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<title><![CDATA[Iranian to be sentenced in arms smuggling case]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The undercover agents hooked the Iranian arms broker slowly, setting up a phony storefront in Philadelphia and sending electronic messages that promised "our future is going to be big." But it took three years before authorities drew the man to a face-to-face meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, where he was taken into custody and secretly transported to a U.S. prison in early 2008. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carrie Johnson and Spencer S. Hsu]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:03:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pfizer inks deal for new drugmaking technology]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:34:11 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ TRENTON, N.J. -- Pfizer Inc. will spend up to $115 million for rights to an Israeli biotech company's experimental drug and its promising technology for making that drug and others in carrot cells. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House seeks records in contracting case]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A House oversight panel this week called on Army Secretary John M. McHugh to provide procurement documents, e-mail and other material related to almost $200 million worth of technology contracts involving the Communications-Electronics Command.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292014067" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292014067" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[TiVo posts loss as sales slump]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:32 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ALVISO, Calif. -- TiVo Inc. posted a loss in the latest quarter as sales dropped 12 percent. The company was coming off a big profit a year ago that was caused by a payout from a legal victory. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:58:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:03:49 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CDC Software 3Q profit rises on lower costs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:02:18 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- CDC Software Corp., a Chinese business software developer whose shares began trading in the United States last summer, said Monday its third-quarter profit rose 47 percent on lower costs and expenses.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292021207" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292021207" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AP News in Brief]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:11:53 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- Democrats seal 60-vote majority to advance health care bill; Landrieu, Lincoln to vote 'yes' ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:20:38 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES -- California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:57:23 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO -- Some of the computer industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asia shares dip in nervous trade, dollar steady]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:01:31 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares slipped on Friday, but recovered some early losses, while the dollar was steady after U.S. data raised fears that a global economic recovery could lose momentum.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292030255" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292030255" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:23 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO -- Some of the computer-industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Game sales lift GameStop 3Q profit 12 percent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:26:16 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ GRAPEVINE, Texas -- GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game retailer, said Thursday that sales of new hot-selling games helped boost its third-quarter profit nearly 12 percent and offset a sales decline for video game hardware. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Copyright overreach goes on world tour]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Some of the better ideas in the computing industry never make it into stores, and not because of expensive hardware, complex code or inadequate bandwidth. You can blame laws that keep otherwise desirable products off of the market. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Pegoraro]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications announced Monday that it has launched a new Web site dedicated to reporting science and technology news.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292040931" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292040931" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Musgrove]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[N.Y. files antitrust lawsuit against Intel]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK --  New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed an antitrust suit against Intel on Wednesday, accusing the world's largest chipmaker of illegally threatening computer makers and paying them billions of dollars in kickbacks to stop using chips made by rivals. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Cecilia Kang]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Digest: Verizon Wireless to double its cancellation fees]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Scrutiny scant as D.C. paid felon millions in AIDS contract]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2005, Robin Beale was convicted in federal court of taking part in a local mortgage fraud scheme that bilked lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scrutiny scant as D.C. paid felon millions in AIDS contract]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:35:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2005, Robin Beale was convicted in federal court for taking part in a local mortgage fraud scheme that bilked lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292050373" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292050373" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie Cenziper]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Digest: Capmark Financial files for bankruptcy protection]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ BANKRUPTCY ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fast Forward: Recession not making a dent in Apple's pricey product line]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Meet your next computer: It's no cheaper than the model it replaced, and its new features consist of processor and memory upgrades you probably won't notice and some design refinements you've lived just fine without until now. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Pegoraro]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[No Matter What You Hear, There's No Quick Fix for Credit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With Americans' credit scores plunging amid record numbers of mortgage and credit card delinquencies, companies that promise to eliminate negative information in credit bureaus' files are proliferating, federal regulators say. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kenneth R. Harney]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Books Highest Quarterly Profit Ever]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 -- Google shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded its highest profit ever.