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The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Unilever Rolls Through Q2 The Dutch consumer-products company reports solid quarterly results. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool March 3, 2009 Chris Jones	Mobile Mini Knows Where You Can Put It Count on this storage container renter to generate some serious cash flow in the near future.
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BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Faith Arner	Kodak's Fuzzy Numbers The company has taken "one-time" charges every year for the past 12.
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The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Can Diebold Produce Bold Growth? This business seems like it should be doing better than it is. Recent growth trends have been pretty anemic. What's more, the company seems to be budgeting restructuring charges into its ongoing guidance.
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The Motley Fool July 30, 2008 Dave Mock	RF Micro's Tight Belt After a couple of rough quarters, the restructuring that wireless components maker RF Micro committed to just under three months ago is already reversing downtrends and paying off for the company.
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