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• Teleperformance - Business Results 2009 - Yahoo Finance
• Information about investor business daily - Gather.com
• Cigna turns 4Q profit as run-off business improves - San Francisco Chronicle
• Woodland 'Business Walk' held today - Woodland Daily Democrat

Teleperformance - Business Results 2009 - Yahoo Finance Posted: 04 Feb 2010 08:42 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Revenues 2009: +3.5% - Based on published data -1.1% - On a comparable basis* * Excluding foreign exchange and scope of consolidation effects Today, Teleperformance (Paris:RCF - News) published its fourth quarter 2009 and annual consolidated revenues. REVENUES in millions of euros   2009   2008   Changes Excluding foreign exchange and scope of consolidation effects   Changes Based on published data Revenues over the past 12 months 1,847.7 1,784.7 -1.1% +3.5% Revenues – Q4 475.5 519.3 -7.5% -8.4% The Teleperformance Group's consolidated revenues in 2009 amounted to €1,847.7 million, increasing by 3.5% based on published data, versus €1,784.7 million in 2008. Excluding foreign exchange and scope of consolidation effects, the Group reported a negative organic growth rate of 1.1% in 2009. In the fourth quarter 2009, consolidated revenues amounted to €475.5 million versus €519.3 million at the same period last year, a decline of 8.4% based on published data. Excluding foreign exchange and scope of consolidation effects, the Group reported a negative organic growth rate of 7.5% in the fourth quarter 2009. REVENUE DISTRIBUTION BY REGION (in millions of euros)   2009   2008   Growth Excluding foreign exchange & scope of consolidation effects (in %)   Based on published data     (in %) AT DECEMBER 31         Europe 923.6 977.2 -4.3 -5.5 NAFTA* 782.7 706.4 -3.5 +10.8 Other 141.4 101.1 +48.8 +39.9 TOTAL 1,847.7 1,784.7 -1.1 +3.5 4TH QUARTER         Europe 245.8 288.1 -13.7 -14.7 NAFTA* 179.6 192.9 -6.0 -6.9 Other 50.1 38.3 +30.5 +30.9 TOTAL 475.5 519.3 -7.5 -8.4 3RD QUARTER         Europe 207.7 207.4 +2.1 +0.2 NAFTA* 192.9 162.5 +0 +18,7 Other 24.9 15.8 +78.7 +57.4 TOTAL 425.5 385.7 +4.0 +10.3 2ND QUARTER         Europe 246.8 260.0 -4.6 -5.1 NAFTA* 213.1 184.5 -4.0 +15.4 Other 39.7 23.5 +79.8 +69.3 TOTAL 499.6 468.0 -0.3 +6.7 1ST QUARTER         Europe 223.3 221.7 +2.1 +0.7 NAFTA* 197.1 166.5 -3.7 +18.3 Other 26.7 23.5 +27.9 +13.6 TOTAL 447.1 411.7 +1.0 +8.6 * North America and Mexico During the fourth quarter 2009, the Group reported a decline in business volumes across the whole network, except for the "Other" region, which covers South America and Asia. Revenues significantly increased in this region mainly as a result of strong business volumes in South America (Argentina & Brazil). Revenues achieved in the NAFTA region during the fourth quarter include the acquisition of The Answer Group. Excluding foreign exchange and scope of consolidation effects, revenues achieved in the NAFTA region decreased by 3.5% in 2009. Excluding foreign exchange and scope of consolidation effects, revenues slightly increased throughout Europe in 2009, except for France where revenues significantly declined compared to 2008. REVENUE DISTRIBUTION BY BUSINESS SEGMENT In 2009 the Inbound activity increased by 4% and now stands for 76% of the Group's total revenues, versus 72% in 2008. (in %)   2009   2008 AT DECEMBER 31     Inbound services 76 72 Outbound services 20 24 Other* 4 4 TOTAL 100 100 AT SEPTEMBER 30     Inbound services 76 72 Outbound services 20 24 Other* 4 4 TOTAL 100 100 AT JUNE 30     Inbound services 75 72 Outbound services 21 24 Other* 4 4 TOTAL 100 100 AT MARCH 31     Inbound services 75 72 Outbound services 21 25 Other* 4 3 TOTAL 100 100 * Mainly standing for market research and training operations BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS Foreign exchange effects During the fourth quarter 2009 foreign exchange effects overall resulted in a net negative impact of €23.9 million. NAFTA : -€21.6 million Europe: -€2.5 million Other : +€0.2 million On an annual basis, foreign exchange effects overall resulted in a net negative impact of €20.9 million in 2009. NAFTA : +€7.5 million Europe: -€19.4 million Other : -€9.0 million In the NAFTA region, the positive translation effect amounting to €7.5 million may be broken down as follows: - USD: +€27.6 million - Mexican Peso: -€20.1 million As for Europe, it was impacted by the rise of the Euro against all currencies. The negative translation effect may be analyzed as follows: - Pound Sterling: -€10.9 million - Swedish Crown: -€2.6 million - Rouble: -€2.4 million - Other:  -€3.5 million In the "Other" region, the negative translation effect amounting to €9.0 million may be broken down as follows: - Brazilian Real: -€3.8 million - Argentinean Peso: -€4.4 million - Other: -€0.8 million Scope of consolidation effects In 2009, the net impact of the scope of consolidation effects amounted to €104.8 million, including: Europe +€8.0 million NAFTA +€96.8 million In the fourth quarter 2009, the scope of consolidation effect represented a positive impact of €20.5 million, including: Europe -€0.6 million NAFTA +€21.1 million The scope of consolidation effect only resulted from external growth transactions, which were completed in 2008: In Europe: Acquisition of a controlling interest in the GN RESEARCH Group, which was consolidated as of July 1, 2008. In the NAFTA region: Acquisition of THE ANSWER GROUP in the United States, which was consolidated as of December 31, 2008. To be noted that the business results achieved by the Colombian company TELEDATOS, which acquisition was completed at the end of December 2009, have not been included in the consolidated revenues for 2009 and shall only be consolidated as of December 31, 2009. KEY DATES Revenues 2009: March 2, 2010 after market ABOUT TELEPERFORMANCE Teleperformance (NYSE