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		<title>Apple CEO Cook Gives Up $75M in Stock Dividends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Apple Inc. said that Cook requested that his restricted stock units not receive dividends. The dividends that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38855&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Typical CEO Pay Up 6% to $9.6 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. That was up more than 6 percent from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38834&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[David Simon, CEO of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group speaks at the Economic Club of Indiana's speaker series luncheon at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Simon is the highest paid CEO at a publicly held company in America in 2011.]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Weekly U.S. Jobless Aid Applications Dip to 370,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits changed little last week, signaling modest job growth. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for benefits dipped by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000. Applications have leveled off this month after declining from April&#8217;s five-month high of 392,000. The four-week average, a less volatile [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38751&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[In an April 12, 2012 photo, Mariyamo Bakar, left, and Hawa Mugolo fill out job applications during a career fair in Buffalo, N.Y. The number of people seeking unemployment aid changed little last week, a sign that hiring may continue at a modest pace. The Labor Department says that weekly unemployment benefit applications dipped 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000. Applications have fluctuated around that level for the past month. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, is also 370,000. Applications spiked in April to 392,000, a five-month high, then fell back. They have leveled off in May. (AP Photo/David Duprey)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>HP&#8217;s Missteps Culminate in Loss of 27,000 Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO  — Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe out 27,000 jobs so HP can save enough money to lift its earnings and invest in the development of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38733&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[FILE - This Feb. 21, 2012 file photo shows a Hewlett Packard logo in Frisco, Texas. Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday, May 23, 2012 that it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it'll save $3 billion to $3.5 billion annually from cost cuts, including the layoffs. Hewlett-Packard Co. expects to complete the job cuts by the end of fiscal 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Are We Witnessing the Death of the Big-Box Store?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best Buy released its first-quarter 2012 earnings this week, and though the numbers beat Wall Street expectations, net income took a tumble — falling 25%, compared with last year. And more than just poor earnings have plagued the nation&#8217;s largest retailer of late. Six weeks ago, former CEO Brian Dunn left the company amid allegations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38658&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Scott Olson / Getty Images</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[A shuttered Best Buy store in Chicago on April 16, 2012]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Rocket Fuel: The Commercial Space Race Heats Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A privately built space capsule that&#8217;s zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race. The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space station for tests early Thursday and dock on Friday with its load of supplies. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38650&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[FILE - In this Tuesday, May 22, 2012 file photo, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race. (AP Photo/John Raoux)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Spain Calls for Help to Lower Borrowing Rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS  — Worries about Greece&#8217;s electoral turmoil and Spain&#8217;s spiraling borrowing costs are piling the pressure on European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Wednesday amid renewed market pressure to keep the region&#8217;s debt problems from getting worse. Spain&#8217;s prime minister warned that his country can&#8217;t continue much longer with its current high borrowing rates [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38645&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[French President Francois Hollande reacts during his meeting with Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left, in Elysee Palace, Paris, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>U.S. Sales of New Homes Rose 3.3 Percent in April</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Americans bought more new homes in April, the latest signal that the U.S. housing market is steadily improving. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales increased 3.3 percent in April from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000. Sales were up in all regions except the South. The median price rose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38616&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small Dairies Go Under as Milk Prices Sink Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLAINFIELD, Vt. — The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family. After working all their lives on the hillside farm in Vermont that their grandfather bought in 1939, rising to milk cows at 3 a.m., even in blizzards and sub-zero temperatures, they decided to call it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38612&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[In this May 16, 2012 photo, auctioneer Ron Wright, left, auctions farm equipment at the MacLaren farm in Plainfield, Vt. The MacLarens have faced hardships in the family's 70-plus years farming the same land in Plainfield. But another drop in milk prices this spring combined with soaring feed and fuel costs is forcing the third generation to give up dairy farming. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Which Advanced Economy Has the Most Debt?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/23/which-advanced-economy-has-the-most-total-debt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global economy is straining under the weight of more than just public sector debt. In the developed world, consumers, financial institutions, and other corporations have each accumulated unprecedented levels of debt -- and how that total debt is managed will ultimately determine the economic fate of the global economy going forward. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38045&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks Rally Further in Run-up to EU Summit</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/22/stocks-rally-further-in-run-up-to-eu-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Global stocks enjoyed one of their best days in weeks on Tuesday ahead of a summit of European leaders that&#8217;s expected to be dominated by calls to boost economic growth. Europe remains the focus of attention across all financial markets in the run-up to the June 17 Greek election that could go a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38446&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[EU flags wave as they are mirrored at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. At Wednesday's informal meeting of the EU's 27 leaders in Brussels, newly elected French President Francois Hollande is expected to push for so-called eurobonds, which can be used to fund investments or boost banks' capital reserves. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Home Sales Jump as Number of Foreclosures Drops</title>
