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		<title>Ellison blasts HP over Hurd lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison on Tuesday accused Hewlett-Packard Co. of being "vindictive" in its lawsuit against former CEO Mark Hurd. ]]></description>
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		<title>WaMu investigation extended to Nov. 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what appears to be good news for Washington Mutual shareholders, a Delaware bankruptcy court judge gave investigators more time to look into the sudden closure of the Seattle financial institution in 2008. ]]></description>
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		<title>ZymoGenetics sells to Bristol-Myers for $885M</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longtime Seattle biotech company ZymoGenetics Inc. is being bought by drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. for about $885 million. (BMY) (ZGEN) ]]></description>
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		<title>HP sues Hurd over Oracle job</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co. has sued former CEO Mark Hurd a day after he was named a co-president at Oracle Corp. ]]></description>
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		<title>A’s pick architect for baseball stadium</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oakland A’s don’t know if they will move to San Jose, but that is not stopping the club from picking an architect in case they do. ]]></description>
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		<title>PV Powered wins $2.4 million energy grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bend solar inverter-maker PV Powered Inc. will receive a $2.4 million federal grant to further develop technologies that enable solar energy systems to communicate with power utilities. (POR) ]]></description>
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		<title>Benaroya Research Institute gets $11.7M grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason said it’s received an $11.7 million federal grant to research lung inflammatory diseases. ]]></description>
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		<title>Flow loses $500K in Q1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flow International Corp. reported a first-quarter loss of $540,000, or a loss of 1 cent per share, which compares with a loss of $8.5 million, or a loss of 23 cents per share a year earlier. (FLOW) ]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Clara Medical Center cost-saving unclear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[County auditors are unable to verify how much money Santa Clara Valley Medical Center saved as a result of $20 million contract with Deloitte Consulting. ]]></description>
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		<title>Altera boosts Q3 revenue outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Altera Corp. said Tuesday it expects greater third quarter revenue than an earlier outlook. (ALTR) ]]></description>
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		<title>Univar: No $862M IPO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Univar Inc. said a New York private equity firm is buying 42.5 percent of the Redmond-based chemical distributor. The company said a planned $862 million initial public offering of its stock announced in June has been called off. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation CEO: ‘Not a popularity contest’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday released its 2009 annual report highlighting some of the foundation’s latest achievements and its strong financial position despite the recession. ]]></description>
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		<title>HP sues to stop Hurd going to Oracle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co. has reportedly sued former CEO Mark Hurd a day after he was named a co-president at Oracle Corp. ]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing realigns military aircraft division; layoffs expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Co. said it will realign its military aircraft division Oct. 1, cutting the organization to four divisions, with only one to be based in Seattle. (BA) ]]></description>
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		<title>QuantRx names new CEO as it moves to Portland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[QuantRx Biomedical Corp. has named a new chairman and CEO as part of a consolidation that includes moving its headquarters to Portland. Attorney Barry London will become interim CEO and Shalom Hirschman, a board member since 2005, will become chairman. ]]></description>
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		<title>Evraz secures nearly $300 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steel-maker Evraz Inc. NA on Tuesday said it has closed on a nearly $300 million, four-year credit facility for its Canadian division. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tyfone announces latest investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portland-based mobile banking technology startup Tyfone Inc. on Tuesday released details of a $5 million Series B round first disclosed last month. ]]></description>
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		<title>Officials scramble to fund Milwaukie rail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A regional committee that controls transportation spending in the Portland area has approved pouring $27.4 million into the Milwaukie light rail project’s budget hole. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarette distributor pleads guilty to $20M Washington tax dodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew M. Cunningham was sentenced to 18 months in jail and ordered to pay more than $21 million in restitution for his role in a Washington state cigarette tax dodge scheme. ]]></description>
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		<title>Red Bend Software acquires VirtualLogix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Bend Software Inc. said Tuesday it acquired VirtualLogix Inc. for an undisclosed amount. ]]></description>
