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  • BonTerra Announces Closing of Brokered and Non-Brokered Private Placement Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:20PMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 07/15/11) - BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BTR - News ) (FRANKFURT: 9BR - News ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce in furtherance to its news release dated July 6, 2011, it has today completed the closing of a brokered and non-brokered private placement of 4,347,826 flow-through units of the Company (the "FT Units") at $0.23 per FT Unit and ...
  • Genuine Parts Company Reports Record Sales Up 12% and Record Earnings Per Share Up 23% for the Second Quarter Ended ... Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:54AMGenuine Parts Company reported sales and earnings for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011. Â Thomas C. Gallagher, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, announced today that sales totaling $3.2 billion were up 12% compared to the second quarter of 2010. Â Net income for the quarter was $151.8 million, an increase of 22% from $124.5 million recorded in the same period ...
  • Kenya: Speculators Faulted Over Sugar Shortage Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:00AMAn "artificial" shortage of sugar has resulted in the increase of prices in parts of the country.
  • RAB Capital plc - Proposed Delisting and Recommended Buyout Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:01AMRAB Capital plc - Proposed Delisting and Recommended Buyout
  • Global Energy Dev. - Postponement of posting of Offer Document Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:09AMGlobal Energy Dev. - Postponement of posting of Offer Document
  • 5 Software & Services Stocks Insiders Are Buying Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:20AMFolks in the know think these stocks will rise. Should you join them?
  • The GEO Group Announces $100 Million Stock Repurchase Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:41AMBOCA RATON, Fla. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) announced today that its Board of Dire...
  • The GEO Group Announces $100 Million Stock Repurchase Program Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:26AMThe GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) ("GEO) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program of up to $100.0 million of ...
  • Northgate and Primero to Combine and Create a Leading Mid-Tier Gold Producer Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:00AMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 07/13/11) - Northgate Minerals Corporation (TSX: NGX - News )(AMEX: NXG - News ) and Primero Mining Corp. (TSX: P - News ) - Notice: Conference Call and Webcast Today at 10:00 am ET Dial in: +647-427-7450 or 1-888-231-8191 (All figures in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted) Northgate Minerals Corporation ("Northgate") and Primero Mining Corp ...
  • OJSC PhosAgro - Announcement of Offer Price Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:08AMOJSC PhosAgro - Announcement of Offer Price
  • Sunday racing—a taboo topic? Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:55PMThe Arima Race Club (ARC) and racing authorities in Trinidad and Tobago are looking to pull out all of the stops in an effort to revitalise the sport in this country and one has to say, full credit to them.
  • DealBook: Efforts to Rein In Executive Pay Meet With Little Success Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:07PMThe Dodd-Frank Act and Securities and Exchange Commission regulation were supposed to end unjustified, egregious compensation packages, but evidence does not bear this out.
  • Jennifer Convertibles Reports Third Quarter Results Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:45PMJennifer Convertibles, Inc. announced today its financial results for the third quarter ended May 28, 2011.
  • 7 Consumer Discretionary Stocks Insiders Are Buying Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:38AMFolks in the know think these stocks will rise. Should you join them?
  • Waterlogic PLC - Waterlogic Plc Admission to AIM Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:49AMWaterlogic PLC - Waterlogic Plc Admission to AIM
  • RadiSys Closes Acquisition of Continuous Computing Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:14PMHILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RadiSys Closes Acquisition of Continuous Computing
  • Few US Public Companies Failed New 'Say On Pay' Votes Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 7:14PMWASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- In the first year that major U.S. public companies have been required to let shareholders vote on executive compensation, few companies failed to gain approval for their plans, but those that did face a high risk of shareholder lawsuits.
  • BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Acquires BioZone Laboratories, Inc. and Related Companies Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:19PMMIAMI -- BioZone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding common stock of BioZone Laboratories, Inc.; all of the outstanding membership interests of Equalan Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Equachem LLC; and 45% of the outstanding membership interests of BetaZone LLC in exchange for 21 million shares of the Company's restricted common stock.
