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		<title><![CDATA[Charlie Crist, Enemy of Insurers, Sees Senate Bid Erode]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No politician has aroused the ire of insurers more than Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. But it's the conservative wing of the GOP that's likely to quash his bid for the U.S. Senate.    Crist is a rarity in the Grand Old Party, a Republican populist. He didn't start...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:46:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oil Falls to Near $79 as Hurricane Weakens]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris BaldwinLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Oil prices fell slightly on Tuesday but held above $79 a barrel as the dollar weakened, gold stayed strong and a late-season hurricane subsided in the Gulf of Mexico.U.S. crude for December delivery fell 10 cents to $79.33 a barrel by 1204 GMT, after settling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:45:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hercules Offshore Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Jeff Tillery - Tudor Pickering Holt. Jeff Tillery - Tudor Pickering Holt John, with the recent pickup and activity in the Gulf of Mexico, how would you essentially contributing factors kind of down day rate, up cost post hurricane...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:58:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jim Rollyson - Raymond James. Jim Rollyson - Raymond James This is going to sound like deja vu from most quarters, because we always get to ask you the same stuff, but go ahead and ask. On the margin side,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:55:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurers Love New Hurricane Study]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance companies say they are only a hurricane away from being obliterated by a killer storm producing thousands of claims, and need to charge higher rates in coastal states. No surprise, then, that they've embraced a recent study published in Nature -- one that found the last decade of Atlantic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:33:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurers Profit When Hurricanes Hardly Happen]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each quarter newswires do their traditional "earnings prewrite," quoting analysts on how an industry is faring. Not surprisingly, this quarter's prediction for property and casualty insurers is positive. And, if anyone needs reminding, it's because there weren't any hurricanes troubling our coastline, defying the prediction by the National Oceanic and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:40:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Issues 'Storm Warning' for Reinsurers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life has been jolly good for the Bermuda reinsurers who provide billions of dollars to back upÂ property insurers just in case hurricanes come crashing ashore in the U.S.    A recent brush with Hurricane Bill washed away a few inches of sand on that island's beaches, but otherwise...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:04:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[21st Century Holding Company Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Michael Braun  While we&#8217;re waiting for if there&#8217;s any questions, just to elaborate a little bit more you can see that our book of business has grown a bit, the homeowners&#8217; book of business and that&#8217;s a result of some of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:47:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hurricane Season Should Hit Retail Early]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane season looks to be about normal this year according to Planalytics, a weather forecasting firm, but it may have its own quirks that retailers might take into consideration as they help consumers deal with the threat.    Retailers in hurricane prone regions often see a big impact...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:59:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Florida Loosens the Noose on Insurers as Credit Tightens]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance firms can handle hurricane losses, but a hurricane of a different sort has been brewing in Florida. Insurers such as State Farm, the largest U.S. home insurer, have folded their tents and left, complaining that they can't compete with the Sunshine State's own cut-rate insurance program.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:26:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cal Dive International, Inc. Q4 2008 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 Roger Read &#8211; Natixis Bleichroeder Roger Read &#8211; Natixis Bleichroeder Regarding your comments about the blend of work and the outlook for spending, could you take a bit about the blend between IRM versus construction...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:00:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICO Inc F4Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Chris Butler - Sidoti & Company.  Chris Butler - Sidoti & Company  I wanted to first ask for a little bit more detail on the impact of the hurricanes. You had mentioned that I think you said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:11:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Ike and Gustav's Wrath, Dems Eye Regulation, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MMS: 60 platforms confirmed destroyed by hurricanes -- The major hurricanes, Gustav and Ike, destroyed 60 rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico last summer, the U.S. federal Minerals Management Service has confirmed. [Source: Energy Current]    Democrats eye oil market regulation -- According to an analysis piece...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:53:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conn&#8217;s, Inc. Q3 2008 (Qtr End 10/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14058_23-252730.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of David Magee &#8211; Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey David Magee &#8211; Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey Can you talk about the relative demand you see right now for credit within the stores and does that enable you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:46:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orion Marine Group, Inc. Q3 2008 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 Fred Buonocore &#8211; CJS Securities. Fred Buonocore &#8211; CJS Securities  Good morning gentlemen. Nice quarter and all things considered with the hurricanes and what not. One thing I want to ask about is just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:29:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pioneer Drilling Co. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from the line of Marshall Adkins with Raymond James. Please go ahead.  Marshall Adkins - Raymond James Good morning, Stacy. Actually that was an excellent overview and obviously a very, very nice performance this quarter. You didn&#8217;t really...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:57:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Texas Petrochemicals Inc F1Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from [Randy Loffman] - Imperial Capital Bank. Randy Loffman - Imperial Capital Bank  A couple of questions I wanted to go through; first thing, just touching on the hurricane impact, I understand that $2.6 million of the $10 million...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:02:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14061_23-246006.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question is coming from Brian Gesuale with Raymond James. Brian Gesuale &#8211; Raymond James I wanted to dig into guidance a little bit, Bob, particularly in the fourth quarter. It looks like you're guiding somewhat of a sequentially flat quarter even...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:37:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cal Dive International, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14034_23-245818.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Jim Rollyson from Raymond James. Please proceed. Jim Rollyson &#8211; Raymond James  Hi, good morning guys. Quinn Hebert Welcome Jim. Jim Rollyson &#8211; Raymond James You talked a bit about the hurricane work which as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:51:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MDU Resources Group Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-245653.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Paul Patterson with Glenrock Associates. Mr. Patterson, your line is open. Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates I am sorry; can you here me now? Terry D. Hildestad - President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer Yes we...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:38:12 -0700</pubDate>
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