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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" version="2.0"><channel><title>Business News, Financial News, Business Headlines &amp; Analysis - The Washington Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business?wprss=rss_business</link><description>The source for business news and analysis. Covering economic policy, business policy, financial news, economic issues, stock market data, local business, technology and more.</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:41:41 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:41:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Business News, Financial News, Business Headlines &amp; Analysis - The Washington Post</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business?wprss=rss_business</link></image><item><title>TechBit: Crowds app stakes out new angles in social video</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2d18/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ctechbit0Ekrowds0Eapp0Estakes0Eout0Enew0Eangles0Ein0Esocial0Evideo0C20A130C0A50C170C56b6d17e0Ebd830E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;With video becoming a bigger part of the social-media sphere, Krowds is offering its own angle at curating social video. In fact, it’s offering lots of angles. The driving idea behind this video app is that it provides a space for multiple people at the same location to submit videos from their own point of view. Although this might have some limited applications, it could be useful for events such as weddings, concerts or speeches. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/techbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video/2013/05/17/56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2d18/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A+Crowds+app+stakes+out+new+angles+in+social+video" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A+Crowds+app+stakes+out+new+angles+in+social+video" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A+Crowds+app+stakes+out+new+angles+in+social+video" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A+Crowds+app+stakes+out+new+angles+in+social+video" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A+Crowds+app+stakes+out+new+angles+in+social+video" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812528/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2d18/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812528/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2d18/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664812528/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2d18/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">social media</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:11:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/techbit-krowds-app-stakes-out-new-angles-in-social-video/2013/05/17/56b6d17e-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator /></item><item><title>TechBit:</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2cac/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ctechbit0C20A130C0A50C160C1ba20Aa220Ebd830E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Running low on cash but in need of a cab? If you’ve found yourself in this admittedly frustrating situation, try Flywheel — formerly known as Cabulous — which lets you hail a city cab while paying with your credit card. Not only does the app keep you from fumbling around for cash, it even lets you keep your card on file by taking a picture of it rather than having to type it. To find a cab, fire Flywheel up to let it you know where you are. As with similar car-service apps such as Uber, this one gives you estimates about how long it should take for a pickup. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/techbit/2013/05/16/1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2cac/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechbit%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=TechBit%3A" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812522/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2cac/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812522/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2cac/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664812522/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2cac/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:06:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/techbit/2013/05/16/1ba20a22-bd83-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator /></item><item><title>Futures and Options: May 20 to May 24</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2cad/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Cfutures0Eand0Eoptions0Emay0E20A0Eto0Emay0E240C20A130C0A50C160C5290Abee20Ebca80E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;House Commerce hearing on health insurance premiums&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;Retail sales report&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;Campbell Soup, TiVo, Urban Outfitters report earnings&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/futures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24/2013/05/16/5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2cad/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffutures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Futures+and+Options%3A+May+20+to+May+24" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffutures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Futures+and+Options%3A+May+20+to+May+24" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffutures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Futures+and+Options%3A+May+20+to+May+24" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffutures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Futures+and+Options%3A+May+20+to+May+24" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffutures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Futures+and+Options%3A+May+20+to+May+24" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812521/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2cad/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812521/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2cad/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664812521/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2cad/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/futures-and-options-may-20-to-may-24/2013/05/16/5290bee2-bca8-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator /></item><item><title>Sony urged to cut entertainment stake</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2c47/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Csony0Eurged0Eto0Ecut0Eentertainment0Estake0C20A130C0A50C170Cecb26d860Ebe6a0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Sony has a $100 billion reason to consider Daniel Loeb’s breakup proposal.