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		<title><![CDATA[Ameren Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator InstructionsYour first question comes from Paul Ridzon - Keybanc. Paul Ridzon - Keybanc Actually, the question has been answered in the commentary. Thank you. Operator Your next question comes from Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates. Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates The $0.06 of other, I&#8217;m sorry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 11:50:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Roland Burris Lesson for Getting What You Want]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did Roland Burris win appointment to the U.S. Senate when the deck seemed so stacked against him? It's a lesson in confidence and persistence we all can learn from.    Remember the string of events? Barack Obama is elected president, leaving vacant his U.S. Senate seat representing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:22:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eagle Materials, Inc., F3Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator   Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from the line of Kathryn Thompson from Avondale Partners. Please proceed with your question. Kathryn Thompson - Avondale Partners Hi, thank you. First on the wallboard segment, where did pricing end up at the quarter end versus...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:43:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peabody Energy Corp. Q4 2008. Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  And first from the line of Michael Dudas with Jeffries & Co. Michael Dudas - Jeffries & Co Good morning, gentlemen. Greg Boyce  Good morning, Michael. Michael Dudas - Jeffries & Co My first question is related to your expectations in Illinois basin. Can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:06:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New DoE Head, Illinois Line Up in Favor of Clean Coal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stars are aligning up once again for clean coal as Barack Obama approaches his presidential coronation. At both the Federal and state level, policymakers are talking about the technology. And sensing an inexorable change on its way, utilities and energy companies are duly lining up to help, albeit for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:44:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[American Physicians Capital Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Yes, maam.  Operator Instructions  And our first question today comes from David Lewis with Raymond James.   David Lewis &#8211; Raymond James  Thank you and good morning.  Congratulations first of all on the stability of your investment portfolio and thank...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:30:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Con-way Announces Winners of 2008 Scholarship Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paying for college just got a little easier for 151 children of parents employed by Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) and its operating companies. A total of 51 new students -- along with 100 continuing students -- have won financial grants through this year's Con-way Scholarship Program. Founded in 1991, Con-way...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SBA Stands Ready to Assist Illinois Residents Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Following the announcement of the Presidential disaster declaration in Illinois for several counties affected by severe storms and flooding on September 13, 2008 and continuing, Acting Administrator Sandy K. Baruah of the U.S. Small Business Administration issued the following statement:  "The U.S. Small Business Administration is strongly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul University and Illinois Technology Association  Announce Newly Formed Education Partnership]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly formed partnership will create additional educational opportunities for ITA members.  CHICAGO -- The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and the Illinois Technology Association ITA have announced a new partnership in which the Coleman Center will provide quarterly educational events for ITA members to attend with a focus on common strategic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PrivateBancorp, Inc. Selected as Winner of 18th Midwest Annual Report Awards Competition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- The Chicago Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI-Chicago) announced today that PrivateBancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVTB) of Chicago was selected as the winner of the 2008 award for the best annual report at the 18thannual Midwest Annual Report Awards competition. The competition has honored the finest in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court Denies Sprint's Petition to Appeal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruling Requires Sprint Nextel to Cease Owning, Operating, and Managing the Nextel Network in iPCS Wireless's Territory  SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- iPCS, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPCS) today announced that the Supreme Court of Illinois has refused to hear Sprint Nextel's (NYSE: S) appeal of a ruling by the Appellate Court of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prime Group Realty Trust Announces that Continental Towers Earns the ENERGY STAR for Turning Energy Use into Savings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_24/ai_n28580890]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE: PGEPRB) (the "Company"), announces that its Continental Towers office and retail complex in Rolling Meadows, Illinois has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy performance. Continental Towers joins approximately 3,200...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration in Illinois]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_22/ai_n28575325]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes located in the State of Illinois as a result of excessive rain and flooding that occurred on January 1,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICPR Welcomes Rejection of Governor's Veto of Pay-to-Play Reform Legislation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Senate on Monday rejected Gov. Rod Blagojevich's veto of House Bill 824, legislation banning political contributions by state contractors to the officeholder awarding the contract. Because the House previously voted overwhelmingly in favor of overriding the veto, the Senate approval is final action, and the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgage lenders feel the wrath of a Federal Judge and Attorneys General: a District Court judge in Wisconsin grants class-action status to plaintiffs, and attorneys general file suit against Countrywide]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a case that's got bankers and other mortgage lenders and brokers quivering in their collective wing tips because the exposures could run into the hundreds of millions, if not the billions, of dollars.  A lawsuit filed in 2005 by a Cedarburg, Wis., couple alleging deceptive lending practices on...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[14th Annual Search Under Way for Illinois' Top Youth Volunteers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_2/ai_n28048144]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[State Honorees Receive Cash Awards, Medallions and Trip to Washington, D.C., for National Events  Belleville and Blue Island Youth Were Illinois' Honorees in 2008  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Over the past 13 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to nearly 3,000 middle and high school students...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senator stealth: how to advance radical causes when no one's looking]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_16_60/ai_n28028560]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AFTER hearing about Barack Obama's ties to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Fr. Michael Pfleger, and the militant activists of ACORN the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, it should be clear to everyone that his extremist roots run deep. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar was awarded a $397.1 million contract from the U.S. Army for two types of dozers with armor kits. The Department of Defense DoD said the agreement also included a five-year requirements contract with one five-year option. Work will be performed in East Peoria, Ill., and should be completed by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Democrats name Obama first black major US party nominee]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200808/ai_n28051726]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER, Colorado AFP &#8212; Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday made history as Democrats formally nominated him by acclamation as the first black presidential nominee of a major political party.  Obama's defeated rival Hillary Clinton dramatically halted a roll-call vote at the Democratic National Convention and proposed the Illinois senator be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Democrats name Obama first black major US party nominee]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200808/ai_n28051727]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER, Colorado AFP &#8212; Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday made history as Democrats formally nominated him by acclamation as the first black presidential nominee of a major political party.  Obama's defeated rival Hillary Clinton dramatically halted a roll-call vote at the Democratic National Convention and proposed the Illinois senator be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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