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		<title>USERRA: Are You Ready for the Troops’ Return?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has announced that the U.S. will withdraw nearly all troops from Iraq by the end of this year, with thousands of additional troops from both Iraq and Afghanistan returning the first couple of months into the new year. Are you prepared to comply with the law and reinstate employees who may have been on military leave for months…if not years…?]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2012/02/10/4535/</link>
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		<title>Gold: A Solution for Zero-Beta Satellites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Only a few strategies seem to be providers of crisis alpha or outperformance in time of significant stress in traditional betas: gold seems to fit that definition.]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2012/02/03/4548/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: The Latest Trends in the Capital Markets with John K. Paglia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An in-depth look at the current state of financing for privately-held businesses. ]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2012/01/25/4499/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: An Indonesian Perspective on Technology in Society with Karl Knapp, PhD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Karl Knapp, Associate Professor and Senior Advisor at the School of Business and Management at the Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia discusses the role of technology in society. ]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2012/01/20/4463/</link>
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		<title>PODCAST: Learn to Expect the Unexpected in Global Retail Expansion with Kenneth A. Fox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this podcast, Ken Fox offers some lessons on global retail expansion using real-world examples of how different companies have succeeded and failed.]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2012/01/11/4453/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: Achieving Enterprise Stability Based on Economic Capital with Zbigniew Krysiak, PhD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zbigniew Krysiak, PhD, associate professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, shares lessons on Survival Enterprise Risk Management by Economic Capital.]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2012/01/05/4444/</link>
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		<title>PODCAST: Building an Effective Digital Strategy for Global Success with Luc Berlin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital Globalization Strategist Luc Berlin discusses his paper, "The Internet and Globalization: Ten Tips to Building an Effective Digital Strategy for Global Success."]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2011/12/21/4436/</link>
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		<title>GBR Market Wrap: A Tough Few Months for Precious Metals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold is off 16 percent from its high, silver almost 40 percent down from the record high established in May of this year.]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2011/12/16/4405/</link>
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		<title>Zara: A Global Success Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zara, the flagship retail unit of Spanish parent, Inditex SA, represents a remarkable retail success story.]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2011/12/15/4396/</link>
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		<title>GBR Market Wrap: Who is to Blame for the MF Global Collapse?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With an estimated $1.2bn in customer assets still missing, the clients of MF Global are obviously outraged. Who is to blame for their collapse? ]]></description>
		<link>http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/blog/2011/12/09/4386/</link>
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