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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>Local Business: DC Area Business News and Analysis - The Washington Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/local-business?wprss=rss_local-business</link><description>The Washington Post Local Business section provides coverage and analysis of local companies and business news in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:16 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Local Business: DC Area Business News and Analysis - The Washington Post</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/local-business?wprss=rss_local-business</link></image><item><title>A vegan office: How one workplace has moved to get healthier together</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2bd13011/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Ca0Evegan0Eoffice0Ehow0Eone0Eworkplace0Ehas0Emoved0Eto0Eget0Ehealthier0Etogether0C20A130C0A50C120C1ad895c60Eb28d0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Carrie Clyne’s last job was in an office that feasted on a steady supply of junk food. Donuts in the mornings and cupcakes for staffers’ birthdays were the familiar routine. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But in January, when she took a position with nonprofit organization &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.pcrm.org/"&gt;Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine&lt;/a&gt;, she was pleasantly surprised by her new employer’s decidedly different attitude toward food. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/a-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together/2013/05/12/1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2bd13011/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fa-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=A+vegan+office%3A+How+one+workplace+has+moved+to+get+healthier+together" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fa-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=A+vegan+office%3A+How+one+workplace+has+moved+to+get+healthier+together" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fa-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=A+vegan+office%3A+How+one+workplace+has+moved+to+get+healthier+together" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fa-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=A+vegan+office%3A+How+one+workplace+has+moved+to+get+healthier+together" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fa-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=A+vegan+office%3A+How+one+workplace+has+moved+to+get+healthier+together" 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/165664348951/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13011/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664348951/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13011/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664348951/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13011/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">non-profit organization</category><category domain="">Geico</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:26:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/a-vegan-office-how-one-workplace-has-moved-to-get-healthier-together/2013/05/12/1ad895c6-b28d-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Sarah Halzack</dc:creator></item><item><title>Lobbying registrations for April return to numbers not seen since 2011</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2bd13010/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Clobbying0Eregistrations0Efor0Eapril0Ereturn0Eto0Enumbers0Enot0Eseen0Esince0E20A110C20A130C0A50C120C0A880A163c0Eb82e0E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;April marked a spike in activity on K Street, with corporations, trade groups and other entities tapping outside lobbyists at a rate not seen since mid-2011. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Last month saw 686 new lobbying registrations — reports that lobbyists must file with the Senate when they contact members of Congress on behalf of a new client. The last time the volume of new lobbying registrations even came close to that number was in April 2011, when lobbying firms registered 685 new clients. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/lobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011/2013/05/12/0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2bd13010/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Flobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Lobbying+registrations+for+April+return+to+numbers+not+seen+since+2011" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Flobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Lobbying+registrations+for+April+return+to+numbers+not+seen+since+2011" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Flobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Lobbying+registrations+for+April+return+to+numbers+not+seen+since+2011" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Flobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Lobbying+registrations+for+April+return+to+numbers+not+seen+since+2011" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Flobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Lobbying+registrations+for+April+return+to+numbers+not+seen+since+2011" 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/165664348950/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13010/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664348950/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13010/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664348950/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13010/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:26:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/lobbying-registrations-for-april-return-to-numbers-not-seen-since-2011/2013/05/12/0880163c-b82e-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Catherine Ho</dc:creator></item><item><title>D.C.’s Punk Rock Bride to expand to West coast</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2bd13012/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cdcs0Epunk0Erock0Ebride0Eto0Eexpand0Eto0Ewest0Ecoast0C20A130C0A50C120C7eea0A0A140Eb6920E11e20Eb94c0Eb684dda0A7add0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Punk Rock Bride, the District-grown bridal company founded five years ago, is setting its sights on the West Coast.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The wedding gown collection, which caters to brides who are looking for off-beat designs and more modern cuts, was started by Stephanie Ward in her Georgetown apartment in 2008.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/dcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast/2013/05/12/7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2bd13012/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=D.C.%E2%80%99s+Punk+Rock+Bride+to+expand+to+West+coast" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=D.C.%E2%80%99s+Punk+Rock+Bride+to+expand+to+West+coast" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=D.C.%E2%80%99s+Punk+Rock+Bride+to+expand+to+West+coast" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=D.C.%E2%80%99s+Punk+Rock+Bride+to+expand+to+West+coast" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=D.C.