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<title><![CDATA[Ben Steverman]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ben Steverman is a reporter for BusinessWeek.com in Chicago. He covers investing, personal finance and the stock market.
He previously worked as a reporter at Investor's Business Daily and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Look at All the New IPOs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:16:04 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After months of market turmoil, are investors finally ready for a slew of brand-new stocks? The owners of some private companies think so. In early August, Hyatt Hotels &amp; Resorts announced plans to raise about $1 billion through an initial public...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lampert's Strategy Hobbles Sears]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:14:50 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is the Sears cupboard bare?
The retailer's shares have doubled since March, with investors encouraged by many peers showing sales improvements and rosier profit outlooks.
But the enthusiasm faded Thursday, when Sears Holdings said same-store sales for both Sears and Kmart had fallen even harder in the second quarter than in the first.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nouriel Roubini, the Prophet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:13:28 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I think I've been too critical of Nouriel Roubini. He's a very bright guy and well worth listening to. However, as Damien Hoffman points out, Roubini wasn't exactly perfect on predicting the credit crisis.]]></description>
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