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		<title>Oreck blames private equity for bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Blues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Oreck, founder of a well-known maker of vacuums and air purifiers, says he’s upset his namesake company is in bankruptcy. He says Nashville, Tenn.-based Oreck Corp. was a perfectly profitable company when he sold his stake in it to a private equity firm in 2004. He blames the firm, New York-based American Securities Capital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In China, they execute Ponzi schemers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mr. Ponzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff tells CNNMoney he’s having trouble sleeping. Click here to read more about that from CNN. He doesn’t know how lucky he’s got it, living behind bars in America. In China this week, a 39-year old businesswoman received the death sentence for running a $70 million Ponzi scheme – pocket change next to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone&#8217;s got to fix the plumbing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bursting water mains are an everyday problem in America. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates about 240,000 blow every year. It gives America’s drinking water infrastructure a “D” grade, noting some pipes are more than 100 years old. Municipalities have long neglected water system maintenance, often allocating scarce dollars to more pressing needs. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the IRS lying?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t lie to the Internal Revenue Service. But  can the IRS lie to you? Congress spent much of the day grilling IRS  officials for the revelations that came out last week that the IRS was targeting conservative groups.  And some lawmakers didn’t like the answers they were getting and accused IRS officials of lying. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All you need is LUV</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you meet a guy like Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines Co., you have to wonder, what’s wrong with the rest of the airline industry? Serial bankruptcies, layoffs, bag fees – crisis after crisis – Southwest has none of that. Mr. Kelly says it’s because he’s not afraid to love. Click here to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer bubbles?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say inflation is under control, but beer prices are not. Restaurant Sciences reports that many popular brands – including Budweiser, Coors Light, Miller Lite, and yes, even, Pabst Blue Ribbon — have seen a 3.5% to 6.8% price jump in the nation’s bars and restaurants over the past seven months. “Across all restaurant and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do the right thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Securities and Exchange Commissioner Luis Aguilar gave a commencement address at his alma mater, Georgia Southern University on Saturday, with some simple, but too-often unheeded advice: Do the right thing. Here’s an excerpt from his speech: “The importance of doing the right thing has become even clearer to me during my terms as a Commissioner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ballmer&#8217;s  big bet on Windows 8 goes bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 16:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Blunders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he was betting the company on Windows 8 when he launched the new operating system last October. Last week, however, Microsoft tacitly admitted sales of Window 8 were weak and promised to fix flaws in the software with future updates. Window’s 8 was supposed to put Microsoft back into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s mom worth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 18:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Survey Said ...]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If moms got paid for the work they do out of love, they’d be making $113,586 a year, according to a survey by Salary.com. Salary.com, owned by IBM Corp., provides compensation data it collects from HR departments. It’s 13th annual Mother’s Day survey of 6,000 moms found that the average stay-at-home mom puts in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Kick me&#8221; tag a federal case for Intel</title>
		<link>http://newswires-americas.com/tellittoal/2013/05/11/kick-me-tag-a-federal-case-for-intel/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://newswires-americas.com/tellittoal/2013/05/11/kick-me-tag-a-federal-case-for-intel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 18:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Litigation Nation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever go to work feeling like someone stuck a “kick me” sign on your back? Probably not like this guy: Henry Palacio, a 50-year-old Intel Corp. employee in Rio Rancho, N.M., who says his co-workers really did stick a “kick-me” sign on his back and then proceeded to kick him. Click here to read my [...]]]></description>
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