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		<title><![CDATA[Wharton: Tying Exec Comp to Shareholder Value Lead to Meltdown]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wharton: Tying Exec Comp to Shareholder Value Lead to MeltdownRE: Wharton: Tying Exec Comp to Shareholder Value Lead to MeltdownDo you think the analysis - that tying executive performance to shareholder value - goes far enough? Any time you focus on the value of return for one specific group (i.e....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chooses MicroPact to Computerize Workers' Comp Claims]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MicroPact's entelliTrak Workers' Comp WC Edition helps cut costs by providing online filing, centralized processing, and excellent management of stats and reporting.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At Risk]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At RiskCEO Compensation - alternativesI am not sure that net profits would not be as easily manipulated as you claim stock prices can be - the CEO can time certain transactions for their accounting effect.  Moreover, linking CEO compensation to net profit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:26:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Late is late: the GAO bid protest timeliness rules, and how they can be a model for boards of contract appeals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time. (1)  I. Introduction  One of the unique aspects of litigating contract disputes before the Government Accountability Office GAO (2) is its ironclad adherence to the timeliness rules contained in its bid protest regulations. (3) Under the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Noontime dumping: why states have broad discretion to regulate onboard treatments of ballast water.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ballast water discharges from shipping vessels are responsible for  spreading numerous forms of aquatic invasive species, a form of  biological pollution that leads to billions of dollars in annual costs.  In the wake of inaction from the federal government and inaction from  the shipping industry, several...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested Party  The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit CAFC and the Court of Federal Claims COFC addressed protest standing issues in Fiscal Year 2006. The CAFC upheld the rule that post-award protesters must be actual bidders to be an interested party. The COFC overturned an agency attempt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Root Cause of Black Pad Failure of Solder Joints with Electroless Ni/Immersion Gold Plating, The]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper reports on a study of the reaction of solder with the electrolessnickel with immersion gold ENIG plating system, and the resulting interfacial structures. A focused-ion beam FIB was used to polish the cross sections to reveal details of the microstructure of the ENIGplated pad with and without soldering....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yamana Reports Mine Operating Earnings of $8.6 Million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO -- (all figures in US$ unless otherwise stated)  Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI)(AMEX:AUY)(LSEAIM:YAU) reports mine  operating earnings of $8.6 million and $4.8 million for the year and  quarter ended December 31, 2005, respectively.  Highlights  - Cash balance of $151.6 million as at December 31, 2005....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Riboflavin as a Source of Autofluorescence in Eisenia fetida Coelomocytes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Immunocompetent cells of earthworms coelomocytes contain adherent amoebocytes and large eleocytes chloragocytes; the latter are filled with numerous granules. We have previously shown that eleocytes of several but not all earthworm species exhibit strong autofluorescence detectable by fluorescent microscopy and flow cytometry. In the present article, the molecular origin...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can You Use The "Urgent and Compelling" Exception Two Consecutive Times for the Same Need?  It appears that you can get a second bite of the apple. In Filtration Development Co. v. United States, (12) the plaintiffs for the second time protested the Army's use of the "unusual and...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- For the second month in a row, its Ross Stores coming  across the same-store-sales finish line with a comfortable lead--this  time besting second place Costco.       Ross saw a comp rise for August of 13 percent, following up on a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merisel Completes Purchase of Assets of Color Edge, Inc., Color Edge Visual, Inc. and Photobition New York, Inc., and Comp 24, LLC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Merisel, Inc. (OTC:MSEL.PK) (the "Company") today announced that on March 3, 2005 it acquired, through three indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries, substantially all of the assets of Color Edge, Inc. ("CE"), Color Edge Visual, Inc. and Photobition New York, Inc. (together "CEV"), and Comp 24, LLC, each a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Neuropeptide APGWamide as a Penis Morphogenic Factor (PMF) in Gastropod Mollusks1, The]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYNOPSIS.The goal of this study was to further investigate the role of endogenous APGWamide levels in imposex induction in snails. APGWamide is a common neurotransmittor/neuromodulator peptide found in many species of molluscs, and is often related to sex organ growth or reproductive behavior. Mud snails Ilyanassa obsoleta were collected from...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Molecular Dynamics Study of Nanosilver Particles for Low-Temperature Lead-Free Interconnect Applications]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Molecular dynamics MD simulation was conducted to investigate the coalescence of Ag nanoparticles and their deposition on a gold substrate at various temperatures from 400 K to 1,000 K using the embedded atom method EAM. Density distribution function, x-z plane projection, spreading index, and coalescence index were analyzed to gain...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authority  You Promised Me $4 Million for My Testimony--I'm Here To Collect  In Awad v. United States, (1) the Court of Federal Claims COFC dismissed an action alleging the government breached a contract to pay plaintiff $4 million in exchange for his assistance prosecuting several members of a...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Competitive Sourcing  GAO says "In-House Competitors" Must Sit on the Bid Protest Sideline ...  Following publication of OMB Circular A-76 Revised [Revised A-76] in May 2003, (1610) one of the many issues raised by the several procedural changes was whether federal employees and their representatives had standing to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What happened to the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act's protest restrictions on task and delivery orders? Recent developments in protests  related to the issuance of task and delivery orders and proposals to improve an impaired system]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I. INTRODUCTION  The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act ("FASA" or "the Act") expressly prohibits most indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity ("IDIQ") task or delivery order protests, stating, "A protest is not authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of a task or delivery order except for a protest on the ground...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper examined profits, productivity, and poverty in the United States from 1961 through 2002. Results indicated that the "great divide" thesis regarding the U.S. economy before and after the Reagan administration depends on which measure of the economy is the focus of attention. In addition, on some measures where...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-1 June 2004-NSF: Instrument gets breakthrough image of  sun's magnetic haloC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:05312004    Arlington, Va.-A new instrument developed at the National Center  for Atmospheric Research NCAR in Boulder, Colo., has captured landmark  imagery of fast-evolving magnetic structures in...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- After months of a trying sales environment, retailers  had a happy new year, as many saw positive comps for January.       Some pointed to the extreme weather and clearance sales as driving  people into the stores, while others thought it...]]></description>
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