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		<title><![CDATA[Investing Reality Check: Why You Think You're Above Average]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/article/investing-reality-check-why-you-think-youre-above-average/368811/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Individual investors and professionals typically consider themselves above average portfolio managers, but they?re often deluding themselves. Sometimes, they inadvertently use the wrong yardsticks to measure their performance. Sometimes, their boasts are just plain deceitful.                Driving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sales Performance Management]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Hartlen, vice president of marketing at Varicent Software, says gut feelings are no longer a substitute for solid facts. He explains the difference between sales performance management, incentive compensation management and performance analytics.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:04:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DSW Inc. Q3 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 Jeff Black - Barclays Capital Jeff Black - Barclays Capital Nice quarter everybody, talk a little bit about the comp guidance, what you saw in October versus the two cold weather months and what&#8217;s happening so...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:40:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nuance Communications, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session  Operator  Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Daniel Ives &#8211; FBR Capital Markets. Daniel Ives &#8211; FBR Capital Markets Could you for next year talk about implied in your guidance for fiscal 2010 what type of growth you are looking for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: New DirecTV CEO Could Make $35.5 Million (And Then Some)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Michael White, the PepsiCo vet who takes over as president and CEO of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) Jan. 1, could make more than $35 million during his three-year contract, according to an SEC filing. His base salary is $1.5 million a year with up to 200 percent bonus based on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Performance of Leveraged Funds Can Be Ugly]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Jason Zweig points out in his latest book, leveraged funds should be avoided at all costs. by Larry Swedroe]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Ballmer Defends His Company's Performance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer hasn&#8217;t quite gotten the best reviews lately (Newsweek&#8216;s Dan Lyons recently called Microsoft under his leadership the company&#8217;s &#8220;lost decade.&#8221;) But during the company&#8217;s annual meeting Thursday, Ballmer offered a defense of the company&#8217;s performance, saying that despite Microsoft&#8217;s first ever annual drop...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Should I Prepare for My Performance Review?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ron,    I've been at my current job for two years, and this year my company began instituting annual performance reviews. I think my work is good but I have no idea what to expect, so what, if anything, should I do to prepare?   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:21:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reduce Cost and Improve Service Levels with Application Performance Monitoring Simplification]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty. They strive to closely align IT infrastructure to the business and also face challenges to reduce costs. While virtually every IT organization has multiple management solutions in place, the unfortunate truth is that most companies are struggling to develop a product mix...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NetEase Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Richard Ji.  Richard Ji &#8211; Morgan Stanley I have two questions -- first, let me start with World of Warcraft and this is obviously the key focus for [inaudible] and can you share with us an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:30:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Learn how Performance Metrics for Telcomm Expense Management Drive new ROIs and SLAs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1187623]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Metrics that force organizations to think about service level agreements and measurements differently Learn how new high performance telecom expense management solutions will increase your ROI. Watch "Learn how Performance Metrics for Telecom Expense Management drive new ROIs and SLAs" available now. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NAB CEO Paid Less Than Predecessor]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ National Australia Bank Ltd chief executive Cameron Clyne has taken home a 76 per cent hike in total remuneration to $5.2 million compared with when he ran the bank's New Zealand operations but is still paid only about two-thirds of his predecessor at the top job.By contrast, Mr Clyne's...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Modern Warfare 2 Sales Shoot Down Concerns About Activision's Future Performance]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[After Facebook Bans FishVille, Zynga Pulls Plug On All Performance-Based Ads]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Central Vermont Public Services Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question is from Paul Ridzon of Keybanc Capital Markets.  Paul Ridzon - Keybanc Capital Markets Could you run through the drivers behind increased guidance again? Pamela J. Keefe Sure. One is the Rabbi trust performance, which is a below-the-line item. And...]]></description>
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