Netezza, an IBM Company and Revolution R Enterprise vs. the Cloud and R:
Comparing Performance of Distributed Computing Platforms Using Applications in Backtesting FINRA's Limit Up/Down Rules

This webcast is for statisticians, analysts and IT teams responsible for Big Data Analytics who are looking for ways to achieve greater innovation and leapfrog current performance.

Yale researchers Michael Kane, PhD and Casey King, PhD looked at roughly 24 billion trades from 2008-2010 to study the efficacy of the FINRA rules. This webinar will compare three techniques used to meet the challenge that timely analysis of this enormous volume of market data poses.

While each technique meets the challenge of this massively parallel problem, the Netezza, an IBM Company and Revolution R Enterprise solution brings analysis time from months to hours. Join the webcast to learn how they were able to innovate their models and extend their analysis using the integrated solution.

Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET Duration: 60 Minutes

Banks Need Transaction-Level Insight Into Mainframe Systems to Meet New Transparency Demands
An Bank Systems & Technology Webcast

Banks Need Transaction-Level Insight Into Mainframe Systems to Meet New Transparency Demands

During this complimentary, one-hour webcast, moderated by Bank Systems & Technology Editorial Director Greg MacSweeney, and featuring Gareth Lodge, Senior Banking Analyst at Celent and Hub Vandervoort, Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Integration at Progress Software, you will learn about the challenges banks face in gaining visibility into core transactions across mainframe and other legacy systems and how line of business owners can now do so in real-time.

Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011 / Time: 9 am PT / 12 pm ET

Web-Facing Applications Require Built-In Security
A Bank Systems & Technology / Wall Street & Technology Webcast:

With close to half of enterprise vulnerabilities coming from web-facing applications, financial services institutions require automated solutions to proactively detect, discover, fix and protect private and corporate information.

In this complementary one-hour webcast, you will learn how leading financial institutions are using software and processes that help developers and security professionals “build in” application security during the application development process. We will also share the benefits of building security into the software lifecycle and how you can make web applications more secure.

Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET Duration: 60 Minutes

Client On-Boarding: Making the Most of a First Impression
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

On Tuesday, September 13 at 12PM EST, join Aite Group Senior Analyst Sophie Schmitt, Julian Austin, Program Manager, Information Technology & Client Relations, Alberta Treasury Board (ATB) and Tom Wieczorek, Director Financial Services, NexJ Systems to learn how an integrated account opening process has improved client onboarding and reduced the new account opening timeframe from days to hours at ATB.

Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Duration: 60 Minutes

Getting More From Your Cloud Investment
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

No doubt your company has already invested heavily in the cloud. The hype of cloud computing is real and dividends are already flowing:

- Standardized and centralized compute platform vastly reduces maintenance and support demands
- Enables true elasticity and compute on demand
- Supports the varied computational demands of multiple business units

Attend this webinar to learn:

- A blueprint for creating a private development cloud
- How workflow automation and resource management allow development teams to effectively use a private cloud infrastructure
- How build-test-deploy tasks can be run in a shared environment

We will also provide a case study on how one large wall street firm was able to reduce costs while increasing productivity.

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 / Time: 11 am PT / 2 pm ET

When Technology IS the Business, Effective IT Management is Critical
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast

Wall Street & Technology Editorial Director, Greg MacSweeney along with Jeff Keyes, Sr. Product Manager at Kaseya and Brett Higginbotham, IT Director at Centerstate Bank and hear how firms are finding better ways to manage information technology across the enterprise and discover how one bank has improved its own IT management capabilities.

Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET Duration: 60 minutes

July 19, 2011

The Rising Role of Data in Enterprise Risk Management---The Right Data – from Data Vendors to Internal Data Consumers
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

Support for new regulations (e.g. Dodd-Frank and centralized clearing requirements for buy-side firms) has forced firms to not only acquire more data but also provide increased transparency into their data. Today, firms report they can spend up to $5 million annually on technology and people to facilitate the process of bringing in and integrating reference data. What are the challenges in meeting the demands of the regulators and better manage risk? What can be done?

Hear from Aite Group and Informatica on:

- Role of Reference Data Acquisition in Reference Data Management
- Drivers and Challenges of Reference Data Acquisition, from data vendors to internal data consumers
- Benefits of Reference Data Acquisition

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011 / Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

Translating Technology into Business Opportunities: Powering Growth through Enterprise Data Management
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast:

In this presentation we will offer pragmatic models, tools and practices drawn from our experience with implementations at numerous buy-side/sell-side firms. We will illustrate proven techniques and methodologies to help you create a roadmap to an effective Enterprise Data Governance program for your firm.

Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 / Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Data Management's Critical Role in Regulatory Compliance
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

The key to meeting Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements will be to improve data management capabilities across the enterprise without breaking the IT budget. A true, easy-to-manage data-centric solution will help risk managers and financial executives make sure their firm's financial positions do not violate risk parameters in the new regulations. Many firms are meeting the compliance goals by utilizing private cloud technology to compile disparate financial data more flexibly than previously possible. Join Greg MacSweeney, Editorial Director for Wall Street & Technology, and hear how leading financial firms are looking to meet regulatory reporting requirements with innovative and cost effective private cloud technology.

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 / Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Rethinking Risk and Finance Architectures: The Case for Platform Performance in Financial Services
A Bank Systems & Technology & Wall Street & Technology Webcast

In this InformationWeek Financial Services editorial webcast, hear findings from IDC's recent report documenting the issues, challenges and benefits that can be derived from a closer alignment between risk and finance and evolving the underlying systems and architectures that support them. Join IDC analyst Henry Morris and IDC Financial Insights Analyst Michael Versace, Greg MacSweeney, Editorial Director, InformationWeek Financial Services and Satyen Sangani, Vice President, Financial Services Analytical Applications, Oracle as they share insights and key findings from IDC's recent white paper, “Risk and Finance Architectures: State-of-the-Art Analytical Applications in the Financial Services Industry.“

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 / Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Patch Management: 4 Best Practices and More for Today’s Banking IT Leaders
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast:

Join us on April 27th, 2011 at 2pm Eastern to discuss the challenges, the solutions, and the results from an IT leader just like you who has automated patch management tasks, developed solid business processes and implemented best practices to help him actually do more - with less.

In this FREE webinar, participants will learn 4 best practices -- and one bonus item -- for effective patch management, including:

- Discovering and assessing the environment to be patched - Identifying and testing new patches - Evaluating and planning for the patch deployment - Deploying the patches and remediating the exceptions

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

In an Era of New Financial Requirements, Is Your Current Technology Putting You at Risk?
A Bank Systems & Technology and Wall Street & Technology Webcast

In this InformationWeek Financial Services editorial webcast, hear how financial services firms can improve their large scale data management capabilities, addressing the "new normal" at a lower TCO. Join Philip Winslow, Director, Research, Credit Suisse, Greg MacSweeney, Editorial Director, InformationWeek Financial Services and Ambreesh Khanna, VP for Technology and Systems, Oracle's Financial Services Global Business Unit, as they discuss how Oracle technology can help firms address these concerns.

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011 / Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Reducing Transaction Errors and Internal Fraud to Improve the Bottom-Line
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

The typical organization loses 5% of its annual revenue to internal fraud and abuse with a quarter of incidents causing over $1million in losses.* And according to KPMG’s most recent Fraud Survey Report, 66% of surveyed executives believe inadequate internal controls and compliance programs are to blame for unchecked fraud and misconduct.

Please join us to learn how cutting edge GRC technologies go far beyond traditional regulatory compliance - with transaction monitoring and forensic analysis tools that help limit your exposure to internal fraud and errors, for real impact to the bottom line.

Date: Thursday, April 07, 2011/ Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

CRM Integration Strategies to Increase Financial Advisor Satisfaction and Drive Growth
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

Top financial advisors are in constant demand and will leave one organization for another that provides them with better tools. Organizations who want to keep top talent must provide advisors with the next generation systems and tools they need to enhance productivity and help grow their business. An integrated advisor desktop is the key to user adoption and to helping firms overcome today's challenges, such as integrating disparate data and systems with CRM solutions, making this integration seamless to the end user and providing scalability in highly integrated environments. Join Wall Street & Technology senior editor Melanie Rodier, along with speakers from Aite Group, Raymond James, and NexJ Systems to hear how top financial firms are implementing successful CRM integration strategies.

Improving Market Surveillance

A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

Hear how capital markets firms and exchanges are enhancing their systems with newer technology to handle the increasing volume of market data.

