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		<title>Smart Water Grid Technologies To Be A $16.3 Billion Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/06/smart-water-grid-technologies-to-be-a-16-3-billion-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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A $16.3 billion by 2020
Electricity gets all the attention when it comes to the smart grid, but not to be ignored is also what a smart grid can do for water consumption. Americans consume twice the world average in water, massive amounts are wasted in households, manufacturing, agriculture, and landscaping &#8211; massive amounts that could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Large U.S. Corporations Sitting On Piles Of Cash</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/06/some-large-u-s-corporations-sitting-on-piles-of-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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In the summer of 2008, steel giant Nucor decided to raise some cash. It issued new shares of stock and floated some corporate bonds. As financial markets crumbled, the company ignored pleas from some investors and analysts that it buy back shares, which are now selling for about half their peak.

 
Today, as a result, Nucor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face Detection Attendance System</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/03/face-detection-attendance-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Now you SEE me&#8230;
Want to rule the office with an iron fist? Well, if that’s the case, you’ll a facial recognition time attendance system, like the CVJB-G107 (pictured above). This device uses a set of digital cameras that can be used in the dark to track the attendance of your employees via facial recognition. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZUN: World&#8217;s First Brain Boosting Energy Rocket Beverage</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/29/zun-worlds-first-brain-boosting-energy-rocket-beverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Featured Product at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
ZUN is a unique carbonated energy supplement that proposes to fight cognitive degeneration.  Fuzzee Bee Beverage Company launched a one-of-a-kind functional beverage called ZUN Brain Boosting Energy. 
 
The unique carbonated functional beverage is a &#8220;shopper stopper&#8221; that is bottled in the world&#8217;s first ever international patent protected rocket bottle.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Technologies: Providing Manufacturing Solutions From Prototype Through Production</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/28/marketing-technologies-providing-manufacturing-solutions-from-prototype-through-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Featured at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
Marketing Technologies helps firms bring new products to market by assisting in their prototypes, design optimization, and manufacturing services.  They protect your intellectual property by manufacturing in North America.
 
Marketing Technologies has been serving the design and manufacturing community in the Western US for over 20 years. Their team provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EZ Shot: The Fully-Automatic Basketball Return Machine</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/27/ez-shot-the-fully-automatic-basketball-return-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Featured at the Colorado Inventor Showcase
Net proceeds from EZ Shot goes to help purchase food and toiletries for the FISH Food Bank in Broomfield
EZ Shot is a fully-automatic basketball return machine.  EZ Shot&#8217;s patented technology is well suited for training, recreation and entertainment. EZ Shot&#8217;s on-board computer contains a variety of pre-programmed individual and team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultracapacitors Could Offer The Greenest Way Of Powering City Buses</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/25/ultracapacitors-could-offer-the-greenest-way-of-powering-city-buses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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A U.S.-Chinese venture is out to prove the benefits of quick-charge buses.
Municipal transit agencies have tried to reduce the carbon footprint of their bus fleets using a range of options over the years, from biofuels and hydrogen to batteries and hybrid-electric diesel. Now a Chinese company and its U.S. partner say that ultracapacitors could offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson In eCommerce From The World of Goo</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/22/a-lesson-in-ecommerce-from-the-world-of-goo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/22/a-lesson-in-ecommerce-from-the-world-of-goo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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The World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game released in October of 2008.  It was favorably received by the gaming community, receiving many awards.
On the one-year anniversary of the product’s release, the developers decided to undertake an e-commerce experiment.  They offered to sell the game (previously retailing at $20) to anyone for whatever price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airfares Soar For The Holiday Traveler</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/19/airfares-soar-for-the-holiday-traveler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Last year, procrastinators were rewarded when they finally got around to booking flights for holiday travel. Back then, airlines were not prepared for the sharp falloff in travel and offered last-minute deals to fill up empty planes.  This year? Dilly-dallying, even waiting just a few days, could carry a steep price. Fares, though still lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ad Spending Down But Advertisers Optimistic About 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/19/ad-spending-down-but-advertisers-optimistic-about-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Ad pricing down across the board
The first half of 2009 has drops in ad spending across all media—even online—but advertisers are more optimistic about the latter part of the year, according to JPMorgan.
 