  • This Time is Different, or will The Next Financial Crisis Be Even Worse? Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:20PMBy www.thetrader.se   This time is different? SPX pushing aggressively last two weeks on low volumes. Shorts getting squeezed, and hedge funds returning poor performance. After the almost 100 points rally in SPX from the lows seen 2 weeks ago, everybody is “sucked” right back into the market, all trying to achieve returns in a panic fashion. Volumes are low, and CFTC ...
  • TECSYS Recurring Revenue Reaches 39% in Fiscal 2011 Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:06PMMONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 07/07/11) - TECSYS Inc. (TSX: TCS - News ), an industry-leading supply chain management software company, announced today its results for the fourth quarter and 2011 fiscal year ended April 30th, 2011. The results of the 2011 fiscal year are audited. All dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian currency and reported in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted ...
  • Man Group plc - Interim Management Statement Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:16AMMan Group plc - Interim Management Statement
  • The Next Financial Crisis Will Be Even Worse Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:43PMBrett Arends on why we're doomed to make the same mistakes we made in 2008.
  • OCZ Technology Group Reports Fiscal 2012 First Quarter Results Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:29PMSAN JOSE, Calif. -- OCZ Technology Group, Inc. , a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives for computing devices and systems, reports its first quarter results for the fiscal year 2012 , which ended on May 31, 2011.
  • The Making of a Daredevil CEO: Why Stock Options Lead to More Risk Taking Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:48PMStock options are a critical element of CEO compensation -- making up one quarter of total pay for executives these days. But what does that mean for the risk profiles of the companies those CEOs lead? A recent paper by Wharton professor Todd A. Gormley studied this issue by examining what steps CEOs took when hit with a sudden increase in business risk. The finding: Stock options do have an ...
  • SEC mulls options on new Supreme Court ruling Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:19AMTHE Securities and Exchange Commission is considering all options, including the filing of a motion for reconsideration, on the Supreme Court ruling that restricted foreign ownership of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and other public utilities. Gerard Lukban, SEC commission secretary, told reporters that the regulator would seek the advice of the Office of Solicitor [...]
  • Thor Mining PLC - Appendix 3B Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:32AMThor Mining PLC - Appendix 3B
  • Former MySpace CEO worth more than the company itself Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 5:42AMThe recent sale of social networking site Myspace for $35 million may have had a twist of irony to it: the chief executive officer it ousted could have bought it using his income from last year alone.
  • Uncertainty over Greek rescue as S&P warns on default risk Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 8:59PMCredit ratings agency S&P cast new uncertainty on Monday over euro zone efforts to rescue debt-crippled Greece by warning it would treat a French bank plan for a rollover.
  • Greek debt rollover plan a default, says S&P Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 8:24PMCredit ratings agency Standard & Poor's casts new uncertainty over euro-zone efforts to rescue debt-crippled Greece.
  • MacDonald Mines Closes Private Placement with HudBay Minerals and MineralFields for Gross Proceeds of $2,505,000 Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 7:00AMTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 07/04/11) - MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: BMK - News ) ("MacDonald Mines" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed a brokered and non-brokered, private placement financing with two investors for gross proceeds totaling $2,505,000. -- HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX: HBM)(NYSE: HBM) ("HudBay") invested $1,755,000 on a non-flow through basis ...
  • S&P warns on Greece bailout default Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:45AMCredit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cast new uncertainty on Monday over eurozone efforts to rescue debt-crippled Greece by warning it would treat a French bank plan for a rollover of privately-held debt as a default
  • S&P warning sows new Greece uncertainty Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:25AMRatings agency says rollover plan would be default. 5 Jul 2011 6:27 AM
  • S&P warning sows new uncertainty on Greek rescue Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 6:13AMBy Angeliki Koutantou and George Georgiopoulos
  • S&P casts doubt on Greek rescue Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 3:05AMCredit ratings agency Standard & Poor's cast new uncertainty today over euro zone efforts to rescue debt-crippled Greece by warning it would treat a French bank plan for a rollover of privately-held debt as a default.
