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		<title><![CDATA[Sony Pushes Back Profit Margin Target to 2013]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mayumi NegishiTOKYO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Japan's Sony Corp  pushed back an elusive target of an operating profit margin of 5 percent to March 2013, as it heads for its second straight loss and loses ground to overseas competitors.Sony, which is shedding jobs, closing plants and selling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nestlé increases profit margins]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nestlé increased its profit margins in the first half, as lower input prices and higher productivity counteracted tough trading conditions in many markets.The operating profit margin climbed by 0.3 percentage points to 14.1 per cent, while the margin for Nestlé's key foods and beverages business, excluding the highly profitable...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why IT-Savvy Managers Boost Profit Margins]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's your relationship with technology? If you're the type of manager who thinks it's something best left to the IT department, the strength of your profit margins may depend on a change of attitude.    At least, that's the message of a new book by MIT Sloan School...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:00:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Accounting Outsourcing Services Give You An Edge Over Others In Enhancing Productivity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1128303]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Accounting outsourcing services play a vital role in the present economic scenario and business environment. With an intense competition for survival and excellence, the companies need to build some sound strategies to beat the competition in their field. With profit margins getting thinner and thinner in recent times, business owners...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gross Profit Margin]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your business' gross profit margin is one of its key performance indicators. The gross profit margin gives an indication on whether the average mark up on goods and services is sufficient to cover expenses and make profit. Use information from your business' annual profit and loss statements to input into...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How To Increase Your Profit Margin To 50% Or More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper is designed to show businesses how to make money by offering promotional products to their customers and also to help those already selling promotional products to be more effective. The paper shows explains 3 ways to make better than 50% profit. While others are cutting their prices trying...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Promotional Items: Enhance The Profit Margin]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaching out to your target audience is a major criterion for the success of any organisation. You might just make the best product but till the time you are not able to reach your target audience everything fails. Promotional products bridge the gap between your organisation and your target audience....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Garmin Stumbles Forward With Nuvifone]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten months after Garmin announced plans to enter the GPS Global Positioning System -- enabled smart phone market, the provider of satellite navigation and communication devices said its Nuvifone has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Good news for investors, as more than 70 percent of the company's current...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:21:32 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Moody's Got 53 Percent Profit Margins Rating Dicey CDOs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a moment of clarity in understanding just how all the watchdogs in finance took a siesta, read Gretchen Morgenson's long takeout in The New York Times this Sunday about how ratings agency Moody's went so far astray from its traditional role.    The reason? Very simple. Money....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:31:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boston Scientific Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. And our first question is from the line of Bob Hopkins with Banc of America. Please go ahead. Robert Hopkins - Banc of America Hi. Thank you and good morning. Two quick questions, first, a very quick one on guidance, and then one on gross margins....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:19:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Five Ways To Increase Profit Margins]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1166691]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If your profit margins aren't rising, chances are your company isn't thriving. This paper provides five solutions to the problem. Getting rid of the 20% of your customers who provide the lowest profitability frees up capacity and resources to do work that is more profitable. Focus your energy on products...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Research and Markets: In 2008, the Profit Margin of Mobile Phone Industry Will Drop to an Estimated 3% States the 2007 China Mobile Phone Design House Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/151fb3/china_mobile_phone) has announced the addition of the "China Mobile Phone Design House Report, 2007" report to their offering.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best-in-Class Manufacturers Enjoy up to 80% Improvement in their Profit Margins of Configured and Custom Products, According to New Aberdeen Report]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_April_16/ai_n25156756]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- RuleStream Corporation, leading provider of standards-based engineering SBE solutions to capture, manage and reuse engineering knowledge, today announces the availability of a new benchmark report from the Aberdeen Group, "Tailoring Products to Customer Preferences: Configuring Profits to Order." This report highlights how Best-in-Class technologies, such as those...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Carphone Warehouse to Implement RedPrairie's Execution Management to Increase Profit Margins]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile phone retailer will improve visibility into store level compliance and streamline communications]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Voltaire Expands Profit Margins and Net Income on Higher Revenues in Fourth Quarter 2007]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annual Revenues up 75%, Surpassing $53 Million; Positive Annual Operating Cash Flow]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Has the Largest Dedicated Semiconductor Foundry Capacity Which Has Resulted In a Strong Profit Margin and Market Position]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Jan_4/ai_n27488779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78601) has announced the addition of Premium Company Profile Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to their offering.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This calculator can help you determine the selling price for your products to achieve a desired profit margin. By entering the wholesale cost, and either the markup or gross margin percentage, it calculates the required selling price and gross margin. ]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the Internet to support retailers saves time, and also provides higher quality information than telephone-based systems allow. Therefore, transferring routine processes to the Internet helps improve productivity and increase profits by allowing retailers more time to do what they do best: selling products.  What You Need to KnowHow...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[TheStreet.com Announces Profit Margin on Medicare Business Up in 2006 as Commercial Business Declines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crain's chicago index 128.17 -0.8%    S&P 500 1,522.75 +1.1%    BANG FOR YOUR BUCK    Profit margin measures how much of every dollar of sales a company  keeps in earnings. To get profit margin, divide net income by sales  (figures reflect...]]></description>
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