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		<title>Oprah Winfrey to End Talk Show in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/be-100s/2009/11/20/oprah-winfrey-to-end-talk-show-in-2011</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/be-100s/2009/11/20/oprah-winfrey-to-end-talk-show-in-2011#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey announced Friday that her television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons.]]></description>
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		<title>Nerjyzing Diversity in the Video Gaming Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/20/nerjyzing-diversity-in-the-video-gaming-industry</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/20/nerjyzing-diversity-in-the-video-gaming-industry#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video gaming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some people sit and watch on the sidelines, while others play the game. Jacqueline S. Beauchamp plays the game. Not satisfied with the dearth of diversity in the video gaming industry, Beauchamp started Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc.]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury Secretary, SBA Chief Host Listening Session for Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/20/treasury-secretary-sba-chief-host-listening-session-for-entrepreneurs</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/20/treasury-secretary-sba-chief-host-listening-session-for-entrepreneurs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business Administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month the Obama administration announced with great fanfare a plan to increase small business lending. It also promised to host a conference where small businesses, small business advocates and lenders could share their recommendations on the most effective and fastest ways to get capital to cash-strapped entrepreneurs.]]></description>
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		<title>Straight from the Bosses&#8217; Mouths</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/19/straight-from-the-bosses-mouths</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/19/straight-from-the-bosses-mouths#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mentoring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For students looking to clinch that ideal job, landing an internship can bring you closer to your goal. But securing that sought-after internship is only half the battle. Leaving a mark on the company, other interns, and key managers could mean the difference between future employment and an arduous job search.
While school career counselors, mentors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/check-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/check-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit card debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, it's the time of year when pressure on consumers to do their part to boost the engine of our economy begins to build. The "official" start of the holiday shopping season, November 27 (also known as Black Friday—so named because the spending beginning that weekend is expected to bring retailers from being in the red to being in the black, i.e., into profitability for the year), is just over a week away.]]></description>
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		<title>Slash Your College Prep Expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/slash-your-college-prep-expenses</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/slash-your-college-prep-expenses#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your college prep budget doesn’t have to break the bank. Check out these quick tips to defray costs.]]></description>
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		<title>Identity Protection Programs: How Do They Stack Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/18/identity-protection-programs-how-do-they-stack-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/18/identity-protection-programs-how-do-they-stack-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ID theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t stop identity theft, but you can take measures to protect your personal information. Along with shredding personal documents, regularly checking your credit report for abnormal or unauthorized activity, there are also a number of services available which guarantee to protect consumers against identity theft. But, are they worth it?]]></description>
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		<title>ARMed And Dangerous? Don&#8217;t File For Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/armed-and-dangerous-dont-file-for-bankruptcy</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/18/armed-and-dangerous-dont-file-for-bankruptcy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk Charles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adjustable-rate mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13 bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refinancing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just got a phone call from a couple thinking of filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy.  However, their adjustable rate mortgage is about to adjust—most likely upward—within the next five to six months.  They want to know how the Chapter 13 filing will affect their opportunity to refinance? In short, it's going to be ugly.  It's always best to avoid filing bankruptcy, especially if you need to refinance any time soon.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Entrepreneurship Week Kicks Off</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/17/global-entrepreneurship-weeks-kicks-off</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/17/global-entrepreneurship-weeks-kicks-off#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Stock Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snoop Dogg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs from around the world gathered Monday to kick off the Global Entrepreneurship Week. With 88 participating countries and a thousand partners including universities, government agencies, and corporate sponsors, Global Entrepreneurship Week is aimed at teaching youth entrepreneurship, connecting current business owners and spurring innovation.]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Right Moves on the Net</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/17/making-the-right-moves-on-the-net-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/17/making-the-right-moves-on-the-net-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Candi Carter launched a line of educational DVDs for children in March, she had to deal with a problem that’s all too common for entrepreneurs—a lack of cash. 