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has taken a $1.1 billion stake in Sony, is pushing the Tokyo-based company to sell as much as 20 percent of its entertainment business and focus on the “considerable and underappreciated value” of its electronics unit. After Loeb’s proposal sparked the biggest rally in Sony shares in more than four years, the $21 billion company still languishes at a cheaper valuation relative to profit than 90 percent of similar-sized consumer electronics makers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake/2013/05/17/ecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b2c47/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Fsony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sony+urged+to+cut+entertainment+stake" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Fsony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sony+urged+to+cut+entertainment+stake" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Fsony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sony+urged+to+cut+entertainment+stake" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Fsony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sony+urged+to+cut+entertainment+stake" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Fsony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sony+urged+to+cut+entertainment+stake" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812466/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2c47/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664812466/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2c47/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664812466/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c1b2c47/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Third Point LLC</category><category domain="">consumer electronics</category><category domain="">Adele</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:01:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sony-urged-to-cut-entertainment-stake/2013/05/17/ecb26d86-be6a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Angus Whitley, Brooke Sutherland, Naoko Fujimura</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ben Bernanke on robots, lasers and the Great Stagnation</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c191943/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cben0Ebernanke0Eon0Erobots0Elasers0Eand0Ethe0Egreat0Estagnation0C20A130C0A50C180C32a7e17c0Ebfd80E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Every year, it seems, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gives a commencement speech, and every year, the occasion provides him with a rare opportunity to venture far beyond his usual monetary policy-speak. This year, he mentions robots and lasers!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/ben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation/2013/05/18/32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c191943/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Ben+Bernanke+on+robots%2C+lasers+and+the+Great+Stagnation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Ben+Bernanke+on+robots%2C+lasers+and+the+Great+Stagnation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Ben+Bernanke+on+robots%2C+lasers+and+the+Great+Stagnation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Ben+Bernanke+on+robots%2C+lasers+and+the+Great+Stagnation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Ben+Bernanke+on+robots%2C+lasers+and+the+Great+Stagnation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664873444/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c191943/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664873444/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c191943/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664873444/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c191943/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">developing world</category><category domain="">Ben Bernanke</category><category domain="">Bard College</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:30:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/ben-bernanke-on-robots-lasers-and-the-great-stagnation/2013/05/18/32a7e17c-bfd8-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator></item><item><title>Scientists agree on climate change. So why doesn't everyone else?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c18a5b2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cscientists0Eagree0Eon0Eclimate0Echange0Eso0Ewhy0Edoesnt0Eeveryone0Eelse0C20A130C0A50C180C5281142a0Ebfcc0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Here's a finding that shouldn't be all that surprising: Since 1991, roughly 97 percent of all published scientific papers that take a position on the question agree that humans are warming the planet.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;That stat comes from this&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024024/article"&gt; extensive new survey&lt;/a&gt; led by John Cook and Dana Nuccitelli, who run the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/"&gt;Skeptical Science website&lt;/a&gt;. And it builds on &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/evidence-for-a-consensus-on-climate-change/"&gt;earlier studies&lt;/a&gt; finding the exact same thing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/scientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else/2013/05/18/5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c18a5b2/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fscientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Scientists+agree+on+climate+change.+So+why+doesn%27t+everyone+else%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fscientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Scientists+agree+on+climate+change.+So+why+doesn%27t+everyone+else%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fscientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Scientists+agree+on+climate+change.+So+why+doesn%27t+everyone+else%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fscientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Scientists+agree+on+climate+change.+So+why+doesn%27t+everyone+else%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fscientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Scientists+agree+on+climate+change.