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292101580" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292101580" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Liedtke]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Iridium Continues Turnaround With IPO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Bethesda-based satellite firm Iridium, a company that once crashed and burned in spectacular fashion, continued its turnaround with a public offering of stock on Tuesday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Musgrove]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Plot Thickens: Skype Founders And Joost Sue Former Chairman And CEO Mike Volpi]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:39:52 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Skype-eBay plot thickens. Joost and Joltid, both companies owned by Skype's founders, have filed a lawsuit against former Joost chairman and CEO, Mike Volpi. The suit also names Index Ventures, the VC firm where Volpi is a partner. In a nutshell, the legal documents say that Volpi obtained confidential information in his role as CEO of Joost about how to circumvent Joltid's IP. We've embedded the legal document that appears to have been filed this morning, below. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Color of Money: Smaller Credit Lines Shouldn't Hurt Scores Much]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Consumers across the country have been getting letters from their credit card issuers announcing deep cuts in their credit lines. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Singletary]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[House Panel Begins Broader Review of Procurement System]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A House oversight panel has begun a review of Army technology contracts that were awarded under questionable circumstances and involved a government official and a contractor with close personal ties.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292114389" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292114389" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[European Cyber-Gangs Target Small U.S. Firms, Group Says]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Krebs]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[New Scam Targets Renters Signing Up for Housing Online]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Looking for an apartment to rent? Now there's another thing to worry about besides the location and price. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilyce R. Glink with Samuel J. Tamkin]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A $191 Million Question]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ He called her Princess. She called him Bubba. They got together whenever they could, sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, traveling to business conferences, taking long walks. They exchanged e-mails night and day. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert O'Harrow Jr.]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Time Warner Outlook Strong as It Refocuses on Media, Entertainment]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Time Warner's lost decade may finally be drawing to a close.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292135490" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292135490" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Ahrens]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Needs to Lead in Clean-Energy Future]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ America confronts three interrelated crises: an economic crisis, a climate crisis and an energy security crisis. We believe there's a fourth: a competitiveness crisis. This crisis is particularly evident in America's worldwide standing in the next great global industry, green technology. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Doerr and Jeff Immelt]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[FDA Cautions Public About Electronic Cigarettes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:04:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that an analysis of leading brands of electronic cigarettes, a new type of "smokeless" nicotine product, detected carcinogens and a chemical used in antifreeze that is toxic to humans. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lyndsey Layton]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Snoozing Through Sotomayor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Thirty years from now, when today's hot headlines are a distant memory, we may well be debating the impact of Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Florida Project Under Investigation Is Linked to Rep. Murtha]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When an Air Force command in north Florida sought new battlefield technologies, Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) steered millions in federal dollars its way to hire defense contractors.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292151519" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292151519" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol D. Leonnig]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security Numbers Guessable, Study Finds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have found that it is possible to guess many -- if not all -- of the nine digits in a person's Social Security number using publicly available information, a finding they say compromises the security of one of the most widely used consumer identifiers in the United States. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Krebs]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers: Social Security Numbers Can Be Guessed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have found that it is possible to guess many -- if not all -- of the nine digits in an individual's Social Security number using publicly available information, a finding they say compromises the security of one of the most widely used consumer identifiers in the United States. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Krebs]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Inevitable Anti-U.S. Backlash Has Started On Kiva]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:32 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When we reported on Kiva.org's decision to open up its micro-lending platform to U.S. entrepreneurs, Kiva CEO Premal Shah told us he was concerned about backlash in the community. Shah acknowledged that the decision to open lending to U.S. recipients may draw criticism because it goes against the idea on which Kiva was founded?lending to help development in third world countries where credit options are limited. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suit Alleging SAIC Rigged Contract]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAIC, one of the Pentagon's largest contractors, conspired with federal officials to rig a $3.2 billion technology contract and tried to cover up the scheme by destroying documents and electronic records, federal prosecutors said in newly unsealed court documents.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292206921" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292206921" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amit R. Paley]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[SEC Investigator Raised Madoff Concerns Years Ago, Was Asked to Look Elsewhere]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ An investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned superiors as far back as 2004 about irregularities at Bernard L. Madoff's financial management firm, but she was told to focus on an unrelated matter, according to agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary A. Goldfarb]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Cross the Digital Divide, Rwanda-Style]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401533.