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		<title><![CDATA[Cummins, Inc. Q2 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 Meredith Taylor - Barclays Capital. Meredith Taylor - Barclays Capital I am hoping you can talk a little bit more about what you saw in the UK and the Middle East in the power gen business....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:23:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hercules Offshore 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 Jeff Tillery with Tudor Pickering Holt; please proceed.  Jeff Tillery - Tudor Pickering Holt Hi, good morning.  John Rynd  Morning Jeff.  Jeff Tillery - Tudor Pickering Holt John I wonder if you can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:37:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lufkin Industries, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Collin Gerry - Raymond James. Collin Gerry - Raymond James Real quick, Chris, I missed the depreciation for the quarter. Could you just give me that real quick again? Christopher L. Boone $4.3 million. Collin Gerry - Raymond...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:22:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price of gas has been on a roller coaster, and many blame speculators who trade oil futures like stocks. Now the U.S. government is weighing a new way to regulate oil trading. Armen Keteyian reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:48:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[T-3 Energy Services, Inc., Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Operator Instructions We will go first to Gerry Collin with Raymond James. Collin Gerry - Raymond James  Hi guys it is Collin Gerry but close enough. I guess, Gus you gave us some pretty interesting numbers there on the what we are seeing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:46:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hercules Offshore Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions And your first question comes from the line of Angie Sedita from Macquarie Securities. Please proceed. Angie Sedita - Macquarie Securities Great, thank you. Thanks guys. I guess just one. The first question is a clarification question on the cost in the international...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:47:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Technical Due Diligence To Manage Risk Prior To Acquisition In Malaysia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SGS enabled a reputable automotive dealer in the Middle East to make well-founded decisions prior to the acquisition of a Malaysian automotive brake pad manufacturing company by providing Technical Due Diligence. A reputable automotive dealer in the Middle East selected SGS to carry out Technical Due Diligence to provide the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions We'll go first to Andrew Kaplowitz, Barclays Capital. Glosho &#8211; Barclays Capital Hi, good morning. This is actually Glosho [ph] in place of Andy. Deb Wensel  Hi. Glosho &#8211; Barclays Capital Hi. Can you talk a little bit about the potential $1...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:24:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[KBR: A Hedge Fund Liquidation Special]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F105025-kbr-a-hedge-fund-liquidation-special%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[James Cullen submits:  I&#8217;ve mentioned engineering, construction, and logistics firm KBR KBR briefly in the past, but my last presentation was on why the stock is a buy at present levels, just under $15/share. KBR is a Halliburton HAL spinoff that has attracted much negative press due to circumstances...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:52:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Barclays Seeks Funds from the Middle East]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walid Nasserdeen submits: Barclays BCS, like most large banks, has been ordered by British Treasury to raise billions in new capital, and made the decision to do so by turning to the Middle East.   Barclays is trying to show that it is far too strong and well equipped...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Crisis Spreads to the Middle East]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan O'Shaughnessy submits: We have all watched as countries throughout the world raced to help bailout their ailing banks in light of the global credit crisis. Gargantuan sums &#8211; more on a global scale than we have seen to date &#8211; have been dispensed: Germany $650B, Russia $120B, UK £37B,...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Ole Slorer from Morgan Stanley.  Ole Slorer - Morgan Stanley  Thank you very much. I wonder if we can have some clarifications on some of the pricing trends. I mean if...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session  Operator    Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the mode of Mr. David Hayes from Lehman Brothers. Please go ahead with your question.    David Hayes - Lehman Brothers    Hi morning all.    Paul...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intensive expansion of downstream gas-related industrial projects in the Gulf has put a strain on upstream developments and the politics of gas allocations and gas pricing. Fresh uncertainties are challenging local and international developers. Political instability and weak implementation of economic reforms has been partly obscured by the hydrocarbon windfall...]]></description>
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