outcry-in-taiwan-kills-their-version-of-sopa-23-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[TechDirt - At the end of May, we wrote about the Taiwanese government's bizarre proposal to create a copyright bill that was like SOPA, but even worse. Apparently, the folks at the Taiwan Intellectual Property O...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dish Billionaire Ergen Lets Sprint Go To SoftBank And Its Billionaire CEO]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/dish-billionaire-ergen-lets-sprint-go-to-softbank-and-its-billionaire-ceo-48-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - SoftBank moves closer to acquiring Sprint Nextel after Dish Network said it won&apos;t make another bid for Sprint. By dropping the pursuit of Sprint, Dish&apos;s billionaire chairman Charlie Ergen wi...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:23:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mexican oil producer Pemex evacuates headquarters after bomb threat]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/mexican-oil-producer-pemex-evacuates-headquarters-after-bomb-threat-90-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reuters Finance - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil producer, Pemex, said on Tuesday it had evacuated its Mexico City headquarters, the site of a deadly explosion in January, after a bomb threat.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is iOS 7 A Better Innovation Platform Than Android?]]></title>
<link>http://blodic.us/business/is-ios-7-a-better-innovation-platform-than-android-59-0.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes - Apple needs iOS 7 to do a lot of work. It launches in the Fall when the smartphone market will be at its most competitive for some years.Growth is slowing.  There might be a new iPhone (an iPhone 5S),...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:23:06 GMT</pubDate>
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