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		<title>Greening Your Business to Grow Profits Focus of November 23 Economic Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/greening-your-business-to-grow-your-company-focus-of-november-23-economic-perspectives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Kaplan, author of Greening Your Small Business: How to Improve Your Bottom Line, Grow Your Brand, Satisfy Your Customers &#8211; and Save the Planet is the November  23 guest on Economic Perspectives, 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. on KAZI 88.7 FM.  Listen live to the interview online at http://www.live365.com/stations/kazifm?site=pro&#38;play.
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		<title>Chronicle of Efforts to Save U.S. Financial System Focus of KAZI Book Review</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/chronicle-of-efforts-to-save-u-s-financial-system-focus-of-kazi-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of Too Big To Fail: The inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system and themselves, is the November  22 guest on KAZI Book Review, 12:30 p.m. &#8211; 1 p.m. on KAZI 88.7 FM.  (If you missed this interview and would like to know when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1929&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November 15 KAZI Book Review Features Author of TOO BIG TO SAVE?: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Pozen, author of  TOO BIG TO SAVE?: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System is the November 15 guest on KAZI Book Review on KAZI 88.7 FM, 12:30 p.m. – 1p.m. You can listen to the interview live on the web at http://www.live365.com/profiles/kazifm.
Widely recognized for his leadership in both finance and economic policy, Pozen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1920&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Today&#8217;s Smartest Businesses From Facebook to Twitter Grow Themselves Focus of November 16 Economic Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/how-todays-smartest-businesses-from-facebook-to-twitter-grow-themselves-focus-of-november-16-economic-perspectives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Penneberg, author of Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today&#8217;s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves, will be the November 16 guest on Economic Perspectives on KAZI 88.7 FM, 5:30- 6 p.m.  You can listen to the interview live on the web at http://www.live365.com/profiles/kazifm.
“Here&#8217;s something you may not know about today&#8217;s Internet. Simply by designing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1914&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation Unveiled to Reform U.S. Financial System</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/1892/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) joined by fellow committee members Jack Reed (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) unveiled a bill today to reform the way that our financial system is regulated.  Enclosed below is a summary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1892&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SBA Creates Secondary Market Guaranty Program for 504 First Mortgage Loan Pools</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/sba-creates-secondary-market-guaranty-program-for-504-first-mortgage-loan-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulations published by the U.S. Small Business Administration will create a secondary market guarantee program to provide greater liquidity for lenders and expand access to capital for small businesses. Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the new program would encourage sales into the secondary market of the &#8220;first mortgage&#8221; portion of small business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1887&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Austin Urban Market Focus of November 9 Economic Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/austin-urban-market-focus-of-november-9-economic-perspectives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don and Sharon Ellerby, owners of Austin Urban Market, are the November 9 guests on Economic Perspectives on KAZI 88.7 FM, 5:30-6 p.m. Austin Urban Market was started in 2009 to encourage cooperative economics by providing Austin area artists and other entrepreneurs a showcase to market their products and services to the local community.  Austin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1882&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>African American Unemployment Continues to Rise</title>
		<link>http://econpers.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/unemployment-continues-to-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite news of an improving economic picture for the nation, national unemployment continued at historic highs coming in at 15.7 percent for African Americans, 13.1 percent for Hispanics, and overall unemployment of 10.2 percent for the month of October according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly update on employment.
The 15.7 unemployment rate for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1874&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economic and Job Trends Focus of November 2 Economic Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of the economy and job trends will be the focus of the November 2 Economic Perspectives&#8217; interview with Brian Kelsey, Director of Community and Economic Development at the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) on KAZI 88.7 FM.  Kelsey will discuss local, state, and federal trends in the economy, where job opportunities will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1865&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery Act Stimulates Increase in SBA Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs led to a rebound in SBA-backed loans for small businesses and greater access to much-needed capital.
Since the Recovery Act was signed on Feb. 17, SBA has supported more than $11.3 billion in lending to small businesses through its two largest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=econpers.wordpress.com&blog=4403338&post=1857&subd=econpers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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