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		<title><![CDATA[Sanofi to Buy U.S. Group Chattem For $1.9 Billion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sudip Kar-GuptaPARIS (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Sanofi-Aventis SASY is to buy U.S. consumer healthcare group Chattem Inc CHTT for around $1.9 billion, in a deal which will give the French drugmaker over-the-counter presence in the huge United States market.Sanofi said it would start a tender offer for all of Chattem's shares...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:15:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conviva CEO Swap Official; Feher In, Co-Founder Zhang To Chief Scientist]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ More than three months after we reported that Darren Feher left NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) to head Conviva, the content delivery company is making it official. The former NBCU CTO is president and CEO, while co-founder Dr. Hui Zhang has moved to chief scientist. Zhang will focus on product...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:10:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP EDS Acquisition Masks 2009 Troubles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HP HPQ released its 10-K late yesterday. And when you read between the lines of numbers, you see that the EDS acquisition last year effectively masked some significant business issues and trends for the company.    The first trend is one that we've been looking at for some...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:55:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yahoo On Strike In The Alps Over R&D Closure]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It doesn&#8217;t take much for a Frenchman to strike. And that&#8217;s what French Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) engineers did Wednesday, protesting - very publicly - Carol Bartz&#8217;s decision to close an R&D centre that only opened a year ago.The centre at Grenoble in the Alps had belonged to price comparison...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:26:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Protect your Critical Information Easily]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safeguarding massive amounts of sensitive, confidential data—from legally protected personal information to intellectual property and trade secrets—from malicious attacks and accidental loss is one of IT's biggest challenges. With employees having greater mobility than ever before to work outside the office, the job of protecting data has never been more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun Micro Wins Intellectual Property Cases]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc said on Tuesday it won intellectual property cases in both the United States and Britain.Sun said that in the U.S. case it obtained a federal court judgment against Sun Valley Technical Repair, describing it as a major counterfeiter of its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:17:02 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[3M 2009 Outlook Misses Estimates]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Diversified U.S. manufacturer 3M Co MMM on Tuesday released an outlook that was below analysts' forecasts for the current year, ahead of a meeting with investors.The company anticipates 2009 earnings per share, excluding items, between $4.50 and $4.55 per share, below analyst estimates of $4.57 per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:27:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Data Modeling Is Still Relevant]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Quest white paper, "Why Data Modeling is Still Relevant," discover the reasons why - even after 30 years! - data modeling is more essential than ever. Learn about its resurgence, how it supports efforts such as data warehousing and system development, and how your business can benefit from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Accused Of Being A Copy Cat, Microsoft Suspends Its Twitter-Like Service In China]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Less than a month after Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launched a microblogging service in China, the company has pulled the product off the market, among rampant accusations that it had blatantly copied a competitor&#8217;s own microblogging service. In a statement issued late last night, Microsoft said, &#8220;Because questions have been...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[AlikeList Raises $5 Million For Local Business Reviews Site]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A new local business reviews site has raised $5 million in a funding round from Syncom Venture Partners. The startup, AlikeList, is trying to distinguish itself from existing competitors by making its recommendations more personal. AlikeList prompts users to write up lists of local establishments they like, along with...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co announced on Monday that it had acquired some of the assets of General Motors' Saab unit.The Chinese carmaker has struck a deal to buy production equipment and intellectual property related to two older Saab models ? the 9-5 and 9-3. According to new agencies,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM close to selling Saab assets to BAIC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General Motors is closing in on a deal to sell assets from its Saab unit to Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co while continuing separate talks with other potential bidders over the remainder of the Swedish carmaker.BAIC has struck a tentative agreement with GM to buy production equipment and intellectual...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hormel Foods Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 25/10/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Limited Brands, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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