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        <title><![CDATA[Competition heats up in China's art market]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[HONG KONG -- Loosened restrictions have auction houses jostling for position to woo Chinese buyers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Ko]]></dc:creator>
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        <title><![CDATA[Everything you've heard about starting a business is wrong]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two entrepreneurs have some advice for would-be startup founders: Don't spend too much time planning when you should be selling.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Carter]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-21T10:00:56Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Why falling U.S. college enrollment is good news]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Fewer people went to college this spring, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-20T20:29:36Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Laughing, tweeting and eating: the soft power of Shaquille O'Neal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Social media is allowing brands and celebrities like Shaquille O'Neal to build their soft power and transfer it to profits. So what's the trick to creating an authentic Twitter relationship?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Gray]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-20T10:00:23Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[For $7,000, earn online master's degree from Georgia Tech]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/for-7000-earn-online-masters-degree-from-georgia-tech/19917]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Now you can take massive-online classes and get a real degree.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-16T19:34:24Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The rise of alternative learning in laneways, pubs and new 'schools']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE -- Wish someone had taught you how to be confident or how to find a job you love? Melburnians are picking up some life lessons and new skills as part of a trend in &quot;altucation.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lieu Thi Pham]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-15T09:30:44Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Electric car drivers tend to be rich, city-dwelling men?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/electric-car-drivers-tend-to-be-rich-city-dwelling-men/19644]]></link>
        <s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
        <description><![CDATA[Is it down to age and income, or simply as a means to avoid tax?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-14T22:42:00Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[What does big data have to do with tiny atoms?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Find out what big data has to do with tiny atoms]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[IBM Experts]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-13T13:08:19Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Feeling pinch, colleges offer steep discounts to attract students]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Tuition discounts were at an all-time high in 2012 among private non-profit colleges.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Channtal Fleischfresser]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-08T11:25:05Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Can Mexico dismantle its monopolies?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/can-mexico-dismantle-its-monopolies/11337]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY -- As the government promises to open up markets long dominated by one or two companies, investors are showing optimism for Mexico's economy. But can competition crush the monopolies?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Villagran]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-08T10:00:42Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Architecture schools, beyond the classroom]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A new generation of architecture students is marshalling their brains and muscle behind projects that make a real-world difference for the disadvantaged, disabled or displaced.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[C.C. Sullivan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-08T10:00:37Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Dr. Michael Baime explains the trend of 'mindfulness']]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/q-a-dr-michael-baime-explains-the-trend-of-mindfulness/9921]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The practice of mindfulness is growing exponentially, with studies showing it cuts negative emotions by almost half -- with just eight weeks of practice.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christie Nicholson]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-03T12:00:32Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The legacy of Argentine architect Clorindo Testa, 1923-2013]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES -- Known as the &quot;Paris of South America&quot; for its Belle Epoque architecture, Argentina's capital is also home to prime examples of Brutalist buildings designed by Clorindo Testa.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Mount]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-03T10:00:50Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[If you're a young entrepreneur, move to Tulsa]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/if-youre-a-young-entrepreneur-move-to-tulsa/18617]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[NerdWallet analyzed 43 of the largest cities in the U.S. and picked the top 10 best ones for young entrepreneurs to live in.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-30T14:14:49Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[New science-driven drug policy emphasizes treatment]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/new-science-driven-drug-policy-emphasizes-treatment/18518]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The White House sees drug abuse as a public health issue, stressing that &quot;we cannot arrest or incarcerate our way out of the drug problem.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-27T18:46:36Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal dishes on the eyewear company's sudden success]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/warby-parker-co-founder-neil-blumenthal-dishes-on-the-eyewear-companys-sudden-success/1982]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Religiously enforce your company values and &quot;focus, focus, focus,&quot; the co-chief executive urges.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/warby-parker-co-founder-neil-blumenthal-dishes-on-the-eyewear-companys-sudden-success/1982]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Nusca]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-26T14:22:45Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Crutch or timesaver? Navigating the world of mobile travel apps]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/crutch-or-timesaver-navigating-the-world-of-mobile-travel-apps/1873]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Applications and social media services for exploring unknown places can be a boon for travelers -- but only if they enable real discovery.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Catherine O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-25T10:00:33Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Toward a blacker architecture in America]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are few black architects in the pipeline, and fewer still with a high national profile. C.C. Sullivan looks at the latest news, which suggests a growing role for African-American designers.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[C.C. Sullivan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-24T08:45:46Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Tech industry begins to press educational institutions for big data skills]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Silicon Valley vendor takes the big data skills challenge to the university level.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe McKendrick]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-23T01:47:16Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Nathan Cooke, designer and instructor at MIT's D-Lab]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a Nairobi slum, newly minted entrepreneurs run more than 160 public toilets and transform their waste into fertilizer -- and someday they'll turn it into electricity.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Hernandez Sherwood]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-22T11:00:48Z</pubDate>
                                
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