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First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) a leading private bank and wealth management company, announced that Gregg Palmer, who has 19 years of wealth management experience, has joined First Republic Private Wealth Management in San Diego as a Managing Director - Wealth Advisor. Palmer will work with high net worth individuals and families, foundations, endowments and non-profits providing customized wealth management solutions, including trust, investment management and brokerage services. First Republic Private Wealth Management complements First Republic's comprehensive suite of private banking and business banking services.

First Republic Bank provides private banking, private business banking, investment management, brokerage, trust services, and real estate lending services in California, Nevada, and New York.

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Equity One Inc. (NYSE:EQY), announced that it will release its 2011 third quarter earnings on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 after the market close. On Thursday, November 3, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Equity One's senior officers will conduct a conference call to review the 2011 second quarter earnings and operating results.

As of June 30, 2011, Equity One owned or had interests in 219 properties comprising approximately 24 million square feet and consisting of 192 shopping centers, ten projects under development or redevelopment, twelve non-retail properties, and five parcels of land.

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Cleantech Transit, Inc. (CLNO)

When biomass is produced by plants as a result of photosynthesis, some of the energy in the sunlight is converted into the chemical energy that binds various atoms to form carbohydrate molecules. Herbivores (animals that feed on plants) eat the plants and make their own biomass by using the energy stored in the plants' biomass. Similarly, carnivores (animals that feed on other animals) consume the biomass of other animals and in the process make their own biomass. When the plants or animals die, the energy captured in their biomass remains until the biomass decomposes through natural mechanisms or is burned or processed by humans.

Cleantech Transit Inc. was founded to capitalize on technology advances and manufacturing opportunities in the growing clean energy public transportation sector. Cleantech Transit Inc has expanded its focus to invest directly in specific green projects that could maximize shareholder value. Recognizing the many economic and operational advances of converting wood waste into renewable sources of energy, Cleantech Transit Inc. has selected to invest in Phoenix Energy (www.phoenixenergy.net).

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CACI International Inc. (NYSE:CACI) announced that it has been awarded a $33.6 million task order to provide information operations as well as engineering, technical, and programmatic support services for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division's (NSWC Crane) Irregular Warfare Technologies Division. This task order represents new business for CACI and is for a three-year base period plus two option years. It falls under the U.S. Navy's Seaport-e Engineering, Technical, and Programmatic Support Services contract.

CACI International Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides information technology (IT) and professional services to the U.S. federal government and commercial markets in North America and internationally.

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The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) announced that it has signed a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") for the continued management of the company-owned Aurora ICE Processing Center (the "Center") located in Aurora, Colorado. The new contract will have a term of ten years, inclusive of renewal option periods. Under the terms of the new agreement, the contract capacity at the Center will be increased from 432 to 525 beds, and the transportation responsibilities will be expanded. The new contract is expected to generate approximately $23.0 million in annualized revenues at full occupancy, including the new transportation responsibilities.

The GEO Group, Inc. provides government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention, mental health, residential treatment, and re-entry facilities in the United States, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

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ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq:ORBC), a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, and Camgian Microsystems Corporation (Camgian), a provider of advanced M2M networking technologies and solutions, announced a marketing agreement to supply Quantus, an M2M supply chain solution enabled by the ORBCOMM network, to the industrial market.

Quantus is a secure, highly scalable M2M networking platform optimized for on-site inventory monitoring and logistics management of bulk solids and liquids such as oil and gas products. Specifically, Quantus supports the networking of key industrial supply chain assets that include remote inventory storage vessels and tanker trucks.

Using ORBCOMM’s reliable global network, data collected from both fixed and mobile field assets is processed through an advanced, cloud-based analytics platform that provides managers with near real-time information as it relates to optimization of their supply chain operations. With ubiquitous network coverage, open connectivity software and ruggedized hardware, Quantus is ideal for energy companies, waste management facilities, lubrication companies, asphalt factories and frac tanks looking to gain supply chain efficiencies, reduce operating expenses and enhance customer service.

