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	<title>John Gapper's Business Blog</title>
	
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	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Safe signals from Buffett’s train deal</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/11/safe-signals-from-buffetts-train-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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My column in the FT this week is on the Sage of Omaha:
In the annals of double-edged compliments, Warren Buffett’s description of his planned $27bn acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe as an “all-in wager on the economic future of the US” ranks highly. If the best expression of the future of the US economy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carly Fiorina tries to cultivate her inner politician</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/11/carly-fiorina-attempts-to-cultivate-her-inner-politician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For what it is worth, Carly Fiorina always struck me as having more the affect of a politician than a chief executive.
Ms Fiorina, whose troubled leadership of Hewlett-Packard ended in 2005 when she was pushed out by the board, and eventually succeeded by Mark Hurd, today revealed that she plans to run as a Republican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Volcker distances himself from Glass-Steagall</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/11/paul-volcker-distances-himself-from-glass-steagall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Paul Volcker is not so keen on Glass-Steagall after all.
I listened to the former chairman of the Federal Reserve at a conference in Florida organised by the CME Group today (immediately after he had walked out on an interview with Maria Bartiromo) and thought he might be softening his stance a bit.
Mr Volcker was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Moore’s Law does not apply to car batteries</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/why-moores-law-does-not-apply-to-car-batteries/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/why-moores-law-does-not-apply-to-car-batteries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While at BMW in Munich, I received an insight into why we should not hold our breath for pure electric cars to replace those with internal combustion engines.
It came from Hans Rathgeber, a BMW executive in charge of developing fuel-efficient technology for the BMW and Mini brands. Mr Rathgeber&#8217;s latest project is a BMW concept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The machines have taken over the vehicle world</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/the-machines-have-taken-over-the-vehicle-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It sounds absurd to be surprised at how automated the process of car production is these days, but that was my reaction when I toured BMW&#8217;s plant making Series 3 cars in Munich today.
It has been more than 10 years since I went round a vehicle plant, so I took the opportunity on a visit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A review of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/a-review-of-andrew-ross-sorkins-new-book/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/a-review-of-andrew-ross-sorkins-new-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I reviewed Too Big To Fail - favourably - in the FT today:
For 19 years, the curse of Barbarians at the Gate, Bryan Burrough and John Helyar’s groundbreaking book about the leveraged buy-out of RJR Nabisco, has hung over the publishing industry. Every time there is a tumultuous financial collapse or scandal, journalists scurry to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks should be divided into three parts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/banks-should-be-divided-into-three-parts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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My FT column this week is about how to restructure banks:
When the history of the global financial crisis is written, it may record that Neelie Kroes, the European Union’s competition commissioner was the only politician willing to respond in a logical manner.
By insisting on the break-up of the ING Group into its banking and insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest Windows 7 works fine on a netbook</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/the-biggest-windows-7-works-fine-on-a-netbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I said I would report back on my experience with using a fully-fledged version of Windows 7 on a netbook - an Asus Eee that I bought last week.
To cut a long story short, it has been good so far. The netbook does not appear to have any trouble running Windows 7 Ultimate, of which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, a bank is made to pay for its misdemeanours</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/finally-a-bank-is-made-to-pay-for-its-misdemeanours/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/finally-a-bank-is-made-to-pay-for-its-misdemeanours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good for the European Commission. The news that ING, the financial services group, is now breaking up its banking and insurance divisions - and being forced to sell ING Direct USA - is one of the first times that a  banking group has been properly humbled for its role in the financial crisis.
So far, national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The netbook ghost at the Windows 7 feast</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/the-netbook-ghost-at-the-windows-7-feast/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2009/10/the-netbook-ghost-at-the-windows-7-feast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer, Microsoft&#8217;s chief executive, was characteristically upbeat at the launch of Windows 7, the new version of its operating software in New York today. Mr Ballmer had good reason since Windows 7 (whether or not is numbered correctly) looks like a good product.
Microsoft has had enough of being pilloried by Apple for the complexity [...]]]></description>
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