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:48:07 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Whenever I tell someone the countries I?m hitting for my new book, they start out nodding, then the nodding slows, then they just get confused. ?China, India, Brazil, Israel andÂ¿Rwanda.? Then there?s the inevitable question: ?Rwanda? Is there even any technology in Rwanda?? Sometimes I even get asked if I have to stay in a tent when I go there. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Credit Score Shell Game]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As banks tighten their lending standards, one number is playing an increasingly critical role in determining the financial fortunes of consumers: the credit score. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Trejos]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Interior Botches Officials' Passports, Report Finds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Interior Department's inspector general has found widespread mishandling and erratic tracking of special passports issued to department officials traveling overseas, alleging that in numerous instances employees violated federal privacy laws by improperly securing passports and passport application forms.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292222720" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292222720" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed O'Keefe]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Va. Candidate McAuliffe Has History of Mixing Business, Politics]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/02/AR2009050202201.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Terry McAuliffe has a simple message for Virginia: Elect him governor this year and he will bring jobs, because he has more business experience than anyone else in the race. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Gardner]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[paidContent.org - Spot Runner: &#39;Sophisticated Investor&#39; WPP Was Given Opportunities To Sell Shares]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:07:06 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Web-based TV ad agency Spot Runner has tried to reassure staffers over the weekend with a memo that could offer a clue as to how it plans to fight WPP Group's $13 million lawsuit accusing the company of securities fraud and breach of contract. WPP, which holds a 3 percent stake in the company, is suing because it was not informed of the sale of Spot Runner shares between Feb. 2006 and March 2008. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[paidContent]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Stocks Flat After Industrial and Price Data Released]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041500658.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:52:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After languishing most of the day, stocks closed with slight gains today after the Federal Reserve said the economy appears to be stabilizing in some parts of the country. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renae Merle]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ShoeMoney Sues Google Employee For AdWords Violations]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:57:52 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The constant hunt for valuable Google AdWords keywords is akin to Search Engine Optimization - a dark magic that can become very lucrative for those that can figure out how to best their competitors. It's also very competitive, with companies bidding on keywords as they vie to outdo their rivals. Google has policies in place to protect companies from having their trademarked names abused in ads (for example, I couldn't create an ad for Apple that linked to TechCrunch), but it isn't perfect. Today we've gotten word of an example of what can go wrong with AdWords' filters don't work, and a Google employee may be behind it.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292235202" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292235202" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[mocoNews - Nokia Re-Enters South Korean Cellphone Market]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:00:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world's largest handset maker, has re-entered the South Korean cellphone market, the home turf of its competitors Samsung and LG (SEO: 066570) and one of the world's most competitive handset markets. Reuters reports that KTF, the country's second largest carrier, has started selling Nokia's mid-range model, the 6210. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mocoNews]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Kim Hart's The Download -- No Money, No Buyers For Struggling Biotech Firms]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Times are tough in the biotechnology sector. So tough that some companies are looking for ways out. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Hart]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Searching for a Cure-All at HGS]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/22/AR2009032201724.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences is still reeling from Wall Street's unexpected drubbing earlier this month in reaction to the biotech company's long-awaited study of a hepatitis C drug it is developing for a mass market. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[V. Dion Haynes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[2nd Employee Is Charged in Bribery Scheme]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A second D.C. government employee was charged yesterday with being a key participant in a kickback and bribery scam involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in District technology contracts.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292249586" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292249586" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Del Quentin Wilber and Nikita Stewart]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Iranian Suspected of Smuggling Weapons for Tehran Jailed in U.S.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A Tehran businessman who allegedly helped run a major weapons-smuggling ring for Iran was charged yesterday with multiple export-related crimes, two days after he was arrested in San Francisco after stepping off a flight from Europe. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joby Warrick]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[D.C. Technology Office Scandal Revives Consultants' Questions of Cronyism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Last summer, Vivek Kundra, then the D.C. government's chief technology officer, introduced a massive overhaul of the way his agency hired about 300 consultants. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Nakamura]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[D.C. Technology Official Arrested on Bribery Charges]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/12/AR2009031201426.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A D.C. government official and a business executive were arrested yesterday on bribery charges involving city technology contracts that included "ghost" workers and kickbacks, federal authorities said. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Del Quentin Wilber and Nikita Stewart]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Tax-Prep Software Doesn't Add Up]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I knew I was doomed about five minutes into this year's tax-prep ordeal. Two different programs -- having been fed nothing more than basic personal info and the contents of a pair of W-2s -- did not agree on the total tax bill for my wife and me.