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                                    <title>TTDC 2012 2nd Quarter Board Meeting</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[TTDC&#39;s 2012 2nd Quarter Board Meeting will be held Thursday, February 2nd at 11:00 am CST. It will be held at Avenue Bank (located in Cummins Station) here in Nashville, TN. Call in information ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Greene Turbine Voted Most Innovative Company At TTDC's Tennessee NEXT Conference</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/greene-turbine-voted-most-innovative-company-at-ttdc-tennessee-next-conference/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Greene Turbine was voted the winner of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation&rsquo;s (TTDC) Venture Showcase competition, which was part of the 2011 Tennessee NEXT Conference held in Nashville ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>ECD Commissioner Hagerty To Moderate Expert Panel At TTDC’s Tennessee NEXT Conference</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/ecd-commissioner-hagerty-to-moderate-expert-panel-at-ttdcs-tennessee-next-conference/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Tennessee&rsquo;s Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty will moderate the opening‐day panel &ldquo;Driving Economic Growth in Tennessee&rdquo; at Tennessee Technology ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Now accepting applications for our Phase 0/00 program</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/now-accepting-applications-for-our-phase-000-program/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[To learn more &amp; apply for this program, click<a href="/research/sbirsttr/" target="_blank" title="phase 0/00 link"> here.</a>]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Insight Genetics Receives Contract from National Cancer Institute to Develop New Lung Cancer Test</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/insight-genetics-receives-contract-from-national-cancer-institute-to-develop-new-lung-cancer-test/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Click <a href="http://tntechnology.org/uploads/files/NCI_FINAL_release_11-9-10.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to read the full press release.]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Nashville Entrepreneur Center Picks Downtown Location</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/nashville-entrepreneur-center-picks-downtown-location/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The Nashville Entrepreneur Center will move from the virtual world into physical office space next week with the signing of a downtown lease.<br><br>The young nonprofit organization yesterday inked a ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TNInvestco Sales Net Another $60M</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/tninvestco-sales-net-another-60m/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The four investment firms chosen to manage the expansion of the state&#39;s TNInvestco program has generated more than $60 million from the sale of their $80 million worth of tax credits to ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Memphis Bioworks Partners with Southwest Tenn. Community College to Train Students for Green Jobs</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/memphis-bioworks-partners-with-southwest-tenn-community-college-to-train-students-for-green-jobs/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Memphis Bioworks Foundation is partnering with Southwest Tennessee Community College to create a green training program that will train local students for green jobs.<br /><br />The program will be ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TTDC Board Names Wisner-Lynch as Interim President & CEO</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/ttdc-board-names-wisner-lynch-as-interim-president--ceo/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[    NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 7, 2010&mdash;Dr. Leslie Wisner-Lynch has been named Interim President and CEO of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), effective immediately. The ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>University of Memphis Announces Entrepreneurship MBA Track</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/university-of-memphis-announces-entrepreneurship-mba-track/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[ 	The Fogelman College is accepting applications for the new Entrepreneurship Track in its Customer-Driven MBA (CDMBA) program.&nbsp; The Entrepreneurship MBA offers selected students a funded ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Entrepreneurs seek funding at showcase</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/entrepreneurs-seek-funding-at-showcase/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Shortly after a 10-minute pitch describing a medical tourism company that she plans to launch, Dorothy A. Owens was taking questions from a potential investor who wanted to learn more about the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Tennessee Wins Race to the Top Grant</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/tennessee-wins-race-to-the-top-grant/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Tennessee is one of two states to win a grant in the U.S. Department of Education&#39;s Race to the Top program.<br /><br />Forty states applied for part of the $4.35B grant, with only Tennessee and ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Knoxville company funded under TNInvestco program</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE -- TrakLok Corp., developer of a security device for shipping containers, will receive funding from Innova, an investor in the biosciences, technology and agbio fields across ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Now that you're No. 1, what next?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/now-that-youre-no-1-what-next/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[by Frank Munger <br><br>A few weeks after Oak Ridge National Laboratory&#39;s Jaguar supercomputer was certified as the fastest machine in the world, I asked Jeff Nichols, the lab&#39;s scientific ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Researchers, economic development experts excited about potential for plant</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/researchers-economic-development-experts-excited-about-potential-for-plant/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[At the University of Tennessee, Joe Bozell is seeking ways to make high-value chemicals used in everything from auto parts to nanotechnology from a humble blade of grass.