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<description><![CDATA[ChaCha used to be a ridiculous human powered web based search engine that's best use appeared to be for killing time when bored. 

They raised a boatload of money from Jeff Bezos and others and eventually switched to an all-mobile interface. They also began offering their platform to third party marketers.

But now there are indications that the company is having cash flow issues, even after a recent pay cut to guides. As before, the information is coming from their poorly-paid and poorly-treated human guides.]]></description>
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<title>Everyone Needs To Calm Down</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I haven't had a lot of time to jump into the fracas this weekend emerging about TechCrunch50 because the team has been busy organizing the conference, working with the Expert Panelists on scheduling issues and spending hours and hours working with the 52 startups that will be launching at the event to make sure their demos properly reflect what they've worked so hard to create. 

But I do have a few things to say.

First, thanks to Chris O'Brien at the San Jose Mercury News who wrote such a great article on TechCrunch and the conference. What a wonderful, positive way to kick things off as we go into the craziness on Monday. He really gets what we're trying to accomplish and how honored we are that these startups have chosen to launch at our event.

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<title>Family Tree Wars Continue: MyHeritage Raises Big Round, Shows Impressive Growth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's been just a few days after our post on Geni's big growth numbers - and now big news from Israeli competitor MyHeritage. 

The site has grown from 180 million profiles a year ago to 260 million today, they say. Registered users have also grown, from 17 million to 25 million. Compare that to almost 2 million users for Geni. 230 million photos have been uploaded to the site, which is available in 25 languages and has 5 million monthly unique visitors. Support for ten more language will be released this month.

Investors have certainly noticed MyHeritage's stellar growth. The company has raised a new round of funding - $15 million in a Series D round led by Index Ventures and joined by current investor Accel Partners. That brings their total capital raised to $24 million. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Giving away products can be a logistical pain. For instance, when we give away a T-shirt or laptop, we have to go through hundreds of comments, contact the person, and do a lot of manual processing. A new Y Combinator startup called ContestMachine that just launched makes giving stuff away as easy as putting a widget on your blog.

You create a contest widget by entering all the details of the giveaway: prizes, deadlines, rules.  Winners can be randomly chosen by ContestMachine or judged by the blogger.  It automates the process of creating giveaways, and opens up contests to any blogger or small business who has a Website.  The service is free to try out for up to two contests a month, and then charges $9 a month or $90 a year for more contests. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Editor's Note: This post represents the professional advice of Brian Solis who is not formally affiliated with TechCrunch50. If you are a participating TC50 company, resident TechCrunch PR expert Sarah Ross is available to share and review the public relations guidelines with you. It is important to work directly with Sarah to ensure you are in compliance with these guidelines to maximize your PR opportunity while also avoiding disqualification.



How do you launch a startup at a big tech conference without getting lost in the crowd?  With TechCrunch50, Demo and several other major tech conferences around the corner, this question is on the minds of more than one entrepreneur.  How do you create visibility for your startup, and do you need PR to do it, or just a great demo?

The coming days and weeks will be filled by some of the industry’s most anticipated, attended and watched conferences. They’re all competing for mind share and they are attracting influential attendees and spectators who will report their experiences and observations far and wide. In the next two to three weeks, over 150-200 companies will vie for attention and precious blog and media real estate.

Your story, as wonderful as it is, will need help rising above the flurry of news that will jockey to reach the ears and eyes of bloggers, press, customers, investors, and partners.]]></description>
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Gwendolyn DeBard Strong was born on October 4, 2007 and was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA1) in April 2008. SMA1 is a terminal genetic disease that results in loss of nerves in the spinal cord and weakness of the muscles connected with those nerves.

Her parents are asking that you consider signing a petition asking Congress to fund research into a cure for the disease. The NIH has said that a cure is possibly only a few years away.

The petition is here. Please read and sign it, and pass this on to others. The goal is 50,000 signatures. If each of you reading this sign now, we'll get to that number in just a few hours. And if you watch the video, you'll sign.]]></description>
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Maybe it's just because I'm a Dad who refuses to get a minivan, but I seriously want Volkswagon to bring back the Microbus.  (Or maybe BMW's Mini should make one and call it the Minibus).  VW showed off an updated Microbus concept vehicle a few years back, but now there is serious talk that VW is thinking about actually producing it in North America.  I hope they do. It looks like a fun ride and, unlike the Mini, has enough room for two kids and luggage.]]></description>
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We're getting reports that Peerflix, the tumultuous company that switched from acting as a DVD-swapping service to an ad network, has been acquired by Brad Greenspan's LiveUniverse for an undisclosed amount (though we're guessing it's pretty low).  We've asked LiveUniverse to comment.


