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Dow Jones & Company, a subsidiary of News Corporation, is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of Stoxx Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. Since 1882, the Dow Jones name has been synonymous with accuracy, integrity and trust. www.dowjones.com
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Founded in 1992, High Performance Technology, Inc., designs IT solutions that help our federal customers protect America’s safety and prosperity. Our experts use applied science, performance-based architecture, and systems engineering to help our customers achieve the results they need. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, HPTi has over 280 employees in sites across the country. www.hpti.com
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With a clear focus on meeting the needs of consumers today and tomorrow, John Hancock is a market leader in key insurance and investment product lines. John Hancock is the U.S. division of Manulife Financial Corporation, a highly esteemed global enterprise based in Toronto, Ontario. Manulife is the world's fifth largest, and North America's second largest, life insurer by market capitalization (as of 12/31/06). www.johnhancock.com
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The mission of Richardson is to ensure that our clients have the top performing sales teams they need to successfully execute their strategies. Our job is to make sure managers, sales team members, and service professionals have the knowledge, skills, and tools to exceed their sales goals and build lasting, profitable relationships with clients. We have transformed sales training into sales empowerment by providing the most effective training 24 hours a day, 7days a week, around the world in the mode that most closely meets the needs of each client organization, sales team, and individual salesperson. We recruit and retain top professionals committed to helping us execute our mission. www.richardson.com
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When you choose RCN, you connect to more than just a premier cable TV, phone and internet service provider. You connect to people committed to helping you get the most out of your communication, information and entertainment experiences. We do this through constant innovation. Today, RCN has more than 1 million customer connections in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan markets. At the other end of those connections are people we are eager and grateful to support and serve. www.rcn.com
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SoftPro is the leading provider of closing and title automation software in the nation, with over 50,000 users nationwide. Our products are designed to increase volume and revenue by reducing the time it takes to do closings. We were recently ranked #1 in Ease of Use, Reliablity, Overall Customer Satisfaction, and we were rated the Most Widely Used Closing and Title Software Solution. www.softprocorp.com
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Ultimate Software is a leading provider of strategic HR, payroll and talent management solutions for organizations of all sizes. Ultimate Software serves more than 1,400 customers representing approximately 9,000 companies across the United States, providing them highly flexible, easy-to-use HR and payroll solutions. Whether businesses need integrated human resources software and payroll software or a convenient payroll service model, companies of all sizes are getting the most effective Web-based HRMS/payroll solution for their needs from Ultimate’s fully integrated, award-winning UltiPro suite. www.ultimatesoftware.com
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The Business TalkRadio Network provides business, financial and lifestyle talk programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We primarily target a well educated audience of adults 35+ with a higher than average spendable income. However, in today's changing economy, with more people investing in the stock and bond markets through employer benefits, our audience has expanded to include a broader demographic of success oriented consumers. For more information on BTRN, contact Jeff Weber, Executive Vice-President, at (203) 323-7300 or listen to us at our website: www.businesstalkradio.net
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CRMAdvocate is the definitive and most complete source of information concerning technologies, strategies, and trends for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Contact Centers. Providing real-time and on-demand industry news, webcasts, case studies, white papers, research, and product information, CRMAdvocate allows end-users, editors, research analysts, system integrators, consultants and others to stay current on industry trends. CRMAdvocate also provides advisory services for organizations looking to increase profits through best practices in customer retention (churn reduction). To find out more about CRMAdvocate, visit www.crmadvocate.com
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HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE is edited primarily for vice presidents and directors of human resources plus additional c-suite subscribers. The magazine is strategically focused and provides senior executives with news, profiles of HR visionaries and success stories of human resource innovators. Stories cover all areas of human resource management, including personnel, employee benefits, pharmacy benefits, retirement planning, HR information systems, HR technology, outsourcing, workers compensation, disability, screening and assessment, recruiting, compensation, staffing, training and development, motivation, relocation, workplace security, healthcare, strategic planning and diversity. www.HREonline.com
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