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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

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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Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced that it has, through a subsidiary, signed a new, long-term private-label credit card agreement with Alliance Data (NYSE:ADS - News), a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data. Under terms of the new agreement, Alliance Data, through its bank subsidiary, will provide end-to-end private-label credit card services from account acquisition to multichannel marketing and customer service for Pier 1 Imports. Pier 1 Imports' current private-label credit card program will remain in place until portfolio conversion occurs, which is anticipated in the first quarter of 2012. Alliance Data expects the program portfolio to be in the $120 million range by the end of 2012.

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H) announced that it will release third quarter 2011 financial results on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, before the stock market opens, followed by an investor conference call at 10:00 a.m. (Central time). All interested persons may listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call, which may be accessed through the Company's website at www.hyatt.com.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc., (CRWE)

Crown Equity's selection of CoreLink reflects recent diversification beyond CRWE's original charter as a provider of services and knowledge to small business owners taking their own companies public. In addition to these services, CRWE has transitioned into a multifaceted media organization that publishes clients' news online; sells advertising adjacent with its digital network targeted at a high-income audience; designs, hosts and maintains websites; produces marketing videos from concept to final product; crafts press releases and articles for maximum SEO; develops email campaigns; and forges branding campaigns to bolster client company images.

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PharMerica Corporation (NYSE:PMC) announced that responded to the October 3, 2011, request from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for comments concerning its consideration of changes to the Conditions of Participation for Long Term Care Facilities. PharMerica believes that the changes proposed by CMS, which could require the independence of consultant pharmacists, may increase overall costs for payors and customers and reduce the quality of care and service to long-term care patients and residents.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

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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HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE:HLS) announced that final certificate of need approval has been received from the state of Florida for a new comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital in Martin County. The 34-bed hospital will be a partnership with Martin Memorial Health Systems and will provide comprehensive physical rehabilitation to patients who have experienced stroke, trauma, brain and orthopedic injuries or other major illness or injuries.

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MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) announced that encouraged Congress to move quickly on the passage of pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with the governments of Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. Especially in the case of the South Korean Agreement, MetLife has been engaged from the start to ensure the strongest possible agreements between the two countries and has advocated the opportunities for mutual business growth and U.S. job creation at every step of the way.

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ServiceSource Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results



ServiceSource (Nasdaq:SREV), a global leader in Service Revenue Management, announced preliminary financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

Based on preliminary information and subject to the quarterly accounting close and review procedures, the Company currently expects to report third quarter revenue above $49 million and adjusted EBITDA above $2.5 million. The Company also expects to report third quarter net income and non-GAAP earnings per share above its prior guidance range. These preliminary results exceed the Company's previous guidance for the third quarter of revenue of $45 to $46 million, adjusted EBITDA of $0.5 to $1.0 million, net loss of $4.5 to $5.0 million, and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of approximately breakeven to a loss of one cent per share as provided on July 25, 2011. The Company ended the quarter with over $100 million of cash and short-term securities.

The Company also raised its full year 2011 revenue guidance, expecting revenue greater than $195 million, reflecting at least 28% year-over-year growth and which compares to previous guidance of $190 to $192 million for the year. The Company said that it expects to raise guidance for adjusted EBITDA, net income and non-GAAP earnings per share when it announces final results for the quarter.

"The combination of our ability to drive higher revenue, higher profits and improved customer satisfaction for our customers with a unique pay-for-performance model is a value proposition that resonates in any economic environment," said Mike Smerklo, Chairman and CEO of ServiceSource. "Over the last few years, we have made strategic investments in sales and marketing, research and development and operations to drive higher revenues and profits for our customers and to support our long-term growth. These investments have helped drive the record results we are previewing today and the higher renewal rates for our customers."

ServiceSource is the global leader in service revenue management, partnering with technology-based companies to optimize maintenance, support and subscription revenue streams, while also improving customer relationships and loyalty. ServiceSource helps customers increase service revenue contract renewal rates, on average, by over 15 percentage points and, in some cases, up to 44 percentage points. ServiceSource delivers these results via a cloud-based solution, combining its Service Revenue Performance Suite(TM) of applications with dedicated service sales teams, leveraging a proprietary Service Revenue Intelligence Platform(TM) of transaction data, benchmarks and best practices. ServiceSource offers its service revenue management solution on a unique pay-for-performance business model that enables a success-driven, shared-risk partnership. The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, and manages service revenue performance for customers across the globe in more than 35 languages.