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		<title>High Healthcare Costs Linked to Preventable Diseases</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/17/costs-of-healthcare-tied-to-preventable-diseases</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/17/costs-of-healthcare-tied-to-preventable-diseases#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking, poor eating habits, and lack of exercise are contributing to an epidemic of chronic, preventable diseases that are alarming for the future health of the nation and for African Americans in particular, according to a new report.]]></description>
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		<title>The Homebuyers Toolkit: Let&#8217;s Talk Money</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/16/the-homebuyers-toolkit-lets-talk-money</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/16/the-homebuyers-toolkit-lets-talk-money#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[down payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebuyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual development account]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax credit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest hurdle to homeownership for some is the down payment and closing costs. These two expenses often deter low and moderate income individuals/families from even thinking about living the American Dream. Many people pass up the opportunity to own their own home because they’re unaware of the thousands of dollars in grant money available to assist with these expenses. The money is out there, but you need to know where to look. ]]></description>
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		<title>An Eye for Innovation</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/16/an-eye-for-innovation</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/16/an-eye-for-innovation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coinstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moneywise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NetSuite]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David E. Saunders II is the very definition of a growth investor. Saunders seeks high returns by owning a piece of companies that are expected to post revenue and earnings growth in the coming years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Report</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/13/washington-report-9</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/13/washington-report-9#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Report: Week of Nov. 9-13]]></description>
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		<title>Open Enrollment: Strategies to Reduce Costs of Health Insurance Coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/11/13/open-enrollment-strategies-to-reduce-costs-of-health-insurance-coverage</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/11/13/open-enrollment-strategies-to-reduce-costs-of-health-insurance-coverage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margarette Burnette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COBRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the companies that are able to offer this important benefit to their employees, the pros say it’s important to reign in expenses and educate workers.  Here are expert-suggested steps for employers and employees to help reduce their financial burdens.]]></description>
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		<title>Pop-Up Stores Provide Lucrative Alternative For Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/12/pop-up-stores-provide-lucrative-alternative-for-small-businesses</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/12/pop-up-stores-provide-lucrative-alternative-for-small-businesses#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savvy entrepreneurs and larger retailers are opening up temporary stores, or “pop-ups” in empty storefronts, simultaneously boosting their brand and bottom line. The stores can last anywhere from a few days to a few months. And with the U.S. retail vacancy rate at 7.6%, for the third quarter of 2009, compared with 6.4% for the third quarter of 2008, according CoStar Group, Inc.-- and the holidays just around the corner-- now might be the best time to take advantage of the weak commercial real estate market.]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Guru Helps You Choose Right Phone For Your Lifestyle</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/11/tech-guru-helps-you-choose-right-phone-for-your-lifestyle</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/11/tech-guru-helps-you-choose-right-phone-for-your-lifestyle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlackBerry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smartphones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When thinking about a new phone, consider “the network coverage in your area, what unique needs do you have when customizing your phone, and think about your budget,” says Wasow. Make sure the phone and its price plan are affordable. The last thing you want is be stuck with excess hidden and not-so-hidden charges.]]></description>
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		<title>BE 100s Bank Acquires Home Federal Savings</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/be-100s/2009/11/11/be-100s-bank-acquires-home-federal-savings</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/be-100s/2009/11/11/be-100s-bank-acquires-home-federal-savings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FDIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Savings Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Bank and Trust of New Orleans acquired Detroit-based Home Federal Savings Bank after the bank was shut down by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) Nov. 6.]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Tips to Ward off Employee Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/11/eight-tips-to-ward-off-employee-theft</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/11/eight-tips-to-ward-off-employee-theft#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the recession not only has fraudulent activity increased, but the amount of money lost to fraud has increased as well. ]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Your Credit Score</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/10/boost-your-credit-score-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/10/boost-your-credit-score-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Lea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rules for boosting credit have not changed in light of the new Credit CARD Act. “The rules have stayed the same: Pay bills on time, keep credit card balances low, and avoid bankruptcy and foreclosure,” says LaToya Irby, credit and debt management expert for About.com.]]></description>
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		<title>The Homebuyers Toolkit: Key Players</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/09/the-homebuyers-toolkit-key-players</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/09/the-homebuyers-toolkit-key-players#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home buyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home inspector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate agent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real state attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[realtor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buying a home is a personal decision, but the process is not so private. Generally, you’ll work with about ten people. These include the seller, attorney, real estate agent/broker, home inspector, insurance agent, surveyor, appraiser, mortgage lender, title insurance officer, and an escrow officer. The attorney, real estate agent/broker, and the home inspector are the key players.]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 10 Tax Issues to Consider When Your Job Status Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/09/the-top-10-tax-issues-to-consider-when-your-job-status-changes</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/09/the-top-10-tax-issues-to-consider-when-your-job-status-changes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki Lee Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sole proprietorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many workers have been pushed into self-employment and freelance work this year. A leap into entrepreneurship presents a new set of tax rules.]]></description>
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		<title>Shaking Things Up</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/09/shaking-things-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/09/shaking-things-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the economic downturn persisting and companies continuing to tighten their belts, it seems that now would be the worst time to put effort and money into exploring new markets and niches. Quite the contrary.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Report</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/06/washington-report-8</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/06/washington-report-8#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Report: Week of Nov. 9 - Nov. 13]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Expands Homeowner Tax Breaks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/06/congress-expands-homeowner-tax-breaks</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/06/congress-expands-homeowner-tax-breaks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you were rushing to close on a house before the end of the year, slow down. Congress voted to extend the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>How I Found My Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/06/how-i-found-my-opportunity</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/06/how-i-found-my-opportunity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aliya S. King worked as a freelance writer for nearly 10 years, but six months ago, she saw an opportunity she could not pass up—a Craigslist posting that asked for a social media Web manager for Iced Media, an online marketing and research company based in New York City.]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti Competes for Grant to Tackle Deforestation</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/05/haiti-competes-for-grant-to-tackle-deforestation</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/05/haiti-competes-for-grant-to-tackle-deforestation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEing Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With less than two weeks until voting ends for the fifth annual BBC World Challenge ’09, volunteer ambassadors for the Love ‘N Haiti project banded together last week in New York to gather votes for the global competition. ]]></description>
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		<title>6 Things You Can Do To Stop Diabetes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/05/6-things-you-can-do-to-stop-diabetes</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/05/6-things-you-can-do-to-stop-diabetes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Jones Briscoe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Diabetes Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Through the American Diabetes Association I have been able to reach thousands of individuals with information to equip them to better understand and take control of their diabetes. The American Diabetes Association estimates that nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes, and an additional 57 million Americans are at risk for developing the disease. 
