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		<title><![CDATA[Pacer International, 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 Jon Langenfeld &#8211; Robert W. Baird & Co. Jon Langenfeld &#8211; Robert W. Baird & Co. Mike, when you think about kind of the path to get back to profitability, of the things that you can control...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:49:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ Services Company F3Q09 (Qtr End 30/06/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator InstructionsYour first question comes from Dan Pickering - Tudor Pickering Holt. Dan Pickering - Tudor Pickering Holt Bill, I want to make sure I heard your statement correctly. Better margins in each of your divisions in the fourth quarter. Is that excluding the impact of charges...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:43:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We will take our first question from Uche Orji with UBS.  Uche Orji - UBS Thank you very much. Ron, my first question is on the wireless business, just to understand the profitability of the non-baseband business. So I look at the baseband...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:58:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Crocs, 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 Jeff Mintz - Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.. Jeff Mintz - Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. John, a couple of questions, starting with your last comment about returning to profitability in 2010. Do you see that as being a possibility...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 09:26:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global Industries, Ltd. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question from Jim Rollyson. Jim Rollyson Good morning, guys. John Clerico Good morning, Jim. Peter Atkinson Good morning. Jim Rollyson Excellent rebound. John, you talked about West Africa and the fact that you&#8217;re wrapping up some work there and going to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 11:23:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Effect Of Working Capital Management On Firm Profitability: Evidence From Turkey]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=996017]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the effect of working capital management on firm profitability. In accordance with this aim, to consider statistically significant relationships between firm profitability and the components of cash conversion cycle at length, a sample consisting of Istanbul Stock Exchange ISE listed manufacturing firms for the period of 1998-2007...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin America Says Profitability "Could" Be Pushed to 2011]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin America's Chief Executive, David Cush, had a lot to say over the weekend as the airline showed off its first aircraft equipped with wireless internet access, but the most interesting thing he said had nothing to do with the web.  Cush had plenty to say on the airline's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:49:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[P&F Industries, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Ladies and gentlemen, we will now be conducting the question-and-answer session. Operator instructions Our first question is coming from Timothy Stabosz [ph] with Stabosz Asset Management [ph]. Please state your question. Timothy Stabosz &#8211; Stabosz Asset Management  Hi, Good morning, Richard and to everyone at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:44:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We'll go to Adam Walsh with Jefferies. Adam Walsh - Jefferies Good morning, guys, thanks for taking my question. I assume you can hear me. Stan Crooke Yes. Thank you. Adam Walsh - Jefferies Wonderful and Stan, we've been over this before. Maybe you could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:20:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Select Comfort Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Robert Evans - Craig-Hallum Capital. Robert Evans - Craig-Hallum Capital  I believe you had given guidance before as it relates to second half profitability. I know you were profitable in this quarter. Do you still expect second half...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:47:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Need for Profitability & Cost Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1139575]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As indirect costs rise and economic pressures increase, the need for profitability and cost management PCM also grows. Read this white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business performance by finding drivers of cost and profitability, empowering users with visibility and flexibility, and improving resource alignment. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Competing For Profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The true test of a marketing program is to deliver products and services that are both competitive and profitable. To do this you need to understand the factors that differentiate your business from your competitors and focus on developing your strengths. In some cases that means enhancing your products or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:34:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This profitability index calculator can be used to figure out the benefit to cost ratio of an investment. Profitability index is simply the present value of future cash flows divided by the initial investment. When the profitability index is greater than 1.0 the present value of cash flows must be...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing customer profitability can be tricky. Many companies offer customers discounts or free services to win or retain business. But if they find that the cost of providing those services or discounts exceeds customer profitability, the company has to make a difficult decision between cutting costs or losing customers. Using...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding ways to manage profitability more effectively is a cornerstone of financial performance management. The paper asserts that CFOs can drive initiatives that will enhance corporate profitability in ways that go beyond the traditional 'bean counter' approaches. Today's approach to profitability management involves using more insight to uncover both unnecessary...]]></description>
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