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		<title><![CDATA[Starbucks' Push for Efficiency]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbucks SBUX is trying to help its staff members be more efficient.  According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, they are using old fashioned time and motion studies.  A barista makes a latte, while someone watches with a stopwatch.  Early results are positive, but some baristas...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:06:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Housing Starts Still Weak - Despite Positive Headlines]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F149687-housing-starts-still-weak-despite-positive-headlines%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[These guys who write newspaper headlines are getting me down.  Here's the Wall Street Journal's online head:  "Housing Starts Jumped in June."Bloomberg proclaims: "Housing Starts in U.S. Unexpectedly Climb to Highest Level in Seven Months" by Dr. Bill Conerly]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:35:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Stress Is Moderating, At Least By Some Measures]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F147000-financial-stress-is-moderating-at-least-by-some-measures%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The measures of financial stress based on short-term markets are looking much better, though bond-market related measures are slow to improve.  The most popular measure of stress is the TED spread, which is the difference between interest rates on inter-bank loans (LIBOR) and Treasury Bills.   We're getting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:11:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumers: Saving Trumps Spending]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F141095-consumers-saving-trumps-spending%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumers continue to increase their savings.  Here's the recent behavior.  (Note that the first spike, in mid-2008, came from the stimulus checks.) by Dr. Bill Conerly]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:43:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Genentech's 'Good' Subsidy Hardly Helps Economic Development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F140525-genentech-s-good-subsidy-hardly-helps-economic-development%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oregon Business Magazine quoted me in its article about two subsidies, one that clearly failed and one that, they say, worked. If you think these things ever work, here are the facts cited in the article regarding the "good" subsidy. Genentech DNA received over $32 million of incentives, in exchange...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 07:03:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Debt Recovery Paints A Scary Picture for Private Investors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The General Motors GM debt-for-equity deal reveals a genuine danger to private investors. If you are considering investing in some other turnaround, be very careful if Uncle Sam might get involved. An editorial in Thursday's Wall Street Journal presents some estimates of how much different creditors to GM will receive....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:07:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Other Side of Bonuses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a company has lost a bazillion dollars, leading the government to pump in money to mitigate "systemic risk." Should the executives get bonuses?  The answer is not as obvious as you might think. Consider a bank that gave its branch managers performance targets. One manager coached her employees...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:05:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mixed Regulatory Messages Slowing Community Bank Lending]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newspapers report that the chief banking regulators are urging banks to lend money.  But the front-line bank examiners, the men and women who work face to face with actual bankers, are giving different orders.  They are telling banks to build up capital and liquidity, which can only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Job Loss: Bogus Economics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If General Motors GM is allowed to fail, won&#8217;t we lose three million jobs? That multi-million job loss comes from both GM&#8217;s own employees, plus the suppliers and dealers. However, the economics behind that idea is pretty bogus.    The number of auto jobs we have is tied to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:57:04 -0800</pubDate>
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