Peerflix was founded in 2004 as a "peer-to-peer Netflix", helping users to swap DVDs they owned for a dollar.  The site abandoned the flat fixed pricing scheme for a demand-based model in 2006, but that didn't work well either: in November 2007 it decided to launch a media network that had nothing to do with its original DVD swapping service.  Peerflix finally canned the DVD trading business earlier this year, so Live Universe is acquiring it solely for its ad network.
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<description><![CDATA[Shasta Ventures, a venture fund managing $460 million and investments in startups like Mint, Flock and Turn, has promoted Jason Pressman to Managing Director and added a new associate, Evan Liang, to the team.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[

Every couple has its ups and downs, but most people try to keep their dirty laundry to themselves.  But what about those times when you just can't come to an agreement with your significant other?

Today sees the launch of SideTaker a site that asks couples to upload both sides of their arguments and let the crowd settle their debates.  SideTaker members can vote on which side they agree with, or leave comments to ask for further details or voice their opinions.  The site is hilarious.  Disputes range from cheating spouses to toilet flushing, oftentimes filled with more detail than anyone would want to know.
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<description><![CDATA[

Last July I wrote about MyAWOL, a web-centric music label looking to compete with traditional labels, which are becoming increasingly less relevant as artists turn to digital distribution methods to gain exposure.  While the site has the potential to break some new ground in the online music world, it has run into a major snag during its buildup to launch: its name sounds almost exactly like My.AOL when spoken aloud.

In light of this, the company has decided to rename the site to LP33.TV, which should hopefully be less confusing.  LP33 is more memorable, but I think the company should consider dropping the .TV extension entirely since they already own the .com.


Along with the name change, LP33.TV is also launching its database for music industry professionals, TheMIDB, which hopes to fulfill the same role as the movie and television industry's popular IMDB.  The derivative name will probably confuse just about everyone, but at least it makes the site's purpose clear.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[

Tatango, the ad-supported group SMS service previously known as networkText, spent the last few months in a private beta following a functional and visual overhaul and a round of funding by Bellingham Angel Organization. Now everyone is free to get in on the group texting good times; they’ve opened the doors to the public.
The service is dead simple to use, as it should be. I made the jump from accountless bum to en masse messaging mogul in all of about 2 minutes. ]]></description>
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<title>Google&#x2019;s Picasa Moves Onto Flickr&#x2019;s Turf: Adds Ways To Explore Interesting Public Photos</title>
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On the heels of a major upgrade earlier this week that added facial recognition  and video-editing features to its Picasa photo management service, Google added a new Explore page today that shows off the most popular public photos uploaded by members.  In addition to the featured photos, shown in a 3 X 4 grid, the Explore page also shows the most recent photos uploaded in a slide-show widget.  Below, it offers a list of the most popular tags. For instance, here are pictures tagged "New York."

The Picasa Explore page also has a Where In The World? game that is mashup opf geotagged photos and Google Maps.  It shows you a photo and you have to guess where it was taken.  If you guess wrong, it tells you how far off you are in kilometers.  This is fun for outdoor photos, but when people upload geotagged photos of a generic apartment of a plate of food, it can become tricky.  ]]></description>
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<title>From The Inbox: John S. Wants Us To Start Acting Like Journalists</title>
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<description><![CDATA[From: "John S." 
Date: September 5, 2008 11:43:36 AM PDT
To: tips@techcrunch.com
Subject: Celebrity Dating Network

How is it that Techcrunch will do countless stories on every idiotic widget created by countless 19 year olds who manage to get their uncles at some VC to fund it because they can back door money to each other yet you guys won't cover something really interesting?  Have you checked out CelebrityDatingNetwork.com? Its the first dating service in the world that allows you to meet and date real celebrities as well as find people who bear a facial resemblance to the love of your life. 