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292307632" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292307632" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Pegoraro]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington Crime Report]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ These were among incidents reported recently by the Metropolitan Police Department. For more information, call your police district station. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stimulus 2.0: It?s The Startups, Stupid.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:52:35 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Editor's note: The guest post below was written by Reid Hoffman, CEO and Founder of LinkedIn. Reid has some strong opinions about how startups can help right the economy, and he offers some suggestions below. (You can also catch him tonight on Charlie Rose, or check out our interview we did with him at Davos). Reid is an investor in over 60 web ventures including Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, FunnyOrDie, Ning, Last.fm, Six Apart and Technorati. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A Few Survive, and Thrive]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022800166.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Rising profits are always heartening. But rising profits in the midst of economic calamity, when employment and GDP are tanking, consumer demand is falling, and companies such as Citigroup, Time Warner and Motorola are reporting quarterly losses in the billions of dollars -- that kind of success is the sweet nectar of the corporate gods. As we come out of one of the worst quarters in U.S. history, what's emerging is the picture of a handful of winners, companies that managed, through luck, planning or cunning to see their profits go up in the final quarter of 2008. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Flavelle]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lack of Standards Delay Electronic Medical Records]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501284.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The $19 billion prescribed in Congress's economic stimulus package to bring America's health-care records into the electronic age is a welcome opportunity for information technology firms seeking to build market share in a still-young industry.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292322089" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292322089" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Huslin]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Experiences Of A Newbie iPhone Developer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:57:56 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Noel Hartshorn (left in the picture) is a 37 year old Wales (UK) based iPhone developer, working in partnership with illustrator Dennis Harrison (on the right). Formerly a contract technical writer, Noel became one of the many casualties of the global economic crisis. With the IT contract market in decline, and with a lot more time on his hands than anticipated, Noel decided to take the plunge into iPhone development. This is his story. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Despite the Slumping Economy, You Can Increase Sales]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:19:03 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As one of the new bloggers on Peer-to-Peer, I'm excited about teaming up with PC World to share my experiences as an entrepreneur. I've started several technology companies with an idea jotted on a napkin. From there, I moved to writing out a business plan and developing the products and services. That in turn led to mass-marketing my companies and building them into multimillion-dollar businesses, after which I sold them. I will probably share more of what not to do and the mistakes I've made over the years rather focus on the glorious parts. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PC World]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[IAC swings to 4Q profit, misses analyst views]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:45:34 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- IAC/InterActiveCorp said Tuesday it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, bolstered by the sale of a 30 percent stake in a Japanese TV shopping company. But the Internet services company could not escape the recession _ its adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts' expectations. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When Debt Collectors Disrupt Dinner]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ If the phone rings at dinnertime, the odds are greater now that a credit card debt collector will be on the other end.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292339145" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292339145" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Henricks]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Health Highlights: Jan. 30, 2009]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Reports Loss as Online Ad Sales Slow]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yahoo, owner of the second-most popular U.S. search engine, reported a fourth-quarter loss yesterday after shrinking demand for online ads led to the company's first sales decline since 2001. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Womack]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A Bleak First for Microsoft: Layoffs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft announced its first major layoffs in company history, saying it would cut about 5,000 jobs, one of several economic signals that emerged yesterday indicating that the recession was spreading and deepening. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Whoriskey and Annys Shin]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Grim Data, Tech Woes Drag Down Stocks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Stocks took a tumble yesterday on new economic data that did little to ease investors' concerns about the housing and job markets, and on signs that tech giants such as Intel and Microsoft are not immune to the recession.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292355786" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292355786" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renae Merle]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Firm Reports Massive Data Breach From Credit, Debit Transactions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A security breach at a Princeton, N.J., payment processor last year may have compromised data from tens of millions of credit and debit card transactions, company officials said yesterday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Krebs]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[This Year, Electronic Filing Is Free for All]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You know the saying that there's no free lunch? Well, the Internal Revenue Service is trying to prove you can get something free when filing your taxes. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Singletary]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Genentech 4Q profit rises, but just short of views]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:03:01 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- Genentech Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit rose 47 percent on sales of its blockbuster cancer drug Avastin, but the biotechnology company set a weaker-than-expected outlook for 2009. