Cap Gemini said 98 percent of large U.S. corporations have Y2K crisis centers.

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It is not uncommon to see significant brand building initiatives, even innovative marketing from professional services firms such as Accenture or Cap Gemini.

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According to research and consulting firm Cap Gemini, companies also plan to put a freeze on implementing new hardware and software until the rollover.

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And it follows a profits warning on Tuesday by IT and management consultancy Cap Gemini, which prompted falls among technology stocks on European stock markets.

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Some of the top business and technology services consultancies are joining in: Accenture, CAP Gemini, CGI, Cognizant, Deloitte, IBM, Infosys.

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The stock was subject to restrictions, but the partners thought it was better to pay tax that year so increases in the Cap Gemini stock would be long term capital gain.

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Two Cap Gemini researchers, Pamela Cohen Kalafut and Jonathan Low, put together an array of data to come up with what they called a value creation index (VCI), which scores the companies in an attempt to divine which does the best job.

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Two Cap Gemini researchers, Pamela Cohen Kalafut and Jonathan Low, cobbled together an array of data to come up with what they called a "value creation index" (VCI), which scores the companies, in an attempt to divine who does the best job with them.

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