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		<title><![CDATA[MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Teresa Fox - Stone Harbor. Teresa Fox - Stone Harbor I think when I was registering for this question, you actually answered it, so let me hit it again. Your 2010 CapEx program you said was $200 million, your expansion,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:02:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verenium Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Sanjay Shrestha - Lazard Capital Markets. Sanjay Shrestha - Lazard Capital Markets A couple of quick questions since it's probably on everyone's mind about the DOE loan guarantee, which is obviously a big positive and you guys certainly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:05:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Compass Diversified Holdings Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions We will take our first question from Larry Solow with CJS Securities. Lawrence Solow &#8211; CJS Securities Hi good morning. Could you maybe just give a little more color just on, you know, the acquisition environment, and then I understand that this kind...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:42:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kenexa Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Brendan Barnicle &#8211; Pacific Crest Securities. Brendan Barnicle &#8211; Pacific Crest Securities I just wanted to follow up on your guidance there.  Should we be assuming a similar breakdown between subscription revenue and other revenue, as we saw...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:53:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Old Habits Die Hard: Why A Revised Approach To M&A Due Diligence Is Key]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a cross-border transaction there are many issues that can arise and threaten deal success. Companies that rely on traditional approaches to Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) due diligence in nowadays' fast changing global environment may find that vital issues drop through the cracks and that their due diligence results provide...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ebix Makes a New Improved Offer to Acquire HealthAxis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international developer and supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, today announced it has sent a slightly revised and improved offer to acquire HealthAxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAXS), to the HealthAxis Board of Directors today.  The new proposal was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian ports firm reports $2.7 bln takeover bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY AFP &#8212; Australia's biggest ports and rail operator Asciano Group on Monday rejected a 2.9 billion Australian (2.7 billion US) dollar takeover bid, saying it undervalued the company.  The joint bid by TPG Capital and Global Infrastructure Partners offered 4.40 dollars cash per security or a scrip alternative...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When One and One Make One | BTalk Australia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(17min 52)  The last year has set a new record for the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Australia. Putting two companies together can be a long and complex process, with the potential for lots to go wrong.    Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:08:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Meade, CPG, a nationally respected expert in environmental due diligence and site assessment, has joined Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. as a principal and will direct the firm's newly opened East Coast office in New York City.  A Certified Professional Geologist, Mende brings more than 25 years of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[SKorea military to supervise Daewoo shipyard sale: report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL AFP &#8212; South Korean military intelligence officials will monitor the sale of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, the world's third largest shipyard, a report said Sunday.  The move is aimed at curbing leaks of the company's weapons-related technology, Yonhap news agency said. The shipyard produces submarines, destroyers and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Comments on the Due Diligence Agreement Reached With Circuit City]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS, May 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blockbuster Inc.  issued the following statement today in response to the announcement by Circuit City Stores, Inc.  that it has agreed to allow Blockbuster to conduct due diligence in preparation for a possible bid for the company. Blockbuster had previously offered to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Worried about your global partners? If implemented properly, investigative due diligence is unsurpassed as a low-cost, high-value tool in learning about a company's overseas connections&#151;particularly in light of stepped-up enforcement of the Foreign C]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2446/is_2_32/ai_n29411538]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE UNITED STATES government has dramatically stepped up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA, the law that prohibits bribes and improper payments to foreign officials by U.S. companies and non-U.S. companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges. In a three-month stretch of 2007, the Department of Justice levied the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Angel Investor Decision Making]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=379216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An angel's due diligence plays a vital role in potential investments. By examining market and industry trends, the competitive outlook for a company, and the profiles of the founders and management team, the angel investor can assure the deal is legitimate and establish a foundation for future investment and growth....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Due Diligence For New Product Ideas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=341248]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The process of due diligence is something that is customarily done in the venture capital community to evaluate the potential of ventures and startups, and it consists of analyzing and validating the information that is contained in the business plan. This process is valuable for entrepreneurs, startups and companies of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Austin Due Diligence]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due diligence is an essential step in real estate investment. Due diligence includes the process of reviewing the physical real estate, market conditions, prospective market conditions, financial data, and assumptions regarding the real estate to ensure that assumed and reported information are correct. After selecting the property type and geographic...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Olympus Completes Due Diligence at Capcapo, N. Philippines]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yeung hopes for quick Blues deal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200708/ai_n19459401]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, England AFP &#8212; Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung expects to take full control of English Premiership side Birmingham City within a couple of months.  Yeung, who took a 29.9 percent shareholding in the Midlands club in July for 15 million pounds (29,740,000 US dollars), said his associates were...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fursa Reiterates to Metromedia Stockholders Not to Tender to CaucusCom Offer and to Withdraw any Previously Tendered Shares]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_August_14/ai_n27342483]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LYNBROOK, N.Y. -- Fursa Alternative Strategies today sent the following open letter to Metromedia stockholders:  August 14, 2007  Dear Metromedia Stockholder:  We at Fursa Alternative Strategies ("Fursa") would like to take this opportunity to reiterate our proposal to acquire Metromedia International Group, Inc. ("Metromedia") for $2.05 per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICI opens books to Akzo Nobel.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5986/is_200708/ai_n24178436]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK chemicals giant hasn't backed a revised bid at 670p,  but is allowing Akzo to undertake due diligence. Piper Terrett    ICI is opening its books to Akzo Nobel after the Dutch chemicals  giant upped its bid for the company to 670p a share ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola FEMSA Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you very much. [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Andrea Teixeira with JP Morgan. Please proceed.  Andrea Teixeira - JP Morgan  Hi, good morning everybody. I just wanted to... if you can say more about this depreciation. So...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:19:57 -0700</pubDate>
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