Start acting like journalists in search of a wider audience...lol. Crossing over into mainstream media will take more than a re-design of your website. You need to stop doing 50 stories a day about Google Chrome and step into the cool tech zone. We gave you a five day head start on CelebrityDatingNetwork.com  Prove to us it wasn't a mistake and write a story about it that gets picked up by the mainstream media. 

John]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[So much for Joost's carefully prepared plans to release a browser version of their TV over IP service later this month. News leaked this morning that Joost would be abandoning their year old XUL based desktop client in favor of a browser based service that's more like Hulu and YouTube. Users will still be required to download a plugin that facilitates P2P transfers of files, which is still an adoption hurdle. But at least users can watch videos directly in their browser.

The new site, which is password protected, is at new.joost.com. We've obtained screen shots of the service:]]></description>
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Researchers at Foundation for Research and Technology in Heraklion, Greece - a hotbed of Facebook research - have created a small Facebook application that causes a DDOS on a certain website. The application masquerades as a "picture of the day" app and shows an image from National Geographic. When someone clicks on it, however, it makes a request to a victim's website, pulling down about 248 gigabytes of fake data a day and essentially shutting down the server.]]></description>
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<title>Breaking: Joost Turns to the Web for Help</title>
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Joost, battling for relevance in the online tv world against Hulu and others, will soon no longer require users to download separate desktop software to access the service (its existing software is based on Xul). Instead users will be able to access Joost via a small browser plugin that will continue to use Joost's P2P technology to distribute video among users quickly.

The service launched to considerable fanfare but has fallen off the radar as of late as the company has been plagued by a shortage of content and, well, users.  And as the inertia of the online video business moves away from desktop clients and to the Web, it seems Joost has finally seen the writing on the wall and will launch an online video service of its own.
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<title>Veritocracy = Digg + Techmeme (500 Invites)</title>
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As a concept, Veritocracy is actually quite simple.  At its heart, Veritocracy pulls together some of the better qualities of Techmeme -- targeted stories and related posts to an original story -- and Digg. Once you get to the front page, you're immediately presented with a nice layout of highly-targeted stories on topics ranging from politics and technology to business and entertainment.  

The site collects what it deems to be the best perspectives on various subjects from around the Web, groups them together, and lets its users decide which is best through the use of a voting system.  As a user votes on different stories, Veritocracy becomes more personalized to that specific user's interests.  And as long as that engine works well, Veritocracy claims publishers will be able to find the ideal target audience and readers will find stories that fit their interests."The ultimate objective," says CEO Lee Hoffman, "is to create a truly meritocratic content distribution system where each article a writer publishes finds its way to the individual readers that will actually want to see it."

Before that can happen, Veritocracy has a long way to go.  Right now, the site is in private beta and is slowly working its way towards a wider release later this year. If you want to check out Veritocracy for yourself, Veritocracy sent us 500 invites for TechCrunch readers. To redeem your invite, type "techcrunchlove" into the invite box, sign up, and start using it.]]></description>
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NetSuite, a company that touts itself as a provider of solutions that can help companies run almost every aspect of their business, announced Friday that it will be the first  business application provider to provide native support for Google Chrome. 

According to the company, Chrome's browser is an ideal candidate for NetSuite products.  Because the browser is optimized for Web 2.0, the company's AJAX-powered features in its products should work much better on Chrome than any other browser.  NetSuite was quick to point out, though, that its products can still be used on Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.
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Now that convention season is over and the candidates have about eight weeks before they find out who will lead the United States for the next four years, it's time we compare each candidate's attention online as we head into the final stretch.

According to Google Trends data, Republican candidate John McCain is quickly gaining ground on Barack Obama and witnessed a spike in searches the day he announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. However, Obama witnessed an even greater spike at the same time, perhaps due to his convention speech the night before and some comparative searches pertaining to Palin.]]></description>
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Wonder where Hurricane Ike will hit or when Tropical Storm Hanna will pass?  Hurricane season has lots of people glued to the Weather Channel to catch the latest updates on developing storms.  But why wait for the weatherman to tell you what is going on when you can check for yourself online?  One of the best places to do that is Stormpulse.  (Google Earth is another one).  Stormpulse shows active hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic.  And the graphics are better than TV because you can play around with them.]]></description>
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<title>Spectrum Bridge Launches Marketplace For &#x201C;Fallow&#x201D; Wireless Spectrum</title>
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<description><![CDATA[You'd think that with the FCC conducting so many wireless spectrum auctions, that all that spectrum sold off for billions of dollars would be all used up.  The sad truth is that many companies who win spectrum at auction end up sitting on it.  All of this "fallow" spectrum is a big problem.  A Florida startup called Spectrum Bridge today launched a marketplace to address this problem.