<br><br>Switchgrass, which ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University team to unravel genetic basis of childhood cancers</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/st-jude-childrens-research-hospital-and-washington-university-team-to-unravel-genetic-basis-of-childhood-cancers/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[St. Jude Children&rsquo;s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, today announced an unprecedented effort to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Program expands UT's ties to ORNL </title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/program-expands-uts-ties-to-ornl-/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Friday an initiative to establish a &quot;world-class graduate energy sciences and engineering program&quot; at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Entrepreneurs pitch, MarksMenus.com rises to the occassion</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/entrepreneurs-pitch-marksmenuscom-rises-to-the-occassion/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[A quick ride up an escalator and 60 seconds were all the time contestants had to describe their small business and impress the judges.<br><br>  Eleven contestants vied Saturday for a chance to win a ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Bioeconomy could be next local green wave</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/bioeconomy-could-be-next-local-green-wave/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Whatever successes Memphis has achieved throughout history usually occurred when the city took advantage of its natural assets.<br><br>As a cultural crossroads where musical genres collided, Memphis ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>ORNL's Jaguar Supercomputer is World's Fastest</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/ornls-jaguar-super-computer-is-worlds-fastest/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE - After a year at No. 2, Oak Ridge National Laboratory&#39;s Jaguar has emerged as the world&#39;s fastest computer, according to the Top500 rankings unveiled today.<br><br>The newly ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>From R&D to revenue: How Vanderbilt is turning greater-good research into cash</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/from-rd-to-revenue-how-vanderbilt-is-turning-greater-good-research-into-cash/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Sifting through the data of Vanderbilt University Medical Center&rsquo;s 1.7 million electronic medical records, the last thing on Daniel Masys&rsquo; mind is making a buck. He&rsquo;s intent on ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Tennessee Tops State in Global Entrepreneurship Week Activities</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/tennessee-tops-state-in-global-entrepreneurship-week-activities/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The state of Tennessee currently leads the nation in the number of events planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16-22, which celebrates the vital role entrepreneurs play in innovation, job ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>City, Bioworks Receive $30 Million in Tax Credits</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/city-bioworks-receive-30-million-in-tax-credits/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The Memphis Bioworks Foundation and the city of Memphis have new incentives to lure private investment to struggling areas with a $30 million allocation of New Markets Tax Credits.<br><br>The ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TTDC 2009 Annual Report</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/ttdc-2009-annual-report/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://tntechnology.org/uploads/files/TTDC%202009%20Annual%20Report.pdf" target="_blank">View the 2009 Annual Report here.</a>]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TNInvestco Winners and Alternates Announced</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/tninvestco-winners-and-alternates-announced/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The 6 firms selected to participate in the TNInvestco Program include:<br><br>Tennessee Community Ventures Fund, LLC, Nashville, TN<br /> XMi High Growth Development Fund, LLC, Nashville and ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>FedEx Institute Plants Seeds for Patent Income, Commercial Ventures</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/fedex-institute-plants-seeds-for-patent-income-commercial-ventures/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Biomedical engineering and chemistry are two hot spots for innovation at the University of Memphis, where the FedEx Institute of Technology seeks to usher academic discoveries to the commercial ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>University of Tennessee Study Defines New Market for Midwestern and Southeastern Farmers</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/university-of-tennessee-study-defines-new-market-for-midwestern-and-southeastern-farmers/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; A new economic study conducted by the University of Tennessee‟s Bio-Based Energy Analysis Group has determined that there are significant market opportunities for ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TNInvestco venture capital program set to award $120 million in tax credits</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/tninvestco-venture-capital-program-set-to-award-120-million-in-tax-credits/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Fran Marcum wants to fund companies that develop paper light bulbs and other clean energy technologies with some of the $120 million that the state plans to dole out soon for seed money for small and ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Knoxville Oak Ridge Innovation Valley Unveils New Strategy</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/knoxville-oak-ridge-innovation-valley-unveils-new-strategy/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Already a hotbed of research, the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has a new roadmap for turning those technological and human assets into a prosperous future. The strategy identifies four ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>BioMimetic Soars on Trial Results</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/biomimetic-soars-on-trial-results/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Positive data from bone graft test gets Franklin company closer to crucial FDA approval&nbsp;<br><br>BioMimetic Therapeutics released top-line clinical trial results for its bone graft product late ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Entrepreneurs mentor startups: EmergeMemphis puts pros in house for help</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/entrepreneurs-mentor-startups-emergememphis-puts-pros-in-house-for-help/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[At EmergeMemphis-- where helping startups grow up is the order of the day -- a new resource for inexperienced business owners is off to a solid start.