Exchanges have always monitored the markets for suspicious trading activity. As messaging volume explodes and low latency trading becomes an even greater percentage of volume, market participants will need to do an even better job of analyzing messaging and trading activity for irregularities, and opportunities.

As the Flash Crash in May 2010 painfully exposed, regulators are struggling to monitor market activity. With the increasing volume of messages, it is important to detect events that may indicate a market opportunity, or ones that are a red flag to an exchange's market surveillance system. Market participants can stay ahead of the markets by using newer pattern detection and analytics tools that can monitor data streams in real time.

Europe’s New Post-Trade Infrastructure. Are you ready?
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

Join us on March 8th at 10:00 AM EST (3:00 PM GMT) to hear Bourse and MetraTech discuss and analyze the:
- Proposed post-trade legislation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
- Proposed directive on CSDs, harmonization of securities settlement, and securities law
- Status and timing of the various post-trade market developments
- Possible post-trade implications for the clearing and settlement market structure

Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 / Time: 7:00 AM PT / 10:00 AM ET/ 3:00 PM GMT

Reduce Overhead by Analyzing and Improving Exception Processing Programs
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

Today, leading brokerages are beginning to analyze their exception processing activities to find inefficiencies that will reduce risk and costs while simultaneously improving accuracy. Hear how one large broker dealer has reviewed its processing programs and found outdated validation rules that increased costs, and learn how to boost efficiency and drop manual processing in your own organization.

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 / Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

5 Strategies for Managing Remote IT Systems from Your Office
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast

At this free, one-hour webcast, moderated by Bank Systems & Technology and Insurance & Technology Editorial Director Kathy Burger, you will hear about the benefits of an integrated, automated approach to managing remote IT systems.

Attendees will get an insiders' look at five steps proactive financial institutions can take to improve service delivery capabilities -- resulting in increased productivity, consistent service levels, improved utilization of staff, expanded service capabilities and cost reduction:
- How to protect endpoints;
- How to eliminate data loss;
- How to patch;
- How to install/distribute new software; and
- How to discover and manage assets.

Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Move Your Financial Institution Out of the Stone Age With Cloud-Connected Data Backup and Recovery
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast

Join InformationWeek Financial Services, i365 and their customer, Community Bank of Broward, for a presentation on how your institution can make the important transition from tape-based backup system to a pure disk, cloud-connected backup and recovery solutions that will enable your company to reduce costs, gain greater control over your data protection processes, and ensure business continuity at every turn.
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 / Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

Wall Street Reform: Bracing for Impact
Join IBM and TowerGroup for a one-hour webcast discussing the impact of Wall Street reform, and how you can prepare with the IBM WebSphere ILOG Business Rule Management System (BRMS). Financial market firms are using BRMS to automate and add decisioning capabilities to a wide range of applications in pre-trade, trade and post-trade processing for improved operational efficiency, regulatory compliance and customer-relationship management.

What you'll learn:

-Key provisions of Wall Street reform that pertain to the securities and investments industry
-Impact on technology and operations within financial-markets firms
-Expanding technological advancements beyond the trading floor
-How to deliver transparency, speed and agility with BRMS

Trends in Mutual Fund Accounting: Past, Present & Future
This roundtable webcast with Wall Street & Technology and Eagle Investment Systems will provide perspectives on trends in the mutual fund accounting industry. Hear from professionals from BNY Mellon, US Bancorp Fund Services and KPMG on business model impacts following the market downturn in 2008. From fund flows, ETFs and alternative investments to demands for transparency, regulatory requirements and the never-ending quest for operational efficiency, hear what fund managers should be planning for the future and how to cost effectively meet their business goals.

You will hear about:

-Regulatory change and implications of the Dodd-Frank legislation
-Keeping your valued assets in terms of talent management and internal control strength
-New direction for product innovation

Accelerating Wall Street
A Wall Street & Technology Virtual Event
Low latency data is obviously important in the hypercompetitive U.S. equities space. But now that automated trading has moved to other markets the usage of latency-sensitive technology is spreading in internationally. With market data volumes growing around the globe, data bottlenecks are a major concern for marketplaces not accustomed to the data needs of high-frequency trading. Join this interactive half-day virtual event and to learn how leading firms and industry experts are using the latest technology to reduce latency in many markets..

