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		<title><![CDATA[dELiA*s, 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 Samantha Panella &#8211; Raymond James. Samantha Panella &#8211; Raymond James Any regional differences that you&#8217;re seeing in terms of the same store sales trends at the end of October early November? Robert E. Bernard  No Sam,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:02:09 -0800</pubDate>
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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[Chico&#8217;s FAS, Inc. Q3 2009 (Qtr End 10/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14058_23-366296.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Randy Konik &#8211; Jefferies Randy Konik &#8211; Jefferies On the interesting comments you made about the Connor Group and the consolidation of the sourcing opportunity, could you give us a little bit of color around timing of that consolidation and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:05:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[3 Ways Clients Can Push Ad Agencies to Save Money]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/10004679/3-ways-clients-can-push-ad-agencies-to-save-money/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Advertising Age has declared cultural war on procurement officers -- the executives at large advertisers who scrutinize ad agency budgets in an attempt to save money. Editor Jonah Bloom recently denounced the "obsession with ROI return on investment and the rise of the procurement officer" and wondered "whether procurement had...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:10:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Opnext, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Daniel Morris &#8211; Oppenheimer. Daniel Morris &#8211; Oppenheimer Could you talk a little bit more about what your Yen exposure is now? I know you&#8217;ve been taking steps to reduce it. Robert Nobile  Over time we&#8217;ve been able to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:23:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Agencies Fight Against Procurement Execs - a War They Will Surely Lose]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although companies routinely source their vendors based on price, ad agencies historically have believed their costs should be immune from such examination. They are commercial artists, after all, and their genius cannot easily be priced. As such, agencies are engaged in a long-term war against common sense, a war they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:57:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Baosteel to Acquire Part of Aquila]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Australian government has given the green light for China's largest steel maker to acquire up to 19.99 per cent of coal miner and iron ore explorer Aquila Resources Ltd for $285 million.Aquila said in a statement on Friday that Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board FIRB had given the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Upsell Around Procurement Drones]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/salesmachine/?p=5480]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most sales pros have gotten the "easy sale" phone call -- a procurement department with an unexpected order.Â  The tendency, of course, is to simply take the order and enjoy the "free" commission.Â  Doing that, though, might be leaving a bigger opportunity on the table.    A better...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:30:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How SMES Can Win Public Sector Contracts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the public sector looks to cut expenditure, smaller suppliers will have to work even harder to reach the top of the tendering shortlist.          Understand the process    Goal: Learn how to work within the public sector&#8217;s procurement process....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Too Much Savings?: 9 Ways To Expand Influence, Drive Savings, And Secure Your Procurement Position]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1151593]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are 2 ways to improve earnings: increase revenue or reduce costs. With the poor economy, most organizations are facing a decrease in revenue. That means that companies will do what is needed to maintain earnings - cut costs. Though a favorite tactic is to downsize, and procurement many times...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Perry Ellis F2Q10 (Qtr End 8/1/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We will take our first question from Eric Beder with Brean Murray.  Eric Beder - Brean Murray I just have a little bit about inventories and about other pieces. Inventories were down about 22%. What should we be thinking about in terms of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[All Signs Indicate Pressure To Mount On Defense Budget]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/10002847/all-signs-indicate-pressure-to-mount-on-defense-budget/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New reports highlight the fact that the Obama Administration will have a hard time continuing heavy investment in procurement programs in future years defense budgets.  The 2011 and out budgets have yet to be released even at the top line and there is concerns being raised that they will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:53:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 08/04/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14061_23-328349.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Tyler Hojo - Sidoti & Company. Tyler Hojo - Sidoti & Company I was hoping maybe you could talk a little bit more about the systems integration and services business and ACS. Last quarter, I think...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:56:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graham Corporation F1Q10 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14049_23-327284.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions Our first question comes from James Bank from Sidoti & Company. James Bank &#8211; Sidoti & Company Hi, good morning. Jim Lines Good morning, James. James Bank &#8211; Sidoti & Company I knew if I hit star one about ten times, eventually it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mercer Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question will come from the line of Paul Quinn with RBC Capital Markets. Paul Quinn - RBC Capital Markets You mentioned fiber prices up in Germany in the upcoming quarters -- maybe you could try to quantify what we are going to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:07:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arctic Cat, Inc. F1Q10 (QTR End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-326171.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Scott Hamann &#8211; Keybanc Capital Markets. Scott Hamann &#8211; Keybanc Capital Markets Just in terms of the gross margin, it looks like to get to that 300 for the year you&#8217;re going to need to do a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:47:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14061_23-326175.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions your first question comes from Brian Gesuale - Raymond James. Brian Gesuale - Raymond James Bob, I&#8217;m wondering if you elaborate on a couple of those big opportunities, again wondering if you could maybe elaborate on some other things you guys are looking at...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report Of Major Cuts To Funding For Military Operations In Future Years]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Obama and Secretary of Defense Gates submitted their 2010 budget to the Hill they left out all plans for 2011 and out. Normally the budget shows the current year, the next planned year and then five out years. The idea is to show Congress how a program will grow...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last major down turn in defense spending during the Clinton Administration there was a severe contraction in the number of firms doing defense work.  Rather then companies going under as they had in past down periods many merged with others.  This was actually encouraged by the...]]></description>
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