Companies that own spectrum can use Spectrum Bridge to find buyers and sellers for portions of spectrum they own that they don't need.  The marketplace has $250 million worth of spectrum listed, which is not that much considering that companies spent $19 billion on the last official FCC auction.  But at least it is a start. The secondary market for spectrum is grossly inefficient today, mostly consisting of side deals between telecom companies.]]></description>
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<title>Billing Revolution Unveils &#x2018;Single-Click&#x2019; Mobile Billing And Payment Service</title>
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Although buying products from your desktop at home has become just as customary as buying products at the store, few have found reason to buy products on their cell phones.  In an attempt to buck that trend and make it easier for consumers to buy products from their cell phone, Billing Revolution announced today that it will offer a 'single-click' billing and payment service that will streamline mobile purchases.

Once consumers are ready to buy something from the Web from a vendor that employs Billing Revolution's service for payment, they are taken to Billing Revolution's purchase page where they input credit card information from their phone.  Once complete, Billing Revolution automatically sends an SMS receipt to their phone, which contains a link.  After clicking that link, authentication is complete and with all future purchases, consumers will need only to click 'buy' for a transaction to be completed.]]></description>
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<title>Negative Momentum: Newspaper Ad Revenues Gaining Downhill Speed (Even Online Is Declining)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Can it get any worse for the newspaper industry?  The steep decline in print advertising just keeps getting steeper and, for the first time, even online ad sales have gone down.  Total print ads in the U.S. were down 16 percent in the second quarter to $8.8 billion.  That makes nine consecutive quarters in which "print revenues have declined at an almost continuously accelerating rate," notes Alan Mutter at Reflections of a Newsosaur.  He put together the chart at left, which starkly illustrates the newspaper industry's death dive.

The newspaper industry took in $1.7 billion less in print ads during the second quarter than the year before  For the first half of the year, the industry is down $3.1 billion.   At this rate, there won't be an industry left by the end of next year. Of course, revenues have to stabilize at a lower level before that happens.  Don't they?   Rght now, we're at 1995 revenue levels.]]></description>
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<title>Microsoft Ads: First Phase To &#x201C;Engage Consumers, Spark Conversation&#x201D;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld that kicked off tonight. It's mostly content free, with just one mention of Microsoft near the end. It's a far cry from the brilliant Microsoft v. mac ads that Apple has run over the years. 

So what's the deal? In an email we've obtained from Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte to all employees, he talks about the goals of the campaign. The overall goal is to inspire consumers and "tell the story of how Windows enables a billion people around the globe to do more with their lives today." This first phase, he says, "is designed to engage consumers and spark a new conversation about Windows – a conversation that will evolve as the campaign progresses, but will always be marked by humor and humanity."

The ads are just an icebreaker, he ads, to reintroduce Microsoft to consumers. Later this month they'll do a deeper dive, which I assume means talking about features.