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		<title>Financial Expert Learns Hard, Valuable Lesson After ID Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/05/financial-adviser-learned-valuable-lesson-after-id-theft</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/05/financial-adviser-learned-valuable-lesson-after-id-theft#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Letita M. Aaron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Trade Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ID theft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I felt violated and victimized,” Harrine Freeman says of the day her purse was stolen from the passenger seat of her locked car at a Hyattsville, Maryland gas station in late July. No one at the busy corner station offered much information after the thief smashed a window and sped off with her house keys, checkbook, driver’s license, car insurance, vehicle registration, nearly $100 in cash, as well as her credit, ATM, and health insurance cards.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Make Significant Gains After Long Drought</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/04/republicans-make-significant-gains-after-long-drought</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/04/republicans-make-significant-gains-after-long-drought#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Steele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly being Republican is a whole lot more satisfying than it has been for a long time. On Tuesday, the Grand Old Party won gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, largely with the help of the very Independent voters who gave President Barack Obama his historic victory in 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>The Master Builder Strikes Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/04/the-master-builder-strikes-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/04/the-master-builder-strikes-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R. Donahue Peebles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate mogul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the flames that forge successful, resilient enterprises are the fires of adversity and contention, one can call R. Donahue Peebles a master blacksmith of entrepreneurialism. The CEO of Peebles Corp. (No. 79 on the BE Industrial/Service companies list with $51.4 million in revenues) understands that his company’s business plan must be malleable and able to adapt with the times. His team has the skills to land the right deal, the fortitude to fend off rivals, and the moxie to ensure the company remains viable no matter the business environment.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Job Search Tax Deductible?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/04/is-your-job-search-tax-deductible</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/04/is-your-job-search-tax-deductible#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just the thought of searching for a job can be exhausting. With all these necessary items and “things to do,” organizing a job search can be stressful, and this doesn’t even include the cost of the hunt. Fortunately, you can ease the financial burden when you file your 2009 taxes. ]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Most Out of Your College Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/04/getting-the-most-out-of-your-college-tour</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/04/getting-the-most-out-of-your-college-tour#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBCU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are one guidance counselor's recommendations to assist students of color to choose schools that will increase their chances of graduation and success as a professional.]]></description>
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		<title>One Year Later: Why My First Vote Won&#8217;t Be My Last</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/03/one-year-later-why-my-first-vote-wont-be-my-last</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/03/one-year-later-why-my-first-vote-wont-be-my-last#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine L. Edmond</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first-time voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new voters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2000, I had my first taste of the democratic voting process. I was in the 6th grade and we were learning about how the voting process works by watching and reporting the presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush. We did lots of research on their platforms, policies and backgrounds. It was so exciting to see the process in action. By unanimous vote, Al Gore was my class' pick for president. In our eyes,he couldn't lose; logic and fairy-tale endings were on his side. Boy, were we in for a rude awakening from our dream of American democracy.]]></description>
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		<title>One Year Later: Has Obama Lived Up to the Promise?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/03/one-year-later-has-obama-lived-up-to-the-promise</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/03/one-year-later-has-obama-lived-up-to-the-promise#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes. On Election Day 2008, a wave of euphoria swept round the world over the news that America had elected not just its first black president but also a transformational figure who, despite “the enormity of the task that lies ahead,” assured us that “all things are possible.” Has Barack Obama lived up to the promise?]]></description>
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		<title>Author Talks Journey Into Global Influence of Black Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/11/03/author-nelson-george-talks-journey-into-international-influence-of-black-culture</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/11/03/author-nelson-george-talks-journey-into-international-influence-of-black-culture#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson George]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now as the face of BlackAtlas.com, an interactive social networking site for black travelers, author Nelson George couples his talent for storytelling with his love of travel, which has become an extension of his career covering music, film, and culture.]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk with Judith Jamison</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/11/02/backtalk-with-judith-jamison</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/11/02/backtalk-with-judith-jamison#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Backtalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin ailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvin Ailey Dance Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Jamison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legacy Award]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[World renowned choreographer, dancer, and author Judith Jamison has broken many barriers in her career. As artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Jamison became one of only a handful of women in the world to direct a major dance company when she assumed leadership in 1989. As a dancer, she gained international recognition for her performances of the tour de force solo “Cry” and “Pas de Duke.” In 2007 Black Enterprise recognized the trailblazer with its Women of Power Legacy Award, which honors women whose accomplishments have helped redefine the standards of success for women of color in a variety of fields.]]></description>
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		<title>The Homebuyers Toolkit: Qualifying For A Mortgage</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/02/the-homebuyers-toolkit-qualifying-for-a-mortgage</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/11/02/the-homebuyers-toolkit-qualifying-for-a-mortgage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adjustable-rate mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARMs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[home buyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“What happens when you go to a lender,” asked Deborah Johnson, vice president and relationship manager for J.P. Morgan Chase. I didn’t know the answer and from the silence in the room, I was in good company. But Johnson, who was this week’s presenter at the Bedford Central Development Corp. homebuyer seminar series, schooled us on the mortgage process.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Reach Mature Consumers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/02/five-ways-to-reach-mature-consumers</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/02/five-ways-to-reach-mature-consumers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation X]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies spend a lot of time studying up on baby boomers, Generation X and Generation Y, knowing that these younger generations make up the bulk of their consumers. Through a mix of offline and online advertising and marketing techniques, companies come up with campaigns designed to reach these consumers and keep them coming back for more.]]></description>
