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		<title><![CDATA[SXC Health Solutions Corp. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-329386.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now conduct the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Brooks O'Neil with Dougherty & Company. Brooks O'Neil - Dougherty & Company Congratulations on a terrific quarter. I have a couple of questions. I guess first, Jeff. I...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:13:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Cai von Rumohr from Cowen and Company. Please proceed, sir. Cai von Rumohr -- Cowen and Company Yes. Terrific quarter. Could you give us an update on where you were with the Coast Guard recompete and what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:16:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Store Lots of Stuff In Your Windows Clipboard with AccelClip]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=4330]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Granted it's not as exciting as the war stories your uncle used to tell you, but we've all been there: Copying and pasting a slew of changes between the same two documents, over and over. It would be great if you could somehow store three items in the clipboard, but...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:00:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frontier Makes Money in May, What's Next?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All this talk about Republic buying Frontier has masked something important.  We haven't looked at how Frontier is doing lately.  You know what?  They're making money.  Go figure.  Republic may have picked itself up a nice little asset for a song.    Frontier...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:58:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Snap-on Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from David Leiker - Robert W. Baird. David Leiker &#8211; Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.  A couple of things, the one big item that jumps out is the SG&A line.  Can you give us some...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:20:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from John Nadel - Sterne, Agree & Leach. John Nadel - Sterne, Agree & Leach A couple quick questions, maybe one high level one, thinking about the FASB changes, and then maybe a couple of quick ones on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:36:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[9 'Must-Buys' For 2009]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While spare cash may be hard to come by in the midst of this global recession, MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger explains why now is a great time to buy certain items.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:30:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Reality Behind Biodegradable Plastic Packaging Material: The Science Of Biodegradable Plastics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest in biodegradable disposable plastic items has steadily grown over the last decade. Disposable packaging materials used to ship and protect purchased items as well as disposable containers used for food and drink are of special interest. The idea that one time use items can be disposed of with the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Madoff's Book: Kid's Promo Item]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The publishers of Bernard Madoff's proposed business book (tentatively titled: Bernard Madoff's Sales Secrets: How To Win Friends and Influence People's Wallets) planned some spin-off promotional items for kids, who are after all the financial moguls of the future!    In this hilarious take-off of the famous "Where's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:20:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scholastic Corp. F2Q09 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14052_23-256361.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Drew Crum - Stifel Nicolaus.  Drew Crum - Stifel Nicolaus I want to start with the guidance for 2009. Is there a revenue range you are looking at for 2009 now?  Maureen O&#8217;Connell...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:49:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bleak Black Friday]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports on Black Friday sales have largely agreed on some basics. But the more you dig into the numbers, the more obvious it is that we're seeing some particularly ugly business conditions, because one figure out of context doesn't tell you everything you need to know. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:53:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Solve the Discard Dilemma]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=504]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm one of those people who has an unfortunate pack-rat mentality. I store old receipts, notes from articles I wrote years ago, weatherbeaten college textbooks, and assorted other flotsam in the belief that surely, at some point, it will either a come in handy or b be requested by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:23:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bronco Drilling Co. Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14034_23-246089.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question will come from the line of John Fitzgerald with Raymond James. Please proceed. John Fitzgerald - Raymond James Good morning, guys. Frank Harrison Good morning. Zach Graves Good morning. John Fitzgerald - Raymond James You mentioned that the $9 million of charges...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:48:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Costco Wholesale Corporation F4Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14058_23-240131.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call Excerpt  Costco Wholesale Corporation COST F4Q08 Earnings Call  October 8, 2008 11:00 am ET Executives Richard Galanti - Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Director Analysts Adrianne Shapira - Goldman Sachs Mark Miller &#8211; William Blair & Co. Mitch Kaiser &#8211; Piper Jaffray Charles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:43:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Convince Consumers to Indulge for Their Own Good]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=366]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As people continue to pinch pennies in a slowing economy, how does the seller of upscale products and services convince them to buy items that are impractical Hummer, unnecessary Amazon rain forest excursion,  or expensively luxurious Lobster of the Month Club?    The answer is simple. Lay...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:29:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Little Color on Costco]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/100076/a-little-color-on-costco/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Galanti, CFO of Costco, explains where the margin is, why Costco prices aren't rising as fast as other stores', and why Costco stores now show up on mall sites after years of the cold shoulder from developers. by Lisa Everitt]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:12:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-229895.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions We&#39;ll go first to Matthew Heimermann, J.P. Morgan. Matthew Heimermann - J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.	 Hi. Good morning, everyone. Michael D. Price - President, CEO Good morning, Matt. Matthew Heimermann - J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. A couple quick questions. Maybe, Neal, could you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:17:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Start A Home Business Selling Items On Ebay]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=374146]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pretty much everyone has items within their home, garage or storage shed that they don't want or need anymore. We all would like to get rid of the "Stuff" we've accumulated over the years, but we would also like to make some money from it in the process. You would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wrong Items Shipped: Please Re-Ship]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=360026]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Use this template to inform the firm that wrong items were shipped for the placed order and hence asking for re-ship as soon as possible. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Interview Strategies: Dressed To Be Hired -First Contact]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=912779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How many of have gone through the above "Check list" in preparing for an important meeting with a potential new employer? How many have been able to provide satisfactory responses to the first three items on the list but a less than acceptable response to the last item? How many...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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