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		<title><![CDATA[When Growth Stalls]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[       It happens even to exemplary companies: after years of neck-snapping acceleration in revenue, growth suddenly stalls. And no one saw it coming. Worse, if executives don't diagnose the cause of a stall and turn things around fast, a company stands little chance of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:45:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Subcontracting Your Web Site]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operating a web site is essential for your business, but it can be a large and complex challenge. To do it right, you need to consider security issues, e-commerce transactions, storage space, programming, and myriad other requirements. These assets are essential, but acquiring and managing them can distract your IT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:53:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Programmers: New Media Will Boost Old.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Linda Moss       New Platforms Will Help Drive Video Usage       Las Vegas - New-media technology and products - from the Internet  to cellphones to mobile devices - can ultimately support and enhance the  traditional TV business,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banks trim fat to focus on core business.(consolidation)(Brief article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of today's largest banks are looking to step out of the  mutual fund game that they once rushed into, preferring to focus on the  core business of commercial banking. Citigroup last year unloaded its  Citi Asset Management division to Legg Mason     Many...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun demerges R&D to insulate core business.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 11--Sun Pharma's decision to demerge the new drug  discovery and the new drug delivery system, portion of its R&D  business, will insulate the company's core business from the risks  associated with research. It also forces the R&D business  Feb. 11--Sun Pharma's decision to demerge the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As part of a strategy to shore up its core business, packaging player Alcan Inc has divested its Italian Laffon plant as well as Alcan Packaging Sutton Ltd.(TECHNOLOGY & PACKAGING)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6502/is_200509/ai_n26091905]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AS PART of a strategy to shore up its core business, packaging  player Alcan Inc has divested its Italian Laffon plant as well as Alcan  Packaging Sutton Ltd. The latter is based in Nottinghamshire in the UK  ...  AS PART of a strategy to shore up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun Care brand Blockhead has been acquired in a tie up between the Cosmetics Equity Group and The Core Business.(EUROPEAN NEWS)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUN CARE brand Blockhead has been acquired in a tie up between the  Cosmetics Equity Group and The Core Business. Tim Lowe, one of the  founding ...  SUN CARE brand Blockhead has been acquired in a tie up between the  Cosmetics Equity Group and The Core...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Phoenix sells printing blanket activities: German firm to focus on core business as printing activities are sold. (Rubber news).(in management buyout backed by BPE Private Equity GmbH)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6549/is_200111/ai_n25945793]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of efforts to focus on core business, Phoenix AG has sold  its offset blanket activities in a management buy-out, effective 1 Oct.  The MBO team, backed by a fund managed by BPE Private Equity GmbH of  Hamburg, has acquired the assets of this bu ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It pays to stay focused, BUSINESS TIMES]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Times Malaysia    01-29-2001     DIVERSIFICATION may be the buzz word for some, but for consumer  product companies, staying focused, pays.    Consumer product companies that focus purely on their core business  generally tend to perform bett  Business Times...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash-rich Aetna plans core growth.(will sell property and casualty business, concentrate on managed care coverage)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199512/ai_n21981660]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aetna plans on using the impending sale of its property and casualty operations to finance growth in its core businesses of managed health care, international business and retirement services. Analysts appreciate the move, as it will lessen Aetna's exposuAetna plans on using the impending sale of its property and casualty...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 1995 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TV stations told to 'stick to their knitting.' (McKinsey and Co./Teller-Gorman study recommends focus on core business)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TVB study sees slow market growth, competition for market share       Broadcast stations that focus on their core business during the  next two years, while at the same time experimenting with new technology  will have a better chance of becoming grea  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 1994 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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