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Responses to our global investor relations survey detailed in this month's cover story indicate that chief executives are spending a relatively large amount of their time dealing with the investment community. Indeed, it came to our attention that one German CEO really took the IR function to heart and was devoting roughly half of his time to investor relations. Luckily for the health of the majority of businesses, most CEOs don't go anywhere near that far. But senior executives across the