“ORBCOMM’s agreement with Camgian will further expand our market reach in providing global two-way data communications for M2M solutions in the oil and gas industry,” said Brian Bell, ORBCOMM’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Leveraging our core competencies, ORBCOMM and Camgian will facilitate application development and integration, shorten time to market and increase widespread adoption of tank monitoring solutions in the waste oil, virgin oil and fuel markets.”

“There is a critical need for a configurable and expandable platform like Quantus for industrial tank-level monitoring for both fixed and mobile assets,” said Zvi Huber, Camgian’s General Manager of M2M Markets. “Camgian’s operational intelligence platform utilizes ORBCOMM’s high-performance network to enable the seamless flow and analysis of near real-time information between remote assets and the corporate back-office, which helps our customers significantly improve inventory management and decision making throughout the global supply chain.”

ORBCOMM is a leading global satellite data communications company, focused on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. Its customers include Caterpillar Inc., Doosan Infracore America, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Asset Intelligence a division of I.D. Systems, Inc., Komatsu Ltd., Manitowoc Crane Companies, Inc., and Volvo Construction Equipment among other industry leaders. By means of a global network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites and accompanying ground infrastructure, ORBCOMM’s low-cost and reliable two-way data communication services track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets in four core markets: commercial transportation; heavy equipment; industrial fixed assets; and marine/homeland security.

More about ORBC at www.orbcomm.com.

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

Cleantech Transit Inc. was founded to capitalize on technology advances and manufacturing opportunities in the growing clean energy public transportation sector. Cleantech Transit Inc has expanded its focus to invest directly in specific green projects that could maximize shareholder value. Recognizing the many economic and operational advances of converting wood waste into renewable sources of energy, Cleantech Transit Inc. has selected to invest in Phoenix Energy (www.phoenixenergy.net).

When biodiesel displaces petroleum, it significantly reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By one estimate, GHG emissions (including carbon dioxide [CO2], methane, and nitrogen oxide [NOx]) are reduced by 41%, if biodiesel is produced from crops harvested from fields that were already in production. When plants such as soybeans grow, they take CO2 from the air to make the stems, roots, leaves, and seeds (soybeans). After the oil is extracted from the soybeans, it is converted into biodiesel. When the biodiesel is burned, CO2 and other emissions are released and return to the atmosphere. This cycle does not add to the net CO2 concentration in the air because the next soybean crop will reuse the CO2 as it grows. When fossil fuels such as coal or diesel fuel are burned, however, 100% of the CO2 released adds to the CO2 concentration levels in the air.


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Provident Energy Ltd. (NYSE:PVX) announces that it has entered into agreements with NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) for the lease of two underground storage caverns currently under development at the Provident Redwater Facility, along with associated facilities to be constructed.

Provident Energy Ltd. engages in the natural gas liquids (NGLs) infrastructure and marketing business in Canada and the United States.

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Global Hunter's (GBLHF)

Global Hunter's focus is on strategic and base metals, with an advanced stage copper oxide project in Chile and a highly prospective molybdenum property in British Columbia, Canada. GBLHF teams are working on developing the Corona de Cobre property in Chile and the Rabbit south property in British Columbia.

Global Hunter Corp. (GBLHF.PK) is pleased to announce initial assay results from its previously announced surface sampling program. The results are encouraging with new gold showings as well as very positive copper oxide assays over wide-spread areas.

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Targa Resources Partners LP (NYSE:NGLS) announced that the board of directors of its general partner has approved a $250 million expansion of its Mont Belvieu complex and its existing import/export marine terminal at Galena Park to provide export capability for 5,000+ barrels per hour (Bbl/h) of fully refrigerated, low ethane propane.

Targa Resources Partners LP provides midstream natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGL) services in the United States.