+So+why+doesn%27t+everyone+else%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664799406/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c18a5b2/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664799406/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c18a5b2/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664799406/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c18a5b2/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Roberts</category><category domain="">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</category><category domain="">Climate Change</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:05:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/scientists-agree-on-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-everyone-else/2013/05/18/5281142a-bfcc-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Brad Plumer</dc:creator></item><item><title>Sheila Bair: Dodd-Frank really did end taxpayer bailouts</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c183bfa/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Csheila0Ebair0Edodd0Efrank0Ereally0Edid0Eend0Etaxpayer0Ebailouts0C20A130C0A50C180C263d0A3c40Ebfc70E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;Sheila Bair, the hard-charging former director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, stands at the center of three of the biggest debates in Dodd-Frank implementation.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;As someone who knows the FDIC — which is actually the agency that takes down failing banks — she's in an unusually good position to know whether the law's resolution authority will work. These are the new powers the FDIC has in Dodd-Frank to impose losses and fail a financial firm (it's what Barney Frank called "death panels" for financial megabanks). Bair has also been &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.systemicriskcouncil.org/2012/11/statement-by-the-systemic-risk-council-on-bank-capital-requirements/"&gt;a vocal advocate&lt;/a&gt; for higher leverage requirements, which has animated the debate over the recent &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/06/dodd-frank-is-finally-being-implemented-will-that-be-enough/"&gt;Brown-Vitter bill&lt;/a&gt;. And she &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-07/swap-regulators-face-congressional-pressure-to-curb-dodd-frank.html"&gt;was recently critical&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=332909"&gt;efforts&lt;/a&gt; by the House Financial Services Committee to repeal parts of Dodd-Frank that push swaps out of bank holding companies, even though &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/05/55714/"&gt;she original opposed&lt;/a&gt; a stricter version of that language back in 2010.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/sheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts/2013/05/18/263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c183bfa/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fsheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sheila+Bair%3A+Dodd-Frank+really+did+end+taxpayer+bailouts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fsheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sheila+Bair%3A+Dodd-Frank+really+did+end+taxpayer+bailouts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fsheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sheila+Bair%3A+Dodd-Frank+really+did+end+taxpayer+bailouts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fsheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sheila+Bair%3A+Dodd-Frank+really+did+end+taxpayer+bailouts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fsheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Sheila+Bair%3A+Dodd-Frank+really+did+end+taxpayer+bailouts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664798040/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c183bfa/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664798040/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c183bfa/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664798040/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c183bfa/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">dodd-frank</category><category domain="">US Treasury</category><category domain="">bankruptcy code</category><category domain="">Sheila Bair</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:28:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/sheila-bair-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts/2013/05/18/263d03c4-bfc7-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Ezra Klein</dc:creator></item><item><title>Five takeaways from the CBO's analysis of Obama's budget</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c17bf4e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cfive0Etakeaways0Efrom0Ethe0Ecbos0Eanalysis0Eof0Eobamas0Ebudget0C20A130C0A50C180C240Ad76ee0Ebfbb0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;For the most part, the description of President Obama's budget found in the Congressional Budget Office's &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44173-APB_0.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;analysis&lt;/a&gt; of it jibes with the description &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/presidential-budget-2014/"&gt;included&lt;/a&gt; in the initial budget release. But the CBO analysis does highlight some interesting features of the proposal. Here are a few.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/five-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget/2013/05/18/240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c17bf4e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Ffive-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Five+takeaways+from+the+CBO%27s+analysis+of+Obama%27s+budget" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Ffive-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Five+takeaways+from+the+CBO%27s+analysis+of+Obama%27s+budget" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Ffive-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Five+takeaways+from+the+CBO%27s+analysis+of+Obama%27s+budget" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Ffive-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Five+takeaways+from+the+CBO%27s+analysis+of+Obama%27s+budget" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Ffive-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Five+takeaways+from+the+CBO%27s+analysis+of+Obama%27s+budget" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664864554/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c17bf4e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664864554/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c17bf4e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664864554/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c17bf4e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">Congressional Budget Office</category><category domain="">Budgets</category><category domain="">corporate tax rate</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/five-takeaways-from-the-cbos-analysis-of-obamas-budget/2013/05/18/240d76ee-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Dylan Matthews</dc:creator></item><item><title>'Who's going to jail' over IRS scandal? Probably nobody.