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		<title><![CDATA[Skirting the Issue: Why Women Aren?t Making it to the Board]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jack in the Box F4Q09 (Qtr End 9/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions  Our first question comes from Joseph Buckley. Joseph Buckley - BAS-ML I guess I would like to zone in on the sales performance a little bit more. You gave us a fair amount of detail but I guess I am curious if maybe...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Children&#8217;s Place Retail Stores, 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 Richard Jaffe &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus. Richard Jaffe &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus Just two quick questions, one is on IMU and the benefits you&#8217;ve seen and the sustainability of those benefits.  I know the market was under, or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weight Watchers International, Inc. Q3 2009 (Qtr End 10/03/09) 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 Jerry Herman &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus.  Jerry Herman &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus Let&#8217;s start with promotions if we can. I appreciate the feedback on that. You were good enough to quantify the impact of the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[MetroPCS Communications Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Rich Prentiss - Raymond James. . Rich Prentiss - Raymond James First question I&#8217;ve got is, within the quarter, I think you&#8217;re pleased with where ARPU ended up sequentially, it looks like the international calling plan has well. You talked...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. Q3 2009 (Qtr End 10/3/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Paul LeJuez - Credit Suisse. Analyst for Paul LeJuez - Credit Suisse It's actually Tracy filling in for Paul.  I had a question on that you mentioned that the fourth quarter sales trends are improving versus third...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:06:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Be Careful What You Wish For: The Problem with Promotions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/entry-level/?p=932]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask just about any ambitious young person what they're working towards and they're likely to answer with another job title. Almost everyone is gunning for a promotion and it's not hard to understand why: more money, more responsibility and, hopefully, more interesting work. But, be careful, warns author Rick Smith...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:32:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brinker International, Inc. F1Q10 (Qtr End 09/23/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question coming from Steven Kron. Please announce your affiliation and then pose your question. Steven Kron -- Goldman Sachs Hi, thanks. Goldman Sachs. I guess first to start off with -- on the sales front. Can you talk -- get a little bit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:38:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best Buy Plays Holiday Trick in Halloween Promotion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most retailers are so worried about the end-of-year holidays that they seem to have steamrolled Halloween, but not Best Buy.    Okay, they havenâ€™t really steamrolled Halloween, but retailers arenâ€™t paying it the respect they once did. Just a couple of years ago, retailers planned major promotions looking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:28:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are You Sure You Want Off-Label Drug Promotion Protected Under Freedom of Speech?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On what planet is Allergan's lawsuit, which claims the FDA's off-label drug promotion ban violates the First Amendment right to free speech, a good idea? It doesn't appear to serve the greater good for the public or even for the drug industry. by Trista Morrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:49:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[McCormick & Company, Incorporated Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14040_23-346101.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Chris  Growe - Stifel Nicolaus  Chris  Growe - Stifel Nicolaus  I just had two questions for you, the first one just as I was looking at SG&A and it being down so...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:13:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Customize Promotions to Woo Dormant and Occasional Customers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to new research from Stanford Graduate School of Business, smart businesses will carefully customize their promotions to win business from dormant and occasional customers. by Stacy Blackman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:00:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Staples, Inc. Q2 2009 (Qtr End 08/01/09) 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 KateMcShane &#8211; Citi Investment Research.  KateMcShane &#8211; Citi Investment Research The sequential improvement in comp store sales especially in Europe was great. I wonder how much you think is from share gains and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:04:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walt Disney F3Q09 (Qtr End 6/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14052_23-326909.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jessica Reif-Cohen of Banc of America Merrill Lynch. Jessica Reif-Cohen - Banc of America Merrill Lynch Thank you. You guys have really impressive margins at the theme parks and I know, Tom, you said there&#8217;s a limit to how...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:55:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ruby Tuesday F4Q09 (Qtr End 6/2/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question is from the line of Jeffrey Omohundro with Wells Fargo. Jeffrey Omohundro - Wells Fargo Thanks. My question really goes to the challenge of balancing traffic without average check in this environment and establishing enhanced value. I&#8217;m curious if you could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:35:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sears Marketing Evolves as Kmart Transforms Movie into Father's Day Promotion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kmart characterizes the campaign it has developed for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as its â€œmost robustâ€ Father's Day promotion to date. by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:40:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AZ Seroquel Emails Detail Off-Label Promotion; What Did CEO Brennan Know?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new batch of email and memos from the federal litigation over AstraZeneca's antipsychotic Seroquel detail company executives discussing off-label promotion, the stretching of data to make claims that Seroquel did not cause weight gain, the cover-up of a trial that showed negative results and suggestions that researchers who "slow...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:31:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Get Promoted |Dodging Landmines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you keep getting passed up for promotions no matter how hard you work, take a look at your managerial skills. Are they nonexistent? Starla Sireno, executive coach at Fearlessness Inc., urges you to sit down with your manager and really listen—don't get defensive! Ask what you can do, what...]]></description>
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