<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dateManipulator="urn:dateManipulator" version="2.0"><channel><title>Intelligence Online : Europe</title><link>http://www.intelligenceonline.com/europe</link><description><![CDATA[A subscription to the Europe Channel gives you on-line access for a year to all articles concerning the region in the twice-monthly Intelligence Online newsletter: access to new articles immediatly on publication + access to archives dating from 1992.]]></description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 1992-2010 Indigo Publications</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:35:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>www.intelligenceonline.com/rss</docs><ttl>240</ttl><item><title>Arachnys, private investigators’ search engine</title><link>http://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/terabytes/2012/01/26/arachnys-private-investigators--search-engine,97333376-ART</link><description><![CDATA[The principle - Founded by a former Control Risks analyst, Arachnys is bidding to revolutionise corporate intelligence gathering by becoming the Google of private investigation.
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