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		<title><![CDATA[First State Bancorporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Our first question comes from Bain Slack &#8211; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Bain Slack &#8211; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods I was wondering if given the conversation that you&#8217;ve got on bringing down loan portfolios if you are targeting any specific level of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:32:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bain sole bidder for Reed Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bain Capital is the only remaining bidder for Reed Business Information, the B2B publishing subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. The other bidder, Texas Pacific Group, dropped out claiming the acquisition would be too risky in the current economic environment. Reed Business Publications is the publisher of titles such as New...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:19:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Company Bankruptcies to Continue into 2010, Study Concludes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: Thought the worst of the big bankruptcies was over? Bain & Company is predicting that the number of bankruptcies of companies "with $100 million or more in assets will        approach 100 in 2010."  	The Source: The Bain CRG...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:15:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Double death crash charge; Goalie in court over tragic brothers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: BY HELEN BAIN  THE mother of two young boys killed in a motorway crash attended court today to see a professional footballer charged with causing their deaths.  Arron Peak, 10, and his brother Ben, eight, were killed on the M6 in Staffordshire on Saturday morning as they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DNC: With a Business Record Like That, Romney Should Just Stick to the Flip-Flops]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of Democratic National Committee, +1-202- 863-8148 WASHINGTON,Dec. 20/PRNewswire-USNewswire/- The following is being issued by the Democratic National Committee:Sliding in the polls and struggling to overcome his image as a serial flip-flopper, the New York Times reports that smooth talking Mitt Romney is trying to shift...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fee-Fee's Taxing Weekend]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of the Democratic National Committee, +1- 202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For smooth talking Mitt Romney, the word of the week appears to be "taxing:" as in taxing his credibility, misleading on his tax raising record, and new revelations about the millions he made...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bain & Company Names Cyrus Jilla as Managing Partner United Kingdom.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, July 31 /PRNewswire/ --    Bain & Company announced today the appointment of Cyrus Jilla  as the new Managing Partner of the global consulting firm's  operations in the United Kingdom, effective August 1, 2007.    Jilla, who joined Bain & Company in 1997...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plenty of 'pitting' preceded Romney's profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The series    » Series link -- Special report from The Boston Globe   On a winter's evening in 1985, Mitt Romney sat in a drab 10-by- 10-foot conference room in Boston's Copley Place, flapping his tie to mimic a rapidly beating heart. His colleagues knew that when Romney...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rangers get Wolves midfielder Rae]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GLASGOW AFP ? Rangers have confirmed the signing of Alex Rae from relegated English Premiership side Wolves and allowed Brazilian Emerson to leave Ibrox.  The Scottish midfielder, who is a lifelong Rangers fan, is out of contract at Molineux this summer and Tuesday signed a two-year deal with the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boston Private-Equity Firm Bain Capital Readies $3 Billion Buyout Fund.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    Apr. 22--Bain Capital is preparing to raise a new $3 billion   leveraged-buyout fund, its eighth and largest portfolio, according to a  letter  sent to clients yesterday.    The new effort comes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bain Study Reveals How Firms Are Using Three Main Analytic Tools]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies have increasingly turned to certain financial analysis tools to help them navigate through the tough economy. Use of the economic value added EVA, balanced scorecard, and benchmarking techniques have increased since 2000, according to a new survey from Bain & Company, a global business consulting firm. These findings reinforce...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Only Venture Capitalists Profited from Bankrupt California Electronics Maker.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Finkle, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight  Ridder/Tribune Business News    Aug. 26--The fall of Orange County electronics maker DDi Corp. hurt   employees, investors and creditors but not the venture capitalists who  helped  bring the company public.    At...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Venture Capitalists Profited from Bankrupt Anaheim, Calif., Electronics Firm.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200308/ai_n21582566]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Finkle, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight  Ridder/Tribune Business News    Aug. 26--The fall of Orange County electronics maker DDi Corp. hurt   employees, investors and creditors but not the venture capitalists who  helped  bring the company public.    At...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts Governor Seeks to Distance Himself from Controversial Stock Sale.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200308/ai_n21555091]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Frank Phillips, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News    Aug. 21--Amid calls on Beacon Hill to tighten state security laws,   Governor Mitt Romney yesterday continued to distance himself from a   controversial stock sale, saying he took no responsibility for any role...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Loss of Massachusetts Pension Funds Sparks Concerns.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200308/ai_n21549592]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Frank Phillips, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News    Aug. 20--State Treasurer Timothy Cahill said yesterday he wants to   aggressively pursue the state's legal options to recoup the money  the  Massachusetts pension fund lost on a stock that made millions for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The dealer groups that disappeared....]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200307/ai_n17825467]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jul 30, 2003 (Money Management - ABIX via COMTEX)    Many noted financial dealer groups in Australia have failed,  disappeared into other groups or vanished. One such group was Wheeler  Grace & Pierucci, which failed in 1988. One part became Sceptre,  which was placed in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Small is still beautiful in Italy where giantkillers sometimes prevail.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5555/is_200302/ai_n21949539]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Robert Galbraith    Italy has always been a land of Davids and Goliaths. With an  economy bottom-heavy in small companies that often have to compete with  the might of state-owned monoliths or globalised multinationals, it is  little wonder.The latest Italian David may not have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Boston Globe Business Intelligence Column.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200301/ai_n21736857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By D.C. Denison, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business  News    Jan. 12--Watch the price of a lollipop at Starbucks. If it suddenly  jumps  from 50 cents to 75 cents, blame Bain & Co.    The Boston consulting firm recommended the 50 percent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Win/Win Proposition: author and consultant Frederick Reichheld says that building bonds of loyalty with customers and employees is the surest path to success. (Profiles in Success).(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3396/is_200209/ai_n8142014]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nope, those four eager pooches on the cover of "Loyalty  Rules!"    (Harvard Business School Press, 2001) aren't there to  symbolize the crux of Frederick F. Reichheld's book. Just the  opposite!    "Loyalty isn't founded on blind commitment, like dogs.  Most people...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Upwardly mobile.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200108/ai_n17802701]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aug 30, 2001 BRW    ABIX via COMTEX -- Merrill Lynch HSBC Australia's chief  executive is Scott Walters. Prior to joining the Australian Internet  financial firm, Walters worked for Bain and Coopers & Lybrand. There  has been a major downturn in the online stockbroking industry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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