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		<title>Black Banks Are Feeling the Pinch</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/06/08/black-banks-feeling-the-pinch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey McKinney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Investment Research Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity Research Services Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Profits at the nation's black owned banks last year plunged to a nine-year low, newly released data shows. The annual statistics illustrated a major decline as some black owned banks suffered big losses tied to securities-related investments.]]></description>
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		<title>Smith Graham to Increase Assets to Nearly $6 Billion in Acquisition Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/smith-graham-co-to-increase-assets-to-nearly-6-billion-in-acquisition-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/smith-graham-co-to-increase-assets-to-nearly-6-billion-in-acquisition-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ark Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerald B. Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smith Graham & Co.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Smith Graham &#038; Co. Investment Advisors L.P. (No. 8 on the BE Asset Managers list with $2.753 billion in assets under management) acquired the fixed-income and small- and mid-cap value equity assets of a New York City based firm in a deal that’s expected to increase the Houston-based firm’s assets to nearly $6 billion. Specific terms of the deal, which was completed Friday, were not disclosed.]]></description>
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		<title>World Wide Technology Settles Discrimination Suit</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/world-wide-technology-settles-discrimination-suit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/world-wide-technology-settles-discrimination-suit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff Hocker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clifford Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earnest Ryals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Wide Technology Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Earnest Ryals filed a $3.5 million racial discrimination lawsuit against his former employer back in November 2007, the surprising fact about the lawsuit was that he and the owner of the accused company are both African American.  A few weeks later, Clifford Smith, also a black employee, filed a similar complaint against St. Louis, Missouri-based World Wide Technology Inc. (No.1 on the B.E. Industrial/Service 100 list with $2.5 billion in sales).  Separate trials were slated to go before juries this month after a U.S. District Court judge denied World Wide Technology's motion to dismiss Ryals' case. Now, the disputes have been settled out of court. ]]></description>
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		<title>Washington D.C.&#8217;s Independence Federal to Acquire Colombo Bancshares</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/washington-dc%e2%80%99s-independence-federal-to-acquire-colombo-bancshares/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/washington-dc%e2%80%99s-independence-federal-to-acquire-colombo-bancshares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey McKinney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colombo Bancshares Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombo Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Federal Savings Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morton Bender]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to boost its profitability, Washington, D.C.-based Independence Federal Savings Bank (No. 14 on the B.E. Banks list with $150.9 million in assets) plans to acquire Colombo Bancshares Inc. of Rockville, Maryland in a stock deal valued at roughly $4.8 million.]]></description>
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		<title>PRWT Services to Go Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KBL Healthcare Acquisition Corp. III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merck & Co.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRWT Services Inc. (No. 57 on the B.E. Industrial/Service 100 list with $76 million in revenues) reported that it is planning to combine with publicly traded KBL Healthcare Acquisition Corp. III. PRWT is a diversified enterprise of pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, business process outsourcing services, and facilities management and maintenance services.]]></description>
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		<title>R. Donahue Peebles: ‘We Will Land Aqueduct Deal’</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/r-donahue-peebles-%e2%80%98we-will-land-aqueduct-deal%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/r-donahue-peebles-%e2%80%98we-will-land-aqueduct-deal%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delaware North Cos.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peebles Development Corp.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for the redevelopment of a New York racetrack/casino stalled last week amid reports that Delaware North Cos., the winning bidder, couldn’t raise the $370 million necessary to get the project started. But R. Donahue Peebles, chief executive of Peebles Development Corp. (No. 18 on the B.E. Industrial/Service 100 list with $245 million in revenues), which partnered with Delaware North on the deal, says not to count them out.]]></description>
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		<title>SENTEL Acquires Service Provider to U.S. Intelligence Agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/sentel-acquires-service-provider-to-us-intelligence-agencies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/05/15/sentel-acquires-service-provider-to-us-intelligence-agencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24/7 Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darrell L. Crapps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SENTEL (No. 90 on the 2008 BE INDUSTRIAL/SERVICE list with $45 million in revenues) acquired 24/7 Solutions last week in stock transaction for which terms weren’t disclosed. 24/7 Solutions is a McLean, VA-based supplier of specialized services and solutions to the U.S. intelligence community.]]></description>
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		<title>Carver Federal Savings Bank Turns 60</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/03/27/carver-federal-savings-bank-turns-60/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/03/27/carver-federal-savings-bank-turns-60/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blondel Pinnock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carver Community Development Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carver Federal Savings Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah C. Wright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Charles Rangel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many large commercial banks cling to life or become engulfed by the specter of death, Carver Federal Savings Bank is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Proving to not only have a propensity for withstanding economic turmoil, the black-owned bank has also sought growth opportunities during the downturn.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty Bank Acquires United Bank Branches</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/02/06/liberty-bank-acquires-united-bank-branches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/02/06/liberty-bank-acquires-united-bank-branches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey McKinney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alden McDonald Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Gladue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty Bank & Trust Co.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After announcing its buyout this week of cross-town bank United Bank and Trust Co., Alden McDonald Jr., president of New Orleans-based Liberty Bank &#038; Trust Co., (No. 8 on the 2008 B.E. Banks list), is prepared to buy more black-owned banks in the southeast, southwest, and midwest.]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising Mogul Creates Scholarship to Promote Entrepreneurialism</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/02/03/advertising-mogul-creates-scholarship-to-promote-entrepreneurialism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/02/03/advertising-mogul-creates-scholarship-to-promote-entrepreneurialism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Don Coleman, founder and chairman of GlobalHue (No. 1 on the 2008 B.E. Advertising Agencies list), the current market only solidifies the idea that self employment is the solution. To put money behind his convictions, Coleman established the Coleman Entrepreneurial Scholarship to provide a hand-up to juniors and seniors enrolled in an entrepreneurial studies program at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) or Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).  The scholarship will provide $5,000 for 20 students enrolled at one of 20 target schools.]]></description>
