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Announces Its Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information (GlobeNewswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/080826/149190.html</link><description>WESTLAKE, Texas, Aug. 26, 2008 -- Animal Health International, Inc. announced today that the Company will release financial results for its fiscal year 2008 fourth quarter ended June 30, 2008, and update its business outlook for fiscal year 2009 on Tuesday, September 9, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3701907477</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>STAAR Surgical to Present at The Roth &apos;Best Ideas&apos; Conference (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080825/clm907.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3936553536</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earnings roundup: Holcim, Ship Finance (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080821/earns_roundup_holcim.html?.v=1</link><description>Swiss cement maker Holcim Ltd. said Thursday its second-quarter income fell 66 percent because of high energy prices and fewer orders as a result of the worldwide economic downturn.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1356594040</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:56:38 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PSS World Medical goes ahead with shareholder meeting (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=12i1p3sb5/*http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/08/18/daily25.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/34375765</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:55:06 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Patterson earnings forecast in line with analysts (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080821/patterson_cos_outlook.html?.v=1</link><description>Patterson Cos. 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