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		<title>The Brands of the Big 3 Automakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching the plight of GM, Chrysler and Ford over the past several years has been a pretty depressing state of affairs.  Inevitably, people will say one of two things about the American automakers.  The first is that they no longer make cars that people want and the second is that they don&#8217;t have the quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your receptionist is part of your brand too</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve Hammer</dc:creator>
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At the newspaper, our receptionist was not [...]]]></description>
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