</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b3349/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cthe0Efix0Cpost0Cwhos0Egoing0Eto0Ejail0Eover0Eirs0Escandal0Eprobably0Enobody0C20A130C0A50C180C0A0A55bcb60Ebfbb0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants to know "&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/15/boehner-on-irs-scandal-whos-going-to-jail-over-this-scandal/"&gt;who's going to jail&lt;/a&gt;" over the IRS scandal.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But ousted acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller says &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/17/hearing-on-irs-scandal-live-updates/#liveblog-entry-41803"&gt;no laws were violated&lt;/a&gt; when the agency targeted conservative groups.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/whos-going-to-jail-over-irs-scandal-probably-nobody/2013/05/18/0055bcb6-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1b3349/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-fix%2Fpost%2Fwhos-going-to-jail-over-irs-scandal-probably-nobody%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2F0055bcb6-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=%27Who%27s+going+to+jail%27+over+IRS+scandal%3F+Probably+nobody." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a 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rights</category><category domain="">Doin' time?</category><category domain="">Internal Revenue Service</category><category domain="">John Boehner</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:01:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/whos-going-to-jail-over-irs-scandal-probably-nobody/2013/05/18/0055bcb6-bfbb-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Aaron Blake</dc:creator></item><item><title>Facebook, a year after IPO</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c140071/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ctechnology0Cfacebook0Ea0Eyear0Eafter0Eipo0C20A130C0A50C170Cff6a3c0A60Ebefb0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;After a market debut marred by technical glitches and a deep dive in the company’s stock price, Facebook has spent the past year focused on its biggest weaknesses: how to make money and keep its more than 1 billion 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exports</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c13ff35/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ceconomy0Cenergy0Edepartment0Eapproves0Eexpanded0Elng0Eexports0C20A130C0A50C170C3bd3ff0A40Ebf210E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Energy Department gave a terminal near Freeport, Tex., &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-authorizes-second-proposed-facility-export-liquefied-natural-gas"&gt;permission Friday to ship liquefied natural gas &lt;/a&gt;to Japan, providing a new outlet for rising U.S. production of shale gas despite qualms of environmentalists and many domestic manufacturers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/energy-department-approves-expanded-lng-exports/2013/05/17/3bd3ff04-bf21-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2Fenergy-department-approves-expanded-lng-exports%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F3bd3ff04-bf21-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Energy+Department+approves+expanded+LNG+exports" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664839888/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c13ff35/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664839888/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c13ff35/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664839888/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c13ff35/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Lisa Murkowski</category><category domain="">energy security</category><category domain="">ConocoPhillips</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/energy-department-approves-expanded-lng-exports/2013/05/17/3bd3ff04-bf21-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator></item><item><title>At trade talks, U.S., E.U. ready for fight on genetically modified crops</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1460e3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cworld0Ceurope0Cat0Etrade0Etalks0Eus0Eeu0Eready0Efor0Efight0Eon0Egenetically0Emodified0Ecrops0C20A130C0A50C170C8e61176a0Ebdb0A0E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;LENNEWITZ, Germany — Many Europeans see American farming and its reliance on genetically modified crops as more Frankenstein than Farmer in the Dell.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Now, the opposition here to U.S. agricultural practices is threatening to become a major battle in discussions starting next month that could sweep away trade barriers between the United States and Europe.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/at-trade-talks-us-eu-ready-for-fight-on-genetically-modified-crops/2013/05/17/8e61176a-bdb0-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1460e3/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fat-trade-talks-us-eu-ready-for-fight-on-genetically-modified-crops%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8e61176a-bdb0-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=At+trade+talks%2C+U.S.%2C+E.U.+ready+for+fight+on+genetically+modified+crops" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fat-trade-talks-us-eu-ready-for-fight-on-genetically-modified-crops%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8e61176a-bdb0-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=At+trade+talks%2C+U.S.%2C+E.U.+ready+for+fight+on+genetically+modified+crops" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fat-trade-talks-us-eu-ready-for-fight-on-genetically-modified-crops%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8e61176a-bdb0-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=At+trade+talks%2C+U.S.%2C+E.U.