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		<title>A New Agenda for Small Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/a-new-agenda-for-small-business</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/a-new-agenda-for-small-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek T. Dingle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No segment of American industry has been pummeled by the Great Recession more than minority business. As the economy shows signs of recovery, these companies––most of which can be found in the small business sector––have been struggling to gain solid footing. Access to capital and government contracts, most assert, would stabilize their companies and eventually spur growth. Others need such lifelines to keep from joining the ranks of the more than 30,000 businesses forced to file for bankruptcy protection in the first half of 2009. Although the Obama administration has initiated small business financing programs––including freeing up more than $15 billion by increasing guarantees and lowering fees as part of the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) loan program––financial institutions, large and small, have still been reluctant to provide funding to entrepreneurs. For example, the SBA reported a 43% decline in 7(a) loan approvals from a year earlier. And critics maintain that the America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program that was part of the $787 billion stimulus program is operating at a clunker’s pace: Reports reveal that as of Sept. 1, only roughly $65 million––1,850 loans at a maximum funding level of $35,000––of the $255 million had been disbursed to small business owners. “Small firms are in such bad shape today that those who need loans are not likely to be able to qualify with respect to their credit worthiness,” says Thomas Boston, director of research and innovation of the Atlanta-based economic consulting firm EuQuant and a member of the black enterprise Board of Economists. “ What small firms need is revenue and procurement opportunities.”
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		<title>Ready, Set, Grow</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/ready-set-grow</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/ready-set-grow#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online marketplace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that entrepreneurs rock to the beat of a different drummer. That’s how most got through this hard-hitting year. As the economy goes into recovery, some business owners are looking to turn the volume up on their efforts, to move beyond mere survival and grow their venture. To ensure longevity, their efforts need to be organized, thorough, and realistic.
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		<title>Go With Your Gut</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/01/go-with-your-gut</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/01/go-with-your-gut#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Payne Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intuition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1969, as the first black woman to earn an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Lillian Lambert thought she was destined for a brilliant career advocating for social justice. But after a couple of dead-end jobs with federally funded programs, Lambert felt she’d make more headway as a businessperson. Her intuition pushed her into the cleaning industry, where she launched Centennial One Inc., a commercial cleaning business in Landover, Maryland. The company grew to $20 million in annual revenues and employed 1,200 people before Lambert sold it in 2001.  
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		<title>The “Coming Out” Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/11/01/thecoming-outchallenge</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/11/01/thecoming-outchallenge#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DiversityWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EDNA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the start of her career, Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale, 59, has always been clear about what it means to be an African American, a woman, and a lesbian in corporate America, but it has never stopped her from successfully pursuing her goals. ]]></description>
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		<title>Live Large With Less Cash</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2009/11/01/live-large-with-less-cash</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2009/11/01/live-large-with-less-cash#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Lea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frugality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limited budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living well on a limited budget means maximizing what you get out of life for the amount of  money you spend, says blogger J.D. Roth, a contributor to the book 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget (Skyhorse Publishing; $14.95). Roth, Trent Hamm, and 18 other bloggers have written an easy-to-read guidebook about saving money, making sound investments, increasing earnings, and much more. The book’s money-saving techniques speak to a broad range of readers, from high school students to baby boomers.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Road Test</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/11/01/road-test</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/11/01/road-test#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevrolet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porsche]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These vehicles offer great looks, stellar performance, and value]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Points</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/uncategorized/2009/11/01/talking-points-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/uncategorized/2009/11/01/talking-points-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minority Female Firms Outpace All Others
Businesses owned by minority women are growing faster than those owned by men or nonminority women. Women of color are establishing businesses at twice the rate of their male counterparts and more than four times that of nonminority entrepreneurs, reports a new study released by the Commerce Department’s Minority Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embrace Technology to Boost  Your Company’s Productivity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/executive-memo/2009/11/01/embrace-technology-to-boost-your-company%e2%80%99s-productivity</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/executive-memo/2009/11/01/embrace-technology-to-boost-your-company%e2%80%99s-productivity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive Memo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t noticed, the brave new, digital world has arrived. All I have to do is gauge the activity in my own household as confirmation. My children, ages 14 through 19, have never purchased a single CD (they download music on their iPods). They communicate with friends through a series of text messages and iChats instead of phone calls and watch their favorite programs on laptops instead of television.]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform Is Up to All of Us</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/publishers-page/2009/11/01/healthcare-reform-is-up-to-all-of-us</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/publishers-page/2009/11/01/healthcare-reform-is-up-to-all-of-us#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl G. Graves, Sr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Publisher's Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Option]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, costs, and track records of a variety of plans—including a public option to increase competition and keep insurance companies honest—and choose what’s best for your family.]]></description>