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Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. (CRWE)

Crown Equity Holdings Inc., offer marketing video production services. Its creative team works together to develop the finest in marketing video production services for each of their clients. Its staff will learn every aspect of business or product, formulate a message, and then create a video production concept to get it out into the world.

With the help of video marketing, you can show the product or service directly to the customer and educate him about the advantages of it. It's great word-of-mouth marketing method that can help grab as many clients as possible.
Any business can use various video marketing techniques and showcase its product by giving a live demo to attract more buyers.

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Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG) will release third quarter results after market close on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011. A conference call will be held Thursday, October 27th at 10:00 a.m. (PT) to discuss the results. Participants may join the call by dialing toll free 800-355-4959 or 416-695-6617 for calls outside Canada and the U.S. A recorded playback of the call will be available until November 27, 2011 by dialing 800-408-3053 or 905-694-9451 for calls outside Canada and the US. Conference ID#: 6608575.

Goldcorp Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of precious metal properties in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America.

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Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (NYSE:MHR) provided a drilling, operational, and production update on the Company's activities in the oil-window of the Eagle Ford Shale unconventional resource play located across approximately 51,664 gross acres predominately in Gonzales and Lavaca Counties of South Texas.the Oryx Hunter #1H which was drilled to a measured depth of 16,955 feet (horizontal lateral length of 6,687 feet), fraced with 21 stages and placed on production September 18, 2011. The initial flowing production rate was 2,044 Boepd (1,944 Bopd, 600 Mcf & 0 Water) on a 16/64" choke with 1,650 psi FCP.

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas primarily in West Virginia, North Dakota, Texas, and Louisiana.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc., (CRWE)

Crown Equity Holdings Inc. together with its digital network currently provides electronic media services specializing in online publishing, which brings together targeted audiences and advertisers. Crown Equity Holdings Inc. offers internet media-driven advertising services, which covers and connects a range of marketing specialties, as well as search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness.

Voice over Internet protocol allows you to use an existing Internet connection to route phone calls. This eliminates the need to have a dedicated, or hard line, in addition to an Internet service. VoIP software is able to interact with both voice and other data sent over the network, saving a business or individual from having to purchase separate software.

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Global Hunter's (GBLHF)

Global Hunter's focus is on strategic and base metals, with an advanced stage copper oxide project in Chile and a highly prospective molybdenum property in British Columbia, Canada. GBLHF teams are working on developing the Corona de Cobre property in Chile and the Rabbit south property in British Columbia.

Global Hunter Corp. (GBLHF.PK) is pleased to announce initial assay results from its previously announced surface sampling program. The results are encouraging with new gold showings as well as very positive copper oxide assays over wide-spread areas.

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Chesapeake Lodging Trust (NYSE:CHSP) announced that its board of trustees has declared a dividend payment of $.20 per common share. The dividend will be paid on October 14, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2011. The dividend represents a 7% annualized yield based on today's closing price.

Chesapeake Lodging Trust is a self-advised lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investments primarily in upper-upscale hotels in major business and convention markets and, on a selective basis, premium select-service and extended-stay hotels in urban settings or unique locations in the United States.

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RadioShack Corp. (NYSE:RSH) a leading national retailer of innovative mobile and technology products, services and accessories, announced that Julie A. Dobson, a 30-year veteran of the telecommunications and wireless industry, has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Dobson, 55, has served since 2002 as chairman of Telebright, Inc., a private consulting firm that oversees the development and launch of telecom software applications and mobile applications for business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets.

RadioShack is a leading national retailer of innovative mobile technology products and services, as well as products related to personal and home technology and power supply needs.

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Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE:FOR) announced that Jim DeCosmo, president and chief executive officer, will be presenting at the JMP Securities Financial Services and Real Estate Conference in New York on Monday September 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm ET. The live presentation may be accessed through Forestar Group's Internet site, www.forestargroup.com, by clicking on "Investor Relations - Investor Events." Replays of the presentation will be available for two weeks following completion of the live presentation.