+ready+for+fight+on+genetically+modified+crops" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category domain="">David Cameron</category><category domain="">European Union</category><category domain="">free-trade agreement</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/at-trade-talks-us-eu-ready-for-fight-on-genetically-modified-crops/2013/05/17/8e61176a-bdb0-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Michael Birnbaum</dc:creator></item><item><title>Shareholders press companies to disclose more about political spending</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c13fb95/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ceconomy0Cshareholders0Epress0Ecompanies0Eto0Edisclose0Emore0Eabout0Epolitical0Espending0C20A130C0A50C170Ced1392e40Ebf340E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;As regulators wrestle with whether to force companies to disclose more about their political spending, an increasing number of shareholders are taking matters into their own hands, thrusting the issue before boards of directors at companies across the country. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/shareholders-press-companies-to-disclose-more-about-political-spending/2013/05/17/ed1392e4-bf34-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c13fb95/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2Fshareholders-press-companies-to-disclose-more-about-political-spending%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fed1392e4-bf34-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Shareholders+press+companies+to+disclose+more+about+political+spending" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664839681/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c13fb95/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664839681/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c13fb95/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664839681/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c13fb95/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:41:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/shareholders-press-companies-to-disclose-more-about-political-spending/2013/05/17/ed1392e4-bf34-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Dina ElBoghdady</dc:creator></item><item><title>The best sentences we read today</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c137bd3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cthe0Ebest0Esentences0Ewe0Eread0Etoday0C20A130C0A50C170C44e0Af8e40Ebf4a0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;-- "Witnesses&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://gawker.com/police-called-to-free-grown-ass-man-stuck-in-high-chair-507608103"&gt; say alcohol&lt;/a&gt; may have played a factor in the man's ill-advised science experiment."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;-- "Watching [the new Star Trek movie] &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/16/movie-review-star-trek-darkness/"&gt;is like talking&lt;/a&gt; to a salesman who stops every 40 seconds to ask if you're still with him, and then slaps you in the face just to make sure."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a 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src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664770373/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c137bd3/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664770373/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c137bd3/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Links links links</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:34:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-best-sentences-we-read-today/2013/05/17/44e0f8e4-bf4a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Brad Plumer</dc:creator></item><item><title>Beat-up cellphones with cracked screens are point of pride for some young people</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c1460e4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cstyle0Cbeat0Eup0Ecellphones0Ewith0Ecracked0Escreens0Eare0Epoint0Eof0Epride0Efor0Esome0Eyoung0Epeople0C20A130C0A50C170C0A334ebe0A0Ebe360E11e20E89c90E3be80A95fe7670Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;rittany Lofton spots them all the time: teens and college students clutching their beat-up cellphones, with screens so cracked that spider-web-like patterns creep across the glass.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sure, the screen’s razory shards make reading a text and posting Instagram photos super blurry, not to mention slightly painful.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/beat-up-cellphones-with-cracked-screens-are-point-of-pride-for-some-young-people/2013/05/17/0334ebe0-be36-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category domain="">cell phone</category><category domain="">Howard University</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/beat-up-cellphones-with-cracked-screens-are-point-of-pride-for-some-young-people/2013/05/17/0334ebe0-be36-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Emily Wax</dc:creator></item><item><title>ILO, World Bank demand labor changes in Bangladesh</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c133f3a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ceconomy0Cilo0Eworld0Ebank0Edemand0Elabor0Echanges0Ein0Ebangladesh0C20A130C0A50C170C8b77682e0Ebf1d0E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The International Labor Organization and World Bank have refused to let Bangladesh join a textile industry monitoring program until the country overhauls its labor laws and conditions for unions improve, according to a top ILO official.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ilo-world-bank-demand-labor-changes-in-bangladesh/2013/05/17/8b77682e-bf1d-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c133f3a/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2Filo-world-bank-demand-labor-changes-in-bangladesh%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F8b77682e-bf1d-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=ILO%2C+World+Bank+demand+labor+changes+in+Bangladesh" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a 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href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664838539/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c133f3a/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664838539/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c133f3a/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664838539/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c133f3a/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">World Bank</category><category domain="">John Kerry</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ilo-world-bank-demand-labor-changes-in-bangladesh/2013/05/17/8b77682e-bf1d-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator></item><item><title>The view from the I.R.S.'s Cincinnati office</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12d2dd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cthe0Eview0Efrom0Ethe0Eirss0Ecincinnati0Eoffice0C20A130C0A50C170C0Af9cbc820Ebf3a0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-view-from-the-irss-cincinnati-office/2013/05/17/0f9cbc82-bf3a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12d2dd/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fthe-view-from-the-irss-cincinnati-office%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F0f9cbc82-bf3a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=The+view+from+the+I.R.S.