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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: Process Improvement is Everyone's Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1182975]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, Aviva kicked off an initiative, 'One Aviva', to provide a single way of working across the organization. Their strategy was to enable policy by providing regulatory and legislative compliance to ensure robust processes and controls are in place. The goal was simply to provide a 'single version...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[And in the real world....MySpace, Google, M&S, BBC, ITV, BT, Costa, Whitbread, Aviva, Channel 4, GM and Vauxhall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MySpace, once the centerpiece of Rupert Murdoch's digital strategy, has fallen "significantly" short of expectations and is jeopardising a critical $900m internet search agreement with Google.Source: The Financial Times The UK is "skint" and the next Government could be forced to raise VAT beyond 17.5pc as it sets about "refilling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:15:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aviva Capital Buffer Helps Shares]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Consumer caution dented insurer Aviva's AV nine months sales on Wednesday, although its shares rallied on the company's modestly positive outlook and strong capital buffer.The country's second-largest insurer said life and pensions sales fell 11 percent to 24.1 billion pounds -- just below an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:15:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Foreign Share Listings an Expensive Luxury?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/12/are-foreign-share-listings-an-expensive-luxury/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies used to accumulate foreign listings like boy scouts collect badges or travelers leave stickers on their luggage. But listings on overseas stock exchanges have fallen from favour because they are too complex and don't work. The Aviva insurance group is thus going against the trend in seeking a New...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:21:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nortel-Avaya Deal to Be Reviewed by Canadian Government]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F163296-nortel-avaya-deal-to-be-reviewed-by-canadian-government%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Evans submits:  It looks the federal government has been listening to the growing number of critics who have been chirping away about how foreign buyers are picking up Nortel&#8217;s (NRTLQ.PK) assets with little opposition from Ottawa.   It may explain why the federal government has decided to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:52:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Avaya Wins Enterprise Auction]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F161725-avaya-wins-enterprise-auction%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Evans submits:  After a three-day bidding process, Avaya AV has agreed to purchase Nortel&#8217;s (NRTLQ.PK) enterprise business for $900-million &#8211; nearly double the $475-million &#8220;stalking horse&#8221; bid it  made last month.   Avaya won the business by outbidding Siemens Communications SI, which submitted a last-minute bid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:17:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Avaya Deal Raises Concerns]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F158872-avaya-deal-raises-concerns%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Evans submits:  It looks like Avaya&#8217;s AV proposed $475-million acquisition of Nortel&#8217;s (NRTLQ.PK) enterprise business could face some stumbling blocks as a growing number of industry players express concern it would reduce competition.   The Wall St. Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has received...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:43:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Personal investor: Prudential is well placed for recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/personal-investor-prudential-recovery/7762/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly all of us have a stake in the success of insurance companies, so it has not been pretty to see them hammered during the financial crisis. But there are signs that the troubled sector has survived to fight another day. Millions of people became shareholders when mutual insurers floated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:36:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Avaya buys Nortel enterprise arm for USD475m]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ US-based computation firm Avaya has purchased the bulk of Nortel Networks&#8217; enterprise solutions unit for USD475m. The agreement is a ?stalking horse&#8217; deal in which other firms may bid for the enterprise unit before it goes to Avaya.          The move...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:42:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nortel's Enterprise VP: Let's Resurrect Bay Networks Brand]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Evans submits:  It looks John McHugh, VP, enterprise data solutions with Nortel&#8217;s (NRTLQ.PK) enterprise business, looks to be getting his ducks lined for a new employer amid rumors the business could soon be sold to Avaya AV for $500-million.   In an interesting interview with Network World&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:06:17 -0700</pubDate>
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