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		<title><![CDATA[AeroVironment Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 10/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Howard Rubel - Jefferies. Howard Rubel - Jefferies I want to try just to Tim. First, on the Global Observer was the couple of a month late, but sometimes you made that up by keeping it in place? How do...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ArcSight Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 31/10/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Scott Zeller - Needham & Co. Scott Zeller - Needham & Co. Could you talk to was about visibility going forward refer from other companies who is have reported that the federal space as been particularly strong and there is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:08:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toll Brothers F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/31/2009) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions  You first question comes from the line of Nishu Sood of Deutsche Bank. Nishu Sood - Deutsche Bank Joel, I wanted to ask you about -- you were talking in terms of the turnover ratios for the first half of 2010 to expect...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:26:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exxon CEO's 40% Bonus Cut A Measure of Oil Company's Sanity]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sanity of a company's board should be measured in how it doles out year-end bonuses. Take ExxonMobil for example. The world's biggest company based on market value, will slash CEO Rex Tillerson's bonus by 40 percent this year to $2.4 million.    Tillerson will still receive the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:28:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft: Bing Going Particularly Strong Among 18- To 24-Year-Olds]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In the six months since Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launched Bing, the company&#8217;s share of the search market has inched up from 8 to 9.9 percent, according to comScore (NSDQ: SCOR). So, who are the converts? At the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference, Microsoft SVP Yusuf Mehdi said the company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:50:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dollar Tree Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We&#8217;ll take our first question from Charles Grom with JPMorgan. Charles Grom - JPMorgan On the 6.5% comp in the quarter, can you remind us how that trend is and if you could shed any color on November sales to date? Bob Sasser Charles, basically...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:46:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DSW Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Jeff Black - Barclays Capital Jeff Black - Barclays Capital Nice quarter everybody, talk a little bit about the comp guidance, what you saw in October versus the two cold weather months and what&#8217;s happening so...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:40:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nuance Communications, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/09) 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 Daniel Ives &#8211; FBR Capital Markets. Daniel Ives &#8211; FBR Capital Markets Could you for next year talk about implied in your guidance for fiscal 2010 what type of growth you are looking for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: New DirecTV CEO Could Make $35.5 Million (And Then Some)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Michael White, the PepsiCo vet who takes over as president and CEO of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) Jan. 1, could make more than $35 million during his three-year contract, according to an SEC filing. His base salary is $1.5 million a year with up to 200 percent bonus based on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AVJennings Forecasts Return to Profit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Home builder AVJennings Ltd says it is well positioned for the future and expects to return to profitability in 2009/10.At its annual general meeting on Friday, managing director Peter Summers said the current financial year will see the company's financial and operational performance improve."The company has a land bank...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sydney Airport Passenger Numbers Up: MAp]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sydney Airport's passenger numbers have improved for the third month in a row, its largest owner MAp Airports Ltd says.MAp figures released on Friday showed total passenger traffic increased 6.1 per cent to 3.075 million in October, from 2.899 million in the prior corresponding period.The number of international passengers...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Performance of Leveraged Funds Can Be Ugly]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer hasn&#8217;t quite gotten the best reviews lately (Newsweek&#8216;s Dan Lyons recently called Microsoft under his leadership the company&#8217;s &#8220;lost decade.&#8221;) But during the company&#8217;s annual meeting Thursday, Ballmer offered a defense of the company&#8217;s performance, saying that despite Microsoft&#8217;s first ever annual drop...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ron,    I've been at my current job for two years, and this year my company began instituting annual performance reviews. I think my work is good but I have no idea what to expect, so what, if anything, should I do to prepare?   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:21:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GAO has released a summary of their decision to overturn the award of a $2.8 billion TRICARE management contract to Aetna.  Health Net the incumbent had challenged the award.  It now turns out that Aetna had hired a former TRICARE employee who provided inside information on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:55:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty. They strive to closely align IT infrastructure to the business and also face challenges to reduce costs. While virtually every IT organization has multiple management solutions in place, the unfortunate truth is that most companies are struggling to develop a product mix...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 9, the CEO of the Innovation Group, a $200 million U.K. insurance software company, was unexpectedly fired by his board, who also announced they'd retained an executive search firm to find his outside successor.Â  The company had consistently increased sales, cash, its average deal size, and its reputation...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question is from Jonathan Ho of William Blair. Please go ahead. Jonathan Ho - William Blair Just a couple of housekeeping questions to get started on, in terms of the interest income what was the currency impact this quarter or just may...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:56:06 -0800</pubDate>
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