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`Ňěẅ Věňťųřě Ěňťěřș Pǻťěňť Fřǻỳ
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`Șǻň Fřǻňčįșčǿ Șțǻřțųp Pŀǻňș țǿ Řěčřųįț Čǿmpǻňįěș țǿ Đěțěř Ŀěģǻŀ Țħřěǻțș Ǻģǻįňșț İțș
`Měmběřș
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`Bỳ ĐǾŇ ČĿǺŘĶ
`Ųpđǻțěđ Ǻpřįŀ 7, 2013 8:44 p.m. ĚȚ
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`Fįřmș țħǻț bųỳ ǻňđ ěňfǿřčě pǻțěňțș mǻķě ŀįfě ħǻřđ fǿř țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ čǿmpǻňįěș. Ǻ ňěẅ Șǻň
`Fřǻňčįșčǿ șțǻřțųp ħǿpěș țǿ țųřň țħě țǻbŀěș.
`
`Ųňįfįěđ Pǻțěňțș İňč. pŀǻňș țǿ řěčřųįț čǿmpǻňįěș fǿř ǻ čǿŀŀěčțįvě ěffǿřț țǿ đěțěř pǻțěňț
`ŀǻẅșųįțș ǿř ŀěģǻŀ țħřěǻțș ǻģǻįňșț įțș měmběřș.
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`Țħě fįřșț țǿ jǿįň Ųňįfįěđ ǻřě İňțěřňěț ģįǻňț Ģǿǿģŀě İňč. ǻňđ ŇěțǺpp İňč., ẅħįčħ mǻķěș
`đǻțǻ-șțǿřǻģě ħǻřđẅǻřě. Bųț țħě věňțųřě pŀǻňș țǿ șěț įțșěŀf ǻpǻřț bỳ ǻŀșǿ řěčřųįțįňģ șmǻŀŀ
`țěčħ čǿmpǻňįěș, ẅħįčħ ǿfțěň ħǻvě țřǿųbŀě đěfěňđįňģ țħěmșěŀvěș.
`
`"Ẅħǻț ẅě ěňđ ųp đǿįňģ įș mǻķįňģ ǻ ģřǿųp ǿf șmǻŀŀ čǿmpǻňįěș ňǿ ŀǿňģěř ŀǿǿķ ŀįķě ǻň ěǻșỳ
`țǻřģěț," șǻįđ Ķěvįň Jǻķěŀ, Ųňįfįěđ'ș čħįěf ěxěčųțįvě.
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`Ųňįfįěđ'ș pŀǻň įș ǿňě ǿf mǻňỳ řěșpǿňșěș țǿ țħě řįșě ǿf čǿmpǻňįěș țħǻț șpěčįǻŀįżě įň
`mǻķįňģ mǿňěỳ fřǿm pǻțěňțș, ǿfțěň ẅħįŀě đǿįňģ ŀįțțŀě įň țħě ẅǻỳ ǿf įňvěňțįǿň ǿř șěŀŀįňģ
`přǿđųčțș. Țħǻț đįșțįňčțįǿň įș įmpǿřțǻňț běčǻųșě șųčħ čǿmpǻňįěș—ǿfțěň čǻŀŀěđ ŇPĚș, fǿř
`"ňǿňpřǻčțįčįňģ ěňțįțįěș," ǿř, mǿřě đěřįșįvěŀỳ, "pǻțěňț țřǿŀŀș"—đǿň'ț ǿpěřǻțě bųșįňěșșěș
`țħǻț čǻň bě čǿųňțěřșųěđ, ǻ čǿmmǿň pǻțěňț đěfěňșě.
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`PǻțěňțFřěěđǿm, ǻň ǿřģǻňįżǻțįǿň țħǻț țřǻčķș șųčħ fįřmș, șǻįđ țħě ňųmběř ǿf ǿpěřǻțįňģ
`čǿmpǻňįěș ňǻměđ įň ŀǻẅșųįțș įňvǿŀvįňģ ŇPĚș mǿřě țħǻň țřįpŀěđ běțẅěěň 2008 ǻňđ 2012,
`ěvěň ǻfțěř ǻđjųșțįňģ țǿ ěxčŀųđě ǻ řěčěňț șųřģě įň șųįțș čǻųșěđ bỳ ǻ čħǻňģě įň Ų.Ș. pǻțěňț
`ŀǻẅș.
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`Fįřmș șųčħ ǻș ŘPX Čǿřp. ǻňđ Ǻŀŀįěđ Șěčųřįțỳ Țřųșț, ǿř ǺȘȚ, ẅěřě fǿřměđ įň řěčěňț ỳěǻřș
`țǿ ħěŀp pǻțěňț đěfěňđǻňțș, ŀǻřģěŀỳ bỳ bųỳįňģ ųp pǻțěňțș țǿ ķěěp țħěm ǿųț ǿf țħě ħǻňđș ǿf
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`ŇPĚș. Bųț țħě ǻmǿųňț ǿf
`ŀįțįģǻțįǿň ķěěpș řįșįňģ, Mř.
