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							<title><![CDATA[Data Center Backlash Mostly About Billionaires]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/09/water-data-center-power-protest-billionaires/91593963007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not just the environment or the plight of the community that hears an overnight hum. Something else is driving data center backlash: Politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pause in the Trade War Will Be Brief. Plan Accordingly]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/18/small-business-trump-tariffs-plan-impact</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's animosity towards China isn't going to disappear, and his past actions do not bode well for a quick resolution]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Inflation Isn't Going Away]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/14/us-inflation-prices-small-business</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inflation is the top challenge facing small businesses this year, according to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a report issued'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by the National Federation of Independent Businesses this past month, with a whopping 91% admitting that rising prices are having either a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'substantial'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'moderate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did the SBA Racially Discriminate Against Business Owners?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/559930-did-the-small-business-administration-discriminate-against-white</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although trying to do the just thing, the federal government probably went too far in shutting out a specific class of business owners rightly pursuing funds.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Have a More Open Attitude Toward Others]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/12/us-small-business-trump-supporters</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As business owners, we risk alienating our customers and communities if we assume that our political beliefs should be imposed on others]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Small Businesses Suffering, But Some Helping to Fight Virus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/small-businesses-niche-products-demand-coronavirus</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pandemic has turned many businesses upside down, but sales for niche products such as soap for phones are exploding]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trade War Won't Kill Small Business - It'll Make It Stronger]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/446369-trade-war-wont-kill-small-business-itll-make-it-stronger</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If President Trump gets his way, doing business with China will no longer be patently unfair.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Tout Massive Tax Cut, But Is It a Boost or Bust?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/29/republicans-tax-cut-reform-boost-bust-gene-marks</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Gene Marks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you done the number-crunching that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s required to truly know how the legislation will affect you and your business?]]></description>
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