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		<title><![CDATA[Hotel Recovery in 2011?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10004238/hotel-recovery-in-2011/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Smith Travel Research is forecasting that hotel revenue and occupancy will make a recoveryÂ by the end of Â 2011. The report, which was released last week, stated that 2010 still was going to be tough with occupancy and revenue still posting numbers in the red. According to the report, 2009 will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:28:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grantham, After Forecasting Rally, Warns That a Reversal Is Approaching]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Grantham, chief strategist at the portfolio manager G.M.O., was one of the few professionals who accurately predicted the rally in stocks this year. Now that the market has reached the top of his forecast range, he is calling for a big reversal. by Conrad de Aenlle]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forecasting Sales In Your Business Plan For Your New Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1190219]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[You'll find many business plans with a well thought out sales forecast for the first month but then each following month has a fixed percentage of growth. No business has ever grown like this, ever. Some months are going to be down, some are going to be up but never...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How A Branded System Can Increase Your Accounting Firm's Value]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1171813]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether your accounting firm has been successful by acquisition, the efforts of the partners or just through organic growth, you are likely facing a big challenge as the partners mature. The firm may be undervalued, a worrying issue for senior partners reaching retirement age. Individual partner efforts can be unplanned...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Plan for the Unexpected]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/22/how-to-plan-for-the-unexpected/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to risk, human nature is as important a guide as fancy forecasting models -- and the cyclical nature of western economies may, in fact, be the human condition, suggests risk management expert Gerald Ashley.    The author ofÂ  "Financial Speculation", Ashley believes decisions are heavily...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:04:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study Shows Companies Terrible at Forecasting Cash Flow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the economy tanks, the first thing you hear is "Cash is king." An old business phrase, to be sure, but one that has decided impact in any industry, including high tech. It doesn't matter what your revenues are if you don't have enough money to pay the bills or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:51:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Now Hear This: The T-Bond Market is Forecasting Higher Inflation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/now-hear-this-the-treasury-bond-market-is-forecasting-higher-inflation/575/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday's trading in the U.S. Treasury bond market broadcast an important economic signal -- that investors are building higher inflation into their forecasts. As the Treasury attempts brings to market an estimated $3.25 trillion in bonds during the 2009 fiscal year (ending Sept. 30), rising yields suggest that investors lack...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:21:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forecasting in Tough Times]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Orumchian, founder and CEO of Right90, says that during these slow times, he's seeing many companies do a "bottom-up scrubbing" of their sales pipeline. They want to make sure that what they have there is real and that their forecasts are accurate. They are realizing that long term plans...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:22:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Choice Modeling For New Product Sales Forecasting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=975545]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Developing and introducing new products or new services is an inherently risky venture. No forecasting system can guarantee success 100% of the time. Choice modeling, however, can reduce the risks associated with the introduction of new products by providing more accurate forecasts, especially for products without massive advertising support. Choice...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forecasting: Another Victim of the Financial Crisis?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=1586]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: The credit crisis has claimed another victim: forecasting, with managers at nearly half of organizations offering knee-jerk reactions to developments rather than laying out a long term strategy.  	The Source: Research from KPMG UK.    The Takeaway: When KPMG interviewed senior executives at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:07:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Perfect Sales Forecasting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=984899]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Forecasting can be easy and reliable if it involves a consistent, creditable selling process. A simple method of forecasting is applicable to many fields ; shining or diminishing. Demographic and psycho graphic characteristics must be carefully looked into while making sales Focus on the sales you have made rather than...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vanguard Natural Resources Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-276276.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Michael Blum with Wachovia. Please go ahead. Michael Blum - Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC Hi. Good morning. Scott Smith Good morning, Michael. Richard Robert Hi Michael. Michael...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:14:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Denbury Resources, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14034_23-273049.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Michael Scialla &#8211; Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC. Michael Scialla &#8211; Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC Any update on potential alternative financing for the Green line? Gareth Roberts  Well, I don&#8217;t think we really have anything to announce...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:50:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Leaders Should Know About Forecasting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/02/02/what-leaders-should-know-about-forecasting/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    By all accounts there was a sombre mood among Davos regulars last week, as grim-faced world leaders mulled over the dismal state of the global economy and how to fix it.    In one sense this is perfectly understandable -- we are in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:21:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Basics Of Forecasting For Project Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=937573]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Project management is a process that involves several component aspects such as initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Since projects are usually temporary rather than ongoing, with definitive start and end dates to construct a time frame during which project objectives are meant to be achieved, forecasting is an extremely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forecasting Sales: The Importance Of Forecasting In Business Planning]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=972637]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Forecasting has been described as an attempt to foresee the future by examining historical data and patterns and applying judgment to projections created from those patterns. Forecasting technicians might say that the art of forecasting consists of generating unbiased estimates of the future value of some variable, such as sales,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weather Forecasting is Expensive]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/1000159/weather-forecasting-is-expensive/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build two next generation weather data collection satellites.  RTT News has Lockheed's press release.  The over $1 Billion contract is to build two Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GEOS-R) for NASA and the National Atmospheric...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:00:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Optimistic as Others Slash Their Outlooks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Krasowski submits:  The clout and reputation of Wal-Mart WMT precedes it even in the most trying consumer and economic times. Not only is WMT the only component of the Dow to be in positive territory for the year, it is also one of those American bedrock companies that...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Manager - Budget & Analysis/Data Center]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Solar Forecasting Sunny Weather in 2009]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	The Company: First Solar, a manufacturer of solar electric power modules using a proprietary thin-film semiconductor technology.  	The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 30, 2008.  	The Finding: First Solar is striving to open new markets that do not depend on traditional photo-voltaic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:49:44 -0700</pubDate>
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