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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The top business story of the day from Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Children's Furniture Store Struggles To Survive</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Sales at That's My Room in Salt Lake City have slowed to less than $5,000 a month. Despite making cutbacks, the owners say, they haven't taken a paycheck since the store opened a year and a half ago &mdash; right when the recession hit.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sales at That's My Room in Salt Lake City have slowed to less than $5,000 a month. Despite making cutbacks, the owners say, they haven't taken a paycheck since the store opened a year and a half ago &mdash; right when the recession hit.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Small Business Stays 'Attached' To Laid-Off Workers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A Charlotte, N.C., construction firm is among an increasing number of small companies trying a strategy that makes the firing process a bit gentler. It's called "attached unemployment," a kind of temporary layoff aimed at softening the blow of job cuts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:39:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Charlotte, N.C., construction firm is among an increasing number of small companies trying a strategy that makes the firing process a bit gentler. It's called "attached unemployment," a kind of temporary layoff aimed at softening the blow of job cuts.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Price Fight: Coke Isn't It At Costco</title>
      <description><![CDATA[If you're a member of Costco, the nation's largest wholesale club, you may be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola's products are no longer on the shelves. The two companies are locked in a rare public dispute over the price consumers pay for beverages.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you're a member of Costco, the nation's largest wholesale club, you may be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola's products are no longer on the shelves. The two companies are locked in a rare public dispute over the price consumers pay for beverages.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Suitors Vie For British Candy Maker Cadbury</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One of Britain's most revered companies is under threat of a takeover. Candy maker Cadbury already rejected a hostile takeover bid by U.S. giant Kraft Foods. Hershey has confirmed it is considering a joint takeover bid for Cadbury, along with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero. But it seems the offers may need to be considerably sweetened to persuade the British.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:48:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of Britain's most revered companies is under threat of a takeover. Candy maker Cadbury already rejected a hostile takeover bid by U.S. giant Kraft Foods. Hershey has confirmed it is considering a joint takeover bid for Cadbury, along with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero. But it seems the offers may need to be considerably sweetened to persuade the British.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Federal Subsidies Keep Small-Town Airports Flying</title>
      <description><![CDATA[You may not ever take a flight to a place like Hot Springs, Ark. &mdash; but you're paying part of the cost for people who do. Under a decades-old government program, federal money is used to subsidize commercial air service for small communities that can't support it on their own.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:59:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You may not ever take a flight to a place like Hot Springs, Ark. &mdash; but you're paying part of the cost for people who do. Under a decades-old government program, federal money is used to subsidize commercial air service for small communities that can't support it on their own.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Wall Street Now Home To American Indian Firm</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A Sioux tribe based in Lower Brule, S.D., just bought the Westrock Group, making the company the first fully Native American-owned investment firm. As a tribal business Westrock will gain access to a new pool of money and it won't have to pay federal income tax.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:41:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Sioux tribe based in Lower Brule, S.D., just bought the Westrock Group, making the company the first fully Native American-owned investment firm. As a tribal business Westrock will gain access to a new pool of money and it won't have to pay federal income tax.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Business Story of the Day,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
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      <title>Ink Companies Clamp Down On Counterfeit Cartridges</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Drop-for-drop, computer printer ink is among the most expensive products on the market. And it's highly profitable for the makers. That's why the CEO of a printer cartridge recycling business has filed an industrial espionage suit. He says a competitor sent a spy to his company posing as a customer with some very exacting questions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:41 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Drop-for-drop, computer printer ink is among the most expensive products on the market. And it's highly profitable for the makers. That's why the CEO of a printer cartridge recycling business has filed an industrial espionage suit. He says a competitor sent a spy to his company posing as a customer with some very exacting questions.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Calif. Companies Help Ex-Cons Get Back On Track</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Though California has the worst recidivism rate in the nation &mdash; more than two-thirds of ex-cons in the state return to prison &mdash; companies like Goodwill Industries and Tri-CED Community Recycling make a point of hiring people looking for a second chance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:25:47 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120019441&amp;ft=2&amp;f=1095</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Though California has the worst recidivism rate in the nation &mdash; more than two-thirds of ex-cons in the state return to prison &mdash; companies like Goodwill Industries and Tri-CED Community Recycling make a point of hiring people looking for a second chance.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Vision Groups Want Colleges To Stop Buying Kindle</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Amazon's Kindle is taking some knocks from the National Federation for the Blind. The electronic reader can read books aloud, but the federation says that function is difficult to turn on when you can't see. Now, two universities say they won't buy more Kindles for their students unless Amazon comes up with a fix.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:38:01 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amazon's Kindle is taking some knocks from the National Federation for the Blind. The electronic reader can read books aloud, but the federation says that function is difficult to turn on when you can't see. Now, two universities say they won't buy more Kindles for their students unless Amazon comes up with a fix.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Bank Failure Leads To Largest Chinese-American Bank</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The failure of United Commercial Bank and its FDIC-brokered sale to Pasadena-based East-West Bank creates the largest bank focused on the Chinese-American market. It's also now the largest bank based in Southern California.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:49:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The failure of United Commercial Bank and its FDIC-brokered sale to Pasadena-based East-West Bank creates the largest bank focused on the Chinese-American market. It's also now the largest bank based in Southern California.]]></itunes:summary>
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