The company’s “Advertising Outlook 2H’09 and 2010” survey found that more than one-half of US media buyers and planners polled think second-half spending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin &#8216;Green&#8217; Brothel Offers Discounts to Cyclists</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/17/berlin-green-brothel-offers-discounts-to-cyclists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Bike To  Berlin Brothel For Bangin Benefits!

A brothel in Berlin has leapt on the &#8220;green&#8221; bandwagon by offering discounts to clients who can prove they arrived by public transport or bicycle.
&#8220;Everyone&#8217;s a winner,&#8221; explained Regina Goetz, a former prostitute who runs the &#8220;Maison d&#8217;envie&#8221; (House of Desire) brothel in Berlin&#8217;s Prenzlauer Berg, a district in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Invention Noticed by Yakin&#8217; About It</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/16/get-your-invention-noticed-by-yakin-about-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Yak About It
Yak About It – featured products all started off as ideas, ideas culminated from ordinary people like you and me. The people behind these inventive products had the courage to change their lives as they once knew them and take a risk on their dreams. This vision to bring a product to market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kite-Powered Generator</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/15/kite-powered-generator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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KITE POWER!

The Italian firm KiteGen Research is developing a generator that harnesses the wind through kites. As a kite flies into the air, it unspools a cord that cranks the turbine. Carina Storrs writes in Popular Science:
The company developed a prototype that flies 200-square-foot kites to altitudes of 2,600 feet, where wind streams are four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airlines Charging Fees Lost More Money Than Airlines That Didn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/14/airlines-charging-fees-lost-more-money-than-airlines-that-didnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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The US airlines that created the largest, most redonkulous and abusive fees this year lost the most money last quarter. Airlines with low or no fees lost the least.
Accountants have rigged the system. They create a stream to track the ancillary revenue from fees and they look like heroes when they can report they earned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wave Of Consumer Protections To Help The &#8216;Unbanked&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/13/new-wave-of-consumer-protections-to-help-the-unbanked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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For years, the country&#8217;s makeshift network of payday lenders and check cashers has operated with little competition or federal regulation.  But as the financial crisis sparks a new wave of consumer protections, lawmakers and the private sector alike are training their sights on an industry that caters to the most vulnerable of populations: the estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Bubble is Coming &#8211; But Not the One You Think</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/12/chinas-bubble-is-coming-but-not-the-one-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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China&#8217;s economy has fewer influencers than the U.S.
Financial commentators are obsessively debating whether the recent rise in the Chinese stock market means there&#8217;s a bubble &#8212; and if so, when it&#8217;s going to burst.
My take? Who cares! What happens to the broader Chinese economy is what we should really be watching. It will have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter To Sell Sweet Tweets To Google And Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/12/twitter-to-sell-sweet-tweets-to-google-and-microsoft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Even with the success of Twitter many people have wondered how the company would begin to make money of off all the millions of tweets users post. Most people assume that Twitter will finally cave in and begin offering advertising on their website, though it seems the company is opposed to that currently, but has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Future Generations On A Path To Downward Mobility?</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/12/are-future-generations-on-a-path-to-downward-mobility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Health spending could threaten future living standards
Every generation of Americans should live better than its predecessor. That&#8217;s Americans&#8217; core definition of economic &#8220;progress.&#8221;  But for today&#8217;s young, it may be a mirage. Higher health spending, increasing energy prices and stretched governments at all levels may squeeze future disposable incomes &#8212; what people have to spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension Fund Crisis Looming</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/11/pension-funds-face-long-recovery-due-to-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/11/pension-funds-face-long-recovery-due-to-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Pension funds for police officers and other public employees have been battered and face a long recovery
The financial crisis has blown a hole in the rosy forecasts of pension funds that cover teachers, police officers and other government employees, casting into doubt as never before whether these public systems will be able to keep their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WebRecept &#8211; Live Chat For Your Website</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/10/webrecept-live-chat-for-your-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Featured Product at the Colorado Inventor Showcase
WebRecept™ is a proactive, web-based, customer relations management service that provides live website chat interaction and site monitoring through trained, qualified agents that increase your company’s online sales conversions by engaging visitors and building personal relationships from your website.
 
