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		<title><![CDATA[InfoSpace, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first call comes from Kerry Rice - Wedbush Kerry Rice - Wedbush You&#8217;re obviously doing really well in the distribution channel, should we think of this as the new kind of level of revenue you should be maintaining? I guess initially or historically Q2...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Executives Try to Do Too Much]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/02/why-executives-try-to-do-too-much/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest flaws I see in most executive teams is their desire to do too much.    In the current economic climate the temptation to add a few more projects to the agenda, in a bid to offset declining sales and profits, is understandable but mistaken. Too many...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:08:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster, Inc. F1Q09 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Analyst for Rich Ingrassia &#8211; Roth Capital Partners. Analyst for Rich Ingrassia &#8211; Roth Capital Partners A question on the cap ex, under the amended credit facility I believe you&#8217;re restricted to $30 million for FY &#8217;09...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:33:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meijer Presses Green Initiatives]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meijer is advancing its environmental initiatives, planning to add turbines to its headquarters and two stores near Lake Michigan, and putting more green products on its shelves.    Meijer has been evolving a sustainability strategy for several years now, opening a store in a Detroit suburb in 2007...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:34:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Center for Health Value Innovation Announces New Member: Pro Pharma Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc.  Focuses on New Evidence of Value-Based Decisions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS -- Pro Pharma Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc. (www.propharmaconsultants.com), a pharmaceutical consultant organization focusing on data analytics and as a new member of the Industry Allies Board of The Center for Health Value Innovation (www.vbhealth.org), today released the results of a three year initiative that demonstrates a powerful link between...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sonic Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Steve West &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Steve West - Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Can you maybe explain the tip-credit wage initiative you are doing and really what does that mean? Are we supposed to be tipping at Sonic,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:17:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Zep Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Robert Felice &#8211; Gabelli & Company. Robert Felice - Gabelli & Company I guess first, as we look to next year, how should we think about balancing the annualized impact of demand shaping initiatives, the higher performance trend standards...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:59:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[John Kotter: Where's the Urgency?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=416]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[John Kotter is considered one of the great management gurus on the subject of organizational change, penning such business best sellers as The Heart of Change and Leading Change.    Welcome back Kotter, a Harvard Business School professor emeritus, with his book A Sense of Urgency. His message:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:54:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Blueprint For Strategic Leadership]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=924171]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most executives recognize that significant change takes place through action. And the familiar way to achieve this is through strategic initiatives: launching a product, changing a practice, or staking out a market position. Unfortunately, that often seems to mean "The more action, the better," especially when each potential initiative, product...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Waste Management's Filthy Clean Energy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=423]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you think taking out the garbage is a real drag, think again. Waste Management raked in more than $13 billion in revenues last year, making it the largest provider of waste management services on the continent. Its core business is your garbage, which it retrieves and transports to one...]]></description>
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