More about SREV at www.servicesource.com.

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Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV) announced that America First Credit Union (AFCU), one of the largest credit unions in the United States, has launched MobilitiTM from Fiserv. With Mobiliti, AFCU members can access their accounts using SMS (text messaging), a mobile browser, and downloadable applications for AndroidTM or iPhone™ users. AFCU previously offered an application-only Mobile Banking service, which had 13,500 users. More than 25,000 new users enrolled in Mobile Banking within five weeks of launching the expanded service. In total, more than 13 percent of the credit union's Online Banking users are now enrolled in Mobile Banking.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Copper's corrosion resistance and ease with which it can be joined make it suitable for plumbing fittings and water reticulation systems, automotive fuel lines, sea water desalination plants and hydraulic systems. The blue-green colour of treated timber is the result of copper naphthanate and copper-chrome-arsenate which have been introduced under pressure to help protect the wood from borers. Copper sulphate is used as a fungicide and as a trace element in fertilisers. Copper is used also for making coins and scientific instruments as well as in decorative applications.

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Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) announced it is providing the Financial Times, a Pearson company, with managed fund pricing data for its print and online editions worldwide. The Financial Times selected Morningstar to deliver daily fund pricing information for funds included in the newspaper's Managed Funds Service listings. The Financial Times' Managed Funds Service uses Morningstar's advanced page-ready media production system, which allows for significant gains in the efficiency, presentation, control, and flexibility of the data supplied.

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Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:WFM) announced it will issue financial results for the Company's fourth fiscal quarter ending September 25, 2011, after the market closes on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Following the release via the wire services, the Company will host a conference call with financial analysts and investors from 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. (CT). To participate, dial (800) 862-9098 (domestic) and (785) 424-1051 (international). The conference ID is "Whole Foods." Please dial in at least five minutes before the start of the conference call. A simultaneous audio webcast will be available through a link on the Company's website at http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/index.php.

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O2Micro International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) will announce its financial results for the third quarter, ended September 30, 2011, on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. The press release will be followed by a conference call at 7:00 a.m. PDT, 10:00 a.m. EDT. You may participate using the following dial-in information. In the US and CANADA: 800-227-9428, passcode #9100437. INTERNATIONAL participants: 85-830-1925, passcode #9100437.

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Diamond Foods, Inc. (NasdaqMND) announced that it has been selected as the recipient of Oracle's 2011 Consumer Goods Industry Excellence Award for Innovation in the award category of Business Management and Control. Diamond was recognized by Oracle for best practices in its innovative approach to integrating multiple ERP systems into a single global ERP instance. Diamond's focus on integrating separate systems in its Kettle business units into a single, scalable global system eliminating manual processes and increasing data accuracy led to its selection as the winner.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Copper is an excellent conductor of electricity. More than half of the copper consumed is used in electrical generators and motors, electrical power and lighting fixtures, electrical wiring, radio and television sets, computers and almost everything electrical. Copper also conducts heat well and is used for thin-walled copper tubing in air conditioning and refrigeration units, motor vehicle radiators, home heating systems, steam condensers etc.

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Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO) announced that it received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Clobetasol Propionate Emulsion Foam, 0.05%. Perrigo believes it is first-to-file on this product. On July 12, 2010, Stiefel Research Australia Pty. Ltd. filed a patent infringement suit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to prevent Perrigo from commercializing this product. This action, which is still pending, formally initiated the process under the Hatch-Waxman Act.

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Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO) maintains its headquarters in Milpitas, California, with sales and service offices worldwide. The process control solutions of Nanometrics are deployed throughout the fabrication process, from front-end-of-line substrate manufacturing, to high-volume production of semiconductors and other devices, to advanced wafer-scale packaging applications. The systems of Nanometrics enable device manufacturers to improve yields, increase productivity and lower their manufacturing costs.



“Our OCD metrology solution provides information about the most critical features of customers’ devices and offers insight that directly correlates to performance and improved yields,” said David Doyle, vice president of Nanometrics’ Semiconductor Business Unit. “The high-speed Atlas XP+ enables non-destructive, in-line metrology of complex structures, which leads to a higher process control capability and lower overall cost of manufacturing.”

Nanometrics yesterday announced its Atlas® XP+ optical critical dimension (OCD) system has been selected by a leading disk drive manufacturer for process control metrology with follow-on orders at multiple fabs. The system orders follow the successful installation of an initial Atlas XP+ system, which was selected over an incumbent competitive product. In its position as “tool of record,” the Atlas system will be used to provide OCD metrology in the production of the customer’s next generation thin-film heads.

