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mirage in the VALLEY OF THE SUN, the
ABSTRACT The Valley of the Sun, a booming metropolitan region of 3.7 million people in a desert that gets seven inches of annual rainfall, has enjoyed an oasis lifestyle during the twentieth century, supported by government-funded reclamation projects and water pumped from aquifers deep underground. Following World War II, groundwater...
Tags: A., American, Bureau, CARTER, Growth, History, Jacob, James, John, Jr., Management, Phoenix Technologies, Press, Salt River Project, Scottsdale, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tucson, West, Western, William
Research articles 2008-07-01
Minutes of the American Society of Church History annual business meeting
January 6, 2007, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Hyatt Regency Atlanta 1. Jan Shipps called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Eighty-five persons were in attendance. The Society gained a significant number of new members this past year, especially graduate students, in contrast to other societies that have seen a...
Tags: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Church, Council, Growth, History, TIAA-CREF
Research articles 2007-06-01
How Passionate People Grow Brands Others Passionately Want to Fail
As the public grows more aware of the environmental impacts of purchasing decisions, it's becoming controversial to buy bottled water -- not to mention unnecessary if you choose the purified type as opposed to glacial or spring; anyone can make it with a filtration system. Coca-Cola's SmartWater is just that, but with added electrolytes. While celebrity...
Tags: Sales, Branding, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Growth, Coca-Cola Co., Brand, Marketing, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-10-31
Ask the Experts: How Would You Fix Wal-Mart?
Growth is stalled. Image-problems abound. We asked the experts to provide some free advice on how Wal-Mart can solve its current problems. The Problem: Opening new stores in U.S. cities The Summary: Whether it's Best Buy, Target, or Costco, every mega-retailer finds...
Tags: BNET Feature, Growth, competition, global strategy, retail, Joseph De Avila, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Biometrics, Security, Wireless, Public Relations, RFID, Fix, Summary, Problem, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Articles 2007-08-08
Economy Grows While Consumer Spending Stalls
Energy prices continue to soar, the stock market's seen better days and the housing market leaves much to be desired. Is it really wise to get excited over a 3.4 percent growth in the GDP from the first to second quarter? Maybe not. Bloomberg.com attributes the growth...
Tags: Economy, Growth, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Bloomberg.com, Investment, Finance, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-07-27
Planning Growth Strategies for Your Small Business
The most successful approach to growth is an integrated one. The business owner and management team must examine all functions of the enterprise to ensure they are working together to reap the benefits of expansion. Suppose a successful new sales promotion strategy designed by the marketing department has attracted many...
Tags: growth, partnership, telecommuting, IPO
Articles 2007-05-29
Car-Sharing Sees Two Shades of Green
If you live in a major metropolitan area, you know how much it sucks to drive a car. Parking fees are astronomical, parking tickets are inevitable, and parking stress is debilitating. A handful of companies are profiting from the parking problem -- and helping to build cleaner cities in the...
Tags: IPO, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Andrew Hines, Transportation, Business, Greenhouse Gas, Growth, City
Blog posts 2007-05-25
Unlocking the Secrets to Organic Growth
Brand Autopsy posted this nice synopsis of Edward Hess’ book, "The Road to Organic Growth." In his book, Hess studied 22 companies and how they achieved organic growth, or business expansion via sales and higher output and not through mergers and acquisitions. Check out the "Six Keys to Organic Growth" outlined...
Tags: Corporate Law, Strategy, Branding, Investment, Finance, Management, Sales, Business Operations, Marketing, Joseph De Avila, Sales Strategy, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Growth
Blog posts 2007-04-12
Moderate zinc-iron deprivation influences behavior but not growth in adolescent rhesus monkeys
ABSTRACT Primate species demonstrate a prolonged period of development before reproductive maturity that includes distinctive periods of rapid growth in the late fetal, late infancy and early adolescent stages. Rhesus monkeys resemble humans in this discontinuous pattern of growth and also in its relationship to brain development. Studies of zinc...
Tags: A., Golub Corp., Growth, J., M.
Research articles 2000-02-01
Spencer Brown: Thinking Outside the "Box"
Spencer Brown, Founder and Inventor of Rentagreenbox.com, is changing the way America packs and moves with his groundbreaking eco-friendly inventions made entirely from trash. He explains how his products will cut the cost of moving in half while eliminating the need for the cardboard box when moving.
Tags: Box, Rentagreenbox.com, green, business, Spencer Brown, growth, Emerging Technologies
Videos 2008-10-13
Full Transcript of Baidu’s 3Q05 Conference Call — Q&A (BIDU)
Earnings Call ExcerptHere’s the entire text of the Q&A from Baidu’s (ticker: BIDU) Q3 2005 conference call. The prepared remarks are here. We recognize that this transcript may contain inaccuracies - if you find any, please post a comment below and we’ll incorporate your corrections. And please note: this...