Forestar Group Inc. operates in three business segments: real estate, mineral resources and fiber resources. At the end of the second quarter 2011, the real estate segment owns directly or through ventures over 217,000 acres of real estate located in nine states and twelve markets in the U.S.

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Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund Inc. (NYSE:LOR) reported that the Board of Directors has authorized the Fund to declare, pursuant to a level distribution policy, a monthly distribution of $0.07530 per share on the Fund's outstanding common stock. The distribution is payable on October 24, 2011 to shareholders of record on October 13, 2011. The ex-dividend date is October 11, 2011.

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Lazard Asset Management LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets across the globe.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

VoIP services have taken the business world by storm, by giving them features which not only help them in cutting down their total call cost but also assists in increasing their overall productivity. The advantages of VoIP telephony are numerous, making it flexible enough to be adapted by all sectors of industry, including residential. The main advantage of VoIP telephony is that it greatly reduces the cost of call transmission, by almost 50%. This is the chief reason for increasingly large number of people adopting its services.

VoIP works over the Internet. The voice, which is in the form of analogue signals, is condensed and converted into digital IP packets, which are then transmitted via Internet rather than optical fibers as is the case with traditional public switch telephony network. These IP packets are then later reconverted and condensed before finally reaching the receiver. Since the voice packets are sent via the Internet, the cost of spending thousands of dollars on optical fibers is saved.

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Developers Diversified Realty Corp. (NYSEDR) announced Rebecca L. Maccardini has been named a member of its Board of Directors. Ms. Maccardini joins the board immediately, and with her appointment the size of the DDR board has been increased to 11 members.

DDR is an owner and manager of 546 primarily open-air, value-oriented shopping centers that leverages its retail knowledge to help tenants be successful and create value for its shareholders. DDR operates a total of 126 million square feet in 41 states, Puerto Rico and Brazil, concentrated in high barrier-to-entry markets with stable populations and high growth potential.

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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) announced that William M. Walker, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to make a presentation at the JMP Securities Financial Services & Real Estate Conference on Monday, September 26, 2011 in New York. The presentation, scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM EDT, will be broadcast live and archived on the investor relations page of the Walker & Dunlop website at www.walkerdunlop.com.

Through its subsidiary Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is one of the leading providers of commercial real estate financial services in the United States, with a primary focus on multifamily lending.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

Crown Equity Holdings Inc., together with its digital network, currently provides electronic media services specializing in online publishing, which brings together targeted audiences and advertisers. Crown Equity Holdings Inc. offers internet media-driven advertising services, which covers and connects a range of marketing specialties, as well as search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness.

The key benefit of publishing an online newsletter is to show your-self as an expert. If you publish a successful newsletter then you will be seen as an expert right away. When you are seen as an expert then people will trust you and they'll buy from you. More than this, people will actually want to buy from you because they'll know what you're selling must be great.
You want to make sure the content you put in the newsletter is valuable and helpful to your readers. This will help give you more credibility and it will also help establish you as an expert even faster.

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Ampco System Parking has been awarded a multi-year contract to manage parking operations at Missouri’s Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL). Ampco System Parking is a subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), a leading provider of integrated facility services.

Ranked as the 30th busiest airport in the U.S. by Airports Council International North America, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport served more than 12 million passengers in 2010.

Under the terms of the multi-million dollar contract, which began September 1, Ampco will operate and oversee 8,800 parking spaces across STL’s two parking garages and four surface parking lots. Additionally, Ampco will manage five separate shuttle routes with a fleet of 37 shuttles to transport airport customers to and from remote parking facilities. Approximately 230 Ampco employees will be engaged in providing parking services at the airport.

In addition to the contract with Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Ampco provides parking services at many other key airports around the country, including: Tampa, Orlando, Austin, Colorado Springs, Omaha, LaGuardia, JFK, Newark, Minneapolis, Wichita and Long Beach.

