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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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Shuffle Master, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHFL) announced that Louis Castle has joined its executive team as Chief Strategy Officer ("CSO"), a key leadership role in steering the Company's strategic and technological growth initiatives. Castle's responsibilities include managing innovation, exploiting compelling i-Gaming and technology opportunities, and leading research and development for all product lines. He will report directly to Shuffle Master's Chief Executive Officer, Gavin Isaacs.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc., (CRWE)

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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HealthSpring (NYSE:HS) announced its 2012 Medicare offerings, which include a range of health and prescription drug plans, as well as special needs plans. All plans offer extra benefits not covered under Original Medicare and are designed to help beneficiaries better manage their health and limit out-of-pocket medical expenses.

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WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE:WCG) will report on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time the same day, Alec Cunningham, WellCare`s chief executive officer, will lead a discussion about these results. The discussion will be webcast live via the internet from the Company`s web site at www.wellcare.com and from www.earnings.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).

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Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) announced it is a Proud Partner of The Chicago Bears Football Club. Constellation Energy will help drive the Bears' comprehensive environmental awareness initiative, culminating with the organization's first "Environment Friendly Game" against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, Nov. 20. Constellation Energy also will be the energy provider to Halas Hall, home to the Bears' front office and practice facilities.

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EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to launch a joint venture in South Africa to produce and market batteries for industrial applications. EnerSys will have majority ownership in the joint venture in cooperation with Powertech Batteries, which is a part of Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron). The joint venture will include Powertech Batteries contribution of its existing industrial lead-acid business including its industrial battery manufacturing facility located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, plus its existing distribution and service capability. The joint venture will serve both reserve power and motive power customers across sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa. The transaction will be effective on October 3, 2011.

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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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HII, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

** HII reported that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has been awarded a contract by Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp. to provide maintenance services at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, N.Y., a research and development facility that supports the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Propulsion Program. NNS will serve as an industrial subcontractor, providing maintenance services on the two nuclear reactor prototypes at the Kesselring site.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract contains a five-year base period valued at $195 million with a five-year option valued at $395 million.

Performance of prototype maintenance services is scheduled to begin in January 2012.

Furthermore, HII's AMSEC LLC subsidiary has been recently awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy in support of hull, mechanical and electrical machinery and systems on Navy, federal agency and contracted vessels and platforms, selected maritime agency vessels, and select land-based sites. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple-award contract contains a base period with four one-year option periods which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to approximately $92 million.

HII designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe.

More about HII at www.huntingtoningalls.com

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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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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) announced it will offer a live webcast of its 2011 Investor Day Conference on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Chicago time). The conference will feature CBOE Holdings Chairman and CEO William J. Brodsky, Executive Vice Chairman Edward T. Tilly and other members of the senior management team, who will provide an overview of the company's vision and strategic initiatives.

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Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Jewell Implement Company, Inc., a Case IH agriculture equipment dealership located in Jewell, Iowa. The acquisition is expected to close on or around November 1, 2011. Situated among the fertile farmland of Central Iowa, Jewell Implement is in a prime location to complement Titan Machinery's existing dealerships in Iowa, including its nearby Iowa Falls store. In its most recently reported fiscal year, Jewell Implement generated revenue of approximately $9.8 million.

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Cleantech Transit Inc (CLNO)

Woody biomass comprises residues of the wood processing industry, post-consumer woody waste materials and agricultural residues in addition to material arising from forest management or fuels reduction activities.

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SPS Commerce (Nasdaq:SPSC) announced that management will present at the Craig-Hallum 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference in New York, NY on Thursday, October 6 at 2:10 p.m. EDT. A webcast of the presentation will be available on the company's investor relations website at http://investors.spscommerce.com/events.cfm.

SPS Commerce is a leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions, providing integration, collaboration, connectivity, visibility and data analytics to thousands of customers worldwide.