Tags: Growth, Baidu.com Inc., Customer, Transcript, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2005-11-13
Nestle Q3 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (NSRGY)
Earnings Call Excerpt NESTLÉ S.A. 2005 9 MONTHS SALES CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT Conference Date: 20 October 2005 Nestlé S.A. Roddy Child-Villiers - Nestlé S.A. Head of Investor Relations Slide 1 Good morning,...
Tags: Beverage, Call Transcript, Earnings, Food & Beverage, Growth, Manufacturing, Marketing, Marketing Research, Nestlé, Nestle S.A., Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2005-10-20
CNET Networks Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Mark Mahaney – Citigroup. Mark Mahaney – Citigroup Great, thank you very much, a couple of quick questions. First, what would specifically trigger the acceleration of the bond payment? Would it...
Tags: Growth, Bond, CNET Networks Inc., Acceleration, Call Transcript, Earnings, Investment, Games, Finance, Personal Technology, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2006-10-23
MedImmune Q4 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Craig Parker from Lehman Brothers. Please proceed. Craig Parker - Lehman Brothers Good morning. Dave, I'm just trying to understand the assumption of 9% growth next year when you effectively had no unit growth...
Tags: Growth, MedImmune Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-02-07
aQuantive Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. And your first question comes from the line of Alexia Quadrani of Bear Stearns. Please proceed. Alexia Quadrani - Bear Stearns Thank you. A couple of questions, on the DMT margin, which seem to be under less pressure than we have anticipated....
Tags: Google Inc., Web, Growth, aQuantive Inc., Call Transcript, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Earnings, Web Development, DoubleClick Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-05-08
Lloyds TSB Group Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionUnidentified Analyst Can I ask a couple of questions on recent disposals please? Both the Registrars business and the Abbey Life business have added about 45 basis points, I think, to your Tier 1 capital; can you give us some idea of how that would be invested...
Tags: Revenue, Headroom, Growth, Call Transcript, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-07-31
Wipro Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question this morning comes from the line of Joseph Foresi with Janney Montgomery Scott. Please go ahead. Joseph Foresi - Janney Montgomery Scott Hello guys, a nice job here at sort of a difficult quarter. My first question is your competitors have...
Tags: Attrition, Azim Premji Vineet, Basis, BPO, Business, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Call Transcript, Customer, Dollar, Earnings, Girish, Growth, India, It Operations, Marketing, Marketing Research, Marostica, Networking, Operating Margin, Ovum, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Quarter, Question, Seeking Alpha, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Term, Utilization, Wachovia Corp., Wipro Technologies, YOY
Earnings calls 2007-07-19
Canadian National Railway Company Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. At this time we will take questions from the telephone lines. [Operator Instructions]. We have a question from Ed Wolfe from Bear Stearns. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hi guys, its Scott Ehrens [ph] for Ed. Good afternoon. E. Hunter Harrison...
Tags: U.S., Revenue, Car, Marketing, Growth, Exchange Rate, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Executive Vice President, Dollar, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Analyst, Headcount, Call Transcript, Customer, Business, Quarter, Canada, Earnings, Price, Volume, Bit, Term, Question, RBC Capital Markets, Claude Mongeau, West, CN, Jim, EPS, East, Keith Creel, Halifax, Sales Strategy, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-10-23
Millicom International Cellular Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, today’s question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operator Instructions] We will pause for a moment to allow everyone to signal. David Kestenbaum from Morgan Joseph is on the phone with the question. David Kestenbaum - Morgan Joseph Okay, thanks....
Tags: Revenue, Phone, Growth, Company Representative, Subscriber, Network, Africa, Analyst, Margin, Call Transcript, Quarter, Earnings, Market, Service, Point, Term, Question, Colombia, CapEx, ARPU, Paraguay, Well, Congo, Yes, 3G, Operational Accounting, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-10-24
Satyam Computers Services Ltd. F2Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07f) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you sir. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question and answer session. Please note that all participants who have logged into the call are allowed to ask questions and there is no specific priority for participants in India and the ones outside...
Tags: ADMS, BFSI, Board, Business, Business Operations, Call Transcript, CFO, Chairman, Components, Computer, Consulting, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Earnings, Growth, Guidance, Hardware, It Operations, Jr., Margin, Memory, Offshore, Outsourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, President, Q2, Q3, Quarter, Question, RAM, Revenue, Satyam, Seeking Alpha, Semiconductors, Srinivas, Term, Yes
Earnings calls 2007-10-24
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