%27s+Cincinnati+office" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664768579/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12d2dd/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664768579/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12d2dd/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664768579/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12d2dd/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">IRS</category><category domain="">Lisa Rein</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:38:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-view-from-the-irss-cincinnati-office/2013/05/17/0f9cbc82-bf3a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Wonkborg</dc:creator></item><item><title>CBO: Obama budget would raise taxes by nearly $1 trillion</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c11e69e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ceconomy0Ccbo0Eobama0Ebudget0Ewould0Ecut0E10A0Eyear0Edeficits0Eby0E110Etrillion0C20A130C0A50C170Cfe1c2210A0Ebf1e0E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;President Obama’s most recent budget request would reduce borrowing by $1.1 trillion over the next decade compared with current law — almost entirely through higher taxes on the rich, large estates and smokers, congressional budget analysts said Friday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cbo-obama-budget-would-cut-10-year-deficits-by-11-trillion/2013/05/17/fe1c2210-bf1e-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c11e69e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2Fcbo-obama-budget-would-cut-10-year-deficits-by-11-trillion%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Ffe1c2210-bf1e-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=CBO%3A+Obama+budget+would+raise+taxes+by+nearly+%241+trillion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a 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href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664833611/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c11e69e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664833611/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c11e69e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664833611/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c11e69e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cbo-obama-budget-would-cut-10-year-deficits-by-11-trillion/2013/05/17/fe1c2210-bf1e-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator></item><item><title>Jena McGregor: A leadership lesson from The Office finale</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12926b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Con0Eleadership0Cpost0Ca0Eleadership0Elesson0Efrom0Ethe0Eoffice0Efinale0C20A130C0A50C170Ce5435ef0A0Ebf340E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;No self-respecting leadership writer could allow the momentous occasion that occurred Thursday night to pass without some kind of mention.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Michael Scott reappeared on &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/05/17/the-office-finale-theres-a-lot-of-beauty-in-ordinary-things/"&gt;The Office&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The world's worst manager may have left the show two years ago, but Steve Carrell's cameo in the season finale reminded us why he could also, in his own twisted way, actually be a good boss. Yes, the "&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.theofficequotes.com/season-2/sexual-harassment"&gt;king of forwards&lt;/a&gt;" sent a picture of his half-naked girlfriend to an entire company department. Yes, over the course of his seven seasons with the show, he managed to insult every race, creed, gender and sexual preference in existence. And yes, he did things in almost every episode that would have had a team of lawyers showing him the door faster than Donald Trump can say "you're fired" had he done the same in the real world.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/post/a-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale/2013/05/17/e5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12926b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fa-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fe5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Jena+McGregor%3A+A+leadership+lesson+from+The+Office+finale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fa-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fe5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Jena+McGregor%3A+A+leadership+lesson+from+The+Office+finale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fa-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fe5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Jena+McGregor%3A+A+leadership+lesson+from+The+Office+finale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fa-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fe5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Jena+McGregor%3A+A+leadership+lesson+from+The+Office+finale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fon-leadership%2Fpost%2Fa-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fe5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Jena+McGregor%3A+A+leadership+lesson+from+The+Office+finale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664835780/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12926b/kg/356/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664835780/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12926b/kg/356/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664835780/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12926b/kg/356/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Facebook</category><category domain="">bizpage</category><category domain="">Michael Scott</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:01:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/post/a-leadership-lesson-from-the-office-finale/2013/05/17/e5435ef0-bf34-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Jena McGregor</dc:creator></item><item><title>Amy’s Baking Co. meltdown begs the question: Is Yelp bad for small business?