<br><br>The organization has launched its ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Former ORNL Researcher Wins Nobel Prize</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/former-ornl-researcher-wins-nobel-prize/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 7, 2009 &mdash; One of the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry spent the early part of his career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.<br><br>Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, or ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TN-Investco finalists named by ECD-Revenue</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/tn-investco-finalists-named-by-ecd-revenue/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[TNInvestco announced its ten semi-finalists today this morning:&bull; Council &amp; Enhanced Tennessee Fund, LLC<br />&bull; Innova Fund II, LP<br />&bull; Limestone Fund, LLC<br />&bull; Memphis ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TTDC supports innovation with $500,000 for six teams</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/ttdc-supports-innovation-with-500000-for-six-teams/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Roughly $500,000 in Tennessee Technology Development Corporation grants have been awarded to teams developing technologies that may be commercialized.<br><br>The fact that TTDC is proceeding with ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Clawing its way to the top: Upgraded Jaguar could be No. 1 supercomputer</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/clawing-its-way-to-the-top-upgraded-jaguar-could-be-no-1-supercomputer/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE - Just outside the downstairs computer room at the National Center for Computational Science, there&#39;s a simply framed certificate that recognizes Jaguar, a Cray XT5 system, as No. 2 on ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Researchers discover each other at Bioworks lectures</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/researchers-discover-each-other-at-bioworks-lectures/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Researchers from throughout Memphis are increasingly stepping outside the walls of their institutions to share knowledge about medical mysteries and biotechnology innovations through networking ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>'We are Music City" Entrepreneur Campaign launches</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/we-are-music-city-entrepreneur-campaign-launches/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Nashville&#39;s next economic-development campaign aimed at attracting and keeping entrepreneurs in Music City will be unveiled tomorrow morning.The 10 a.m. event at the Country Music Hall of Fame ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Statewide 'Tennessee Angel Fund' launched as TNInvestco deadline nears</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/statewide-tennessee-angel-fund-launched-as-tninvestco-deadline-nears/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The Angel backers of the successful Nashville Capital Network have stepped-up to launch Tennessee Angel Fund LP, to serve the statewide entrepreneurial sector.<br><br>TAF Managing Partner Sid ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>EmergeMemphis will receive $500,000 grant</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/emergememphis-will-receive-500000-grant/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[After months of preparation and mounds of paperwork, EmergeMemphis has been approved for $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce&#39;s Economic Development Administration.<br><br>The award will ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>UT-Battelle Wins 2008 DOE Mentor of the Year Award</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 31, 2009 &mdash; UT-Battelle has been named the winner of the 2008 DOE Mentor of the Year Award. The honor was presented recently at the Department of Energy&#39;s 10th Annual ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Mid-South has 'bioeconomy' potential</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/mid-south-has-bioeconomy-potential/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[A shift to a &quot;bioeconomy&quot; could bring 25,000 jobs in 10 years and $8 billion annually to the Mid-South, according to a new study commissioned by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation.<br><br>Read ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>'It is an exciting and busy time for us'</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Sam Lynch has BioMimetic on a steady growth path. Next up: Two important product launches.<br><br>Dr. Samuel Lynch is president and CEO of BioMimetic Therapeutics Inc. The Franklin-based company ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title> Security jobs in secret: Oak Ridge team evaluated radioactive materials in Iraq</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE - In June 2004, after a year of training and secret preparations, a 20-member Oak Ridge team headed to Iraq as part of Project Maximus.<br><br>  Even though the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>TechFuel shows Memphis is emerging as entrepreneurial hatching ground</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/techfuel-shows-memphis-is-emerging-as-entrepreneurial-hatching-ground/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Holiday Inn and FedEx Corp., sure, but technology-based startups?<br><br>  Well...<br><br>  Members of LaunchMemphis readily acknowledge that the Bluff City hasn&#39;t traditionally been identified ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title> State makes big wager on solar energy's promise</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[KNOXVILLE &mdash; Tennessee is betting big on solar.<br><br>  By promising to spend some $200 million on infrastructure and training, as well as tax credits, to lure the two biggest players in ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Innova funds two more biotech start-ups, eyeing technology firm</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/innova-funds-two-more-biotech-start-ups-eyeing-technology-firm/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[A year and a half after MemphisED breathed financial life into Innova, the technology incubator has invested in five companies and has just opened six wet labs for research entrepreneurs.