Ampco System Parking manages nearly 2,000 office, airport, hotel, hospital, retail, education, entertainment and other multi-use parking operations across the U.S. Among other services, Ampco provides: parking management; shuttle transportation services; valet parking; on-and-off-street meter collections and enforcement; rate analysis and recommendations; parking utilization analysis; and consulting on pre-construction design, equipment procurement/installation and layout of parking facilities.

ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), which operates through its subsidiaries (collectively "ABM"), is a leading provider of integrated facility services in the United States. With fiscal 2010 revenues of approximately $3.5 billion and nearly 100,000 employees, ABM provides commercial cleaning and maintenance, facility engineering, energy efficiency, parking and security services for thousands of commercial, industrial, government and retail clients across the United States and various international locations. ABM's business services include ABM Janitorial Services, ABM Facility Services, ABM Engineering Services, Ampco System Parking and ABM Security Services.

For more information visit www.abm.com.

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Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. (CRWE)

VoIP is a technology that enables voice communications over the Internet through the compression of voice into data packets that can be efficiently transmitted over data networks and then converted back into voice at the other end. Data networks, such as the Internet or local area networks (LANs), have always utilized packet-switched technology to transmit information between two communicating terminals (for example, a PC downloading a page from a web server, or one computer sending an e-mail message to another computer).

Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint venture to deploy VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology delivering voice, video and data services to residential and commercial customers. The joint venture company is Crown Tele Services Inc. which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Equity Holdings Inc. Crown Equity Holdings Inc. will own fifty percent (50%) interest in the joint venture.

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Global Hunter's (GBLHF)

Copper is low in the reactivity series. This means that it doesn't tend to corrode. Again, this is important for its use for pipes, electrical cables, saucepans and radiators.
However, it also means that it is well suited to decorative use. Jewellery, statues and parts of buildings can be made from copper, brass or bronze and remain attractive for thousands of years.

Global Hunter's focus is on strategic and base metals, with an advanced stage copper oxide project in Chile and a highly prospective molybdenum property in British Columbia, Canada. GBLHF teams are working on developing the Corona de Cobre property in Chile and the Rabbit south property in British Columbia.

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O'Reilly Automotive Inc. (Nasdaq:ORLY) announced that it plans to offer $300 million aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Notes"). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including share repurchases, to repay borrowings outstanding from time to time under its credit facility and to pay related fees and expenses.

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. is one of the largest specialty retailers of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories in the United States, serving both the do-it-yourself and professional service provider markets. Founded in 1957 by the O'Reilly family, the Company operated 3,657 stores in 39 states as of June 30, 2011.

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Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq:SMTC) a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, is launching its ground breaking 4D-Touch™ touchscreen controller platform suited to bring out the best user experiences by enabling the capability to sense in the X, Y, Z+ (proximity), and Z- (pressure) directions in many touch-interface applications including smart phones, tablets, handheld GPS, automotive consoles, and POS terminals.

Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community.

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Discovery Communications, Inc. (NasdaqISCB) announced the premiere programming slate for Velocity, set to debut October 4 at 7:00 PM (ET). An all-HD network targeting upscale men, Velocity will be available in more than 40 million homes at the channel location currently occupied by the HD Theater cable network. Velocity's lineup for fourth quarter 2011 features an all-new primetime schedule and more than 140 original premiere hours overall; representing the best of the travel, leisure, automotive, adventure and sports genres.

Discovery Communications is the world's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 210 countries and territories. Discovery is dedicated to satisfying curiosity through 139 worldwide television networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science and Investigation Discovery, as well as US joint venture networks OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, The Hub and 3net, the first 24-hour 3D network.

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Birner Dental Management Services Inc. (Nasdaq:BDMS) operators of PERFECT TEETH™ dental practices and Vantage Dental Implant Center, announced its regular quarterly dividend. The Company's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 22 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable October 14, 2011, to shareholders of record September 30, 2011.

Birner Dental Management Services, Inc., a dental business service company, provides dental practice management services to dental practice networks in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

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