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		<title><![CDATA[Crown Holdings, Inc. Q3 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 Ghansham Panjabi &#8211; Robert W. Baird.  Ghansham Panjabi &#8211; Robert W. Baird  As related to your updated EBIT and cash flow guidance is it fair to say you are running the fourth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:08:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Principal Financial Group Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions.  Our first question comes from Jimmy Bhullar &#8211; JP Morgan. Jimmy Bhullar &#8211; JP Morgan I had a couple of questions.  The first one is just on your organic sales in the 401k business and what the pipeline looks like.  Obviously...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:49:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Enbridge Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Ladies and gentlemen, we will now conduct a Q&A session in two parts. First, we will take questions from analysts, followed by the media. Operator instructions. And your first question comes from the line of Linda Ezergailis with TD Newcrest. You may proceed. Linda Ezergailis &#8211; TD...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:10:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Penn National Gaming Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Joseph Greff with J.P. Morgan.  Joseph Greff - J.P. Morgan Just going back and looking at the second quarter, I was hoping you could help quantify the variance between your guidance and actual EBITDA results.  Among the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:45:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Integral Systems Inc. F2Q09 (Qtr End 03/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bonnie Wachtel &#8211; Wachel & Co., Inc. Bonnie Wachtel &#8211; Wachel & Co., Inc.  The annual meeting was held on February 26. You reaffirmed this guidance. That&#8217;s despite the fact of receiving two memos from me...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:44:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boston Scientific Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And our first question comes from the line of Bob Hopkins of Merrill Lynch. Please go ahead. Bob Hopkins &#8211; Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch Hi. Thanks and good morning. Can you hear me okay? Jim Tobin Yes. Hi Bob. Bob Hopkins &#8211; Banc of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:04:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Argon ST, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Michael Lewis - BB&T Capital Markets Michael Lewis - BB&T Capital Markets I wanted to talk to you about the indirect rate variance, did you say there was about $1.4 million left over and some...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:22:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legal Opinions - U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4183/is_20080128/ai_n21217140]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Criminal Law   Sentence variance   BOTTOM LINE: District court's downward sentence variance was supported by the justifications necessary to support the sentence because the court properly considered and emphasized the mitigating factors under 18 U.S.C. [section]3553a.    CASE: United States v. Pauley, No. 07-4270, (filed...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yes And No - Effective Decision Making]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356218]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Every decision we make, in business, in life in general, is bounded by just two options. Like an on-off switch, we make one or the other - there are no variances to this. Because it's as simple as Yes or No - and so often we get it wrong. You...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Variances, Incentives, and SFAS 151]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5346/is_200709/ai_n21295819]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While globalization continues to shrink the world by integrating its economies, one necessary outcome appears to be the convergence of accounting standards. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards SFAS 151, Inventory Costs, which went into effect in June 2005 and aims to clarify how corporations account for abnormal amounts of idle...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Price Line Sales Projections]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313195]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This template tracks the forecast and actual sales of products in a product line and calculate variances. The template lists this month's figures, the year to date figures, and the estimated year-end. First type the date into the space provided, then the product descriptions in the left-most column. You may...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sales Trend Analysis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313275]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Use this template to identify sales trends per product per quarter. It calculates the sales variance, determines if the variance is Favorable F or Unfavorable U, and calculates the percentage change (the percentage increase or decrease in sales over last year's level). The column header works with entries in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Affect control in international interactions.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb284/is_200612/ai_n18871116]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This research tests the proposition that national leaders generate international interactions in the process of maintaining sentiments about nations and international actions. The analysis deals with 1,934 international incidents in which one of 25 Middle Eastern nations responded twice within four weeks to an instigation by another of the 25...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Evaluation of Different Mixed Model Nonlinear Functions on Pigs Fed Low-Nutrient Excretion Diets1]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4035/is_200610/ai_n16810513]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract Three nonlinear growth functions were evaluated on barrows (n=108) and gilts (n=105) fed diets designed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous excretion. The pigs were weighed at birth and at approximate 14-d intervals from 62 to 147 d of age and then weekly to 190 d of age. Mixed models...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[NetBank Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (NTBK)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from John Hecht with JMP Securities.     John Hecht &#8211; JMP Securities  Yes, two quick questions here.  One&#8217;s related to this servicing asset write-down.  You&#8217;ve taken a write-down at a time where you&#8217;re...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:47:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MAILBAG]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5605/is_200607/ai_n23598750]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Spichiger Table Forgot Metropolitan SectionReading "60 Years and Still Going Strong" (James O. Spichiger, May 2006, p. 42) was a trip down memory lane for me.I probably joined ASQ in 1955 as part of the requirement to pass Ellis Ott's class at Rutgers. So I wasn't there at the founding...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A scale to measure college student relationship involvement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_1_40/ai_n26844258]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Relationship Involvement Scale was created to allow individuals to identify the degree to which they are involved in a relationship. The developed scale includes norms, reliability, and validity and was completed by a total of 306 undergraduates at two southern universities. While there were no significant differences between women...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Estimating genotypic correlations and their standard errors using multivariate restricted maximum likelihood estimation with SAS Proc MIXED.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6382/is_200603/ai_n25545421]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Plant breeders traditionally have estimated genotypic and phenotypic correlations between traits using the method of moments on the basis of a multivariate analysis of variance MANOVA. Drawbacks of using the method of moments to estimate variance and   Plant breeders traditionally have estimated genotypic and phenotypic correlations between traits...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Measuring Performance in Services: Services Are More Difficult to Measure and Monitor Than Manufacturing Processes, But Executives Can Rein in Variance and Boost Productivity if They Implement Rigorous Metrics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=170893]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Faced with stiffening competition, increasingly demanding customers, high labor costs, and, in some markets, slowing growth, service businesses around the world are trying to boost their productivity. But whereas manufacturing businesses can raise it by monitoring and reducing waste and variance in their relatively homogeneous production and distribution processes, service...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Defining sunflower selection strategies for a highly heterogeneous target population of environments.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6382/is_200601/ai_n25545319]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Genotype x environment G x E interactions can be a major impediment to genetic progress in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) breeding for Argentina. Previous studies revealed that northern and central environments show repeatable differences in genotype discrimination, suggesting some G x E interactions could be accommodated by selecting for specific...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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