%E2%80%99s+Punk+Rock+Bride+to+expand+to+West+coast" 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/165664348949/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13012/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664348949/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13012/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664348949/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13012/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:25:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/dcs-punk-rock-bride-to-expand-to-west-coast/2013/05/12/7eea0014-b692-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Abha Bhattarai</dc:creator></item><item><title>Digital agency Huge sees big opportunity in Washington</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2bd13013/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cdigital0Eagency0Ehuge0Esees0Ebig0Eopportunity0Ein0Ewashington0C20A130C0A50C120C8dfd40A680Eb8de0E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;No khakis allowed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;That’s the rule in the Adams Morgan office of Huge, the Brooklyn-based digital strategy and branding agency that is growing faster in Washington than any of its other seven offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/digital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington/2013/05/12/8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2bd13013/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdigital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Digital+agency+Huge+sees+big+opportunity+in+Washington" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdigital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Digital+agency+Huge+sees+big+opportunity+in+Washington" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdigital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Digital+agency+Huge+sees+big+opportunity+in+Washington" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdigital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Digital+agency+Huge+sees+big+opportunity+in+Washington" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdigital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Digital+agency+Huge+sees+big+opportunity+in+Washington" 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/165664348948/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13013/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664348948/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13013/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664348948/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13013/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:25:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/digital-agency-huge-sees-big-opportunity-in-washington/2013/05/12/8dfd4068-b8de-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Catherine Ho</dc:creator></item><item><title>Venga on path to growth after two years of change</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2bd13014/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cvenga0Eon0Epath0Eto0Egrowth0Eafter0Etwo0Eyears0Eof0Echange0C20A130C0A50C120C9622f8380Eb8d80E11e20Eaa9e0Ea0A2b765ff0Aea0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Several desks in Venga’s single-suite headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue NW have yet to be filled. If the company’s current trajectory holds, they may serve as a sign of growth to come.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Co-founder Winston Bao Lord said the nine-person company is looking to bulk up its sales staff — adding as many as one or two employees a month — to its office in D.C. and other cities around the country where Venga is selling software that allows restaurants to track patrons’ dining habits.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/venga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change/2013/05/12/9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2bd13014/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fvenga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Venga+on+path+to+growth+after+two+years+of+change" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fvenga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Venga+on+path+to+growth+after+two+years+of+change" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fvenga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Venga+on+path+to+growth+after+two+years+of+change" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fvenga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Venga+on+path+to+growth+after+two+years+of+change" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fvenga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change%2F2013%2F05%2F12%2F9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Venga+on+path+to+growth+after+two+years+of+change" 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/165664348947/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13014/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664348947/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13014/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664348947/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2bd13014/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">LivingSocial</category><category domain="">ping pong</category><category domain="">José Andrés</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:25:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/venga-on-path-to-growth-after-two-years-of-change/2013/05/12/9622f838-b8d8-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Steven Overly</dc:creator></item><item><title>‘Densification’ is new a challenge for Downtown DC Business Improvement District</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b8c42d7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cdensification0Eis0Enew0Ea0Echallenge0Efor0Edowntown0Edc0Ebusiness0Eimprovement0Edistrict0C20A130C0A50C0A30Cf22a78720Eb1c60E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I dropped by a presentation on the health of the Downtown DC Business Improvement District recently to hear an update on the area’s ongoing resurgence.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The business leaders had plenty to say about their successes, of course, patting themselves on the back for snagging this restaurant and celebrating that anniversary. But they also were not shy about discussing their challenges, displaying a kind of candor I don’t often encounter at this sort of event.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/densification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district/2013/05/03/f22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b8c42d7/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdensification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=%E2%80%98Densification%E2%80%99+is+new+a+challenge+for+Downtown+DC+Business+Improvement+District" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdensification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=%E2%80%98Densification%E2%80%99+is+new+a+challenge+for+Downtown+DC+Business+Improvement+District" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdensification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=%E2%80%98Densification%E2%80%99+is+new+a+challenge+for+Downtown+DC+Business+Improvement+District" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdensification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=%E2%80%98Densification%E2%80%99+is+new+a+challenge+for+Downtown+DC+Business+Improvement+District" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fdensification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=%E2%80%98Densification%E2%80%99+is+new+a+challenge+for+Downtown+DC+Business+Improvement+District" 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/164017168843/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d7/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017168843/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d7/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017168843/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d7/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">environmental sustainability</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:38:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/densification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district/2013/05/03/f22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Dan Beyers</dc:creator></item><item><title>Capital Buzz: Will lightning strike twice for Allbrittons?