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		<title>The Master Builder Strikes Again!</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/be-100s/2009/11/01/the-masterbuilder-strikes-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/be-100s/2009/11/01/the-masterbuilder-strikes-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the flames that forge successful, resilient enterprises are the fires of adversity and contention, one can call R. Donahue Peebles a master blacksmith of entrepreneurialism. The CEO of Peebles Corp. (No. 79 on the be industrial/service companies list with $51.4 million in revenues) understands that his company’s business plan must be malleable and able to adapt with the times. His team has the skills to land the right deal, the fortitude to fend off rivals, and the moxie to ensure the company remains viable no matter the business environment.]]></description>
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		<title>Making Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/making-changes</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/making-changes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl Nance Nash</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post military finances]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Battles created a lifetime of memories during his 20-year Naval career. He lived in Japan for nearly three years while assigned aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier. Over the years his travels took him to such far-off places as Hong Kong, South Korea, and Thailand. But Battles retired from his military career in 2002. “I miss the friends I made over the years, and traveling overseas,” says Battles.]]></description>
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		<title>Uplifting the Next Generation</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/uplifting-the-next-generation</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/uplifting-the-next-generation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Coachman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen years ago, Larry Quick realized there was a growing need for a place where young black men in his Washington, D.C., neighborhood could go to receive after-school academic tutoring and arts training. They would also receive encouragement, gain life skills, and most importantly, have a shoulder to lean on.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Be Bamboozled</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/01/dont-be-bamboozled</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/01/dont-be-bamboozled#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pretexters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tips for avoiding financial fraud]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation with Legacy Bank Co-founders</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/bebr/2009/10/31/a-conversation-with-legacy-bank-co-founders</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/bebr/2009/10/31/a-conversation-with-legacy-bank-co-founders#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK ENTERPRISE Business Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEBR Episode 49]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying distressed property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deloris Sims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garnett Newcombe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Potential consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Simons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leather shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legacy Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Henningsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Donovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ty Foster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this week of Black Enterprise Business Report, we talk to the co-founders of Legacy Bank in Milwaukee, Margaret Henningsen and Deloris Sims about doing the impossible: starting a bank. Plus our Wealth for Life segment looks at the pros and cons of buying a distressed property. Our Entrepreneur of the Week profiles Garnett Newcombe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Issues with Wyclef Jean</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/31/our-world-episode-79-with-wyclef-jean</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/31/our-world-episode-79-with-wyclef-jean#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our World with BLACK ENTERPRISE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlackPeopleMeet.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denise Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denise Roberts Breast Cancer Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaDawn Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our World Full Episode 79]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Week on Our World with Black Enterprise…
We catch up with the multi-platinum artist and humanitarian, Wyclef Jean. He’s our headliner.
And in our roundtable discussion,
Can you really meet your soul mate online? We discuss the rise in internet dating with LaDawn Black, a relationship expert, Author and Radio Host for the Baltimore based radio program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Report</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/30/washington-report-7</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/30/washington-report-7#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Report: Week of Oct. 26]]></description>
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		<title>Young Entrepreneurs Take Front Seat Navigating Road to Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/30/young-entrepreneurs-take-front-seat-navigating-road-to-success</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/30/young-entrepreneurs-take-front-seat-navigating-road-to-success#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a penchant for making money and a grasp of their life’s passions, these young money savvy students successfully run burgeoning businesses. Check out who they are and what they do.]]></description>
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		<title>The Y(awn) Generation? I Beg To Differ</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/30/the-yawn-generation-i-beg-to-differ</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/30/the-yawn-generation-i-beg-to-differ#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We only buy designer duds. The latest smart phone is No.1 on our priority list (if we even have a priority list.) For some members of Generation Y, saving is more like a mythological creature than something you actually do.]]></description>
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		<title>White House Discusses Nation&#8217;s Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/10/30/ombs-orszag-discusses-nations-economy</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/10/30/ombs-orszag-discusses-nations-economy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nation’s economy grew during the months of July, August, and September, after a year of stagnation. The Commerce Department reported this week that U.S. GDP (the total value of all goods and services made within our borders) expanded at an annual rate of 3.5% in the third quarter, a major contrast from the 6.4% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Tips for Entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/29/teen-tips-for-entrepreneurship</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/29/teen-tips-for-entrepreneurship#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this, the third article of a four- part series about youth entrepreneurship, three teens tell the stories of how they started businesses and learned how to find fun while financing their futures.]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Plans for Young Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/28/lesson-plans-for-young-entrepreneurs</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/28/lesson-plans-for-young-entrepreneurs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In part two of BlackEnterprise.com’s four-part series on youth entrepreneurship, we’ll be looking at resources for parents and teachers on the basics of entrepreneurship. There are a number of tools available, from Web-based and online activities to classroom simulations, for educators and parents to get students thinking like an entrepreneur.]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do Today to Prepare For This Year&#8217;s Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/28/what-to-do-today-to-prepare-for-this-years-taxes</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/28/what-to-do-today-to-prepare-for-this-years-taxes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not tax season yet, but by the time you finish feasting on turkey and calculating the damage from holiday spending, it’ll be time to gather receipts, fill out forms, and calculate deductions. Before Uncle Sam comes knocking like an unexpected visit for that surly, lazy cousin you tried to avoid all holiday season, check out what you can do today to prepare your 2009 taxes.