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[mocoNews.net - France To Auction Off Fourth 3G License?Again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:00:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ France is splitting its fourth third-generation license into three lots of 5 megahertz each, with one to be reserved for a new operator, Reuters reports. The bidding opens in February, with the new frequencies to be allotted before June. Currently, three operators in France run 3G services?France Telecom's Orange, Vivendi's SFR, and Bouygues Telecom. France's telecom regulator is hoping a new player will stimulate competition in the marketplace dominated by Orange.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292413993" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292413993" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the Leap in Business News]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:05:04 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- When Liz Claman made the jump from local television to business news a decade ago, she had never heard of Warren Buffett. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA['08: Our Date With Disaster]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When did 2008 begin? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Ahrens]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The iPhone's Golden Touch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ge Wang never dreamed of becoming a high-tech Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He's an assistant professor at Stanford, a specialist in computer science and music whose biggest passion has been organizing nerdy "laptop orchestras" composed of 20 people each "playing" a notebook computer. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Lyons]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A Time Of Need]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the great design flaws of our social and economic ecosystem is that the times when we are most in need of the services provided by the nonprofit sector are precisely the times when it is most difficult for the rest of us to help them out.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292431837" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292431837" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Pearlstein]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[paidContent.org - SEC Watch: WebMD To Cut Up To 5 Percent Of Staff]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:07:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WebMD plans to cut its workforce between 4 and 5 percent, according to an 8-K filing. Severance payouts from the layoffs will add a $2.5 million restructuring charge to WebMD's books in Q4. The company said tech-based operating efficiencies are driving the staff reduction, as well as a push to trim redundancies from previous acquisitions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[mocoNews.net - Sprint&#39;s Credit Is Junk, Moody&#39;s Tells Investors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:59:59 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel's credit rating has been downgraded to "junk" status by Moody's Investors Service, less than a week after Motorola (NYSE: MOT) got the same damaging mark from Standard &amp; Poor's, Triangle Business Journal reports. Following a seven-month long review of Sprint, Moody's determined the carrier's subscriber churn will continue to hit the company hard through the middle of next year. Earlier this week, the company's CFO Bob Brust said the carrier is considering Draconian-like cuts and a spokesperson said all options are on the table. Over the past month the carrier has offered voluntary buyouts to most of it 57,000 employees who don't interact directly with customers, but not enough employees are said to be taking the company up on the offer. It also floated a plan to outsource most of its IT and network operations staff. The carrier has floundered since acquiring Nextel Communications in 2005. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mocoNews]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Pair Charged in Identity Theft Scheme]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A former Library of Congress employee and a relative have been charged with stealing the identities of federal workers and using the purloined names to buy thousands of dollars in goods, authorities said yesterday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Del Quentin Wilber]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony to Cut 8,000 Jobs Amid Global Downturn]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:33:01 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Several bellwethers of world industrial activity -- from chemical companies to the makers of basic consumer goods and electronics -- announced new layoffs and factory closings yesterday and this morning as they prepared for a prolonged economic downturn.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292450115" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292450115" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Mufson and Howard Schneider]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Latest Economic Indicators Continue Dire News]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Employers slashed jobs in almost every industry and in vastly higher numbers than expected last month, according to government data released yesterday, making November one of the worst months in modern history for American workers. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Irwin and Steven Mufson]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Confusion Surrounds Legal Status of Online Bets and Firms That Handle Them]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ By many measures, Neteller PLC was a huge success. Founded in 1999, the financial services company signed up millions of customers and saw its market value soar to almost $2 billion. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gilbert M. Gaul]]></dc:creator>
<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/nation/index.html">Nation</category>
<category><![CDATA[Confusion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surrounds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Status]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Online]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bets]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firms]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Handle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Them]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheating Scandals Raise New Questions about Honesty, Security of Internet Gambling]]></title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112901679.html?nav=rss_technology</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Whenever Todd Witteles signed on to an Internet poker site, the first thing he did was look around for inexperienced players. One day in August 2007, the Las Vegas poker pro thought he had found an easy mark on AbsolutePoker.com. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gilbert M. Gaul]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Thieves Stole Identities to Tap Home Equity]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Federal authorities this week announced a series of arrests and convictions in connection with a global identity theft ring that stole millions of dollars by hijacking home-equity lines of credit issued to thousands of consumers.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292511470" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292511470" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Krebs]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Detroit Can't Keep Up]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It has become conventional wisdom that the reeling U.S. auto industry desperately needs to innovate. The hard part for Detroit is working out how. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bernard Avishai]]></dc:creator>
