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		<title><![CDATA[Packeteer Introduces New Branch Office PacketShaper® 1400 WAN Optimization Systems; Best-in-Class Appliances Deliver Breakthrough Price/Performance and Scalability to Address Branch Office Sprawl]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CUPERTINO, Calif. -- PacketeerR (NASDAQ:PKTR), the global leader in WAN Application Optimization, today announced the introduction of two new entry-level PacketShaperR models that establish an aggressive price/performance benchmark specifically designed for branch office and network edge deployments. The PacketShaper 1400 models meet the WAN application optimization needs of distributed branch...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's in a (branch) name? For some, $$.(Short Interests)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200510/ai_n17423312]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Bruce Kelly       NEW YORK - In an effort to lighten the compliance burden on  broker-dealers, regulators have hammered out a uniform definition of a  branch office.       Last Thursday, NASD and the North American Securities ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACLI objects to proposed NASD rule on branch offices]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Securities Dealers, in proposing a rule to redefine what constitutes a branch office for brokers, is favoring large full service brokerages and placing an undue burden on those specializing in life products, according to       THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Securities Dealers,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Indy brokers look to beef up branch offices; Linsco has added a recruiting service.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200410/ai_n17424180]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Bruce Kelly       NEW YORK - Pushed by compliance demands and growth strategies,  leading independent broker-dealers are looking to fortify their  branch-office systems.       Firms are using a variety of tactics to give their branch offices -...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACLI decries NASD plan to register branches.(Short Interests)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4798/is_200409/ai_n17425437]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Sara Hansard       WASHINGTON - A proposal by NASD to set up a system for  broker-dealers to uniformly register their branch offices electronically  with regulators will hurt brokers affiliated with life insurers,  according to the American Co    Byline:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brokerage branches show a big surge; Independents, not wirehouses, fuel growth.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Bruce Kelly       Despite the recent ferocious bear market, the brokerage industry  has managed to increase its number of branches since the top of the  market in 2000, with much of the expansion coming from firms other than  the New York-base...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Melawati to dispose of land for RM7.4m, BUSINESS TIMES]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Times Malaysia    01-02-2004     OFFICE desks manufacturer, IDSB Flexoffice Sdn Bhd, is opening up a  branch office in Dubai to tap the increasing demand for such furniture  from government and corporate sectors in the United Arab Emirates (U  Business Times...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Selected US Tax Developments; IRS Issues a Warning to Canadian Law Firms with US Branch Offices]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over 10 years, the position of the Internal Revenue Service IRS, as reflected in a 1993 private letter ruling, has been that non-resident alien partners of a service partnership with a US branch office will not be subject to US tax on their share ofFor over 10 years, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cost Savings From Electronic Payments and ATMs in Europe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic payments are considerably cheaper than their paper-based alternatives. Similarly, ATMs are a more cost-efficient way to deliver certain depositor services than are branch offices. As the share of electronic payments in 12 European countries rose from 0.43 in 1987 to 0.79 in 1999 and ATMs expanded while the number...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Insurance directory of reinsurance intermediaries.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Administration of Special Risks Inc. ASR 379 Princeton-Hightstown  Road, Building 2, First Floor, Cranbury, N.J. 08512; 609-371-0800; fax:  609-371-0803    1999 1998 Premium volume $7,000,000 $7,000,000 % Facultative 100%  100% Gross revenues $500,000  Administration of Special Risks Inc. ASR 379 Princeton-Hightstown  Road, Building...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Schwab strengthens retail presence in Ohio market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., a national financial services firm, opened a new branch office in Toledo during the fourth quarter of last year. The company currently has a total of 340 national branch offices around the country. 49 of these branch offices were opened during the year in 1999. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TTI - opens new branch office in Sacramento, CA - Company Operations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TTI reports the opening of a branch office in Sacramento, Calif. The facility at 12401 Folsom Boulevard in Rancho Cordova is TTI's 31st branch office in the U.S. The specialized distributor also maintains two offices in Canada and three in Europe.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM SET UP ITS BRANCH OFFICE IN XI'AN]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_199701/ai_n22765342]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    01-28-1997    IBM Set up Its Branch Office in Xi'an    XI'AN, January 23, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- The IBM China Co Ltd  recently set up a branch in Xi'an, the capital of West China's Shaanxi  Province as a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACLI: uniform definition of B/D branch office is needed. (American Council of Life Insurers, broker/dealer)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199302/ai_n21977084]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Council of Life Insurance ACLI, in a letter to the North American Securities Administrators Assn, asked state securities regulators to adopt a definition of branch offices similar to that of the National Association of Securities Dealers' (The American Council of Life Insurance ACLI, in a letter to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 1993 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SGI seeking Israel investors. (Strategy Group International Ltd.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4803/is_199210/ai_n17451160]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Strategy Group International Ltd, a marketing and consulting firm,  is interested in developing contacts with those wanting to invest in  Israel. The company, which opened an office in Tel Aviv in January of  this year to exploit Israel's trade agreemen  Strategy Group International Ltd, a marketing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 1992 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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