NU Online News Service, May 19, 3:37 p.m.EDT

Fifty-five percent of executives at global companies said theyhave plan in place to manage pandemic risk and have activated it inresponse to the outbreak of the H1N1 "swine flu" virusvariation.

A survey released today, taken during the week of May 4 by NewYork-based The Conference Board, a not-for-profit think tank, foundthat of 121 members of 44 councils--small, cross-industrynetworking peer groups of executives--the majority (66 percent) ofcompanies are responding at a global, enterprise level, rather thanlocally.

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