It is estimated that over 90% of website visitors leave anonymously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wack-A-Banker</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/09/wack-a-banker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Engineeer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin created an arcade game that at first appears to be an ATM or banking kiosk. When coins are inserted, the banking poster drops and reveals Wack-A-Banker, giving you an opportunity to take your aggressions out on a group of financially oppressive stereotypes.

See more pictures and read how this project came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funride: Unique Car Sharing Service That Uses Alternative Fuel Vehicles</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/09/funride-unique-car-sharing-service-that-uses-alternative-fuel-vehicles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Featured at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
FunRide is a unique car sharing service that uses alternative fuel vehicles, offering members and visitors the opportunity to reduce their transportation costs.
 
FunRide allows you to use a vehicle with no car payment, insurance payment, repair costs or fuel cost. FunRide vehicles are available 24 hours a day, seven days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Staffers Winning Lucrative Defense Contracts</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/08/ex-staffers-winning-lucrative-defense-contracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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In the coming year&#8217;s military spending bill, members of a House panel continue to steer lucrative defense contracts to companies represented by their former staffers, who in turn steer generous campaign donations to those lawmakers, a new analysis has found.

 
The Center for Public Integrity found that 10 of the 16 members of the House subcommittee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pigeon Transfers Data Faster than South Africa&#8217;s Telkom</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/08/pigeon-transfers-data-faster-than-south-africas-telkom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom , the country&#8217;s leading internet service provider.
Internet speed and connectivity in Africa&#8217;s largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive.
Local news agency SAPA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Compensation vs. The Grunt Worker World</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/07/executive-compensation-vs-the-grunt-worker-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/07/executive-compensation-vs-the-grunt-worker-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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GOOD&#8217;s executive compensation infographic shows the compensation levels of the business world&#8217;s top execs, with the number of minimum wage earners each super-suit&#8217;s take-home pay would support. Wow that is a lot of capitalistic greed!

Top 8 of 2008 CEO Compensation
(via Digg)
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		<title>The 50 &#8216;Competing&#8217; States of America</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/06/the-50-competing-states-of-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/06/the-50-competing-states-of-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Nevada is trying to get ahead of California with slogans such as this.
It is supposed to be the United States, but the recession has turned America into 50 competing parts.  As the economy bites, states across America are resorting to dirty tactics to steal business from their neighbours.  At stake are business start-ups and well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expansion Plans For Las Vegas Casinos Folds</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/06/expansion-plans-for-las-vegas-casinos-folds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/06/expansion-plans-for-las-vegas-casinos-folds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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After a six-year building frenzy that transformed this city, casino companies are shifting strategies dramatically toward slower growth, paying down debt and cutting back on spending.  Many casino executives don&#8217;t expect to break ground on another major building project in Las Vegas for at least 10 years.
 
&#8220;The old model has been thrown out the window,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Is The World&#8217;s Third Largest Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/05/china-worlds-third-largest-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/05/china-worlds-third-largest-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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China contributed 19.2 percent of the world economic growth in 2007, up from 2.3 percent in 1978, a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.   It said China tops the world in contribution to the global economic growth.
 
The report was the 18th by the NBS. It showcased the improving international status and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Gets New Role Helping The G-20</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/05/imf-gets-new-role-helping-the-g-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is using the IMF&#8217;s annual meeting here to campaign for turning the fund into a kind of global central bank with at least $1 trillion for lending developing nations in a crisis.
 
But a very different reality is taking shape: The IMF is essentially being turned into the staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors Racing Back Into The Bond Markets</title>
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The swift rally in stock markets this year caught everyone’s attention. But with far less fanfare, a frenzy has been taking place in the market for corporate bonds.  When credit markets practically shut down last year, businesses had to pay huge premiums to raise money from investors, offering returns of 10 to 20 percent to [...]]]></description>
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