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		<title>From Automotive Parts to Retail to Service</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/02/03/from-automotive-parts-to-retail-to-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/02/03/from-automotive-parts-to-retail-to-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aeneas Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automotives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butch Carter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, new car sales slumped dramatically and the National Automobile Dealers Association said that by the end of 2008 alone 900 dealerships out of 19,700 were expected to close, with a loss of almost 50,000 jobs. One Honda dealership in particular survived last year’s fallout, albeit without its former owner. Former National Football League Pro Bowl player Aeneas Williams sold his Monroe, Louisiana Honda dealership -- the last of four he bought in 2001 and 2002 -- to Butch Carter, owner of the Carter Group, in December.]]></description>
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		<title>Christina Norman Named CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/01/31/christina-norman-named-ceo-of-oprah-winfrey-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2009/01/31/christina-norman-named-ceo-of-oprah-winfrey-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former MTV President Christina Norman has been named CEO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a concept that Winfrey came up with back in 1992.]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Johnson Creates Lending Facility for Mortgage Servicers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/12/23/robert-johnson-creates-lending-facility-for-mortgage-servicers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/12/23/robert-johnson-creates-lending-facility-for-mortgage-servicers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alex J. Pollock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homeowners First Bank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert L. Johnson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through Urban Trust Bank, Robert L. Johnson created a new entity, Homeowners First Bank. Homeowners First is an advanced lending facility or a bank designed specifically to provide temporary, advance funding to mortgage servicers. Mortgage servicers are the middlemen, who may or may not be the same company as the lender, but who retrieve money from borrowers on behalf of lenders.]]></description>
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		<title>Roberts Hotels Group Expands Its Reach</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/12/12/roberts-hotels-group-expands-its-reach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/12/12/roberts-hotels-group-expands-its-reach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roberts Hotels Group, the largest African American owned and managed hotel group in the U.S., is now Choice Hotels International's largest African American franchisee.]]></description>
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		<title>B.E. 100s Auto Dealer Charged With Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/12/10/be-100s-auto-dealer-charged-with-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/12/10/be-100s-auto-dealer-charged-with-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit against Poughkeepsie Chevrolet Cadillac Inc., and its former owner Raymond Wilkinson III this week on numerous counts of fraud.
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		<title>Real Estate Mogul Celebrates Book Launch</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/10/25/real-estate-mogul-launches-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R. Donahue Peebles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hotel tycoon, R. Donahue Peebles, celebrated the launch of his book, The Peebles Path to Real Estate and Wealth: How to Make Money in Any Market, yesterday at an event in New York hosted by hip-hop icon Russell Simmons and William C. Thompson Jr., New York City comptroller. ]]></description>
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		<title>Burrell Inks Deal with American Airlines</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/09/09/burrell-inks-deal-with-american-airlines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burrell Communications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines announced today that it has inked a deal with African American-owned advertising firm Burrell Communications Group L.L.C, making the Chicago-based company the airline's primary agency for all marketing and advertising geared toward African Americans.]]></description>
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		<title>Capri Capital Goes Global</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/06/13/capri-capital-goes-global/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capri Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quintin Primo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Capri Capital Partners L.L.C. (No. 4 on the BE ASSET MANAGERS list with $4.48 billion in assets) signed an agreement valued at $2 billion to develop part of the central business district in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Saudi Arabia. The city, which has been in development since 2005, is envisioned as an economic epicenter modeled after Dubai.]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta Life Mourns CEO’s Passing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/04/29/atlanta-life-mourns-ceo%e2%80%99s-passing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlanta Life Financial Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronald Brown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The black business community lost one of its leaders Tuesday morning. Ronald D. Brown, 55, president and CEO of Atlanta Life Financial Group, died from complications after surgery. The executive was the driving force behind the transformation of Atlanta Life from an insurance company to a full-fledged financial services firm.]]></description>
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		<title>An American Airlines Departure for GlobalHue</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/03/18/an-american-airlines-departure-for-globalhue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff Hocker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GlobalHue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s largest multicultural advertising agency has walked away from its longstanding relationship with the world’s largest airline. GlobalHue has “resigned” from doing advertising work for American Airlines.]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah Store is Open for Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/02/21/oprah-store-is-open-for-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harpo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you like Oprah Winfrey's "Favorite Things" you can now buy them in a store that adds to the media mogul's sizeable empire. Winfrey is CEO of Harpo Inc., (No. 17 on the BE INDUSTRIAL/SERVICE 100 list with $325 million in sales.)]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;F Bancorp Acquires Mutual Community Savings</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/02/19/mf-bancorp-acquires-mutual-community-savings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey McKinney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M&F Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mutual Community Savings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of the pending acquisition of Mutual Community Savings Bank Inc. (MCSB) (No. 19 on the BE BANKS list with $88.2 million in assets), Maceo Sloan, chairman of M&#038;F Bancorp (No. 9 on the BE BANKS list with $267.8 million in assets) is looking to buy other black-owned banks in the southeast region.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Football Pro Closes Doors to Car Dealership</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/be100s-news/2008/01/07/former-football-pro-closes-doors-to-car-dealership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aeneas Williams Dealerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williams Automotive Group]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lincoln-Mercury dealership of Aeneas Williams Automotive Group was performing poorly]]></description>
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