<br><br>  In ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title> Oak Ridge to receive influx of $755M in stimulus money</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/-oak-ridge-to-receive-influx-of-755m-in-stimulus-money/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE - News of stimulus money coming to Oak Ridge is getting to be old hat, but Tuesday&#39;s announcement was a doozy.<br><br>  The Department of Energy confirmed that Oak Ridge facilities will ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Hatching success: Business incubator helps startups get going, growing</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/hatching-success-business-incubator-helps-startups-get-going-growing/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[In the midst of a dour economy and with no bright forecast in sight, building better communities means supporting local businesses.<br><br>  So says the leader of a Memphis organization where ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title> ORNL, St. Jude track neurons to predict and prevent disease</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/-ornl-st-jude-track-neurons-to-predict-and-prevent-disease/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 30, 2009 &mdash; Researchers at the Department of Energy&#39;s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and St. Jude Children&#39;s Research Hospital are looking at how developing nerve ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>High-tech deals bring new and old-school jobs</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/high-tech-deals-bring-new-and-old-school-jobs/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[In the last few months, Tennessee has grown its &ldquo;green&rdquo; street cred dramatically.<br><br> Late last year, the state announced that it had struck a deal with solar panel manufacturing ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Purdue team wins ORNL Global Venture Challenge</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/purdue-team-wins-ornl-global-venture-challenge/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 27, 2009 &mdash; A Purdue University students&#39; business plan for making low-cost, energy efficient lights has won first place in the Global Venture Challenge Idea to ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Geographers honor ORNL's Tom Wilbanks</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 24, 2009 &mdash; Tom Wilbanks, a social scientist and researcher on the human dimensions of climate change for the Department of Energy&#39;s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Oak Ridge National Laboratory to receive $71.2 million in Recovery Act funding </title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news-and-events/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-to-receive-712-million-in-recovery-act-funding-/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 23, 2009 &mdash; Oak Ridge National Laboratory officials announced today that construction will start in eight to 10 weeks on a major research facility made possible by $71.2 ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>James Stover Selected as Judge for Global Venture Challenge</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/james-stover-selected-as-judge-for-global-venture-challenge/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[March 20, 2009- NASHVILLE, Tenn. - James Stover, Ph.D., has been selected as a judge for Global Venture Challenge 2009 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN.<br><br>View entire PDF. ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title> Brass: Competition promising for startups</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[A business competition sans cash prize may not seem like the best demonstration of Tennessee&rsquo;s renewed commitment to high-tech investment, but organizers say the concept being rolled out this ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title> ORNL director Thom Mason answers your questions </title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Thom Mason serves as director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and president/CEO of UT-Battelle, the joint venture between the University of Tennessee and Battelle that manages the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>The Economist - Special Report: Global Heroes-Despite the downturn, Entrepreneurs are enjoying a renaissance the world over, says Adrian Wooldridge</title>
                                    <link>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/the-economist---special-report-global-heroes-despite-the-downturn-entrepreneurs-are-enjoying-a-renaissance-the-world-over-says-adrian-wooldridge/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[March 14, 2009 -&nbsp; The Economist -Despite the downturn, entrepreneurs are enjoying a renaissance the world over, says Adrian Wooldridge.<br><br>View Entire PDF. ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.tntechnology.org/news/the-economist---special-report-global-heroes-despite-the-downturn-entrepreneurs-are-enjoying-a-renaissance-the-world-over-says-adrian-wooldridge/</guid>
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                                    <title>Star-backed Nashville startup toasts global knowledge</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Nashville-based Internet startup Moontoast LLC aims to connect people with problems to experts with solutions, worldwide. Moontoast is claiming a giant step forward in the creation of networks of ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>State expects ‘green’ growth from new solar cell factories</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[State officials are hoping the bookend additions of two, billion-dollar solar facilities in Tennessee could mean exponential growth for the state&rsquo;s green industry.<br><br>  Germany-based Wacker ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>SBBI Announces New Manufacturing Plant In Lexington, Tennessee</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Company Expected to Create 38 New Jobs and Invest $1.7 Million<br><br>NASHVILLE &ndash; Tennessee&rsquo;s Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber congratulated Summit-Brantley ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Memphis Bioworks Foundation Announces the Launch of TECworks, an Entrepreneurship Development Organization</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tennessee, February 6, 2009 - The Memphis Bioworks Foundation today announced the creation of TECworks, an Entrepreneurship Development Organization. Initial funding for the creation of ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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