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		<title><![CDATA[Orange and T-Mobile reject need for Ofcom concessions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signalled they are unwilling to make concessions to competition regulators who will decide whether to allow the merger of their UK mobile phone businesses.Hamid Akhavan, Deutsche Telekom's chief operating officer, and Olaf Swantee, head of France Telecom's mobile operations worldwide, said they saw...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orange gets taste of Apple as iPhone tariffs set]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Orange, the UK's third-largest mobile phone operator, yesterday unveiled its tariffs for Apple's iPhone, dashing consumer hopes for a price war over the popular handset in the run-up to Christmas.Orange will be selling the iPhone from November 10. Its tariffs are broadly similar to those of O2, the UK's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verizon enjoys smart growth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ More evidence of the readiness of US consumers to defy the recession to acquire the latest wireless phone technology was provided yesterday by Verizon Wireless and RadioShack.Verizon Wireless - the largest US mobile phone carrier company, which is 55 per cent owned by Verizon Communications and 45 per cent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Palm Pre tie-up crucial to keep O2 competitive edge]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ O 2 's deal to be the exclusive UK mobile network for the Palm Pre will help the company continue to outperform its rivals.Matthew Key, head of Telefónica's European businesses outside of Spain, including O 2 UK, said the launch of the Palm Pre would help sustain the mobile...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Liberalisation of the UK's energy market should be reversed, with ministers taking more control of decisions such as building new renewable energy generation, the government's Committee on Climate Change will say today.The call for a U-turn on 20 years of government policy that has created one of the world's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Flu vaccine price war hits high street]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Asda, the supermarket chain, has launched a price war for the seasonal flu vaccine with plans to offer injections at £8 each, undercutting high street rivals and the price it offered in its own stores last year.The company portrayed the move as a way to ease pressure on "struggling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Insurance Competition Will Not Reduce Costs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Reich's arguments in favor of a public option don't make sense. More competition in the insurance market won't bring down costs. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:41:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forest Laboratories: Finding Ways to Bring Drugs to Market — Fast]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer may be big, but Forest Laboratories is nimble. The smaller company competes by ushering drugs through FDA red tape in record time.      	    Giant: Pfizer    Shadow Success: Forest Laboratories, Inc.    Pfizer market cap: $96.56 billion;...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Carving Out Opportunities That Starbucks Missed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Mountain Coffee has built a booming business where Starbucks fears to tread — in wholesale, convenience stores, and single-cup brewing.    	      Giant: Starbucks Shadow Success: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Starbucks market cap: $11 billion; revenues: $10 billion Green Mountain market cap:...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[J. Crew: One-Upping the Gap in Quality, Style, and Agility]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With savvy PR and an agile product line, J. Crew has snagged a good chunk of the Gap's market — and even its CEO.    	    Giant: The Gap Shadow Success: J. Crew The Gap market cap: $11.7 billion; revenues: $14.2 billion J. Crew market...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Salesforce.com: Building a Booming Market That Oracle Long Ignored]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While software giant Oracle focused on big client-server systems, Salesforce.com pioneered small-business products, CRM software — and cloud computing.    	      Giant: Oracle Shadow Success: Salesforce.com Oracle market cap: $104 billion; revenues: $23 billion. Salesforce.com market cap: $4.8 billion; revenues: $1 billion ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[In the Shadow of Giants]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, only one company can be No. 1. But so what? Smaller firms have plenty of advantages — and they often outperform industry leaders. Here are four who are thriving in the shadows.Bigger is almost always better when it comes to business — at least that's the common belief. Big...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Destroy the Competition With Positioning Strategy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, with everybody competing for the same shrinking budget, marketers often think of price as their only lever. That's just plain incompetent marketing. There are lots of ways to differentiate a product; it's called product positioning and it's something of an art. Here are 5 fundamental principles that will help...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing new about the Association of Magazine Editors having a cover competition; but there is something new about the organization carving out an entire category solely devoted to President Obama. (Something tells me it's not even worth doing the research on whether such a category was ever created for...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kill Your Competition With Kindness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=805]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a quick tip on how to get the upper hand on a dreaded competitor: Be nice.    Laurie Ruettimann of Punk Rock Human Resources writes,  "The best way to kill your competition is to humanize them, friend them, and mentor them. They will realize, rather quickly,...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Howard Stevens, founder and CEO of HR Chally Management, says that a down economy is the best time to aggressively take on your competitors--if you have the courage. He also points out that a leader's key tasks within the company are to keep things calm, figure out what needs cutting,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Function Of Competition In Team Building]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=987465]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Competition will soon become a part of your team's life if it is not already. They will be competing against other organisations, teams or businesses that have similar intentions. In modern society there is a strong slant on competition in the media and commercial world. People appreciate watching two people...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employ savvy recruiting tactics to poach A players from  competitors.    	        The scenario: With nearly every industry announcing  layoffs and closings, high-caliber talent is up for grabs.        The tactic: Employ savvy...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ev3 Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions.  And thank you for your patience while the queue is being populated. And the first question comes from the line of Peter Bye with Jeffries. Please proceed. Peter Bye - Jeffries Hey, thanks guys. And Bob, good morning. Just, I guess, looking at the...]]></description>
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