One thing's for sure - the ads have sparked conversation. Full text of email is below:]]></description>
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<title>Study Suggests Carbon Market Encourages Chopping Forests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The current carbon market actually encourages cutting down some of the world's biggest forests, which would unleash tons of climate-warming carbon into the atmosphere, a new study reported Monday.]]></description>
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<title>Technology Companies Tout Greener Credentials, but Significant Improvements Are Distant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With energy costs high and environmental friendliness making for good public relations, more tech companies are touting ways they are "greening" data centers, which serve up Web pages, swap Internet traffic, and process and store business information.
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<title>Westinghouse Seals Mega China Nuclear Deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric signed on Tuesday a multi-billion-dollar deal with Chinese partners to build four nuclear reactors in eastern China, finalising a pact agreed between Beijing and Washington seven months ago.]]></description>
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<title>UN Chief Tells Business Leaders To Do More To Fight Climate Change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 4,000 business leaders, campaign organizations and others in 116 countries have joined the Global Compact -- established by the U.N. in 2000 to promote human rights, better labor practices, environmental protection and anti-corruption standards for business.]]></description>
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<title>China Bans Production and Import of Two Ozone-Depleting Substances</title>
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<description><![CDATA[China has banned the production and import of two ozone-depleting substances, honoring an international commitment to phase them out by 2010, state media reported Monday.]]></description>
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<title>Plant Lovers Want Nurseries To Stop Selling Invasive Plants that Threaten Environment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Environmental groups hope to slow the spread of decorative but invasive plants by persuading nurseries to stop selling them and instead promote native species.]]></description>
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<title>Canada Must Charge Firms a Lot for Emissions, Panel Says</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Canada's government will eventually have to charge companies a much higher price than anticipated for polluting the atmosphere if it is to stand any chance of meeting promises on cleaning up the environment, a panel said Wednesday.]]></description>
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<title>Nissan Developing Smaller, Lighter Car Batteries for Hybrids and Electric Cars</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday his company is working hard to develop the next generation of smaller, lighter auto batteries -- a technology that holds promise not just for hybrids but also for electric cars.]]></description>
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<title>U.S. Firms Wary of UN Responsible Business Compact</title>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. firms have been slow to join a U.N. initiative on social and environmental responsibility in business because of perceptions it has no teeth, the head of the Global Compact said Monday.]]></description>
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<title>Green Aviation Management Forum To Address Environmental Strategies, Sustainable Solutions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In September, the Green Aviation Management Forum will examine issues of environmental strategy
within the aviation industry and explore sustainable solutions,
including emissions trading, alternative fuels, and air traffic
management.]]></description>
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<title>James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/09/01/080901ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market&#8217;s &#8220;ascent,&#8221; in particular&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>James Surowiecki: Too many stakeholders can be a deal-breaker.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the second decade of the twentieth century, it was almost impossible to build an airplane in the United States. That was the result of a chaotic legal battle among the dozens of companies--including one owned by Orville Wright--that held patents on the various components that made a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/07/28/080728ta_talk_surowiecki">
<title>James Surowiecki: Sponsoring Recklessness</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/07/28/080728ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[When do the words &#8220;not guaranteed&#8221; actually mean &#8220;guaranteed&#8221;? Whenever the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are involved. The two companies have long been required to tell investors that their securities are not guaranteed by the federal government. But in the financial markets everyone has always assumed that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>James Surowiecki: Oily Speculations</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/07/07/080707ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[When bad things happen, it&#8217;s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>James Surowiecki: All Together Now?