		<link>http://moneyland.time.com/2012/05/22/real-estate-jumps-as-number-of-foreclosures-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://moneyland.time.com/2012/05/22/real-estate-jumps-as-number-of-foreclosures-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April housing numbers released by the National Association of Realtors were, wait for it … good. Spring is traditionally a busy season for home sales, but the real estate market has been in such a slump for the past couple of years that “ordinary” good news comes as something of a surprise.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38427&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sales of Previously Occupied Homes Increased in April</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/22/sales-of-previously-occupied-homes-increased-in-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Americans bought more previously owned homes in April, a hopeful sign that the weak housing market is gradually improving. The National Association of Realtors says home sales rose 3.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.62 million. That brings home sales back near the pace in January and February [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38412&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Official: Google Has Acquired Motorola Mobility</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/its-official-google-has-acquire-motorola-mobility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has made its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility official. Google CEO Larry Page announced the closing of the deal in a company blog post:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38371&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Calls on UK to Do More to Boost Economy</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/22/imf-calls-on-uk-to-do-more-to-boost-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The International Monetary Fund has issued a tough assessment of U.K. economic policy, urging the coalition government and Bank of England to do more to boost demand in the economy. The IMF&#8217;s report of its latest consultation with British authorities released Tuesday called for more stimulus, either through further rounds of quantitative easing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38374&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, addresses a press conference at the Treasury in London Tuesday May 22, 2012. The International Monetary Fund has issued a tough assessment of U.K. economic policy, urging the coalition government and Bank of England to do more to boost demand in the economy. (AP Photo Oli Scarff, Pool)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Europe Stocks Up After G8 Vague on Europe Fix</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/21/europe-stocks-up-after-g8-vague-on-europe-fix/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/05/21/europe-stocks-up-after-g8-vague-on-europe-fix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) — European stocks inched up Monday morning in spite of investors&#8217; lingering concerns that the G-8 leaders had failed to provide a concrete plan to solve the European debt crisis. Traders both in Europe and Asia were kept on edge by worries about the economic future of Greece and whether it would exit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38180&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[A woman looks at an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo Monday, May 21, 2012. Bargain-hunting helped Asian stock markets edge upward Monday, but gains were limited as investors remained unconvinced that the world's major economies nailed a solution to the European debt crisis following a summit in Washington. Japan's Nikkei 225 index came off four-month lows to rise 0.3 percent at 8,636.89. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Europe Faces Difficult Search for Growth</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/21/europe-faces-difficult-search-for-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON  — On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2½-year-old government debt crisis. Figuring out exactly what those new steps might be will be the hard part. Persistent political divisions — neatly bridged by a Group of Eight summit statement that advocates [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38159&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[French President Francois Hollande, left, talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the North Atlantic Council meeting in Chicago during the NATO 2012 Summit Sunday, May 20, 2012. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is at back center. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>China Rejects US Ruling in Solar Dumping Case</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/18/china-rejects-us-ruling-in-solar-dumping-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING  — China&#8216;s government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy. The conflict has worsened U.S.-Chinese trade tensions. The two governments have pledged to cooperate in developing renewable energy but accuse each other of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38032&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<mediaCredit>Associated Press</mediaCredit><mediaCaption><![CDATA[In this photo taken Wednesday March 21, 2012, Chinese workers examine solar panels at a manufacturer of photovoltaic products in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province. China's government on Friday, May 18, 2012, rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned proposed punitive tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT]]></mediaCaption>
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		<title>Facebook&#8217;s IPO One of World&#8217;s Largest</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/05/18/facebooks-ipo-one-of-worlds-largest/</link>
		<comments>http://business.time.com/2012/05/18/facebooks-ipo-one-of-worlds-largest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of &#8220;likes&#8221; are worth on Wall Street. Facebook&#8217;s stock is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday, the day after the world&#8217;s definitive online social network raised $16 billion in an initial public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=38013&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Prices IPO at $38 Per Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has priced its initial public offering of stock at $38 per share, at the high end of its expected range. It means investor demand is strong for the world’s largest online social network. (VIDEO: The Facebook IPO: Explainer)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=37941&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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