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         <title>L. T. &amp;#039;Tom&amp;#039; Hall Joins Cornerstone Advisors as Managing Director</title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/CornerstoneAdvisors/TomHall/prweb1065434.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>L. T. &quot;Tom&quot; Hall joins Cornerstone Advisors as Managing Director. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008)</P>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/CornerstoneAdvisors/TomHall/prweb1065434.htm</guid> </item>
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         <title>Credit Union Study Participants to Receive Free Peer Benchmarking Data</title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1000884.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>Cornerstone Advisors intends to publish the results of an extensive credit union peer benchmarking survey that will collect hundreds of detailed productivity and staffing benchmarks. Credit unions that participate in The Cornerstone Report 2008 will receive a number of personalized benefits, including a customized Cornerstone Scorecard that details peer comparisons across more than 250 metrics, a pre-publication look at performance-enhancing best practices, and benchmark information broken down by geographic region and credit union size/volume levels. (PRWeb Jun 5, 2008)</P>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1000884.htm</guid> </item>
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         <title>Bob Roth Joins Cornerstone Advisors as Senior Director </title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb839934.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>Cornerstone Advisors adds Bob Roth to team as a senior director. (PRWeb Apr 8, 2008)</P>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb839934.htm</guid> </item>
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         <title>New Study Challenges Bankers to Break Out of &amp;#039;Static Game&amp;#039; </title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb781264.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>The just released Cornerstone Report 2007: Benchmarks and Best Practices for Mid-Size Banks urges bankers to recognize how misaligned the industry has become and implores individual banks to break out of a &quot;current closed loop that will go nowhere.&quot; (PRWeb Mar 18, 2008)</P>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb781264.htm</guid> </item>
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         <title>Quintin Sykes Joins Cornerstone Team as Managing Director</title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb548325.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>Cornerstone Advisors, a management consulting firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is pleased to announce it has added Quintin Sykes to its staff as managing director. (PRWeb Aug 23, 2007)</P>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb548325.htm</guid> </item>
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         <title>Cornerstone Extends Deadline for 2007 Mid-Size Bank Benchmarking Study Due to Overwhelming Interest</title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb527103.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>Earlier this year, Cornerstone Advisors invited banks with assets of $1 billion to $30 billion to participate in the Cornerstone Report: Benchmarks and Best Practices for Mid-Size Banks, a study that will provide detailed spending, staffing and process benchmarks, and industry best practices for mid-size banks. With 70 banks already completing surveys and many more having expressed interest, Cornerstone said it will extend the submission deadline from May 31 to June 11. (PRWeb May 21, 2007)</P>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb527103.htm</guid> </item>
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         <title>Cornerstone Advisors, Credit Union Advisory Boards Join Forces to Develop Credit Union-Specific Benchmarking Survey </title>
         <link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/06/prweb402561.htm</link><description>   <![CDATA[ <P>Twenty credit unions accepted an invitation from Cornerstone Advisors to participate in two Advisory Boards to help model the survey instruments behind the inaugural edition of The Cornerstone Report 2006: Benchmarks and Best Practices for Credit Unions. The invitations were extended in recognition of these credit unions' demonstrated accomplishments in planning, measurement by metrics and profit improvement initiatives. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2006)</P>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/06/prweb402561.htm</guid> </item>
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