</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/06/09/080609ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[These aren&#8217;t great times for CBS. It&#8217;s no longer the network ratings champ; its radio business is dragging; and a recessionary economy is bad news for a company dependent on advertising revenue. So it isn&#8217;t exactly surprising that the company felt it needed to do something dramatic. What&#8217;s surprising is&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>The Free-Trade Paradox</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/05/26/080526ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[All the acrimony in the primary race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has disguised the fact that on most issues they&#8217;re not too far apart. That&#8217;s especially the case when it comes to free trade, which both Obama and Clinton have lambasted over the past few months. At times&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>Cyclone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Burmese military government, which hides from its people in the splendid isolation of a jungle capital newly manufactured in the center of the country, told the public, on April 29th, to expect widespread rain and forty-five-mile-an-hour winds on the southern coast. Cyclone Nargis arrived, on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>The Open Secret of Success</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/05/12/080512ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the current atmosphere of economic tumult, the announcement that Toyota sold a hundred and sixty thousand more cars than General Motors in the first three months of this year might seem like a minor news item. But it may very well signal the end of one of the most&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<title>Parsing Paulson</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/04/28/080428ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a crisis, the natural response of government officials is often to offer up new rules and regulations. So it came as no surprise when, a few weeks ago, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a new regulatory scheme for the nation&#8217;s stricken financial markets. What was surprising&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/04/21/080421ta_talk_surowiecki">
<title>Iceland&#x26;#8217;s Deep Freeze</title>
<link>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/04/21/080421ta_talk_surowiecki</link>
<description><![CDATA[By now, we&#8217;re all familiar with the major victims of the subprime meltdown: greedy mortgage brokers, overleveraged hedge funds, feckless banks and brokerages, incautious homeowners, and so on. But the crisis is also wreaking havoc in places that, on the surface, might seem to have nothing to do with the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/business/yourmoney/07fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Fundamentally: Why the Bear Is Alive and Well</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/business/yourmoney/07fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[If there’s a silver lining to bear markets, it is that they make stocks cheap for the next wave of investors. But so far in this downturn, it isn’t working out that way.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/yourmoney/06money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Counseling on Student Loans Now May Ease Pain Later</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/yourmoney/06money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[What students about to take out their first loan should know.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/yourmoney/06cost.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Cost of Living: Justifying the Cost of an iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/yourmoney/06cost.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[I don’t know how any of this stuff works, and I don’t want to pay for it. Yet, I am on the brink of buying an iPhone.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/yourmoney/30money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Automated Bill Payments Are a Cinch (Not So Fast)</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/yourmoney/30money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[After extolling the virtues of automated bill payments, I heard from many wary readers. Here are their reasons.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/yourmoney/31stra.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Strategies: To Make a Stock Pop, Innovate</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/yourmoney/31stra.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is a big temptation for companies to cut their R.& D. spending, especially during bear markets. But such thinking is shortsighted, a study says.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/yourmoney/31close.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Discounts Beckon in Closed-End Funds</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/yourmoney/31close.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Closed-end funds, particularly during skittish times, can be much more interesting investment vehicles than the more well-known exchange-traded funds.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/realestate/31mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Mortgages: Check Credit Unions for Deals</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/realestate/31mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Credit union mortgages are not typically marketed through brokers, yet they have grown increasingly attractive in recent months.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/business/yourmoney/23money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Socially Responsible, With Egg on Its Face</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/business/yourmoney/23money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many are wondering how one of the oldest practitioners in the field of socially responsible investing got mixed up with companies involved with alcohol, gambling and military contracting.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/yourmoney/24view.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Economic View: Finding the Mess Behind the Mess</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/yourmoney/24view.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The fundamental problem in the American economy is that, for years, people treated rising asset prices as a substitute for personal savings.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/yourmoney/24fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Fundamentally: Dividends Still Make a Difference</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/yourmoney/24fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to dividends, investors should look at time frames significantly longer than a single year.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/realestate/24mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Mortgages: Higher Fees for Mortgages</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/realestate/24mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fannie and Freddie increased the fees they charge lenders for many loans, effectively bumping up interest rates for many borrowers who have marginal credit.    

