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<title><![CDATA[Kvetch in May: Why Market Timing Isn't Everything]]></title>
<description>The vogue for the &amp;quot;Sell in May&amp;quot; trading strategy may reflect summer's recent knack for hosting market disasters&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/zKDOYcBR-yA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 May 2012 17:58:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Goldman's Jobs Act]]></title>
<description>The bank synonymous with Wall Street greed is donating $500 million to small businesses. But does philanthropy focused on job creation really work?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/Ph24aeR1XxE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 18:10:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lobbying to Become Lobbyists for Crowdfunding]]></title>
<description>New &amp;quot;trade associations&amp;quot; pop up to represent crowdfunding sites&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/qsDJe88r4N8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:40 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chia Seeds, Wall Street's Stimulant of Choice]]></title>
<description>Forget Adderall. Traders now pop chia seeds to stay focused and energized&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/Nm8KNhGZ584" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 18:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bidding Wars Are Back for Los Angeles Luxury Homes]]></title>
<description>Investors help boost prices in wealthy areas such as Brentwood, Beverly Hills, and Bel Air&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/bT53YCnWL54" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 17:45:45 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Geeks on a Plane Search for Startups]]></title>
<description>Dave McClure's traveling venture capital show scours the world for promising startups&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/9a2OAzhiqJ0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 17:40:44 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Now You Can Trade Black Sea Wheat]]></title>
<description>CME Group opens its first futures contract on an Eastern European crop&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/T6yiVsBCP2Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 17:35:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Charlie Rose Talks to Donald Gogel]]></title>
<description>The CEO of private equity heavyweight Clayton Dubilier &amp;amp; Rice pushes back against the Obama campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's career at Bain&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/EHfP9sgZHAc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:35 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bid &amp; Ask: The Deals of the Week]]></title>
<description>SAP snaps up Ariba to add to its cloud computing offerings; Formula One races to go public in Singapore; and more&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/bmoUuwLFihA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Stock Outflows: a 12-Year Grudge]]></title>
<description>What isn&amp;rsquo;t easy to comprehend is the drive to pull money out of equities even during bull runs&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/O1yVXoh0SAc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 14:34:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Who Lost the Euro?]]></title>
<description>The single currency was supposed to create a common European identity&amp;mdash;which is why it was doomed from the start&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/WwirTBp2NOE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 May 2012 06:00:40 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Playing the Facebook Blame Game]]></title>
<description>Morgan Stanley is the target of anger over the disappointing IPO&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/9msP71-XKM8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 May 2012 21:04:30 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil Drops, But the Energy Market Is Still Wacky]]></title>
<description>Worry over Iran is cooling off as the euro crisis heats up, pushing down oil prices. But oil's still priced way ahead of natural gas&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/YJresYOFHZU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 May 2012 17:39:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private Student Loans Are Becoming More Competitive]]></title>
<description>Private lenders are moving into the market for fixed-rate student loans and starting to compete directly against government options&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/ICmEEIaZUvI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 May 2012 14:10:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Existing Home Sales Rise&mdash;Affordability Helps]]></title>
<description>The lowest mortgage rates since at least 1971 are luring buyers to sample residential real estate&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/DTS532P6aQc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 May 2012 11:23:22 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IPOs' Job-Boosting Power Is Overblown]]></title>
<description>New research casts doubt on a claim that 90 percent of employment growth happens after a company goes public&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/a1YAU5aadow" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-21/ipos-boon-for-jobs-is-overblown]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 May 2012 18:47:49 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney's Private Equity Nightmare]]></title>
<description>A plainspoken union organizer embodies the blue-collar case against private equity, Romney-style&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/wm9tlXlKEfQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook Falls Below Its IPO Price]]></title>
<description>Facebook is a $38 special no more. But what is the social network really worth?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/cwE8MUufW0k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-21/facebook-falls-below-its-ipo-price]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 May 2012 12:45:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Developer Behind a $90 Million Penthouse]]></title>
<description>Gary Barnett builds luxury buildings for the global elite&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/8INWIZLc_00" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-18/the-developer-behind-a-90-million-penthouse]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 May 2012 16:07:44 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Epic Tech IPOs: Triumphs, a Travesty, and a Tragedy]]></title>
<description>A look back at some of the most successful tech IPOs ever, and some that didn't go as well&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/ksk4JUruvHw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-18/epic-tech-ipos-3-triumphs-a-travesty-and-a-tragedy]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 May 2012 16:05:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebookmania Begins]]></title>
<description>The social network makes its long-awaited debut in the public market&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/8B71VlWXiNI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-18/facebookmania-begins]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 May 2012 10:58:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine Things You Should Know About Facebook's IPO]]></title>
<description>Before diverting your child's college savings fund to invest in Facebook stock, read our take on the biggest &amp;quot;liquidity event&amp;quot; of the social-media era&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/kFcBAvvyfY0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-18/nine-things-you-should-know-about-facebooks-ipo]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking a Whack at Romney's Private Equity Past]]></title>
<description>Obama's campaign attacks will be relentless and could upend the industry&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/MWghXqFfSrU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-17/taking-a-whack-at-romneys-private-equity-past]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 May 2012 18:59:48 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How JPMorgan Lost $2 Billion Without Really Trying]]></title>
<description>The bank won't say, but clues are surfacing&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/31FN3yjbej0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-17/how-jpmorgan-lost-2-billion-without-really-trying]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 May 2012 18:48:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Foreign Banks Are Shunning American Millionaires]]></title>
<description>New tax reporting rules prompt banks to turn away U.S. customers&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/investor/~4/4F_o3P_K828" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 May 2012 18:46:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
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