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b8c42d8/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Ccapital0Ebuzz0Ewill0Elightning0Estrike0Etwice0Efor0Eallbrittons0C20A130C0A50C0A50C2746cece0Eb35d0E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The news last week that &lt;strong&gt;Allbritton Communications&lt;/strong&gt; was selling its &lt;strong&gt;WJLA&lt;/strong&gt;, known as ABC7, television affiliate along with the rest of Allbritton’s family of eight broadcast stations shot like a bolt from the blue onto the Washington media scene.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons/2013/05/05/2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b8c42d8/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2F2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Will+lightning+strike+twice+for+Allbrittons%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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2F2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Will+lightning+strike+twice+for+Allbrittons%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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2F2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Will+lightning+strike+twice+for+Allbrittons%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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2F2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Will+lightning+strike+twice+for+Allbrittons%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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2F2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Will+lightning+strike+twice+for+Allbrittons%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/164017168842/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d8/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017168842/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d8/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017168842/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d8/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu</category><category domain="">Anthony Williams</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:38:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-will-lightning-strike-twice-for-allbrittons/2013/05/05/2746cece-b35d-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator></item><item><title>How social media can be used for historic preservation</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b8c42d9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Chow0Esocial0Emedia0Ecan0Ebe0Eused0Efor0Ehistoric0Epreservation0C20A130C0A50C0A30Cf7ecc9bc0Eb370A0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;By its nature, historical preservation is not a popularity contest. Indeed, the industry prides itself on not bending to the latest architectural trends in deciding which buildings deserve protection.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But for properties short on funding for repairs or improvements — and in many cases visitors — drumming up a little support can’t hurt, which explains why the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the American Express Foundation are bringing a $1 million “American Idol”-inspired popularity contest to Washington this spring.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/how-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation/2013/05/03/f7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b8c42d9/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fhow-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+social+media+can+be+used+for+historic+preservation" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fhow-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+social+media+can+be+used+for+historic+preservation" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fhow-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+social+media+can+be+used+for+historic+preservation" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fhow-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+social+media+can+be+used+for+historic+preservation" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fhow-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2Ff7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+social+media+can+be+used+for+historic+preservation" 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/164017168841/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d9/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017168841/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d9/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017168841/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d9/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Facebook</category><category domain="">social media</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:38:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/how-social-media-can-be-used-for-historic-preservation/2013/05/03/f7ecc9bc-b370-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Jonathan O'Connell</dc:creator></item><item><title>The Download: A new venture for Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b8c42da/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cthe0Edownload0Ea0Enew0Eventure0Efor0Eblackboard0Eco0Efounder0Emichael0Echasen0C20A130C0A50C0A30C5dbd72f0A0Eb34e0E11e20Ebaf70E5bc2a9dc6f440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The next venture from Blackboard co-founder &lt;strong&gt;Michael Chasen &lt;/strong&gt;has surfaced:&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://socialradar.com/Login?ReturnUrl=%2f"&gt;SocialRadar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;, a start-up that is “developing leading-edge technologies in the mobile, social and location space.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Details about the District-based company are spare. Chasen, who declined an interview request, describes himself on LinkedIn and &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.meetup.com/DC-Tech-Meetup/members/90376082/"&gt;several other &lt;/a&gt; &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.ctia2013.com/info/keynotedetails.cfm/1840"&gt;online profiles&lt;/a&gt; as president and chief executive of the company.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen/2013/05/03/5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b8c42da/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fthe-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=The+Download%3A+A+new+venture+for+Blackboard+co-founder+Michael+Chasen" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fthe-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=The+Download%3A+A+new+venture+for+Blackboard+co-founder+Michael+Chasen" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fthe-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=The+Download%3A+A+new+venture+for+Blackboard+co-founder+Michael+Chasen" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fthe-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=The+Download%3A+A+new+venture+for+Blackboard+co-founder+Michael+Chasen" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fthe-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=The+Download%3A+A+new+venture+for+Blackboard+co-founder+Michael+Chasen" 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/164017168840/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42da/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017168840/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42da/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017168840/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42da/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Nextel</category><category domain="">technology news</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:38:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-download-a-new-venture-for-blackboard-co-founder-michael-chasen/2013/05/03/5dbd72f0-b34e-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Steven Overly</dc:creator></item><item><title>Rethinking the design of metro stations</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b8c42d6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Crethinking0Ethe0Edesign0Eof0Emetro0Estations0C20A130C0A50C0A50Ceed1fcd40Eb2d10E11e20Ebbf20Ea6f9e9d79e190Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;When many Washingtonians think of Metro, they aren’t thinking about the future, they’re thinking about right now. Will my farecard be accepted? Will my train arrive on time? And will any of the gosh-darn escalators work today? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/rethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations/2013/05/05/eed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b8c42d6/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Frethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Feed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Rethinking+the+design+of+metro+stations" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Frethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Feed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Rethinking+the+design+of+metro+stations" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Frethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Feed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Rethinking+the+design+of+metro+stations" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Frethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Feed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Rethinking+the+design+of+metro+stations" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Frethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations%2F2013%2F05%2F05%2Feed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Rethinking+the+design+of+metro+stations" 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/164017168839/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d6/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017168839/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d6/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017168839/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b8c42d6/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Washington Metro</category><category domain="">Metro</category><category domain="">national capital</category><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:37:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/rethinking-the-design-of-metro-stations/2013/05/05/eed1fcd4-b2d1-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Jonathan O'Connell</dc:creator></item><item><title>Editor’s note: What’s the most adaptive part of a machine? The person operating it.</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b474f5a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Ceditors0Enote0Ewhats0Ethe0Emost0Eadaptive0Epart0Eof0Ea0Emachine0Ethe0Eperson0Eoperating0Eit0C20A130C0A40C260Cc7113e460Eac620E11e20Ea8b90E2a63d75b54590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;We don’t talk a lot about manufacturing in the Washington area; ours is an economy that is supposed to be powered by knowledge.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But I learned a thing or two last week when Washington Post Live sponsored a conference on “America’s New Manufacturing” here at the newspaper’s downtown headquarters.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/editors-note-whats-the-most-adaptive-part-of-a-machine-the-person-operating-it/2013/04/26/c7113e46-ac62-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Feditors-note-whats-the-most-adaptive-part-of-a-machine-the-person-operating-it%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2Fc7113e46-ac62-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Editor%E2%80%99s+note%3A+What%E2%80%99s+the+most+adaptive+part+of+a+machine%3F+The+person+operating+it." 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/164016734321/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5a/kg/358/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016734321/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5a/kg/358/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016734321/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5a/kg/358/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">supply chain management</category><category domain="">Nissan Motor Co Ltd</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:39:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/editors-note-whats-the-most-adaptive-part-of-a-machine-the-person-operating-it/2013/04/26/c7113e46-ac62-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Dan Beyers</dc:creator></item><item><title>Networking group for women in communications is growing</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b474f5b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cnetworking0Egroup0Efor0Ewomen0Ein0Ecommunications0Eis0Egrowing0C20A130C0A40C260C0A85f61ac0Eae840E11e20Ea9860Eeec837b1888b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Public relations maven &lt;strong&gt;Lauren Wesley Wilson,&lt;/strong&gt; 28, said she once spent an entire year — and sent a ton of e-mails — to try to have coffee with an executive, only to find out there was no chemistry when they met.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/networking-group-for-women-in-communications-is-growing/2013/04/26/085f61ac-ae84-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b474f5b/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fnetworking-group-for-women-in-communications-is-growing%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F085f61ac-ae84-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Networking+group+for+women+in+communications+is+growing" 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%2Fbusiness%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fnetworking-group-for-women-in-communications-is-growing%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F085f61ac-ae84-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Networking+group+for+women+in+communications+is+growing" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fnetworking-group-for-women-in-communications-is-growing%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F085f61ac-ae84-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Networking+group+for+women+in+communications+is+growing" 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/164016734320/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5b/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016734320/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5b/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016734320/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5b/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Mosaic Co</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:39:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/networking-group-for-women-in-communications-is-growing/2013/04/26/085f61ac-ae84-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator></item><item><title>Split in public opinion for two Connecticut Avenue apartment projects</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b474f5c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Csplit0Ein0Epublic0Eopinion0Efor0Etwo0Econnecticut0Eavenue0Eapartment0Eprojects0C20A130C0A40C260C77a629940Ead0A10E11e20Eb6fd0Eba6f5f26d70Ae0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;They are just a mile apart on Connecticut Avenue, proposed by two family-owned companies with long resumes in real estate development, but they could not be faring more differently. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recently, representatives of Saul Centers, a publicly traded Bethesda firm, have unveiled plans to build 271 luxury apartments as part of a mixed-use project at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Yuma Street NW. The project, dubbed Park Van Ness, is designed by architect Torti Gallas and would replace a dated shopping and office center. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/split-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects/2013/04/26/77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b474f5c/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsplit-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Split+in+public+opinion+for+two+Connecticut+Avenue+apartment+projects" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsplit-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Split+in+public+opinion+for+two+Connecticut+Avenue+apartment+projects" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsplit-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Split+in+public+opinion+for+two+Connecticut+Avenue+apartment+projects" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsplit-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Split+in+public+opinion+for+two+Connecticut+Avenue+apartment+projects" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsplit-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Split+in+public+opinion+for+two+Connecticut+Avenue+apartment+projects" 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/164016734319/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016734319/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016734319/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Van Ness</category><category domain="">mass transit</category><category domain="">Pier 1 Imports Inc</category><category domain="">Mary Cheh</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:39:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/split-in-public-opinion-for-two-connecticut-avenue-apartment-projects/2013/04/26/77a62994-ad01-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Jonathan O'Connell</dc:creator></item><item><title>Smartphone case acts as panic button when attacked</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b474f5d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Csmartphone0Ecase0Eacts0Eas0Epanic0Ebutton0Ewhen0Eattacked0C20A130C0A40C260C951635bc0Eacfe0E11e20Ea1980E99893f10Ad6dd0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Ellen Page was walking home through a shabbier strip of her Adams Morgan neighborhood one night last year when the 25-year-old decided to do what she often does if she feels unsafe: call someone to chat for the rest of the walk.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/smartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked/2013/04/26/951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b474f5d/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsmartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Smartphone+case+acts+as+panic+button+when+attacked" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsmartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Smartphone+case+acts+as+panic+button+when+attacked" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsmartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Smartphone+case+acts+as+panic+button+when+attacked" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsmartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Smartphone+case+acts+as+panic+button+when+attacked" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsmartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Smartphone+case+acts+as+panic+button+when+attacked" 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/164016734318/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016734318/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016734318/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f5d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">friends and family</category><category domain="">Ellen Page</category><category domain="">F.C.C.</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:39:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/smartphone-case-acts-as-panic-button-when-attacked/2013/04/26/951635bc-acfe-11e2-a198-99893f10d6dd_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Steven Overly</dc:creator></item><item><title>How D.C.’s food entrepreneurs are cutting costs</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2b474f59/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Con0Esmall0Ebusiness0Chow0Edcs0Efood0Eentrepreneurs0Eare0Ecutting0Ecosts0C20A130C0A40C260C730Ab91140E965c0E11e20Eaf7c0E0Aaa3dca5a20A30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Washington’s expanding food culture has inspired a new generation of entrepreneurs to try their hand at the food business, often peddling treats they make themselves through food trucks, farmers markets, coffee shops and restaurants.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/how-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs/2013/04/26/730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2b474f59/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%2Fon-small-business%2Fhow-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+D.C.%E2%80%99s+food+entrepreneurs+are+cutting+costs" 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%2Fon-small-business%2Fhow-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+D.C.%E2%80%99s+food+entrepreneurs+are+cutting+costs" 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%2Fon-small-business%2Fhow-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+D.C.%E2%80%99s+food+entrepreneurs+are+cutting+costs" 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%2Fon-small-business%2Fhow-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+D.C.%E2%80%99s+food+entrepreneurs+are+cutting+costs" 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%2Fon-small-business%2Fhow-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=How+D.C.%E2%80%99s+food+entrepreneurs+are+cutting+costs" 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/164016734317/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f59/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016734317/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f59/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016734317/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2b474f59/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">food chain</category><category domain="">Small Business Administration</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/how-dcs-food-entrepreneurs-are-cutting-costs/2013/04/26/730b9114-965c-11e2-af7c-0aa3dca5a203_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Mohana Ravindranath</dc:creator></item><item><title>Editor’s note: We turn three, which is as good a time as any to make some changes</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2afdca7b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Ceditors0Enote0Ewe0Eturn0Ethree0Ewhich0Eis0Eas0Egood0Ea0Etime0Eas0Eany0Eto0Emake0Esome0Echanges0C20A130C0A40C190Cc636a2a20Ea610A0E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Capital Business turned three last week, and for that we thank you dear reader.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;According to the developmental handbooks, three-year-olds are no longer considered toddlers; we can stand on our own two feet. