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        <title><![CDATA[David Smick - Chairman/CEO]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[David Smick is chairman of Johnson Smick International and author, most recently, of "The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Needs a Strong-Dollar Policy -- and Fast]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A soaring greenback could affect the value of global debt, the cost of energy and even the stability of the banking system.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An attendee handles a U.S. two dollar banknote to Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican Presidential candidate, as Trump signs autographs for attendees during a town hall event at the Broad River Electric Cooperative in Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Trump remains the front-runner in South Carolina, where Republican voters head to the polls on Saturday. According to a survey released Monday by Democratic pollster Public Policy Polling, Trump holds a 17-point lead over Senators Rubio and Ted Cruz, who are tied for second place. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images </media:description>
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