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		<title><![CDATA[Walker Report Will Shake Up Non-Finance Companies Too]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/26/walker-report-will-shake-up-non-finance-companies-too/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you think the Walker Report applies only to banks, think again. Much of what Sir David Walker is recommending today will apply to all companies tomorrow.    Corporate governance codes are a reaction to crises: Cadbury produced the original rulebook after Maxwell's collapse, Higgs revised it after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:25:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hershey Seen as Cadbury Saviour Only by Playing a Waiting Game]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/23/hershey-seen-as-cadbury-saviour-only-by-playing-a-waiting-game/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cadbury is in danger of casting Kraft as the repellent opportunist and Hershey as its white knight but you can't help wondering whether, if Hershey had bid first, then Kraft would be seen as the rescuer.    If a hostile bid is an offer from an opportunist company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:08:57 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When is a Bonus Not a Reward?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/19/when-is-a-bonus-not-a-reward/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When bonuses become a matter of course, they are no longer a reward but a regular part of your pay-packet, says Richard Northedge. What's so special about that? by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:50:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BA-Iberia: a Marriage of Convenience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/16/ba-iberia-a-marriage-of-convenience/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BA and Iberia are hardly a match made in heaven, but with all the other partners pairing off, BA was beginning the look like the tiny wallflower. by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:14:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cadbury: It's Not Really Up to the Board]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/12/cadbury-its-not-really-up-to-the-board/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A hostile bid is not a personal attack, and boards that scramble to put up a defence aren't doing their shareholders any favours. by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:26:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bank Break Ups are Bad for Customers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government's playing Goldilocks when it comes to big business break-ups. Meanwhile, it's the customer that suffers. by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:34:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who'd Run Britain for That Money?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you pay the leader of the government Â£194,254 for running an enterprise with a turnover of Â£700bn, any higher reward for a smaller job highlights the disparity in pay. by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:33:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does Britain Lack Leadership Talent?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/11/02/does-britain-lack-leadership-talent/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Why are there so few Britons at the top of FTSE-100 companies, let alone multinationals? Do we lack leadership talent? by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Nobody Trusts Business Anymore]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/29/why-nobody-trusts-business-anymore/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[People have lost faith with power-brokers, whether business people bankers or politicians. As Asda's Andy Bond argues, we are now in an era of "democratic consumerism". by Richard Northedge]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:50:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boardroom Pay: Heads You Win, Tails You Win]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New statistics on boardroom rewards shows the only concession to recession is to turn bonuses into basic pay.    When business is good, company directors increase their pay to share in the returns. When business is tough they think they deserve a rise in remuneration to compensate for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:45:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Counting on Dollars: Backing a Loser?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/22/counting-on-dollars-backing-a-loser/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[About half the FTSE 100 companies, by value, now report their accounts in US dollars, not pounds. But with the greenback losing its international status, have they chosen the wrong currency?    The problem is not whether the dollar is currently strong or weak -- though that does...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:08:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macho M&A Should Go the Way of the Do-Do]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/20/macho-ma-should-go-the-way-of-the-do-do/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What looked like a surge in takeovers has gone sharply into a reverse: suddenly more bids are being withdrawn than launched. It seems the boardroom appetite for expansion has turned out to be greater than the balance sheet can stomach.    In quick succession the Spanish consortium bidding...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:00:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FSA to Send Boards Back to School]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/15/fsa-to-send-boards-back-to-school/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Job interviews usually have a trick question from left field but if you want a senior position in finance, expect to be asked "What are the circumstances under which the firm will fail?".    This might not sound like positive thinking but it is the question the Financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:23:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Foreign Share Listings an Expensive Luxury?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/12/are-foreign-share-listings-an-expensive-luxury/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies used to accumulate foreign listings like boy scouts collect badges or travelers leave stickers on their luggage. But listings on overseas stock exchanges have fallen from favour because they are too complex and don't work. The Aviva insurance group is thus going against the trend in seeking a New...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:21:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ITV Chair Candidates Need No X-Factor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/08/itv-chair-candidates-need-no-x-factor/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Headhunters pride themselves on discretion that looks more like secrecy. So why do nominations committees play out the recruitment process in the glare of publicity? Once, the first the world knew of a top appointment was its announcement to the stockmarket: now the shortlist is likely to be printed in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:44:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can a Company Sin?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/05/can-a-company-sin/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If a company is only as good as its people, should it be punished for the bad things its employees do? If some staff at BAE Systems broke the rules, why not make them pay the penalty rather than the corporation?    Companies are legal entities, but can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:59:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Open Season for Chairman, CEO Hunt]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/10/02/its-open-season-for-chairman-ceo-hunt/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To lose one member of the C-suite may be a misfortune but to lose two looks like carelessness. Yet ITV has done it, simultaneously losing both chairman and chief executive. It should be a reminder to other companies of the importance of succession planning.    Michael Grade has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:30:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[G20 Crowd Could Be Too Inclusive]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/09/28/g20-crowd-could-be-too-inclusive/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The G20 is hailed as the new premier forum for international economic co-operation: the G7 has served its time. But while bringing 20 countries to the global table may look democratic, is it an efficient way to decide anything?    The logistics of 20 prime ministers or presidents,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:34:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NHS: Too Big to Manage?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/09/25/nhs-too-big-to-manage/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The financial crisis gave us to the concept of organisations too big to fail, but are their also organisations too big to run? With 1.5m staff and a Â£100bn annual budget, is the National Health Service literally unmanageable?    The NHS tops ministerial problem piles but constant re-organisations...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:01:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Universities Need a Degree of Commercial Reality]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/09/21/universities-need-a-degree-of-commercial-reality/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If government is to spend less on higher education, should business foot the bill? And should commerce thus have a say in what universities do?    Business benefits from good graduates but it also pays for this supply of talent by offering high wages. The graduates also thus...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:20:33 -0700</pubDate>
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