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/editors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes/2013/04/19/c636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2afdca7b/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Feditors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fc636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Editor%E2%80%99s+note%3A+We+turn+three%2C+which+is+as+good+a+time+as+any+to+make+some+changes" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Feditors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fc636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Editor%E2%80%99s+note%3A+We+turn+three%2C+which+is+as+good+a+time+as+any+to+make+some+changes" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Feditors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fc636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Editor%E2%80%99s+note%3A+We+turn+three%2C+which+is+as+good+a+time+as+any+to+make+some+changes" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Feditors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fc636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Editor%E2%80%99s+note%3A+We+turn+three%2C+which+is+as+good+a+time+as+any+to+make+some+changes" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Feditors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fc636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Editor%E2%80%99s+note%3A+We+turn+three%2C+which+is+as+good+a+time+as+any+to+make+some+changes" 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/164016268151/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7b/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016268151/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7b/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016268151/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7b/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">small business</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:55:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/editors-note-we-turn-three-which-is-as-good-a-time-as-any-to-make-some-changes/2013/04/19/c636a2a2-a610-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Dan Beyers</dc:creator></item><item><title>Capital Buzz: Ernest Maier is working on a big project in Angola</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2afdca7c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Ccapital0Ebuzz0Eernest0Emaier0Eis0Eworking0Eon0Ea0Ebig0Eproject0Ein0Eangola0C20A130C0A40C190C30A6629440Ea86a0E11e20E830A20E3c7e0Aea970A570Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Brendan Quinn&lt;/strong&gt; just returned from five days in Angola, where his company, Bladensburg-based masonry supplier &lt;strong&gt;Ernest Maier&lt;/strong&gt;, has lined up work quarrying granite so it can be processed into stone for use in concrete, road and asphalt jobs.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola/2013/04/19/30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2afdca7c/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Ernest+Maier+is+working+on+a+big+project+in+Angola" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Ernest+Maier+is+working+on+a+big+project+in+Angola" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Ernest+Maier+is+working+on+a+big+project+in+Angola" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Ernest+Maier+is+working+on+a+big+project+in+Angola" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Ernest+Maier+is+working+on+a+big+project+in+Angola" 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/164016268150/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016268150/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016268150/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:55:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-ernest-maier-is-working-on-a-big-project-in-angola/2013/04/19/30662944-a86a-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator></item><item><title>More ideas for the Hoover Building</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2afdca7d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0C20A130C0A40C190Cf7e0A8b920Ea6a60E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Dan Tangherlini, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, has proposed trading the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue for a new FBI headquarters campus. He received &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/general-services-administration-receives-35-proposals-for-fbi-headquarters/2013/03/06/fbc8faf8-867d-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html"&gt;35 responses&lt;/a&gt; last month from interested parties. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/2013/04/19/f7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2afdca7d/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Ff7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=More+ideas+for+the+Hoover+Building" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Ff7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=More+ideas+for+the+Hoover+Building" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Ff7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=More+ideas+for+the+Hoover+Building" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Ff7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=More+ideas+for+the+Hoover+Building" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Ff7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=More+ideas+for+the+Hoover+Building" 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/164016268149/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016268149/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016268149/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Ivanka Trump</category><category domain="">commercial real estate</category><category domain="">Cornell University</category><category domain="">FBI</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:55:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/2013/04/19/f7e08b92-a6a6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Jonathan O'Connell</dc:creator></item><item><title>Some contractors find success in state and local work</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2afdca7e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Csome0Econtractors0Efind0Esuccess0Ein0Estate0Eand0Elocal0Ework0C20A130C0A40C190C640A50A0A1e0E987e0E11e20E814b0E0A63623d80Aa60A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Many government contractors view state and local work as a waste of time involving small dollars and difficult, ever-changing regulations.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But for several area companies, this business is proving fruitful, particularly as federal spending shrinks.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/some-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work/2013/04/19/6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2afdca7e/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsome-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Some+contractors+find+success+in+state+and+local+work" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsome-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Some+contractors+find+success+in+state+and+local+work" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsome-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Some+contractors+find+success+in+state+and+local+work" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsome-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Some+contractors+find+success+in+state+and+local+work" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fsome-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Some+contractors+find+success+in+state+and+local+work" 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/164016268148/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016268148/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016268148/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Medicaid</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:55:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/some-contractors-find-success-in-state-and-local-work/2013/04/19/6405001e-987e-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Marjorie Censer</dc:creator></item><item><title>Could an immigration overhaul keep more STEM graduates in the Washington area?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2afdca7a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Con0Esmall0Ebusiness0C20A130C0A40C190C0A5a1c1220Ea86b0E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hamid Charkhkar is developing technology to help the blind see and the disabled walk. