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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:41:49 GMT</pubDate>  
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					<title>IBM Announces Agreement with W. R. Grace &amp; Co.</title>
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					IBM  today announced the signing of a long term agreement under which IBM will provide application management services to W. R. Grace &amp; Co. (NYSE: GRA).
					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:41:49 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Intelligent Oilfield Solution to Help StatoilHydro Boost Production</title>
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					The Norwegian oil and gas giant StatoilHydro has signed a long-term agreement for IBM to implement a solution expected to bring significant savings through an intelligent and more efficient process for the management of turnaround projects.
					
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					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>The Company You Keep: IBM Sustainable Procurement Consulting Service Helps Clients Reduce Costs, Ensure Suppliers Are &quot;Green,&quot; Ethical, Safe</title>
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					A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) consulting service can help clients establish sustainability standards -- from labor practices, to safety, to the environment -- throughout their global supplier networks.
					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>PTT Chemical, a Globally Integrated Enterprise Paradigm, Partners With IBM to Collaborate in the First End-to-End Purchasing Management Systems in Thailand</title>
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					PTT Chemical Public Company Limited enters the new business model called &#39;Globally Integrated Enterprise&#39; by partnering with IBM to collaborate on the first end-to-end purchasing management systems in Thailand under the project &#39;Sourcing Transformation.&#39; This project will help its business to increase efficiency in purchasing management systems, develop skills of PTT Chemical&#39;s personnel, and strengthen both of its domestic and international operations. IBM will help PTT Chemical transform their sourcing processes by leveraging IBM&#39;s global sourcing capability, providing
					
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					<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:38:47 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>HPCL Partners With IBM to Deploy a Path-Breaking RFID Solution</title>
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					IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is implementing an innovative Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based solution for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a Fortune 500 company and a leading downstream petroleum organization (Refining and Marketing) in India. HPCL will leverage IBM&#39;s technology expertise to deploy an end-to-end tracking solution based on RFID technology at HPCL&#39;s Nashik plant. Signed in March 2008, this US$2.2 million deal is one of the single largest implementations in India for RFID-based tracking solutions and involves infrastructure services, business
					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:05:31 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM and Cefic Develop State-of-the-Art Solution for Chemical Industry</title>
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					Cefic, representing the European Chemical Industry, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) developed a state-of-the-art solution which will facilitate and ease the exchange of information between companies with the goal of submitting registration dossiers required by the REACH Regulation. The solution, SIEFreach, is a reliable and performing collaboration tool incorporating IBM software, hardware and services. The system went live on August 21, 2008.
					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:22:50 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>IBM Global CEO Study: CEOs Battle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change</title>
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					The IBM Global CEO Study, the largest study of chief executives ever conducted, today reveals a dramatic increase in the number of global business leaders who see important change ahead, and also highlights how the ability to absorb and manage change is widening the gap between winners and losers in the global economy.
					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>REPORT: IBM Software Leads Short List for Enterprise Asset Management Solutions in Refining</title>
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					IBM today announced that in a new report published by IDC&#39;s Energy Insights, IBM&#39;s Maximo software was cited as a leader in Enterprise Asset Management solutions for the Petroleum Refining industries.
					
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					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:46:26 GMT</pubDate>
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