`Jǻķěŀ șǻįđ, ẅįțħ șmǻŀŀ
`čǿmpǻňįěș įňčřěǻșįňģŀỳ
`běǻřįňģ țħě břųňț ǿf țħě
`ŀǻẅșųįțș.
`
`Čǿŀŀěěň Čħįěň, ǻň ǻșșįșțǻňț
`přǿfěșșǿř ǻț Șǻňțǻ Čŀǻřǻ
`Ųňįvěřșįțỳ Ŀǻẅ Șčħǿǿŀ,
`ěșțįmǻțěș țħǻț čǿmpǻňįěș
`ẅįțħ $10 mįŀŀįǿň ǿř ŀěșș įň
`řěvěňųě ǻččǿųňț fǿř 55% ǿf
`țħě đěfěňđǻňțș țǻřģěțěđ bỳ
`ěňțįțįěș țħǻț șpěčįǻŀįżě įň
`ǻșșěřțįňģ pǻțěňțș.
`
`Șųčħ pŀǻįňțįffș ųșě ǻ vǻřįěțỳ ǿf
`țěčħňįqųěș țǿ mǻķě įț mǿřě
`ěčǿňǿmįčǻŀ țǿ ǻșșěřț pǻțěňțș,
`șħě șǻįđ. İň șǿmě čǻșěș, fįřmș
`șěňđ ŀěțțěřș țħřěǻțěňįňģ
`pǻțěňț șųįțș țǿ mǻňỳ șmǻŀŀ
`čǿmpǻňįěș ǻț ǿňčě įň țħě
`ħǿpěș țħǻț ǻ șįżǻbŀě ňųmběř
`ẅįŀŀ pǻỳ fǿř ŀįčěňșěș řǻțħěř
`țħǻň țǻķįňģ țħě řįșķș ǿf
`fįģħțįňģ pǻțěňț čǻșěș įň čǿųřț.
`Mǿňěỳ ěǻřňěđ fřǿm țħǻț
`přǻčțįčě čǻň ħěŀp fųňđ fųřțħěř
`ǻțțǻčķș ǿň șmǻŀŀ ǿř ŀǻřģě
`čǿmpǻňįěș.
`
`Ųňįfįěđ pŀǻňș țǿ ųșě ǻ vǻřįěțỳ ǿf țěčħňįqųěș țǿ mǻķě șųčħ țǻčțįčș mǿřě ěxpěňșįvě ǻňđ
`mǿřě řįșķỳ. Țħě fįřm ẅǻș fǿųňđěđ bỳ Mř. Jǻķěŀ, ẅħǿ přěvįǿųșŀỳ șěřvěđ ǻș ħěǻđ ǿf
`įňțěŀŀěčțųǻŀ přǿpěřțỳ ŀįțįģǻțįǿň ǻț İňțųįț İňč., ǻňđ Břįǻň Ħįňmǻň, ǻ fǿřměř čħįěf
`ěxěčųțįvě ǿf ǺȘȚ ẅħǿ mǿșț řěčěňțŀỳ șěřvěđ ǻș ǻ vįčě přěșįđěňț ǻț İňțěřĐįģįțǻŀ
`Čǿmmųňįčǻțįǿňș İňč.
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`Ǿňě ķěỳ șțřǻțěģỳ įș đěfįňįňģ șpěčįfįč țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ fįěŀđș țǿ đěfěňđ, mǻķįňģ įț ěǻșįěř țǿ
`įđěňțįfỳ ǻňđ țřǻčķ ǻ ŀįmįțěđ ňųmběř ǿf řěŀěvǻňț pǻțěňțș. Ųňįfįěđ įňțěňđș țǿ șțǻřț ẅįțħ
`țẅǿ șųčħ "mįčřǿ-pǿǿŀș." Ǿňě fǿčųșěș ǿň țěčħňǿŀǿģįěș fǿř mǻňǻģįňģ pǻỳměňțș ǿň mǿbįŀě
`đěvįčěș, ǻňđ țħě ǿțħěř fǿčųșěș ǿň Ẅěb-pǿẅěřěđ șěřvįčěș ķňǿẅň ǻș "čŀǿųđ șțǿřǻģě."
`
`İň ǻňǿțħěř ǻppřǿǻčħ, Ųňįfįěđ pŀǻňș țǿ ųșě șmǻŀŀ-čǿmpǻňỳ měmběřș ǻș ǻ ķįňđ ǿf ěǻřŀỳ
`ẅǻřňįňģ șỳșțěm—bǿțħ ẅħěň ŇPĚș ǻppřǿǻčħ țħěm ǻbǿųț pǿțěňțįǻŀŀỳ pųřčħǻșįňģ țħěįř
`pǻțěňțș ǻňđ ẅħěň țħěỳ ǻřě țħřěǻțěňěđ ẅįțħ ŀįțįģǻțįǿň bỳ țħě ŇPĚș.
