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		<title><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear Company Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Kate Mcshane &#8211; Citi Investment Research. Kate Mcshane - Citi Investment Research Can you help us understand a little bit better the mechanics of how you're going to manage the fourth quarter?  I think you said last...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Bob Drbul, Barclays Capital.   Robert Drbul - Barclays Capital A couple of questions -- I guess first, with the completion of the Tour de France, I was just wondering, you guys have gotten a lot of press in terms of your sponsorship...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:11:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear COLM   Q2 2009 Earnings Call   July 28, 2009 5:00 pm ET]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paired Trade: Columbia Sportswear vs. Under Armour]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Brochstein, CFA submits:   This is the third in a series of recommendations ( MetPro vs. Nalco MPR vs. NLC, Allergan vs. Johnson & Johnson AGN vs. JNJ), and I actually addressed these two companies last year.  While Under Armour UA cratered relative to Columbia Sportswear COLM,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear Company F1Q09 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator (Operator's instruction) Your first question comes from the line of Robert Drbul - Barclays Capital. Robert Drbul - Barclays Capital Tim, just a couple of questions for you; first on the backlog, can you give us any ideas in terms of some of the commentary or...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear Company Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bob Drbul of Barclays Capital. Robert Drbul &#8211; Barclays Capital Tim, the question that I have for you on the outlook for 2009, you talked about making these judgments with a reduced 2009 sales outlook. Can you just......]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Columbia Sportswear Co. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Reed Anderson &#8211; D.A. Davidson. Reed Anderson &#8211; D.A. Davidson On gross margins, I wonder if you could give a little more detail within footwear and sportswear why they were off like that, and secondly just curious why we don't...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analyst Reports for Columbia Sportswear Company, Landstar System Inc., Ithaca Energy Inc. and Hathor Exploration Limited]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Brochstein, CFA submits:   As I type from my home in Houston, not too far from where Hurricane Gustav made land-fall yesterday, I thank God that the storm didn't prove to be as bad as feared.   Certainly, given the proximity to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina three years ago,...]]></description>
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