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12926d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Camys0Ebaking0Eco0Emeltdown0Ebegs0Ethe0Equestion0Eis0Eyelp0Ebad0Efor0Esmall0Ebusiness0C20A130C0A50C170C9c0A7e1aa0Ebeff0E11e20E89c90E3be80A95fe7670Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Reality TV producers dream of people like Sammy and Amy Bouzaglo, the hypersensitive and slightly unbalanced restaurateurs who appeared on Fox’s “Kitchen Nightmares” this week -- and then proceeded to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/05/15/amys-baking-company-unleashed-the-social-media-monster/"&gt;publicly melt down on social media&lt;/a&gt;, flinging all-capped profanities at the Yelp and Reddit users “working together to bring us down.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/amys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business/2013/05/17/9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12926d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Famys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Amy%E2%80%99s+Baking+Co.+meltdown+begs+the+question%3A+Is+Yelp+bad+for+small+business%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Famys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Amy%E2%80%99s+Baking+Co.+meltdown+begs+the+question%3A+Is+Yelp+bad+for+small+business%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Famys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Amy%E2%80%99s+Baking+Co.+meltdown+begs+the+question%3A+Is+Yelp+bad+for+small+business%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Famys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Amy%E2%80%99s+Baking+Co.+meltdown+begs+the+question%3A+Is+Yelp+bad+for+small+business%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Famys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Amy%E2%80%99s+Baking+Co.+meltdown+begs+the+question%3A+Is+Yelp+bad+for+small+business%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664835779/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12926d/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664835779/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12926d/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664835779/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12926d/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/amys-baking-co-meltdown-begs-the-question-is-yelp-bad-for-small-business/2013/05/17/9c07e1aa-beff-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Caitlin Dewey</dc:creator></item><item><title>This is the only graph you need on Washington's budget debate</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12201c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cthis0Eis0Ethe0Eonly0Egraph0Eyou0Eneed0Eon0Ewashingtons0Ebudget0Edebate0C20A130C0A50C170C28e353e60Ebf2a0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Congressional Budget Office released their &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44173-APB_0.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;analysis&lt;/a&gt; of President Obama's 2014 budget proposal today. The bottom line? It more than solves our deficit problem for the next decade, and for some time beyond that. And unlike the status quo — which also reduces the deficit, though not by as much — it brings the deficit down gradually over 10 years, rather than reducing it sharply over the next two years and then watching it rise slowly over the next decade.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/this-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate/2013/05/17/28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c12201c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fthis-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=This+is+the+only+graph+you+need+on+Washington%27s+budget+debate" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fthis-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=This+is+the+only+graph+you+need+on+Washington%27s+budget+debate" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fthis-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=This+is+the+only+graph+you+need+on+Washington%27s+budget+debate" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fthis-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=This+is+the+only+graph+you+need+on+Washington%27s+budget+debate" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fthis-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=This+is+the+only+graph+you+need+on+Washington%27s+budget+debate" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664765257/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12201c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664765257/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12201c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664765257/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c12201c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">budget</category><category domain="">food safety</category><category domain="">Republican Party</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/this-is-the-only-graph-you-need-on-washingtons-budget-debate/2013/05/17/28e353e6-bf2a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Ezra Klein</dc:creator></item><item><title>Should Yahoo buy Tumblr?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c168c2d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ctechnology0Cshould0Eyahoo0Ebuy0Etumblr0C20A130C0A50C170C7c55ef7e0Ebefe0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Tumblr has been one of the fastest- growing sites on the Web, boasting 107.9 million blogs and a whopping 50.7 billion posts since it was founded in 2007. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;That growth has reportedly caught the eye of Web giant Yahoo. &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://allthingsd.com/20130516/will-yahoo-try-to-get-its-cool-again-by-doing-a-deal-for-tumblr/"&gt;All Things Digital &lt;/a&gt;reported that Yahoo is eyeing the blogging platform, and reporters Peter Kafka and Kara Swisher said that “sources close to the situation” have said the two companies are in “serious” talks. Still, the report said, the negotiations are far from final.