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		<title><![CDATA[Half Of U.S. Services Businesses Say Things Are Getting Worse]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/weakness-in-the-service-sector-in-the-us-and-worldwide/1290/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The stock market weakened Thursday morning after a weak report from the Institute for Supply Management on the health of the service sector of the U.S. economy. And weaken it should: under the ISM's classifications, services, or more precisely non-manufacturing concerns, contribute nearly 90 percent of the GDP that comes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:03:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Regional Manufacturing Recovers, Consumers Wary]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2407-13071_23-368809.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By John ParryNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Manufacturing in parts of the United States was picking up steam, data showed on Monday, but jobs were lagging the recovery and consumers remained cautious, economists said.Business activity in the Midwest and in New York City expanded more than anticipated in November, but analysts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:15:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ADEPT: An Agent-Based Approach To Business Process Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=276443]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful companies organise and run their business activities in an efficient manner. Core activities are completed on time and within specified resource constraints. However to stay competitive in today's markets, companies need to continually improve their efficiency - business activities need to be completed more quickly, to higher quality and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Impact Of Regulation And Litigation On Small Business And Entrepreneurship]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=282178]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the economic power of private sector business has grown over the past century, so too has the number of laws regulating business activity. In broad terms, these laws typically serve one of two objectives: to promote market competition and control the market power of large firms over customers and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Activity Monitoring: Empowering BPM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=287973]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes the robust set of business activity monitoring and management capabilities provided by PegaRULES Process Commander. It will explain that only by offering a combined set of user-focused process-monitoring tools with automated business activity management facilities can an enterprise reap the full ROI benefits of their business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Sourcing Column]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=58945]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["The growth of the outsourcing market in the last few years has been spectacular. Outsourcing involves the transfer of an organization's regular business activities functions and processes to an outside service provider that provides the services back to the organization, as defined in a typically long-term contract. The core of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/gowling+lafleur+henderson.html"><![CDATA[Gowling Lafleur Henderson]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solectron to assume higher value-added business activities, BUSINESS TIMES]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5556/is_200303/ai_n21966675]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Times Malaysia    03-22-2003      ELECTRONICS manufacturing services company Solectron Corp's Penang  operations will assume higher value-added business activities under the  company's global operations consolidation plan.    This should prom  Business Times Malaysia    03-22-2003 ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trust Could Be Killing Your Bottom Line - A Managers Guide To A Trusting Workplace]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=61937]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If person imagine a workplace littered with fraud, deceit and regular scams as a way of doing business it will give us the idea of a niche that is carved out of false promises and open lies. Thankfully, most organizations like this lead a very brief existence. The mediocre balances...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beyond Traditional M&A]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=79666]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's era of globalization and a boundary-less business world, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have acquired significant importance. ‘How should the organization reconfigure its current portfolio of business activities to enhance investor returns' is the biggest question doing rounds of the company management. An answer lies beyond the binary approach...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/business+activity.html"><![CDATA[Business Activity]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Outsourcing Question]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=94299]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing is a strategy towards creating a leaner organization. The business activity sub-let to an outsourced vendor would otherwise been performed internally within the organization. Outsourcing can be seen as an approach to cut operational costs and enhance the quality of outsourced processes. This is because strategic business activities are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/business+activity.html"><![CDATA[Business Activity]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merck has got a new focus for enhancing profitability.(Merck KGAA restructures business activities)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6502/is_200109/ai_n25908589]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Merck KGaA has announced that it plans to focus on its Pharma and  Chemistry business activities with core activities of two business  sectors -- Speciality Chemical and Laboratory Products -- restructured  and combined under one business called Chemist  Merck KGaA has announced that it plans to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Newbridge Networks Expects Record Revenue for Q4/00: Business Activity Levels Remain Strong as Momentum Continues to Build]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_April_6/ai_61347326]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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