Time: 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET

Revolutionary Banking: Solutions to 10 Common Problems in Banking IT Systems Management
Managing the IT infrastructure for a financial institution is a thankless job. Some might even call it painful. Whether it's backing up confidential data, blocking a new software virus, managing the latest loss (or theft) of a bank laptop, trying to comply with evolving regulatory requirements, or simply dealing with rogue "IT hobbyists" and naïve bosses, people just don't understand the expertise, time and patience required.
Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010 / Time: 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET

Transforming Client Account Openings Into An Efficient, Successful Process
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast
Despite the fact that customer satisfaction is heavily influenced by the client on-boarding process, new account openings remain a challenge for most financial firms.
Join Wall Street & Technology's senior editor Melanie Rodier, Doug Dannemiller of Aite Group, Bhavani Balasubramaniam of Cosi Consulting and James Heyman of EMC to learn about best practices and key components of a successful client on-boarding process, including customer interaction, reporting and customer communications management.
In this one-hour webcast, you'll learn about:
-Key components of a successful Client Account Opening project
-How to balance between trying to solve everything and implementing a partial solution
-The role of customer communications in the account opening process
-Options for delivering personalized communications through multiple channels
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010/ Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

New Technology Needed to Measure, Monitor and Track the Fastest Markets
A Wall Street & Technology Live Webcast
Join us for this free, one-hour Webcast, moderated by Wall Street & Technology's Editor-in-Chief Greg MacSweeney, to learn how leading financial markets organizations are using the latest technology to stay one step ahead of the competition and, at the same time, stay ahead of pending regulatory demands.

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:30 pm ET

Process Innovation - Next Frontier for Banking
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast
Wipro and IBM invite you to a webinar by Steve Towers, Coach, BPM Consultant, Outside-In Mentor, Business Process Management Community founder at BPGroup where he will share insights on how banking organizations can leverage process innovation for differentiation and delivering superior services to its customer.
Key discussion topics include how to leverage BPM capabilities for:
- Building a differentiated customer experience - Enabling dynamic and differentiated pricing for branded sales and product management - Regulatory compliance - Accelerate M&As to deliver consistent services
Register today and receive an immediate reply with the information you need to join the webinar.

Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Uncovering the Benefits of Investment Systems Outsourcing
Going Global: The Value Proposition Behind Outsourcing Investment Technology

This webinar with Wall Street & Technology and Eagle Investment Systems will shed light on the value proposition associated with outsourcing investment technology.

You will hear:
-How the outsourcing provider is leveraging web-based systems and secure infrastructure to provide access to firms located anywhere around the world.
-How the customer was able to map out data management, accounting, performance measurement and most reporting requirements by outsourcing technology.
-How the customer achieved its goal of moving off Excel spreadsheets.
-How outsourcing technology can lead to faster deployments of systems and allow the client to see value in four-to-eight months from project inception.

Customer Experience Management for Financial Services Organizations
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast In this InformationWeek Financial Services Editorial webcast, hear about unique Customer Experience Improvement Approaches adopted by leading firms in this adaptive marketing era.
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Time: 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET

Enhancing Business Analytics to Improve Financial Forecasting and Risk Management
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast

This InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast will debut the findings of an InformationWeek Financial Services survey of 220 financial industry professionals that examined organizational readiness for meeting current and future business analytics demands.
The Webcast will cover:
- Findings and analysis of an exclusive InformationWeek Financial Services survey - Handling exponential data growth - Increasing complexity of analytical requests - Infrastructure improvements, including grid capabilities

Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010/ Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

Prescriptive Analytics: Taking Analytics to the Next Level
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast
Capital markets participants have long been analyzing data and transaction information and many are making better decisions about risk, investment choices and capital allocations because of advanced analytical tools. However, some firms are moving beyond analytics to a new form of post-trade transaction analysis that actually highlights the next step that should be taken. These prescriptive analytics help financial organizations enhance capital use and preserve cash (or liquidity).In this Wall Street & Technology Editorial webcast, hear how INDEVAL, the Central Securities Depository of Mexico, is using prescriptive analytics to clear $250 billion worth of transactions each day.
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010-8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET

Compete in the New World of Banking and Insurance -- 60 minutes to improve your productivity, analytical and collaboration skill
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast
As an executive in the financial services industry, you play a critical role re-positioning your company for success in the "next iteration" of the business. This new world of banking, insurance and wealth management will require executives with greater problem solving and collaboration skills than ever before.

Join other financial services leaders to learn these new skills in the new Microsoft Office 2010. This is a one hour investment with a great return on your career!

Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010/Time: 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET
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How To Gain A Competitive Advantage With Optimization Technologies
A Wall Street & Technology Webcast
Join Michael Dempster, Managing Director of Cambridge Systems Associates Limited and Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, and Jeremy Bloom, IBM ILOG Optimization Product Marketing Manager, to find out how optimization technology can be used by firms as a competitive differentiator.
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010-Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
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Self-Service Strategies for Load Testing Your Banking Web Site
A Bank Systems & Technology Webcast
Attend this webcast and learn:

-How to plan and execute your own successful load test
-Best practices in pre-deployment readiness
-How to conduct on-demand validation & certification
-Tools for improving communication with your partners
-Pros and cons of outside versus inside testing

Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Time: 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET
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Connecting with the Wealth Management Customer
A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast
In this Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast, hear how wealth managers and private bankers are using customer relationship management technology to not only keep their current customers, but attract new clients.

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010 Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
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Desktop Virtualization in the Financial Services Industry: Managing Risk and Optimizing Agility in a Global Environment
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast
In this webcast, we will talk about the current state of desktop virtualization in the banking industry and provide insights into how leading institutions can reap the benefits of this important technology while managing risk. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss how desktop virtualization:

-Can help banks remotely provision employees in new facilities quickly and securely with desktop services - without having to deploy actual desktop application assets;
-Provide a low-cost but flexible infrastructure to banks interested in establishing a competitive presence in emerging markets;
-Allow banks to comply with data-location restriction rules - which call for keeping information repositories within specific national boundaries - while providing secure and authorized access to off-shore locations.

Date: Thursday, May 06, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
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Increasing Customer Retention and Growth with Microsoft Dynamics® CRM and Customer Effective
An InformationWeek Financial Services Webcast
Learn how you can improve your competitive advantage by increasing customer loyalty while improving efficiency, and developing more profitable relationships.

Hear from industry experts how to gather consistent customer data in a single information repository for a better view of customers, including better understanding of each customer's worth and better ability to enhance and cultivate profitable customer relationships. Microsoft Dynamics CRM improves customer insights by providing the tools and capabilities needed to help financial services firms increase employee productivity, grow revenue, attract and retain profitable customers.
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010-9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
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Online Account Acquisition - What are the Drivers of Abandonment and Conversion?
A Bank Systems & Technology and Wall Street & Technology webcast:
This Webinar will shed light on the online account opening process. Featured guest Brad Strothkamp, of Forrester Research, will share the results of a recent study examining how consumers shop for financial services products online, what causes them to abandon and what are the consequences for the institution. Marc Trudeau from comScore will share analysis of trends in online account acquisition and detail the best practices that are leading to industry-leading conversion rates. Finally, John Buten from Akamai will focus on one of the often overlooked contributors to application abandonment - Internet latency - and how institutions can have greater reliability.
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010- 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Latency in the Online Channel: What's the Cost to Customer Satisfaction?
A Wall Street & Technology and Bank Systems & Technology Webcast
A new study, commissioned by Akamai and conducted by Forrester Consulting on its behalf, shows that Web site performance is second only to security as the most important feature of an online banking or brokerage site. Moreover, poor site performance leads to customer dissatisfaction more than any other factor.

Join this free Webinar hosted by Akamai to hear results of this new study and gain insight into:
-What drives online customer satisfaction?
-How much more demanding are active traders and power users?
-What do online consumers do if their provider’s site is slow or unavailable?
-What are the sources of latency and discontinuity on the public Internet and the options for addressing it?

Register Now! Date: Thursday, January 28, 2009-9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Taking Low Latency to the Next Level
A Wall Street & Technology Editorial Perspectives Webcast
Discover why organizations like NYSE Euronext are using some of the latest high performance networking technology to improve throughput and reduce latency throughout the trade cycle in this webcast that also features TABB Group Senior Analyst Kevin McPartland.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010-9am PT / 12pm ET
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State of Information Integrity: Increasing Accuracy in Financial Analyses to Improve Decision Making
A Wall Street & Technology and Bank Systems & Technology Editorial Perspectives WebCast
Join Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology and EMC Consulting in this editorial perspectives webcast as we share the results of the “State of Information Integrity” survey and hear from leading experts about ways that firms are increasing accuracy in financial analyses. Tues., December 15, 2009 - 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
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