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Announces Plans to Boost Small Business Lending</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/28/obama-announces-plans-to-boost-small-business-lending</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/28/obama-announces-plans-to-boost-small-business-lending#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TARP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flanked by thousands of boxes of paper records stored by Metropolitan Archives, a Maryland-based business that used an Small Business Administration loan last year to buy its building, Obama said, “There’s still too little credit flowing to our small businesses,” that need financing to stay open or to grow.]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Use Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/27/youth-use-entrepreneurship-as-a-pathway-to-succeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/27/youth-use-entrepreneurship-as-a-pathway-to-succeed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenpreneur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Running a successful business is not an easy feat no matter what your age. Yet there are teenagers, like Kalief Rollins, the winner of the 2009 National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, who were able to benefit from business start-up education and learn not only the value of a dollar, but how to claim the value of his life.]]></description>
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		<title>Motor City Overhaul</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/about-this-issue/2009/10/27/motor-city-overhaul</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/about-this-issue/2009/10/27/motor-city-overhaul#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About This Issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Black Enterprise announced its decision to have its 2009 Entrepreneurs Conference + Expo in Detroit, the move raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, if the nation was in a recession at the time, surely Detroit must be in a full-fledged depression. The automotive industry—the city’s lifeblood—was facing its worst business climate ever, prompting massive layoffs, restructurings, and, in General Motors’ case, bankruptcy. The city, which was struggling prior to the events in the auto industry, had to contend with high rates of unemployment and poverty as well as real estate values that had plummeted to the point where a significant portion of the population found their mortgage balance exceeded the value of their homes.]]></description>
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		<title>Can Detroit Be Saved?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/27/can-detroit-be-saved</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/27/can-detroit-be-saved#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit is known by many names: The D, Motor City, and Motown, among others. But this once sprawling metropolis of nearly 2 million has over the past few decades become more synonymous with poverty, crime, unemployment, and urban blight. ]]></description>
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		<title>Automakers Optimistic About Constant Progression</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/automakers-optimistic-about-constant-progression</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/automakers-optimistic-about-constant-progression#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrylser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The woes of the auto industry have dominated business headlines all year – which has had and will continue to have a devastating toll on African American suppliers.]]></description>
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		<title>Aerotropolis Is Expected to Help Revive Detroit&#8217;s Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/aerotropolis-expected-to-help-revive-detroits-economy</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/aerotropolis-expected-to-help-revive-detroits-economy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aerotropolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the November 2009 issue of Black Enterprise, Can Detroit be Saved? highlights the industries that can conceivably take hold in Detroit to help wean the city from its dependence on the slumping auto industry and help ease the city’s financial crisis. In addition to those industries mentioned in the magazine, the city’s airport and tourism can serve as economic drivers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism Industry Holds Prime Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/tourism-industry-holds-prime-opportunities</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/10/27/tourism-industry-holds-prime-opportunities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cobo Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tourism industry is big business. The Detroit metro area alone took in about $5 billion in tourism last year – but this can be improved. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Voyage into the Black Diaspora</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/10/26/a-voyage-into-the-black-diaspora</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/10/26/a-voyage-into-the-black-diaspora#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Atlas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In many respects when African Americans travel, they are no different than travelers from every culture, says Nelson George, travel expert-at-large for BlackAtlas.com. At the same time, they are often curious to learn about the black people, neighborhoods, restaurants, and historical sites in a city that have particular historical significance to the black experience.]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Born Hustler</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/26/natural-born-hustler</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/26/natural-born-hustler#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenpreneur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is entrepreneurship learned or innate? While working on a young entrepreneurs package slated to run on BlackEnterprise.com tomorrow, a co-worker questioned how many of the subjects in the series had a family member who inspired them to venture into entrepreneurship.]]></description>
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		<title>The Homebuyer’s Toolkit: Getting Started</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/26/the-home-buyer%e2%80%99s-toolkit-getting-started</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/26/the-home-buyer%e2%80%99s-toolkit-getting-started#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home buyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Bankers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The process of buying a home can be overwhelming. I feel your pain, I’m there too. But there are several resources available. Let’s do this together step by step, week by week. Follow me as I go through a 16 week Home Buyer Seminar sponsored by the Bedford Central Community Development Corp. in Brooklyn, NY. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Cornel West Discusses His New Book</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/24/dr-cornel-west-discusses-his-new-book</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/24/dr-cornel-west-discusses-his-new-book#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our World with BLACK ENTERPRISE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brother West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Cornel West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jerry Guyden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our World Episode 78]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research Centers in Minority Institutions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Cornel West's new memoir shows why he isn't afraid to confront the issues affecting our community.
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		<title>Washington Report</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/23/washington-report-6</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/23/washington-report-6#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Financial Protection Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First-Time Homebuyer Credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homebuyers Tax Credit May Be Too Popular

In response to abuses and fraud uncovered by the IRS and Treasury Department into the First-Time Homebuyer Credit program, the House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday to improve the screening of applicants and administration of the program.