Euronext Paris: FR 0000051807), the world's leading provider of outsourced CRM and contact center services, has been serving companies around the world rolling out customer acquisition, customer care, technical support and debt collection programs on their behalf. In 2009, the Teleperformance Group achieved €1.848 billion revenues (US$2.6 billion – average exchange rate at December 31, 2009: €1 = US$1.39). The Group operates about 82,000 computerized workstations, with more than 100,000 employees (Full-Time Equivalents) across 268 contact centers in 49 countries and conducts programs in more than 66 different languages and dialects on behalf of major international companies operating in various industries. www.teleperformance.com Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Cigna turns 4Q profit as run-off business improves - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 04 Feb 2010 08:13 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. The Philadelphia insurer said it earned $60 million from its guaranteed minimum income benefits in the fourth quarter of 2009, after losing a total of $408 million in the same quarter the prior year from that business and its variable annuity death benefits. Cigna discontinued both segments in 2000 and operates them in run-off mode, meaning it seeks no new business. Those businesses hurt the company's performance when the market turns bad because Cigna's liabilities toward them increase. Cigna is the fourth-largest publicly traded health insurer based on enrollment, but it has a broader product portfolio than some of its competitors. It operates health care, group disability and life segments in the U.S. The insurer also sells individual insurance in several countries and operates an expatriate business that covers people living outside their home countries. Cigna earned $330 million, or $1.19 per share, in the three months that ended in December. That compares with a loss of $209 million, or 77 cents per share, in the 2008 quarter. Revenue fell 4 percent to $4.64 billion from $4.82 billion. Excluding one-time items and one of its discontinued businesses, Cigna earned $1.03 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecast a profit of 96 cents per share on $4.6 billion in revenue. But comparing these averages to Cigna's adjusted results can be difficult because the insurer includes results from a discontinued business. Many analysts' projections do not. Cigna CEO David Cordani, who replaced H. Edward Hanway last month, told analysts Thursday the global economy, competition and the "uncertain political landscape" made last year a challenging one for health insurers. Their stocks endured several periods of volatility as Congress debated a health care overhaul that aimed to cover the uninsured and reduce costs. "With that as a backdrop, we believe our 2009 results represented good outcome, both in absolute terms as well as from a competitive perspective," he said. Premium revenue fell 3 percent to $2.81 billion in the company's largest segment, its health care division, mainly due to declining enrollment that was partially offset by rate increases. Medical membership fell 5.5 percent to 11 million compared to the final quarter of 2008. But enrollment fell less than 1 percent from the third to fourth quarters of last year. Competitors WellPoint Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. also reported enrollment drops that slowed over the final two quarters of 2009, but both said they expect continued losses into 2010. The recession has hurt insurance enrollment as companies cut jobs and reduced the number of people covered by employer-sponsored health insurance. Cigna said it expects medical enrollment to range from a 1 percent loss to a 2 percent gain in 2010. Wells Fargo analyst Matt Perry said in a research note Cigna's fourth-quarter results were good, but not as strong as both UnitedHealth and WellPoint. He noted Cigna's investment portfolio "bears continued attention," and problem loans in its real estate portfolio continue to increase. Cigna backed its 2010 profit forecast of $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion, or $3.75 to $4.15 per share. Analysts are expecting $4.04 per share and $19.08 billion in revenue. Cigna shares rose 5 cents to $34.81 in Thursday morning trading while the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 2 percent. ____ AP Business Writer Marley Seaman contributed to this story from New York. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Woodland 'Business Walk' held today - Woodland Daily Democrat Posted: 04 Feb 2010 08:06 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. A "Business Walk" 2010 is taking place across Woodland today. The "walk" is a an opportunity for the city of Woodland through a partnership of Yolo County, Woodland Chamber of Commerce, County of Yolo, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce (ambassadors) to go out and visit with Woodland businesses-manufacturing, service, office, retail and other. Conversations are based on general questions that stakeholders will survey key employers (or designated employees) for the given businesses. The three basic questions that will be asked of all business are the following: 1. How is Business? 2. What do you like about doing business in the area? 3. What needs to be done to make business even better? The Business Walk is planned to begin at about 8 a.m. and end around 2:30 p.m. The opening "kickoff" will be at the Community & Senior Center, 2001 East St. The Sac Metro Chamber will make introductions and present the schedule for the day. People will be teamed up and provided with maps and inventories of businesses that have been identified to visit during the Business Walk. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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