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		<title><![CDATA[Retailing Out of a Downturn | BTalk Australia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[podcast] Brian Walker from The Retail Doctor looks at the common traits of standout performers during the global financial crisis. How should your business be positioning itself to come out of the downturn on top? by Phil Dobbie]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reality Check: How Wall Street Sees Korn/Ferry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research analyst Mark Marcon evaluates Korn/Ferry under Gary Burnison?s leadership.   Is the Whitehead Mann Acquisition Likely to Succeed?    I think [CEO Gary] Burnison&#8217;s sense is even if the  worst isn&#8217;t completely over, the worst of the worst has probably  passed and the longer-term...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Headhunter Goes Hunting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korn/Ferry?s Gary Burnison focused on the numbers in acquiring Whitehead Mann during the downturn.                                    ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Korn Ferry Got Married]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most other CEOs in the executive search fields were cutting back, Korn/Ferry?s Gary Burnison went shopping. The key: trusting his gut as much as the financials.Headhunting is a cyclical industry, which is another way of saying that Korn/Ferry has had a very rough 18 months: Its clients were doing...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hyundai’s Advertising Strategy: Wait for the Fire Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With bigger automakers out of the way, Hyundai grabbed discounted advertising deals it never could have landed pre-recession.  Late last year, Chris Perry, marketing communication director at Hyundai Motor America, got a call he&#8217;d been waiting years to receive. A rep in Hyundai&#8217;s media-buying agency reported that an exclusive...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Price Is Right — If You Can Spend Again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How four companies have scored big deals by not letting a good crisis go to waste.With business spending having fallen off a cliff and newly thrifty consumers reluctant to open their wallets, now might not seem like the time to embark on an 800-person hiring spree or a huge retail-store...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carnival Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session  Operator  Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Felicia Hendrix &#8211; Barclays Capital.  Felicia Hendrix &#8211; Barclays Capital You gave as usual very good overview and actually an encouraging outlook. It seems based on what you said the data is actually...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:13:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Cleansing Effects of Wildfires and Economic Downturns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Werbach believes that periodic downturns are an economy's way to shake out bad growth from the ecosystem, just as wildfires prepare a forest for better growth. Are government interventions in a downturn unhealthy? by Sean Silverthorne]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[For decades, home ownership has been seen as smarter than renting. But amid the current downturn, renters are looking smarter than ever. Ben Tracy reports on the redefinition of the American dream.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guardian Media Group Will Be 'Smaller', Even After The Recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpaidcontent.org%2Farticle%2F419-guardian-media-group-will-be-smaller-even-after-the-recovery%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Guardian Media Group CEO Carolyn McCall says further upcoming restructure "inevitably mean we will be a smaller organisation", even after the gloom of the advertising downturn clears.In a staff memo (we are part of that staff, obviously, though we didn't get the memo directly) clarifying weekend reports about the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We will take our first question from Charlie Brady with BMO Capital Markets. Charlie Brady -- BMO Capital Markets Good morning, guys. Glen Tellock Hey, Charles. Charlie Brady -- BMO Capital Markets With respect to margins, first on Cranes, you know, you have talked previously...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[You're doing the job of two, handling even crankier  customers than usual, and worried you'll never be able to retire. But  now is not the time to blow a gasket.                Understand Stress ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five Strategies for Selling During a Recession]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are these the worst of times? Or are they the best of times — to prove your product's value, snatch up top talent, and make your regular customers feel special? Depends on your perspective.                ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM’s Secret for Making the Sale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy may be in the tank, but IBM still makes salesmanship look easy. How? The secret lies in rigorous research, a focused strategy, and patient execution.      Tip 1: Build Credibility That Counts    	  	  In 2005, Jim Adams, executive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shoppers Score Big Deals ... at Friends' Homes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the downturn, women are trading clothes rather than buying new ones. Meanwhile, Goodwill sales are up 10%. Kelly Cobiella reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:30:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Grow During a Downturn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stock market is down, credit markets are as frozen as Arctic  snow, and unemployment numbers are rising. But don't let the bad news  deter you. Recessions are an excellent time to refocus on what your company  does best, attract new customers, and build for the future....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Hyundai Is Gaining Market Share]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BNET talked to Dave Zuchowski, Hyundai's head of U.S.  sales, about the Assurance plan, how the company is taking a different approach  to marketing, and why he feels optimistic despite the downturn.    	  What was the inspiration for doing something as crazy as buying...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Four Successful Products Launched During Downturns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It s easy to forget, but many products that we now remember as stunning successes were actually launched during economic downturns. Here are four examples of companies that saw market opportunity where others failed to look and went on to launch superior products with the understanding that good ideas never...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Four Mistakes to Avoid During Downturns]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As clients or customers shut their wallets, revenues decline, and balance sheets go into the red, it's tempting to try every trick in the book to stop the bleeding and stabilize your business. Survival is important, of course, but that's no way to position your business to prosper in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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