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/should-yahoo-buy-tumblr/2013/05/17/7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c168c2d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2Fshould-yahoo-buy-tumblr%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Should+Yahoo+buy+Tumblr%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2Fshould-yahoo-buy-tumblr%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Should+Yahoo+buy+Tumblr%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2Fshould-yahoo-buy-tumblr%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Should+Yahoo+buy+Tumblr%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2Fshould-yahoo-buy-tumblr%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Should+Yahoo+buy+Tumblr%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2Fshould-yahoo-buy-tumblr%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Should+Yahoo+buy+Tumblr%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category domain="">Kara Swisher</category><category domain="">Yahoo Inc</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/should-yahoo-buy-tumblr/2013/05/17/7c55ef7e-befe-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Hayley Tsukayama</dc:creator></item><item><title>Food aid reform is running into trouble in Congress</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c11e69f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Cobamas0Eplan0Eto0Eoverhaul0Efood0Eaid0Eis0Erunning0Einto0Etrouble0Ein0Econgress0C20A130C0A50C170C2c4fb3ec0Ebf220E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;One of the attention-grabbing ideas in the White House's 2014 budget was &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/budget-proposes-shift-in-providing-food-aid-to-needy-nations/2013/04/10/df9560d0-a205-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html"&gt;a big overhaul&lt;/a&gt; of the $1.4 billion U.S. food aid program. Instead of buying food from U.S. farmers and shipping it overseas, some of the money would just be sent directly to poor countries.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/obamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress/2013/05/17/2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c11e69f/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fobamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Food+aid+reform+is+running+into+trouble+in+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fobamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Food+aid+reform+is+running+into+trouble+in+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fobamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Food+aid+reform+is+running+into+trouble+in+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fobamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Food+aid+reform+is+running+into+trouble+in+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fobamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=Food+aid+reform+is+running+into+trouble+in+Congress" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664833612/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c11e69f/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664833612/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c11e69f/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664833612/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c11e69f/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">U.S. Congress</category><category domain="">foreign aid</category><category domain="">Agriculture</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:47:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/obamas-plan-to-overhaul-food-aid-is-running-into-trouble-in-congress/2013/05/17/2c4fb3ec-bf22-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Brad Plumer</dc:creator></item><item><title>How the FBI's online wiretapping plan could get your computer hacked</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c10fe21/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Chow0Ethe0Efbis0Eonline0Ewiretapping0Eplan0Ecould0Eget0Eyour0Ecomputer0Ehacked0C20A130C0A50C170Ca27c32240Ebf140E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The FBI is &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-28/world/38885216_1_wiretap-proposal-companies"&gt;pushing for expanded power&lt;/a&gt; to eavesdrop on private Internet communications. The law enforcement agency wants to force online service providers to build wiretapping capabilities into their products. But a group of prominent computer security experts argues that mandating "back doors" in online communications products is likely to compromise the security of Americans' computers and could even pose a threat to national security.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/how-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked/2013/05/17/a27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c10fe21/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fhow-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fa27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=How+the+FBI%27s+online+wiretapping+plan+could+get+your+computer+hacked" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fhow-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fa27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=How+the+FBI%27s+online+wiretapping+plan+could+get+your+computer+hacked" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fhow-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fa27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=How+the+FBI%27s+online+wiretapping+plan+could+get+your+computer+hacked" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fhow-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fa27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=How+the+FBI%27s+online+wiretapping+plan+could+get+your+computer+hacked" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fezra-klein%2Fpost%2Fhow-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fa27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_business&amp;t=How+the+FBI%27s+online+wiretapping+plan+could+get+your+computer+hacked" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664759924/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c10fe21/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664759924/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c10fe21/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664759924/u/0/f/636543/c/34656/s/2c10fe21/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Federal Bureau of Investigation</category><category domain="">Bonnie Jo Mount</category><category domain="">CALEA</category><category domain="">open source</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/how-the-fbis-online-wiretapping-plan-could-get-your-computer-hacked/2013/05/17/a27c3224-bf14-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_business</guid><dc:creator>Timothy B. Lee</dc:creator></item><item><title>'Soul Train' meets Daft Punk</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636543/s/2c10d21b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cezra0Eklein0Cpost0Csoul0Etrain0Emeets0Edaft0Epunk0C20A130C0A50C170C90Ad153f40Ebf110E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;You know what was a great show? "Soul Train." You know what's a great song? Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." You know what two things are mashed up in the below video? 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