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		<title>State Farm Financial Literacy Lab: SMIF Consumer Staples Outlook</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During economic downturns, investors often flock to the consumer staples sector because consumer staples is mainly comprised of companies that sell nondurable goods, goods that do not last longer than three years. These products, which ...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-Colombia free trade pact starts, spurring business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-touted U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement takes effect Tuesday and South Florida companies are already gearing up to boost business with a country that is currently the state&#8217;s No. 2 trade partner.
Exporters are especially bullish ...]]></description>
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		<title>FIU students beat the market, take on NYC.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They took New York by storm. Their investment strategy beat the S&#38;P 500. And they helped pioneer an important new financial education program for high school students.
For Juan Alfonso, Alex Chediak, Ignacio Chevarria, Justin Garcia, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Earning MBA pays off, many professionals say</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people think it’s a good hedge to get an MBA during the economic slowdown. Adrian Burstein is one of them. For the last two years, Burstein spent an intense week each month attending classes ...]]></description>
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		<title>“Thanks!” School of Accounting says to Crowe Horwath.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask the people at Crowe Horwath why they made a generous donation to the School of Accounting at Florida International University (FIU) for a scholarship and other purposes, and they’ll respond that it was partially ...]]></description>
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		<title>FIU business professor shifts to fill the chair of departing vice president</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Divina Grossman, founding vice president of Office of Engegement, leaving  Florida International University to become  chancellor of UMass Dartmouth, the university has appointed Dr. Irma Becerra-Fernandez to fill the vacancy.
&#8220;It is a big loss ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Coordination</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu once wrote that &#8220;power comes from formation.&#8221; Fundamentally the way one creates power is by coordinating the pieces in a strategic formation. This is a great chess player setting ...]]></description>
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		<title>Career Management Services panel discussions connect students with business leaders.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Saegert Elicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret. In the current job market, College of Business Administration students and graduates need as many contacts and tools as they can get to make a mark in the marketplace.
Career Management Services (CMS) ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bank offers 6-figure loan discounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eligible Florida homeowners will begin getting notices this week about a Bank of America push to reduce their loan balances, and the discounts have been doozies.
The average nationwide price cut for an initial group of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring program earns high marks at midyear review.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Saegert Elicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s working? What can we improve? What can we change?
These questions set the tone for open discussion as more than 40 student mentees and volunteer mentors came together on March 23, 2012 to review the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia FTA becoming a reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FIU Business</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long journey from conception to gestation, the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will become a reality on May 15.
The accord will render clear benefits for both sides. Colombia remains the third largest market ...]]></description>
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		<title>South Florida housing market has hit bottom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 14:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After six years of historic price declines, South Florida&#8217;s housing market has hit bottom.
So says Zillow.com, a Seattle-based real estate website that reports home values aren&#8217;t just stable but rising in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm ...]]></description>
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		<title>Case closed: Mobility rules in the legal industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The co-founders of LegalFileIt are aiming to take their concept from ‘side project’ to game changer.
Milana Kuznetsova thought she was a born litigator. She never dreamed she’d be leading a technology business.
“It was a complete ...]]></description>
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		<title>Here are the winners of the 2012 Business Plan Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FIU Business</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A winery at sea, an aquaculture venture, coupons on the go, a cookbook for kids, Priceline for brides — all were winners in the 2012 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.
South Florida is often recognized as ...]]></description>
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