As drive manufacturers work to increase the performance and density of hard drives by shrinking device geometries, new challenges arise. Among these is the need to achieve uniform device features in thin-film heads. The Atlas XP+ system enables customers to characterize microscopic features and numerous critical parameters of their head designs that can affect performance. The technology provides a fast means of measuring these features and helps manufacturers to achieve higher device yield. To optimize the modeling of structures and accelerate time to data, the Atlas XP+ also leverages Nanometrics’ NanoCD™ Suite, a turnkey OCD analysis solution with advanced modeling and intuitive recipe building capabilities.

For more information about Nanometrics, please visit www.nanometrics.com

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Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) will announce its third-quarter 2011 financial results on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, before the market opens. The announcement will be followed by a live webcast of the earnings conference call at 8 a.m. Central time (9 a.m. Eastern), and will be accessible through Abbott's Investor Relations Web site at www.abbottinvestor.com.

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The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) reported first quarter fiscal year 2012 net earnings of $526 million, up 77 percent from $298 million in the prior year quarter. Earnings per diluted share were $1.17 in the quarter, up 75 percent from $0.67 per diluted share in the prior year period. Mosaic's net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 were $3.1 billion, a 41 percent increase from $2.2 billion in the same period last year.

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Enzo Biochem, Inc. (ENZ)

Enzo Biochem, Inc., is a growth-oriented integrated life sciences and biotechnology company focused on harnessing biological process to develop research tools, diagnostics and therapeutics, and serves as a provider of test services, including exotic tests, to the medical community. Since ENZ was founded in 1976, their strategic focus has been on the development of enabling technologies in the life sciences field.

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Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced that its customer Advantar Laboratories, Inc. (San Diego, CA) has successfully completed its rollout of Waters® Empower™ 3 Chromatography Software. The 21CFR Part 11 compliant-ready software will play a key role at Advantar and with its new Method Remediation Services group to meet increased demand by pharmaceutical and contract manufacturing customers for converting legacy HPLC methods to Ultra Performance LC® (UPLC®) methods, which offer greater speed, resolution and sensitivity.

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Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS) will host a conference call October 20, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the Company's third-quarter 2011 results. Hosting the call will be Ed Heffernan, president and chief executive officer; Charles Horn, chief financial officer; and Bryan Kennedy, president of Epsilon.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Copper occasionally occurs native, and is found in many minerals such as cuprite, malachite, azurite, chalcopyrite, and bornite. Large copper ore deposits are found in the U.S., Chile, Zambia, Zaire, Peru, and Canada. The most important copper ores are the sulfides, oxides, and carbonates. From these, copper is obtained by smelting, leaching, and by electrolysis. Its alloys, brass and bronze, long used, are still very important; all American coins are now copper alloys; monel and gun metals also contain copper.

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Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF) a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and NYSE Amex closing price as of August 31, 2011. Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN), a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment management solutions managed by its Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Fiduciary Trust, Darby and Bissett investment teams.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc., (CRWE)

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. 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.

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Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABCW) is pleased to announce the addition of two new Directors to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Messrs. Duane Morse and Leonard Rush have been appointed by the Department of the Treasury, Anchor's sole preferred stockholder. The preferred shares were issued as part of Anchor's participation in the Treasury's Capital Purchase Program. "We welcome Mr. Morse and Mr. Rush to the Board and look forward to building a successful future with their guidance and input," says Anchor BanCorp Chief Executive Officer Chris Bauer.

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MAJESTIC GOLD CORP (MJGCF.PK)

MAJESTIC GOLD CORP (MJGCF.PK) engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in China. The company focuses on its gold project located in the prolific gold region of Song Jiagou in eastern Shandong Province. Majestic Gold Corp. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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Theratechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ:THER) announced that it will issue its financial results for the third quarter of 2011 on Thursday, October 13, 2011, before markets open. A conference call will be held the same day at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the third quarter results. The call will be hosted by John-Michel T. Huss, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Luc Tanguay, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The conference call is open to questions from financial analysts. Media and other interested individuals are invited to participate in the call on a "listen-only" basis.

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Marshall Edwards, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSHL) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with its majority shareholder, Novogen Limited, to sell common stock in a private placement for gross proceeds of $2 million, before deducting fees and expenses of the offering, through the sale of approximately 1.33 million shares of common stock. The offering is expected to close on September 30, 2011, subject to certain customary closing conditions.

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