`
`Ǿňčě ǻŀěřțěđ, Ųňįfįěđ ẅįŀŀ bě ǻbŀě țǿ șpřěǻđ țħě ẅǿřđ țǿ ǿțħěř měmběřș ǻňđ pųřșųě
`čǿųňțěřmǿvěș, șųčħ ǻș ǿffěřįňģ țǿ bųỳ țħě șmǻŀŀ-čǿmpǻňỳ pǻțěňțș įțșěŀf, Měșșřș. Jǻķěŀ
`ǻňđ Ħįňmǻň șǻįđ. Țħěỳ ǻŀșǿ ěxpěčț țǿ ǻșķ țħě Ų.Ș. Pǻțěňț ǻňđ Țřǻđěmǻřķ Ǿffįčě țǿ řě-
`ěxǻmįňě țħě pǻțěňțș ẅįěŀđěđ bỳ țħě ŇPĚș, įňčřěǻșįňģ țħě řįșķ țħǻț țħěỳ ẅįŀŀ bě đěčŀǻřěđ
`įňvǻŀįđ.
`
`Ẅħįŀě đěfěňđǻňțș fřěqųěňțŀỳ ųșě țħě ŀǻțțěř țǻčțįč ǻfțěř țħěỳ ǻřě șųěđ, șțǻřțįňģ țħě
`přǿčěșș ěǻřŀįěř čǻň řǻįșě țħě čǿșțș fǿř ŇPĚș ǻňđ mǻķě ěňfǿřčįňģ pǻřțįčųŀǻř pǻțěňțș ŀěșș
`ǻțțřǻčțįvě, Mř. Jǻķěŀ șǻįđ.
`
`Bųț Pǻųŀ Řỳǻň, ČĚǾ ǿf Ǻčǻčįǻ Řěșěǻřčħ Čǿřp., ǿňě ǿf țħě běșț-ķňǿẅň fįřmș țħǻț bųỳș ǻňđ
`ŀįčěňșěș pǻțěňțș, șǻįđ řě-ěxǻmįňǻțįǿňș ǻřěň'ț ǻ đěčįșįvě đěfěňșě įf țħě pǻțěňțș įňvǿŀvěđ
`ǻřě vǻŀįđ. "Ẅě ǻřě věřỳ șěŀěčțįvě," Mř. Řỳǻň șǻįđ ǿf țħě pǻțěňțș Ǻčǻčįǻ bųỳș. "Ẅě řějěčț ǻ
`ŀǿț ǿf pǻțěňțș fǿř vǻřįǿųș řěǻșǿňș."
`
`Ųňįfįěđ įșň'ț đįșčŀǿșįňģ ħǿẅ mųčħ įț ẅįŀŀ čħǻřģě měmběřș, bųț įț pŀǻňș țǿ bįŀŀ ŀǻřģě
`čǿmpǻňįěș ħįģħěř fěěș țħǻň șmǻŀŀěř ǿňěș. Đǿųģŀǻș Ŀųfțmǻň, ŇěțǺpp'ș čħįěf įňțěŀŀěčțųǻŀ
`přǿpěřțỳ čǿųňșěŀ, șǻįđ įň ǻ șțǻțěměňț țħǻț Ųňįfįěđ'ș bųșįňěșș mǿđěŀ řěpřěșěňțș ǻ "čǿșț-
`ěffěčțįvě" ẅǻỳ țǿ čħǻŀŀěňģě "đųbįǿųș" pǻțěňțș.
`
`Țħě věňțųřě ǻŀșǿ įș ŀįķěŀỳ țǿ fǻčě čǿmpěțįțįǿň fřǿm ŘPX, ǺȘȚ ǻňđ ǿțħěřș. Bųț Đǻňįěŀ
`MčČųřđỳ, ǺȘȚ'ș čħįěf ěxěčųțįvě, țħįňķș țħě ěffǿřțș țǿ ħěŀp đěfěňđǻňțș mǻỳ bě
`čǿmpŀěměňțǻřỳ. "Țħě mǿřě țħě měřřįěř," ħě șǻįđ.
`
`Čǿřřěčțįǿňș & Ǻmpŀįfįčǻțįǿňș
`Ųňįfįěđ Pǻțěňțș İňč. ẅǻș įňčǿřřěčțŀỳ řěfěřřěđ țǿ ǻș Ųňįțěđ įň șěčǿňđ řěfěřěňčěș įň șǿmě
`ěđįțįǿňș ǿf țħįș ǻřțįčŀě.
`
`Ẅřįțě țǿ Đǿň Čŀǻřķ ǻț đǿň.čŀǻřķ@ẅșj.čǿm
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