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Originally from Iran, he has spent the past four years studying electrical and computer engineering at George Mason University, focusing on mapping brain signals — the type of research used to build devices that bypass retina damage to give blind people a sense of sight and send directions from amputees’ brains directly to robotic arms and legs. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/2013/04/19/05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2afdca7a/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%2Fon-small-business%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Could+an+immigration+overhaul+keep+more+STEM+graduates+in+the+Washington+area%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%2Fon-small-business%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Could+an+immigration+overhaul+keep+more+STEM+graduates+in+the+Washington+area%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%2Fon-small-business%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Could+an+immigration+overhaul+keep+more+STEM+graduates+in+the+Washington+area%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%2Fon-small-business%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Could+an+immigration+overhaul+keep+more+STEM+graduates+in+the+Washington+area%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%2Fon-small-business%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Could+an+immigration+overhaul+keep+more+STEM+graduates+in+the+Washington+area%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/164016268147/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7a/kg/342/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016268147/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7a/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016268147/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2afdca7a/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">George Mason University</category><category domain="">immigration laws</category><category domain="">small business</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/2013/04/19/05a1c122-a86b-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>J.D. Harrison</dc:creator></item><item><title>Capital Buzz: Merrills’s new venture is paint by numbers</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2ab4bd0c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Ccapital0Ebuzz0Emerrillss0Enew0Eventure0Eis0Epaint0Eby0Enumbers0C20A130C0A40C130Cbccf4c5e0Ea2f10E11e20E82bc0E511538ae90Aa40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Local entrepreneur &lt;strong&gt;Craig Merrills&lt;/strong&gt;, owner of two Washington restaurants, the &lt;strong&gt;Madhatter &lt;/strong&gt;in Dupont Circle and &lt;strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Cedar&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;in Penn Quarter, is getting in the painting business.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Merrills this year bought the first &lt;strong&gt;Wow 1Day! Painting&lt;/strong&gt; franchise in Washington. Vancouver-based Wow1Day! vows to paint your home or business in a single day, whatever the scale of the job.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers/2013/04/13/bccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2ab4bd0c/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Fbccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Merrills%E2%80%99s+new+venture+is+paint+by+numbers" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Fbccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Merrills%E2%80%99s+new+venture+is+paint+by+numbers" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Fbccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Merrills%E2%80%99s+new+venture+is+paint+by+numbers" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Fbccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Merrills%E2%80%99s+new+venture+is+paint+by+numbers" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fcapital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Fbccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Capital+Buzz%3A+Merrills%E2%80%99s+new+venture+is+paint+by+numbers" 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/163323501159/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd0c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323501159/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd0c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323501159/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd0c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:24:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/capital-buzz-merrillss-new-venture-is-paint-by-numbers/2013/04/13/bccf4c5e-a2f1-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator></item><item><title>Chinese-American business owners roiled by historical preservation effort</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2ab4bd11/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cchinese0Eamerican0Ebusiness0Eowners0Eroiled0Eby0Ehistorical0Epreservation0Eeffort0C20A130C0A40C130C5c640A43e0Ea2bc0E11e20E9c0A30E6952ff30A5f350Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;There was the arrival of Metro. There was construction of the MCI Center (now Verizon Center). There was the convention center — actually, there were two of them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For decades, Chinese-Americans living and working east of downtown D.C. have felt &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/23/AR2006062301450.html"&gt;pushed around by the city’s power brokers&lt;/a&gt; for one economic development initiative after another. Now, just as many of them see an opportunity to benefit from Washington’s real estate boom, they say it may be taken from them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/chinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort/2013/04/13/5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2ab4bd11/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fchinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Chinese-American+business+owners+roiled+by+historical+preservation+effort" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fchinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Chinese-American+business+owners+roiled+by+historical+preservation+effort" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fchinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Chinese-American+business+owners+roiled+by+historical+preservation+effort" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fchinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Chinese-American+business+owners+roiled+by+historical+preservation+effort" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fchinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Chinese-American+business+owners+roiled+by+historical+preservation+effort" 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/163323501158/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd11/kg/342/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323501158/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd11/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323501158/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd11/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Michael Darby</category><category domain="">WONG</category><category domain="">Chinatown</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:24:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/chinese-american-business-owners-roiled-by-historical-preservation-effort/2013/04/13/5c64043e-a2bc-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Jonathan O'Connell</dc:creator></item><item><title>On Lemonade Day, District students get a lesson in loans, marketing and profits</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2ab4bd16/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Con0Elemonade0Eday0Edistrict0Estudents0Eget0Ea0Elesson0Ein0Eloans0Emarketing0Eand0Eprofits0C20A130C0A40C130C70A75980Ae0Ea0A7b0E11e20E82bc0E511538ae90Aa40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Lanandi Addison, 13, wants to open a skateboard shop after college.