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        <title><![CDATA[Leila Abboud - Former Bloomberg Gadfly Columnist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Leila Abboud is a former Bloomberg Gadfly columnist.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rocket Internet's Spectacular Display]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Oliver Samwer should wow investors with a grand buyback.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:15:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 7: Fireworks of the Austrian team during the &apos;Pyronale&apos; at the Olympiastadion September 7, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. The Pyronale is an international fireworks championship and takes place the 2nd time. (Photo by Christian Jakubaszek/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uber Can't Be Warm and Cuddly and Worth $70 Billion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fixing the culture is one thing, but employee rights are going to be expensive.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:30:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[All These Takeout Deliveries Are Getting Hard to Stomach]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Investor appetite for Delivery Hero, Just Eat and co. won't be bottomless.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-09-26/delivery-hero-leaves-us-stuffed-to-the-gills</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Hively, Ken   LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 The Golden State Burger, on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, with Harris Ranch beef, Fisculini Farms, cheddar, arugula, applewood smoked bacon, aioli, ketchup and carmelized onions. Ken Hively / L.A. Times</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Cable Billionaire Who Won't Take No For an Answer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Altice probably came out ahead on its SFR standoff.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-09-07/french-billionaire-is-told-non-but-says-mais-oui</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:15:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 19:  (FRANCE OUT) Patrick Drahi, president of french telecom group Altice at the inauguration of the Drahi-X Novation Center, dedicated to entrepreneurship and innovation, at the Ecole Polytechnique, in Palaiseau (near Paris), on tuesday, April 19, 2016. Patrick Drahi invested in the construction of the center which will be part of the Ecole Polytechnique.  (Photo by Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Intel Wins a Battle, But the War Goes On]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Brussels won't be deterred by Intel setback.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-09-06/intel-wins-a-skirmish-but-not-the-war</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An attendee plays a game on an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset during the 2016 Intel Developers Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Intel Corp., the world&apos;s largest chipmaker, showed off a virtual reality headset that doesn&apos;t require a cable connection to a computer and can integrate objects from the real world via onboard cameras. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bollore's Ugly Deal Gets Uglier]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Vivendi's quixotic Havas takeover is getting expensive, too.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:45:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>This photo taken on October 26, 2015 shows a statue of France&apos;s King Louis XIV kneeling in prayer, sculpted by J.Buhr inspired by Antoine Coysevox&apos;s sculpture, displayed at the Saint-Denis abbel during the exhibition &quot;The King is dead&quot; on October 26, 2015 at the Palace of Versailles. The exhibition looks back on the details of the death, autopsy and funeral of France&apos;s King Louis XIV. AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON        (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[RTL's Plot Twist]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Not all broadcasters are equal in the face of the internet threat to revenue.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>COLOGNE, GERMANY - DECEMBER 07:  Barbara Schoeneberger and TV host Guenther Jauch take part in the &apos;Ice Bucket Challenge&apos; during the 2014! Menschen, Bilder, Emotionen - RTL Jahresrueckblick show on December 7, 2014 in Cologne, Germany.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ad Land's Misery Spreads to TV]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Investors are taking fright at European broadcasters' weaker ad sales.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-29/ad-land-s-misery-is-spreading-to-europe-s-broadcasters</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:35:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>10th March 1969:  Carole Hersee, the daughter of test card designer George Hersee, posing for a new version of Test Card F at the Thames studios in teddington.  (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madison Avenue's Amazon Problem]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Faced with an online threat, consumer goods giants are paring spending.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-23/wpp-s-martin-sorrell-has-an-amazon-problem</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:35:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Investors Embrace An(Other) Unpopular President]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[French stocks overlook Emmanuel Macron's sliding popularity.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lionel Laurent]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:19:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Keep the Internet's Backbone Free From Censorship]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Banning haters like The Daily Stormer is well-intentioned but dangerous.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:29:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - AUGUST 16:  A poster announcing the memorial service for Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car slammed into a crowd of people protesting against a white supremacist rally, stands in the window of the Paramount Theater August 16, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville will hold a memorial service for Heyer Wednesday, four days after she was killed when a participant in a white nationalist, neo-Nazi rally allegedly drove his car into the crowd of people demonstrating against the &apos;alt-right&apos; gathering.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A French Billionaire Wants to Make Sweet, Sweet Music]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Universal spinoff wouldn't be a surefire hit.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-11/billionaire-bollore-wants-to-make-sweet-music-with-universal</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TORONTO, ON - DECEMBER 07:  Singer Justin Bieber performs on stage during &apos;An Acoustic Evening With Justin Bieber&apos; at The Danforth Music Hall on December 7, 2015 in Toronto, Canada.  (Photo by George Pimentel/Getty Images for Universal Music)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taming the Cable Cowboy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A bid for Charter Communications isn't impossible, just extremely difficult.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-10/charter-bid-is-no-impossible-feat-for-patrick-drahi-and-altice</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:24:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>President of French telecom group Altice Patrick Drahi smiles during a ceremony with Polytechnic students at the cultural centre of &quot;La Maison de l&apos;Amerique Latine&quot;, following the financing of a foundation on June 24, 2015 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA        (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pearson's Fate in Their Backpacks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Turnaround hinges on students' willingness to go on buying books.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-04/college-kids-hold-pearson-s-fate-in-their-backpacks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2017 09:54:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 03:  A student watches as First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech after being presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters at City College on June 3, 2016 in New York City. This is the final  commencement speech of her tenure as first lady. In her speech Mrs. Obama celebrated City College&apos;s diverse student body and the struggles that many students endured on the road to graduation.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Neymar Is Less Greedy Than He Looks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Soccer wages have been remarkably consistent as a percentage of club revenue.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-03/neymar-is-less-greedy-than-he-looks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IPhone Supplier Goes Stratospheric]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[AMS shows we should be careful about chipmaker euphoria.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-02/shares-soar-in-apple-supplier-what-could-go-wrong</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Macron Should Call a Billionaire's Bluff]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Altice is promising to spend 15 billion euros on a French fiber network. France should tell him to go right ahead.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-01/macron-should-call-billionaire-patrick-drahi-s-bluff</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 06:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BT's Endless Torment]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[These results won't do anything to bring investors on board.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An engineer for BT Openreach part of the BT Group Plc connects customers to a high speed fibre optic network in Enfield, U.K., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. BT Group Plc, the U.K.&apos;s largest fixed-line phone company, said first-quarter operating profit climbed 5.5 percent helped by job cuts. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Game of Thrones Faces TV's Army of the Dead]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[HBO's monster hit is plagued by piracy, but it might as well just live with it.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Billionaire Grand Master Runs Up a Blind Alley]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The departure of Telecom Italia's Flavio Cattaneo casts more doubt over Bollore's strategy.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Abboud]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Raymond Pellegrin (Napoleon) plays chess with Roger Crouzet (the general Baron Gourgaud) in a scene of the television film &quot;The drama of Sainte Hlne&quot;, broadcast in the series &quot;The Camera explores the time&quot;   (Photo by Dominique Gonot\INA via Getty Images)</media:description>
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