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		<title><![CDATA[Can A Virtual Assistant Help Your Small Business?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/11/19/can-a-virtual-assistant-help-your-small-business/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video interview undertaken at our recent Flying Solo LIVE! event I catch up with virtual assistant, Fiona Toy.    Fiona explains how virtual assistants work and what they can do to support small business.    I'd better fess up here and now and tell...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:04:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Inside Small Business Lending: Short Q&A With An Industry Chief Executive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick discussion about the small business lending climate today with Dan Drechsel, CEO of financial solutions provider FTRANS. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Balance the Federal Budget]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=3290]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1998, tax income from the unprecedented bull market run of the 90s resulted in the first balanced budget in 30 years. While I don't advocate bubble and bust-fueled economic cycles, economic expansion - big and small business growth - is indeed the only way to end the federal deficit....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:33:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Give Your Small Business a Single Phone Number with Extensions Like the Big Guys]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=5574]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wish your business could have a single phone number, like 1-800-MEGA-CORP, with a slew of extensions? Well, you can, and it won't cost very much or anything at all. by Dave Johnson]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xmas Rate Rise Threat to Small Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2407-13071_23-365881.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ The upturn in trading conditions for small business could be dashed if interest rates are lifted for an unprecedented third month in a row in December, a leading business lobby group says.The Reserve Bank of Australia RBA appeared to leave the door open for a further rise in the...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Oil exploration company Regal Petroleum has been fined by Financial Times]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:58:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Be First in Line for Growing Number of Unfilled Jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the jobless rate continues to rise, so too is the number of positions going unfilled by U.S. employers, which bodes well for a pickup in hiring in the new year.    An estimated 2.48 million jobs were unfilled in September, up 57,000 from a month earlier and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:15:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Advanta Files For Bankruptcy Protection]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Advanta Corp ADVNA, a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.In the filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News Group Taking Most Of The Hits In Time Inc. Layoffs; 'Fortune Small Business' Closed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Last year&#8217;s round of cuts at Time Inc. came with a major restructuring. The 2009 version is &#8220;more targeted&#8221; with most of the cuts affecting the News group, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes told analysts; that group includes Time, Sports Illustrated, Money and Fortune: &#8220;We&#8217;re aiming to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:51:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Automatic Data Processing, Inc. F1Q10 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from James Kissane &#8211; Bank of America/Merrill Lynch James Kissane &#8211; Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Do you have a sense of the magnitude of the decline in the sales and small business arena? Maybe give us your sense of the tone...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:03:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don't Sugar Coat It: Are Small Businesses Moaners?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/04/dont-sugar-coat-it-are-small-businesses-moaners/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Sugar accuses small business bosses of being moaners who have no right to complain about the credit crisis. Is he right? by Joanna Higgins]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:49:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regulators Face Pressure To Act After CIT Bankruptcy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIT Group CIT, an embattled small business lender that filed for bankruptcy Sunday as a result of lack of government-sponsored financial assistance, is now hoping regulators will give it a second chance to turn itself around. Its legacy must be handled with care. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:24:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SugarSync Launches Small Business Sharing Service]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SugarSync started as a consumer service but after a year's worth of experience, realized that 75% of its users were small businesses. Today, therefore, they are launching a new service customized for small business operators. by David Weir]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:28:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[13 Ways To Network Beyond Facebook And LinkedIn]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1185009]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Building branded profiles, engaging prospects and connecting with potential employees and strategic partners are all powerful ways to tap into Facebook and LinkedIn. But, for the typical small business, there may actually be some equally important social networks you may not be so familiar with. The big networks get all...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rebuilding a Small Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/rebuilding-a-small-business/357299/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs around the country were hit hard by the one-two punch of the economic and real estate crashes, but Sam Cadelinia really took on the chin. As the owner of a California real estate agency, he was in one of the worst industries in the hardest-hit regions. Here's how he...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your 50s: Saving Money, Reviving Your Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/feature/your-50s-saving-money-reviving-your-business/357333/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Real Life: The CadeliniasSam Cadelinia figured he had already weathered the worst that a bad economy could hand him. As head of a thriving San Francisco real estate agency in 1994, he had watched as housing prices dropped 25 percent, and his income dried up along with sales.  "I...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Create a Relevant Small Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2422-13950_23-356139.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Gerber, best-selling author of 'The E-Myth' talks about the secret ingredients to small business success. He says there are two important questions to ask when starting out, is the business scalable and is the business transformational.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:03:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Small Business Guide to Social Media]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/21/a-small-business-guide-to-social-media/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the launch of Small Business Week 2009, BT presented the results of a massive survey of SMEs. A sample of over 7,000 business people revealed 20 per cent were using social media in some way to promote their businesses.    I had some questions forÂ Mick Hegarty, strategy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:14:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's All About Me!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/10/20/its-all-about-me/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All about me? Well, it shouldn't be, not according to my latest video interview guest anyway.    In this short video, filmed after his keynote address at Flying Solo LIVE! author and small business expert, Andrew Griffiths suggests that instead of continually looking inwards and being overly self-focused...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:51:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brown & Brown, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-354331.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Michael Grasher &#8211; Piper Jaffray.  Michael Grasher &#8211; Piper Jaffray  A few questions, first of all on cancel and rewrites can you talk about any change in volume that maybe is occurring there? J. Powell...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:32:08 -0700</pubDate>
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