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		<title><![CDATA[Tough Q3 for Fortune Brands]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Fortune Brands Inc. FO reported third quarter earnings of 82 cents per share. Although earnings were well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 63 cents, they were down 59.8% year-over-year. Net sales for the quarter declined 10.6% year-over-year to $1.72 billion, primarily due to flat sales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:54:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Derek Leckow with Barrington Research. Derek Leckow - Barrington Research Just looking at the seasonally strongest period for spirits here coming up I want to make sure I understand the comments around the distribution and being in balance. Does...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Peter Lisnic - Robert W. Baird & Co. Peter Lisnic - Robert W. Baird & Co. On the taking down the top end of the range, can you weight that for us by segment? It sounds like home and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:44:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:44:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green Shoots Dominate the Investment Landscape]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  &#8220;&#8230;And Procter & Gamble, no matter how well they say they&#8217;re doing because they are the stocks that people sell when things are improving in this country. That&#8217;s why they can be so hated. While a company like Fortune Brands can slash its dividends, say it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 08:54:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Your first question comes from Ivy Zelman of Zelman and Associates. Alan Ratner - Zelman and Associates  It&#8217;s actually Alan on for Ivy.  My first question; I was hoping to get a little bit of detail on what you&#8217;re seeing from your customers in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Veni (Vinum) Vici: Investing in Wine]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard Assets Investor submits:  By Brad Zigler If there's one characteristic most desirable about a collectible, it's liquidity. Of course, you've got to be careful in the way you define the word "liquidity." There's "liquid" in its literal sense, meaning "fluid," and there's "liquid" in its financial context, meaning...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question comes from the line of Gregory Malik with Morgan Stanley. Okay, Mr. Malik, your line is open. Sorry for the delay. Gregory Malik &#8211; Morgan Stanley Hi. Can you hear me all right? Bruce Carbonari Yes. Gregory Malik &#8211;...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Peter Lisnic &#8211; Robert W. Baird. Peter Lisnic &#8211; Robert W. Baird I was wondering if you could talk about some of the economic targets that you're striving to get to with some of these initiatives in the Spirits business....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fortune Brands, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions  Our first question comes from Alexander Paris - Barrington Research. Alexander Paris - Barrington Research Just to get a feel on the international business.  You already said I think that spirits is 50% and golf is 40%.  Home is still fairly small?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:37:09 -0700</pubDate>
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