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;But she’s starting with a lemonade stand.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lanandi and her business partner, Ariyon Lee, both seventh-graders at Paul Public Charter School in Washington, were among 1,000 District students preparing to set up lemonade businesses on Sunday. The name of the duo’s establishment: Lemonade Parade.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/on-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits/2013/04/13/7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2ab4bd16/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fon-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=On+Lemonade+Day%2C+District+students+get+a+lesson+in+loans%2C+marketing+and+profits" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fon-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=On+Lemonade+Day%2C+District+students+get+a+lesson+in+loans%2C+marketing+and+profits" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fon-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=On+Lemonade+Day%2C+District+students+get+a+lesson+in+loans%2C+marketing+and+profits" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fon-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=On+Lemonade+Day%2C+District+students+get+a+lesson+in+loans%2C+marketing+and+profits" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fon-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=On+Lemonade+Day%2C+District+students+get+a+lesson+in+loans%2C+marketing+and+profits" 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/163323501157/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd16/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323501157/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd16/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323501157/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd16/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">education system</category><category domain="">George Washington University</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:23:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/on-lemonade-day-district-students-get-a-lesson-in-loans-marketing-and-profits/2013/04/13/7075980e-a07b-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Abha Bhattarai</dc:creator></item><item><title>Alarm.com opens home automation platform to outside companies</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2ab4bd18/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Calarmcom0Eopens0Ehome0Eautomation0Eplatform0Eto0Eoutside0Ecompanies0C20A130C0A40C130C243367840Ea2e0A0E11e20Ebe470Eb44febada3a80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;You may already be living inside your next computer. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Vienna-based Alarm.com, the purveyor of home automation technology, is trying to position itself as a kind of operating system for the home. It has begun allowing other companies to plug their technology into its system in the same way software developers create applications for Microsoft or Apple computers, tablets and phones.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/alarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies/2013/04/13/24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2ab4bd18/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Falarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Alarm.com+opens+home+automation+platform+to+outside+companies" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Falarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Alarm.com+opens+home+automation+platform+to+outside+companies" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Falarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Alarm.com+opens+home+automation+platform+to+outside+companies" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Falarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Alarm.com+opens+home+automation+platform+to+outside+companies" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Falarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2F24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=Alarm.com+opens+home+automation+platform+to+outside+companies" 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/163323501155/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd18/kg/342-355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323501155/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd18/kg/342-355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323501155/u/0/f/636541/c/34656/s/2ab4bd18/kg/342-355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Google Inc</category><category domain="">new apps</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:23:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/alarmcom-opens-home-automation-platform-to-outside-companies/2013/04/13/24336784-a2e0-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Steven Overly</dc:creator></item><item><title>MicroStrategy’s office of the future includes mobile identity and cybersecurity</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636541/s/2ab4aab2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cbusiness0Ccapitalbusiness0Cmicrostrategys0Eoffice0Eof0Ethe0Efuture0Eincludes0Emobile0Eidentity0Eand0Ecybersecurity0C20A130C0A40C130Ceb82e0A740Ea1e30E11e20Ebe470Eb44febada3a80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ilocal0Ebusiness/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;When employees pull into the parking garage at MicroStrategy’s Tysons Corner headquarters, they can raise the gate with the swipe of a smartphone app. They can also summon the elevator, glide past security, unlock an office door or log onto a computer — all with a tap of the same app.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/microstrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity/2013/04/13/eb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-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/636541/s/2ab4aab2/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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fmicrostrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Feb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=MicroStrategy%E2%80%99s+office+of+the+future+includes+mobile+identity+and+cybersecurity" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fmicrostrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Feb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=MicroStrategy%E2%80%99s+office+of+the+future+includes+mobile+identity+and+cybersecurity" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fmicrostrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Feb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=MicroStrategy%E2%80%99s+office+of+the+future+includes+mobile+identity+and+cybersecurity" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fmicrostrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Feb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=MicroStrategy%E2%80%99s+office+of+the+future+includes+mobile+identity+and+cybersecurity" 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%2Fcapitalbusiness%2Fmicrostrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity%2F2013%2F04%2F13%2Feb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_local-business&amp;t=MicroStrategy%E2%80%99s+office+of+the+future+includes+mobile+identity+and+cybersecurity" 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="">mobile devices</category><category domain="">Jones Lang Lasalle Inc</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/microstrategys-office-of-the-future-includes-mobile-identity-and-cybersecurity/2013/04/13/eb82e074-a1e3-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html?wprss=rss_local-business</guid><dc:creator>Steven Overly</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