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		<title>LaCrosse opens new Danner factory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LaCrosse Footwear Inc. doubled its manufacturing footprint in Portland on Tuesday with the opening of a new 59,000-square-foot factory. The latest news follows the June grand opening of the boot-maker's Portland factory store. (BOOT) ]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill Gardens completes $817M deal with Health Care REIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merrill Gardens LLC has “substantially” completed its deal to form an $817 million partnership with Health Care REIT Inc. and now will own and operate 38 senior care facilities on the West Coast. (HCN) ]]></description>
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		<title>Menlo Ventures looks at $800M new fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Menlo Ventures is looking to raise a new fund of up to $800 million, according to a report by Bloomberg. ]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung&#8217;s Fascinate Android debuts this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon and Samsung said on Tuesday that the latest version of the Galaxy S Android line of smartphones, the Fascinate, will go on sale this week. ]]></description>
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		<title>Intel&#8217;s Atom chipping away at new uses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intel Corp's Atom processors are reportedly showing up in places few computer chips have been before, including gas pumps, cars, musical instruments and digital signs. (INTC) ]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba plans Android-based tablet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp. plans to release a tablet by the end of 2010 that runs on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. (GOOG) ]]></description>
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		<title>Google balls logo puzzles Web surfers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest trending topics on the Internet after the long weekend is a version of the Google logo made up of colored balls that constantly jiggle and scramble. ]]></description>
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		<title>Apple tweaks Ping, cleans up spam</title>
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		<comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/apple-tweaks-ping-cleans-up-spam#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple Inc. tweaked its new Ping social network for iTunes over the holiday weekend, cleaning out spams and scams that had appeared shortly after it launched last week. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pareto Networks names Dan Ryan CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pareto Networks on Tuesday named former McAfee Inc. executive Daniel Ryan its new CEO. (MFE) ]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung TVs may use Google Android</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics Co. may use Google Inc.'s Android operating system to connect upcoming TV sets with the Internet. ]]></description>
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		<title>Former Sun CTO named director at Computer History Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Papadopoulos, a former chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Inc., was named a new director for the Computer History Museum. ]]></description>
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		<title>NetApp names new general counsel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NetApp Inc. on Tuesday named Matthew Fawcett general counsel and senior vice president. (NTAP) ]]></description>
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		<title>Coinstar said Redbox has rented 1 billion movies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coinstar Inc. said its Redbox DVD rental subsidiary has rented its one-billionth movie. (CSTR) ]]></description>
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		<title>Siemens, National Semiconductor collaborate on ultrasound technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. and National Semiconductor Corp. on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging strategic alliance to advance ultrasound technology. ]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks to sell instant coffee in Japan, U.K.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Craigslist kills &quot;adult services&quot; section</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craigslist has blocked access to its controversial â€œadult servicesâ€ section, apparently bowing to persistent and growing allegations that the notice board facilitated prostitution and sexual trafficking. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Hurd seen in talks with Oracle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Google pays $8.5M to settle Buzz privacy suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Inc. has agreed to pay $8.5 million to end a lawsuit over whether its Buzz social network violated the privacy of users of its Gmail service. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nautilus gets $5 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Health plan cost for workers rises 14%</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Offerpal Media names new CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Starbucks&#8217; Seattle&#8217;s Best brand expands reach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bair: WaMu closure didn&#8217;t hurt Wachovia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>3-year deal signed for San Jose marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Database: 2009 CEO pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Database: director pay 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Compensation methodology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information for the Business Journal’s executive compensation report is pulled from each company’s most recent proxy statement filed with the Securities &#038; Exchange Commission. It includes salary, bonus, pension contributions and the value of perks, such as country club memberships and the use of corporate aircraft for personal trips. Most importantly, it also includes the value of stock options and awards cashed in during 2009. ]]></description>
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		<title>EBay fine reduced in counterfeit luxury goods case</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cascade Corp. sales surge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Class action alleges fraud against Charles Schwab</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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