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		<title><![CDATA[Teleflex Inc. Q2 2009 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 David Turkaly - SIG.  David Turkaly &#8211; SIG  When you talked about the synergies on the medical side, I think you said 12 of the 18 to 20 have been recognized this year, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:29:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PepsiCo, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bill Pecoriello - Consumer Edge Research. Bill Pecoriello - Consumer Edge Research A question on the proposed transaction. The synergy number seems very low considering the combination of PBG, Pepsi America, the International and duplication with PepsiCo. It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:14:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cenveo, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Charles Strauzer &#8211; CJS Securities.  Charles Strauzer &#8211; CJS Securities Just picking up on your last comments there, obviously there&#8217;s been a lot of compression or pressure on some of your smaller competitors and given the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:23:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Republic Services Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from Scott Levine of JPMorgan. Your line is open. Scott Levine - JPMorgan Good morning, guys. James O'Connor Good morning, Scott. Tod Holmes Hi, Scott. Scott Levine -...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:39:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beer Deal's 'Synergies' Don't Just Mean Layoffs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[InBev's acquisition of Anheuser-Busch  has stirred fears that massive layoffs are in the offing for Busch employees. Those fears are only heightened when the amount of "synergies" cost savings is mentioned. The companies say the deal will enable them to save $1.5 billion a year.    Surely,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:05:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Places SynergyHealth, Inc.  on Rating Watch Positive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has placed the underlying 'BBB-' ratings on SynergyHealth, Inc.'s Synergy approximately $70.1 million of bonds issued through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority on Rating Watch Positive following Synergy's signing of an affiliation agreement with Froedtert & Community Health, Inc. (Froedtert, currently rated 'AA-' by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VimpelCom Q1 2008 (Qtr End 03/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  [Operator instructions].  Your first question comes from Herve Drouet with HSBC. Herve Drouet &#8211; HSBC  My first question is regarding Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.  You mentioned in Kazakhstan you are currently experiencing some temporary economic problems; can you tell us a bit more about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:28:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CanWest Global Communications F1Q08 (Qtr End 11/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Carl Bayard - Genuity Capital Markets. Carl Bayard &#8211; Genuity Capital Markets Couple of questions. First off, a question for John Maguire. I was just wondering if you have an estimate of what the clean EPS number would be if...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:04:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banco Itau Holding Financeira Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we now begin the question and answer session. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is from Mario Pierry, Deutsche Bank.  Mario Pierry - Deutsche Bank  Good morning. I have two questions. First one is with relation to your level of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:45:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  [Operator Instructions].  Our first question comes from Adam Holt with JP Morgan.  Adam Holt - JP Morgan  Good morning, and thanks for taking my question. I had two questions on the core business, the IDD business. You've mentioned that it would reaccelerate to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:50:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[From Stage Fright To Speaking Ease]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=389060]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are speaking in front of a group, people are listening. There's a synergistic relationship that develops. You are giving, and they are receiving. Part of the same equation is they are giving, and you are receiving. This continues the synergy. They give you their support while you are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Achieving Synergy Between Competitive Intelligence and Market Research]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=163794]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Encarta World English Dictionary, synergy is: "The working together of two or more things, people, or organizations, especially when the result is greater than the sum of their individual effects or capabilities." There are other definitions ofcourse. And they all go back to the concept of synergism,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Architects In New Product Development - A New Way To Derive Synergies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=321544]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper aims at addressing this overall issue and more especially the following question: what are the principles to design the product so that synergies are possible? The paper is based on the analysis of the case of a European car manufacturer. The latter has engaged a strategic reflection and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Architects In New Product Development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312500]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In last few years, there has been a growing concern in the automotive sector on product development performance, with an increase of product variants, a decrease of products' lifecycles and a shift towards various services development. As a result the global and multiple brands perspective plays a more prominent role,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Synergies And The Optimal Scope Of The Firm: Implications For Mergers, Spinoffs, And Off-Balance Sheet Finance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=93148]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cash flow synergies resulting from the combination of multiple activities justify the corporate mergers. On the other hand, negative cash flow synergies suggest incorporating different activities into separate firms with separate financial structures. Thus, the scope of activities organized within a single corporate structure depends on the impact of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Organizational Synergy in Medical Groups]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=66151]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The article is about the organizational structure. Hierarchy tends to support the needs and desires of both leaders and followers. Leaders seek power and control, followers want stability and order. Hierarchies can survive through generations and even span centuries through the development of monarchies and dynasties. It explains the organizational...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diversification and Synergy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=71980]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Article encodes two frameworks that help the strategist to analyze how to expand the boundaries of the firm in a way that maximizes the potential for transference of skills, or synergy, among the businesses. These are Ansoff's growth vector matrix and Thomas's direct and indirect linkages approach. These options are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Resource Complementarity in Business Combinations: Extending the Logic to Organizational Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=132751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Organizations are combining resources through acquisitions and alliances in record numbers. The research has confirmed that resource complementarities create the potential for greater synergy from acquisitions and alliances, leading to higher long-term firm performance as an end result. The valuable, unique, and inimitable synergy that can be realized by integrating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/reed+elsevier+inc..html"><![CDATA[Reed Elsevier Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Role of Knowledge Embeddedness in the Process of Creation of Synergies in International Strategic Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=137296]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper develops a conceptual model, based on a structural equation approach, for empirically investigating the role played by relational embeddedness in the process of creation of synergies of knowledge related capabilities in international strategic alliances. The theoretical model identifies an underlying latent construct; knowledge embeddedness and its antecedents: complementarity,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Synergies and Sustainable Competitive Advantage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=136817]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Synergy is a concept fraught with ambiguity about its sources and effects, perhaps as a consequence of previous literature on the subject not distinguishing between these. In this paper, the sources of synergy are separated from the sources of sustainable competitive advantage in order to analyze the competitive implications of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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