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		<title><![CDATA[Everest Re Group, Ltd. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We'll go first to Matthew Heimermann of JPMorgan. Matthew Heimermann &#8211; JPMorgan Hi, good morning everybody. You talked, Joe, about expecting growth to remain pretty healthy over the balance of the year. With respect to some of the growth you saw in the international sector,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:17:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liquidity Services, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Colin Sebastian with Lazard Capital Markets. Colin Sebastian &#8211; Lazard Capital Markets I guess first of all, wondered if you could provide a little background on the renegotiation of the surplus contract.  At what point did you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:17:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liquidity Services Inc. Ranks #26 on Forbes List of America's 200 Best Small Publicly Traded Companies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Ranked by Forbes Magazine, Liquidity Services Inc. LSI, is one of America's 200 Best Small Companies. As the leading online auction marketplace for wholesale surplus and salvage assets, LSI ranks #26 on this year's list as a result of its strong performance over the past twelve month and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan&#39;s July trade surplus drops 86.6 percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Japan's trade surplus in July fell 86.6 percent to 91.1 billion yen (830 million dollars) from a year ago, the finance ministry said Thursday, as high oil prices drove up the cost of energy imports.  It marked the fifth straight month of decline for the trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Awash in oil money, it&#39;s time for Iraq to pay its own way]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the U.S. government's budget were in the same shape as Iraq's, American taxpayers would be wondering what to do with a budget surplus of about $1.4 trillion.     Wouldn't that be nice.     Instead, thanks in part to the $10 billion it spends...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Liquidity Services, Inc. Awarded New Surplus Contract with the U.S. Department of Defense]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Liquidity Services, Inc. LSI today announced the award of its new Surplus Contract with the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service DRMS, a field activity of the U.S. Department of Defense DoD. Following a competitive offering process, on July 31, 2008 DRMS awarded LSI a contract to manage the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: bucking the global trend?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  How resilient is growth in Saudi Arabia to a global downturn? The energy rich kingdom, endowed with one-fifth of the world's proven oil reserves, is in the midst of an investment-led boom that shows little evidence of being derailed by the credit crunch and ensuing slowdown in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eurozone current account shows May deficit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; The eurozone payments current account showed a deficit of 7.3 billion euros (11.5 billion dollars) in May, the European Central Bank estimated on Thursday, following a surplus of 1.5 billion euros in April.  The current account is the eurozone's widest measure of eurozone trade and financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[German trade surplus shows sharp drop in May: Destatis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; Germany's trade surplus fell in May by much more than expected to 14.4 billion euros (22.6 billion dollars), provisional data released on Wednesday by the national statistics service Destatis showed.  The figures were more evidence that Europe's biggest economy has hit the brakes, and several analysts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ronaldinho will not be sold at a discount, says Barcelona]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID AFP &#8212; Barcelona warned Friday that it would not sell its Brazilian striker Ronaldinho, who has been deemed surplus by the Spanish side's new coach Pep Guardiola, at a discount.  "Ronaldinho is a player of great value and we will only sell if we get a proper price....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China May trade surplus down 9.9 pct from year earlier: customs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING AFP &#8212; China's trade surplus stood at 20.2 billion dollars in May, down 9.9 percent from a year earlier, according to customs figures made public on Wednesday.  Chinese exports in May rose 28.1 percent from the same month a year ago to 120.5 billion dollars, while imports increased...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[KUWAIT: MOODY'S ISSUES ANNUAL SOVEREIGN REPORT ON KUWAIT.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kuwait's Aa2 foreign and local currency government  bond  ratings, with a stable outlook, are supported by the country's  elevated GDP per capita, its substantial hydrocarbons endowment with the  world's fourth largest proven oil reserves, its very wide  Kuwait's Aa2 foreign and local currency government ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan&#39;s trade surplus plunges 46.3 percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Japan's trade surplus in April fell 46.3 percent, due to a steady rise in energy imports, overshadowing a small rise in exports led by slowing US demand, the finance ministry said on Thursday.  Trade surplus in April was estimated at 485.03 billion yen (4.71 billion dollars),...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ASEAN agrees to maintain rice price stability: minister]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA AFP &#8212; ASEAN trade ministers agreed Saturday to help each other during the global food crisis and to take measures to maintain the stability of rice prices and boost production.  "ASEAN will help each other in stabilising the global food price and not take steps that will disrupt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eurozone current account climbs back into surplus: ECB]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; The eurozone payments current account showed an estimated surplus of 4.3 billion euros (6.8 billion dollars) in February, after a deficit of 7.9 billion in January, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday.  The current account is the eurozone's widest measure of eurozone trade and financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japanese exports grow at weakest pace since 2005]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Japan's trade surplus shrank 30.2 percent in March with exports growing at the weakest pace in almost three years due to the US economic slowdown, official figures showed Wednesday.  US-bound exports showed a double-digit plunge while demand from the rest of Asia cooled as the global...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[German trade surplus edges lower in February: Destatis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; The German trade surplus edged lower in February but still came in well above analysts' expectations, figures released on Wednesday by the federal statistics office showed.  The biggest European economy and leading global exporter posted a provisional trade surplus of 16.9 billion euros (26.6 billion dollars),...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[German exports hold up against euro rise, data show]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25134453]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; German exports stagnated in February but rose strongly year-on-year, data showed Wednesday, adding to recent evidence that Europe's largest economy is holding up well despite the rise in the euro.  Figures from the federal statistics office showed that exports, adjusted for seasonal effects, were flat from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GCC foreign wealth rises to $2 trillion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2742/is_388/ai_n25336224]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE NET FOREIGN assets of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman are expected to rise by $200bn this year to $2 trillion, according to a new report by the Washington-based Institute for International Finance IIF. By 2012, their total assets held abroad could reach almost...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eurozone current account slides into deficit: ECB]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200803/ai_n24950001]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; The European Central Bank said Wednesday that the eurozone payments current account had an estimated deficit of 10.6 billion euros (16.7 billion dollars) in January.  The current account deficit -- the widest measure of eurozone trade and financial transactions with countries outside the 15-nation area --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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