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<title><![CDATA[We Like Chocolate and Beer. Cigarettes, Not That Much]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:32:39 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We Like Chocolate and Beer. Cigarettes, Not That Much Posted by: Michael Arndt on November 17 Turns out candy is dandy, at least during recessions. Beer is pretty OK, too, but cigarettes are a vice that even smokers increasingly say they ain’t worth...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic Recovery Inspires Innovation and Frustration]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:50:22 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While they continue to slog through the longest economic downturn in decades, companies are no longer making cost-cutting their primary focus. Innovation is now front and center on the corporate agenda, according to a global survey we recently...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Oakley Takes Aim at the Luxury Market]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The frame of Oakley's Elite C Six sunglasses is composed of 80 layers of carbon fiber. The glasses cost $4,000. Oakley Neil Ferrier, 25, had graduated from the Scotland's University of Strathclyde in Glasgow only six months earlier when he was asked...]]></description>
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