According to the agencies, 580 taxpayers under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Choose a Financial Planner</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/10/23/how-to-choose-a-financial-planner</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/10/23/how-to-choose-a-financial-planner#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having the right questions for a planner is critical. Here are six questions to ask financial planners before you decide to work with one.]]></description>
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		<title>An Affinity for Philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/10/22/an-affinity-for-philanthropy</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/10/22/an-affinity-for-philanthropy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affinity groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More recently affinity groups are asking their employers to return that favor by investing in the communities that they represent.]]></description>
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		<title>Yes We Can Make Local Elections Count</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/22/yes-we-can-make-the-mid-terms-count</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/22/yes-we-can-make-the-mid-terms-count#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randal Pinkett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 4, 2008, Americans of all race, creeds and colors voted for change – and we poured into the streets with absolute joy and pride in what we accomplished as a nation. It was a proud and profound moment for America. But we cannot rest on the laurels of 2008 and expect that to sustain our objectives into the future. ]]></description>
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		<title>Talent Agent Uses Perseverance, Savvy to Represent Hollywood&#8217;s Elite</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/10/22/talent-agent-uses-perseverance-savvy-to-represent-hollywoods-elite</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/10/22/talent-agent-uses-perseverance-savvy-to-represent-hollywoods-elite#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tracy Christian not only represents a talented client list which includes celebrity entertainers like actors Michael Kenneth Williams, from HBO’s “The Wire,” former “Cosby” kid Lisa Bonet, and rapper/actor Busta Rhymes, but she considers them family.]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah, I Got It On Layway. What About It?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/21/yeah-i-got-it-on-layway-what-about-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/21/yeah-i-got-it-on-layway-what-about-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[layaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online shopping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and irresponsible consumer behavior. Replacing layaway plans with easy access to high-interest credit has had devastating consequences for lower- and middle-income families, and black people in particular. The public embarrassment of buying goods on layaway (an admission that you were too poor to just buy what you wanted outright), has been replaced with the private shame of crushing credit card debt.]]></description>
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		<title>Down But Not Out</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/21/down-but-not-out-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/21/down-but-not-out-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you find yourself in need, or someone you know is in need of home, career, or health assistance, check out this roundup of low-cost and free programs that could be your lifeline.]]></description>
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		<title>An App a Day</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/20/an-app-a-day</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/20/an-app-a-day#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benice Atufunwa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are seven noteworthy applications you may want to phone a friend about.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the Sweet Spot of Investing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/investing/2009/10/19/finding-the-sweet-spot-of-investing</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/investing/2009/10/19/finding-the-sweet-spot-of-investing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Jay Korn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stocks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a collection of investments that can help to minimize the chance of losses while maximizing your portfolio’s earnings.]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation with Actress Lynn Whitfield</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/17/a-conversation-with-actress-lynn-whitfield</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/17/a-conversation-with-actress-lynn-whitfield#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[actor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Actress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America Black Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior Management Resource Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Vivian Sanders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jazz in The Diamond District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsey Christian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Whitfield]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our World Episode 77]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prevention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actress Lynn Whitfield shares why Breast Cancer prevention is personal and why she’s the national spokeswoman for Taking Charge of Breast Cancer Initiative .
Our Roundtable talks Black Hollywood and our Slice of Life is Dr. Sanders fights obesity.
Actress Lynn Whitfield shares why Breast Cancer prevention is personal and why she’s the national spokeswoman for Taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired Gen. Colin Powell discusses Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/bebr/2009/10/17/retired-gen-colin-powell-discusses-leadership</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/bebr/2009/10/17/retired-gen-colin-powell-discusses-leadership#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK ENTERPRISE Business Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ariel Invesments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEBR Show 48]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Corporate Board of Directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Tribbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Powell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Executives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Leadership Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Colin Powel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Winston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Player]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russell Reynolds Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Season 03]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washiongton D.C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retired General Colin Powell  talks about his mission to bridge corporate executives with the next generation of business leaders. Plus, we talk with Carl Brooks, President and CEO of the ELC. And a look at the Black Corporate Directors Conference.