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<category><![CDATA[Why]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keep]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[paidContent.org - Cuban Can&#39;t Resist Using Blog Maverick To Defend Against SEC Charges]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:07:03 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sorry I didn't start a pool on how long it would take the usually voluble Mark Cuban to move past that first relatively low-key?for him?response to the SEC's charges of insider trading yesterday. Well, technically, he isn't doing the talking. Instead, Tuesday's salvo posted on Cuban's Blog Maverick is from a second lawyer at Dewey &amp; LeBoeuf LLP "on behalf of Mark Cuban." This one denies the SEC's claim that Cuban broke an agreement of confidentiality when he sold his stake in Mamma.com in 2004 just before the company made an announcement that would dilute the value. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stocks Plunge as Retailers Report Lower Sales]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street ended another volatile week of trading in the red, staging a steep sell-off yesterday amid mounting evidence that the financial crisis has drained consumers' desire to shop. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renae Merle]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Downturn Tests Technology Sector's Resilience]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Technology companies often boast that they can easily weather an economic downturn because their products can help people save money. But in the ongoing global crisis, some of them are getting hammered.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292525290" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292525290" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Whoriskey]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Sprint Swings to Loss as Customers Flee]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sprint Nextel said yesterday it swung to a loss in the third quarter as it continued to hemorrhage subscribers who have flocked to rival wireless carriers. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Kang]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic Reports Drive Sell-Off]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With the presidential election out of the way, U.S. stocks took a dive yesterday as investors' focus returned to the economic turmoil that has weighed down stocks. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Renae Merle]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Extra-Nutritious Bioengineered Foods Still Years Away]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For years, advocates of agricultural biotechnology have promised a future in which foods will be genetically engineered to give more nutrition and to prevent chronic diseases, in which crops will be modified to thrive in salty soil or hot or dry climates and in which consumers will benefit directly from science's ability to tweak other characteristics of plants. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Kaufman]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Around the World, the Signs Of Slowdown Spiral Outward]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Pessimism about the global economy deepened yesterday as fresh evidence of a worldwide slowdown showed up in feeble corporate profit reports from Asia, sinking commodities prices, and a scramble by emerging economies to prop up their sagging currencies and avert credit defaults.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292544932" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292544932" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Mufson and Blaine Harden]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Recession Fears Drive Down Global Markets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ TOKYO, Oct. 24 -- A recession-driven wave of selling gutted Asian and European markets Friday, with tumbling corporate profit reports and poor economic news from the United Kingdom pushing major exchanges to near double-digit percentage losses. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blaine Harden and Howard Schneider]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[eBay's Ivory Ban: Why It Happened and What It Means]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:19:06 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A newly expanded ivory ban on eBay highlights the challenge of running a global marketplace while complying with local laws. eBay has decided to stop all sales of ivory products on its auction site, the company announced this week, following concerns over endangered elephant species often targeted for their ivory tusks and teeth. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PC World]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Bracing for a Storm]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Earnings season, that quarterly ritual when companies report their financial results, is a little over two weeks old. And while the view in the rear-view mirror isn't terrible, the road ahead looks dismal. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Heath]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Agencies Counted Big Firms As Small]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. government agencies made at least $5 billion in mistakes in their recent reports of contracts awarded to small businesses, with many claiming credit for awards to companies that long ago outgrew the designation or never qualified in the first place, a Washington Post analysis shows.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292558832" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=49292558832" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol D. Leonnig]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[As Profit Dives, Yahoo Plans To Cut Jobs; Apple Posts Gain]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Technology giants Yahoo and Apple yesterday reported sharply contrasting quarterly results, with Yahoo announcing a 64 percent drop in profit and plans to cut 1,500 jobs. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecilia Kang and Mike Musgrove]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Profit Jumps 26 Percent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Search giant Google beat analyst estimates yesterday when it reported a 26 percent increase in third-quarter profit, bolstering the company's claim that online advertising will hold up in a slowing economy. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Hart]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Prosper And Other P2P Lenders Get Squeezed By The Credit Crunch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:09:25 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Prosper and other peer-to-peer lenders like Zopa and Lending Club may turn out to be collateral damage from the credit crisis. Yesterday, Prosper suspended new lending in order to register with the S.E.C to create a secondary marketplace for the loans on its site. As recently as Monday, Prosper didn't think it would have to register as a seller of securities. But the new climate of heightened regulatory oversight in light of the current financial meltdown has changed all of that. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch]]></dc:creator>
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