  • The delicious irony of MySpace, Zynga, and Owen Van Natta Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 2:35PMRevenge is a dish best served via an IPO? Owen Van Natta, who was fired as CEO of MySpace in 2010, could have bought the social network for a fraction of his stake in Zynga.
  • Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Via an IPO: The Delicious Irony of Myspace, Zynga and Owen Van Natta Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:00AMHow's this for irony: It was less than a year and a half ago that Owen Van Natta was ousted from his job as CEO of Myspace. But last week -- just as the failed social networking site sold for a paltry $35 million -- Van Natta could have bought it himself for a fraction of his ...
  • Jungle Manhunt Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 9:39AMRecommended "Anything's possible in the jungle" - Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) After playing Tarzan for about 15 years, first at MGM and later at RKO, an increasingly flabby Johnny Weissmuller worked his way further down the Hollywood food chain, ending up at lowly Columbia where for a time he starred as Alex Raymond and Don Moore's comic strip hero "Jungle Jim," in sixteen features produced ...
  • 10 Bank Stocks Insiders Are Buying Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:56PMInsider buying is considered a good sign.
  • 5 Consumer Services Stocks Insiders Are Buying Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 10:11AMOpen-market insider buys are a positive sign.
  • Sectra: Report from Sectras Annual General Meeting 2011 Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:55AMRegulatory News: The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of shareholders in Sectra AB (publ) (STO:SECTB) was held on June 30, 2011, in Linköping. "Earlier this week, Sectra was able ...
  • Sectra: Report from Sectra’s Annual General Meeting 2011 Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:47AMLINKÖPING, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of shareholders in Sectra AB (publ) (STO:SECTB) was held on June 30, 2011, in Linköping. “Earlier this week, Sectra was able to announce that the mammography modality that has been one of our major areas of focus in recent years will be acquired by Philips,” said President and CEO Jan-Olof Brüer in his address ...
  • A Politically Incorrect Perspective On American Exceptionalism Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:43AMOn July 4th weekend, let's celebrate what made this nation transcendent.
  • 8 Diversified Financial Stocks Insiders Are Buying Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:25PMTake a peek at what those in the know are doing.
  • 9 Insurance Stocks Insiders Are Buying Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:55PMInsider buying is a positive signal.
  • SGOCO Group, Ltd. Announces Record Revenue for 2011 First Quarter Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 5:30PMSGOCO Group, Ltd. , , a company focused on building its own brands and retail distribution network in the Chinese flat panel display market, including monitors, TVs, and application specific products, today announced its unaudited operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2011.
  • Arcadia Resources Announces Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 4:06PMArcadia Resources, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative consumer health care services under the Arcadia HealthCare℠ brand, today announced fiscal 2011 fourth quarter net revenues of $25.4 million and a net loss of $5.1 million, or $0.03 per share, which compares to net revenue of $24.1 million and a net loss of $19.2 million, or $0.12 per share, for the same period in fiscal 2010.
  • SKYPE SCANDAL: Here's How Big Bad Private-Equity Firm Silver Lake Sees The Situation Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 7:44AMOver the past week, a minor scandal has emerged in Silicon Valley over the way a bunch of senior Skype executives were treated after the company agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $9 billion.
  • 12 Industrial Stocks Insiders Are Buying Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:04PMOpen market insider buys are a positive sign.
  • 7 Utilities Stocks Insiders Are Buying Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 10:51AMShould you follow the insiders on these stocks?
  • Radient Pharma: Delisting Adds to Woes Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 9:19AMTUSTIN, Calif. (TheStreet) -- Radient Pharmaceuticals was delisted from the NYSE Amex on Wednesday night after the foundering diagnostics company failed to bolster its balance sheet in time to meet a delisting deadline imposed by the exchange's regulators. Now trading on the bulletin boards, Radient shares fell 29% to 15 cents in Thursday trading. Radient has lost 91% of its market value since ...