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		<title>Washington Report</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/16/washington-report-5</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/16/washington-report-5#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Rangel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business Administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Report]]></description>
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		<title>Hold On To Your Wallet</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/16/hold-onto-your-wallet</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/16/hold-onto-your-wallet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air fares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Airlines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With domestic holiday airfares as much as 15% lower than last year, carriers are making up for it elsewhere, namely with a $10 “holiday surcharge” adding to the mounting list of flight fees. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dare to Take a Chance</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/16/dare-to-take-a-chance</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/16/dare-to-take-a-chance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waterlicious]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One executive with Waterlicious, a Marina Del Rey, California-based water manufacturer found an unconventional way to gain exposure for his brand.]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Things to Know Before Investing in Rental Property</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/10/15/seven-things-to-know-before-investing-in-rental-property</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/10/15/seven-things-to-know-before-investing-in-rental-property#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki Lee Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wealth For Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Association of Realtors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For potential investors who have good credit, savings, and a dose of patience, the time is ripe for being a landlord. Like many potential real estate investors these days, you may be worried that the national trend toward declining property values might crimp your ability to draw income from rental property.]]></description>
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		<title>What Dow 10,000 Means—This Time</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/14/what-dow-10000-means%e2%80%94this-time</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/14/what-dow-10000-means%e2%80%94this-time#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dow Jones Industrial Average]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Dow Jones Industrial Average powers through the 10,000-point threshold today, millions of investors are no doubt searching for meaning. But, is there any deep significance here?]]></description>
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		<title>Tools to Help You Track Your Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/14/tools-to-help-you-track-your-dollars</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/14/tools-to-help-you-track-your-dollars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently tested three programs, Microsoft Excel, Mint.com, and Google Docs, to find the pros and cons of each. While all of these programs have value, one was clearly a cut above the rest: Mint.com.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Connected In Tough Times</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/14/getting-connected-in-tough-times</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/14/getting-connected-in-tough-times#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Beckwith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techwatch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although networkers and jobseekers are flocking to LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) in droves, author and motivational speaker Brian McClellan, 38, says that he had to be dragged onto the free social networking site when he first learned about it in 2007. “I took some convincing,” he admits.]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating an Awkward Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/10/13/navigating-an-awkward-interview</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/10/13/navigating-an-awkward-interview#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Boerner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most interviewers stick to job-related questions. But let’s face it: Some are socially awkward, untrained, rude, or even offensive. If you’re stuck with that interviewer, consider these tips:]]></description>
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		<title>How to Benefit from a Business Incubator</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/12/how-to-benefit-from-a-business-incubator</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/12/how-to-benefit-from-a-business-incubator#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margarette Burnette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chamber of commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incubator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Incubators are mentoring centers that provide coaching, networking opportunities, and even affordable office space, says Robert Jackson, who operates a business incubator as CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Pennsylvania (AACCCP) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]]></description>
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		<title>Comedian Chris Rock on Black Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/10/comedian-chris-rock-on-black-hair</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/10/comedian-chris-rock-on-black-hair#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our World with BLACK ENTERPRISE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Janet Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malinda Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nia Long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noliwe Rooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our World Episode 76]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OW Show 76]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OUR WORLD SHOW 76
Headliner: Chris Rock - Good Hair, Documentary
Ed Gordon talks to Chris Rock and Nia Long about the insightful and entertaining, yet serious documentary about African American hair culture and the impact on black society as a whole.
In our Roundtable segment : Malinda Williams, Actress and Youth Mentor, Princeton University Professor and Author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jalen Rose Takes Care of His Community</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/10/jalen-rose-takes-care-of-his-community</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/our-world-with-black-enterprise-television-19/2009/10/10/jalen-rose-takes-care-of-his-community#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our World with BLACK ENTERPRISE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blacks Athletes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dru Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Episode 75]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalen Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Abrams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lebron james]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our World Episode 75]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen A. Smith]]></category>

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		<title>Staying in Tune with Corporate Counsel Paula Boggs</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/bebr/2009/10/10/staying-in-tune-with-corporate-counsel-paula-boggs</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/television/bebr/2009/10/10/staying-in-tune-with-corporate-counsel-paula-boggs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Broadcast Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK ENTERPRISE Business Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEBR Episode 47]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Boggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirenment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Starbucks Coffee Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The New Orleans School of Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Phillips Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Phillips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BEBR47 full episode
Paula Boggs, Starbucks Coffee Company's General Counsel
Preparing young people for Retirement,
Valerie Phillips, CEO of The Phillips Company
The New Orleans School of Cooking
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Afraid&#8211;Twitter Won&#8217;t Bite</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/09/dont-be-afraid-twitter-wont-bite</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/09/dont-be-afraid-twitter-wont-bite#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a monster lurking in the shadows. The million-headed beast reveals itself from the midst of darkness, propositioning you to join its alliance. But the gushing saliva, malodorous breath, and scaly skin frighten you, prompting you to flee shrieking in fear.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Report</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/09/washington-report-4</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/09/washington-report-4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Accountability Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HubZone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Washington Report]]></description>
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		<title>Political Pundits Give Their Take on Obama&#8217;s Nobel Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/09/political-pundits-give-their-take-on-obamas-nobel-prize</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/10/09/political-pundits-give-their-take-on-obamas-nobel-prize#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president barack obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just nine months in office and only the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama was nominated within days after the inauguration. The committee said it’s very rare that a person can capture the world’s attention and give people hope for a better future as Obama has. Is that enough?]]></description>
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		<title>Live Large with Less Cash</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2009/10/09/live-large-with-less-cash-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2009/10/09/live-large-with-less-cash-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Lea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living well on a limited budget means maximizing what you get out of life for the amount of  money you spend, says blogger J.D. Roth, a contributor to the book 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget (Skyhorse Publishing; $14.95). Roth, Trent Hamm, and 18 other bloggers have written an easy-to-read guidebook about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Roundup: Week of Oct. 4 &#8211; Oct. 10</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/10/09/news-roundup-week-of-oct-4-oct-10</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/10/09/news-roundup-week-of-oct-4-oct-10#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citibank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News Roundup: Week of Oct. 4 - Oct. 10]]></description>
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