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IT´S TEMPTING to think that nowhere and no one can escape the all-insinuating tentacles of the current global economic recession. But if a new book by an American former East Coaster turned Silicon Valley resident is to be taken at face value, then we may have found an enclave that bucks the trend. Deborah Perry Piscione was once an on-air political analyst bringing hard-nosed Washington spin to America. Now she is one of the most influential businesswomen in Silicon Valley. She wanted to find out what made the electronics-based industries of the West Coast tick. ´Secrets of Silicon Valley´ presents her, at times deceptively straightforward, findings.