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<title>Cost of Living: Feeling Broke? Talk It Out</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/business/yourmoney/23cost.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[People seem to be confused about the present, uneasy about the future and a bit more willing to open up to other people about money.    

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<title>Driving Is Down, but Auto Insurance Rates Are Rising</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/business/23insure.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The reduced driving has not yet shown up as fewer accidents, and meanwhile, other factors are driving up the overall cost of claims, insurance companies say.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/yourmoney/16money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Gauging the Worth of a Frequent-Flier Credit Card</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/yourmoney/16money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Five questions you should ask yourself as airlines alter their frequent-flier programs, add fees and raise the number of miles you need to get some tickets.    

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<title>Letters: A Loan Quandary</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/business/07backpage-ALOANQUANDAR_LETTERS.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Letter about the article “That Student Loan, So Hard to Shake,” published on Aug. 23.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/retirement/16retire.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Retire Now, and Risk Falling Short on Your Nest Egg</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/retirement/16retire.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you have just retired or are about to retire, your timing could not be worse.    

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<title>Mortgages: Finding Cash in a Home</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/realestate/17mort.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new service essentially offers a cash advance on the home, in exchange for the owner’s promise to share in the home’s future appreciation.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/16shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Shortcuts: Winners Never Quit? Well, Yes, They Do</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/business/16shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Winners do quit. The trick, of course, is to know when it’s right to walk away and when it’s not.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/yourmoney/09money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Even Small Nest Eggs Need Advice</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/yourmoney/09money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The clients most in need of help often get the least access to competent financial advice. But Citi’s global wealth management unit has come up with a way to try to serve this untapped market.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/09mortgage.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Mortgage Rates, Down for So Long, Are Creeping Back Up and Crimping Affordability</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/09mortgage.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you are a prospective home buyer waiting for the bottom of the housing market, there is another fact you need to take into account: mortgage rates are rising.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/business/10fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Fundamentally: How to Rebalance While Walking on Eggs</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/business/10fund.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this volatile market, it’s important to pay attention to how recent market slides are affecting your long-term asset allocation strategy.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/economy/09bargain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Calculating Where Home Prices Will Land</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/business/economy/09bargain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Housing continues to pull down the economy, but some say the pain is ending. Are they right?    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Ditch the Gas Guzzler? Well, Maybe Not Yet</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[There are some questions to consider if you are tempted to get rid of your S.U.V., and some tips for figuring out whether it may be more financially sensible to hang onto it for a little longer.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/business/media/04adco.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Advertising: The High Cost of a &#x2018;Free Credit Report&#x2019;</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/business/media/04adco.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Catchy television ads for FreeCreditReport.com don’t highlight another catch tied to the service: a monthly fee.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Shortcuts: For Extended Car Warranties, Resist the Showroom Pitch</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/yourmoney/02shortcuts.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[New-car extended warranties are rarely great deals -- and if you must buy one, not purchasing it rolled up with the new car is often beneficial.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/yourmoney/26money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Danger Lurks When Shopping for Student Loans</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/yourmoney/26money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Comparison shopping for a private student loan -- unlike a mortgage or an auto loan -- may hurt your credit score.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/business/25money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Housing Bill Has Something for Nearly Everyone</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/business/25money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you think the housing bailout bill will benefit only troubled homeowners, you may miss out on a windfall.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/yourmoney/19money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: Honor Your Word, or This Banker May Call Mom</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/yourmoney/19money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A look at the local community bank, where bankers try to make prudent loans within the community and try to keep customers from making a mess of their finances.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/business/yourmoney/05money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Your Money: When Credit Gets Tight, a 401(k) Loan Becomes Tempting</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/business/yourmoney/05money.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the rationales for supporting or damning the practice of borrowing against a retirement fund can be a useful exercise.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Is It Better to Buy or Rent?</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Compare the costs of renting and buying equivalent homes.    

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<title>Poverty: The bottom 1.4 billion </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The world is poorer than we thought, the World Bank discoversCorrection to this articleIN APRIL 2007 the World Bank announced that 986m people worldwide suffered from extreme poverty&#8212;the first time its count had dropped below 1 billion. On August 26th it had grim news to report. According to two of its leading researchers, Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion, the &#8220;developing world is poorer than we thought&#8221;. The number of poor was almost 1.4 billion in 2005. ...]]></description>
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<title>Who runs the world?: Wrestling for influence </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The post-war global institutions have largely worked well. But rising countries and growing threats are challenging their pre-eminence THE powerful, like the victorious, do not just write history. They grab the seats at the top tables, from the United Nations Security Council to the boards of the big international economic and financial institutions. They collude behind closed doors. They decide who can join their cosy clubs and expect the rest of the world to obey the instructions they hand down. That is how many outsiders, not just in the poor world, will see the summit that takes place from July 7th to 9th of the G8, the closest the world has to an informal (ie, self-appointed) steering group. Leaders of seven of the world&#8217;s richest democracies, plus oil-and gas-fired Russia, gather this year in Toyako, on Hokkaido in northern Japan, to ruminate on climate change, rising food and energy prices, and the best way to combat global scourges from disease to nuclear proliferation. ...]]></description>
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<title>International government: What a way to run the world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global institutions are an outdated muddle; the rise of Asia makes their reform a priority for the WestCLUBS are all too often full of people prattling on about things they no longer know about. On July 7th the leaders of the group that allegedly runs the world&#8212;the G7 democracies plus Russia&#8212;gather in Japan to review the world economy. But what is the point of their discussing the oil price without Saudi Arabia, the world&#8217;s biggest producer? Or waffling about the dollar without China, which holds so many American Treasury bills? Or slapping sanctions on Robert Mugabe, with no African present? Or talking about global warming, AIDS or inflation without anybody from the emerging world? Cigar smoke and ignorance are in the air.The G8 is not the only global club that looks old and impotent (see article). The UN Security Council has told Iran to stop enriching uranium, without much effect. The nuclear non-proliferation regime is in tatters. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the fireman in previous financial crises, has been a bystander during the credit crunch. The World Trade Organisation&#8217;s Doha round is stuck. Of course, some bodies, such as the venerable Bank for International Settlements (see article), still do a fine job. But as global problems proliferate and information whips round the world ever faster, the organisational response looks ever shabbier, slower and feebler. The world&#8217;s governing bodies need to change.  ...]]></description>
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