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Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRZO) and Avista Capital Partners announced that they have entered into a joint venture to acquire and develop acreage in the liquids rich region of the Utica Shale. The JV has closed on its first acquisition of 15,000 net acres in eastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania at an average cost of less than $1,500 per acre. Under the terms of the agreement, Carrizo will own an initial 10% interest in the joint venture properties with Avista owning the remaining 90%. Avista has the right to contribute aggregate funds of up to $130 million to the joint venture, with the ability to raise this amount by an incremental $70 million.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Copper and its alloys are widely used in deep draw and flat stamped products because they have excellent electrical and thermal performance, good resistance to corrosion, high ductility and relatively low cost. Copper is non-magnetic, non-sparking and non-bacterial. Because it is low in the reactivity series, it is slow to corrode. With medium strength and high fatigue resistance, copper and its alloys are primary metals for electrical applications.

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Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq:NTRS) has enhanced its asset and liability risk reporting to help its pension fund clients across the globe monitor their coverage ratio risk over different time horizons. The reporting uses multiple risk models to deliver scenario and factor stress testing data and is particularly appropriate for the Dutch market where it supports clients' requirements for risk reporting compliant with FtK regulations.

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Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SGNT) yesterday announced U.S. FDA approval of Clindamycin Injection, USP, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Sagent Pharmaceuticals' latex-free clindamycin will be available in three single-dose vial sizes and in pharmacy bulk packaging. According to IMS, the 2011 U.S. market for injectable clindamycin approximates $65 million.



Sagent Pharmaceuticals expects to launch the product in early 2012. As with all products in Sagent Pharmaceuticals' portfolio, clindamycin features Sagent Pharmaceuticals' PreventIV MeasuresSM packaging and labeling designed to aid in the reduction of medication errors. Clindamycin is the twelfth product approved under the joint venture between Sagent Pharmaceuticals and Strides Arcolab. Under the collaboration, Strides is responsible for developing and supplying injectable products that Sagent will market in the United States.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals has created a unique, global network of resources, comprised of rapid development capabilities, sophisticated manufacturing and innovative drug-delivery technologies, quickly yielding an extensive portfolio of pharmaceutical products that fulfills the evolving needs of patients.Sagent Pharmaceuticals, founded in 2006, is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing, sourcing and marketing pharmaceutical products, with a specific emphasis on injectable products.

For more information about Sagent Pharmaceuticals, please visit: www.sagentpharma.com

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Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGNT)

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced U.S. FDA approval of Clindamycin Injection, USP, an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Sagent's latex-free clindamycin will be available in three single-dose vial sizes and in pharmacy bulk packaging. According to IMS, the 2011 U.S. market for injectable clindamycin approximates $65 million. SGNT expects to launch the product in early 2012. As with all products in Sagent's portfolio, clindamycin features the company's PreventIV MeasuresSM packaging and labeling designed to aid in the reduction of medication errors.

Clindamycin is indicated for the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible anaerobic bacteria. It is also indicated for the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible strains of streptococci, pneumococci, and staphylococci.

SGNT net revenue for the second quarter of 2011 was $32.3 million, an increase of $21.7 million, or 205%, compared to $10.6 million in the second quarter of 2010.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., founded in 2006, is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing, sourcing and marketing pharmaceutical products, with a specific emphasis on injectable products. SGNT has created a unique, global network of resources, comprised of rapid development capabilities, sophisticated manufacturing and innovative drug-delivery technologies, quickly yielding an extensive portfolio of pharmaceutical products that fulfills the evolving needs of patients.

For more information about Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. please visit http://www.sagentpharma.com

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Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced it has agreed to acquire a 25 percent stake in the gases and equipment businesses of Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment Co. Ltd. (AHG), a company of the privately-owned Abdullah Hashim Group, based in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary local closing conditions. Financial terms are not being disclosed.

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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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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH) announced the industry's first commercially available powdered-iron-based, WPC (Wireless Power Consortium)-compliant wireless charging receiving coil optimized for use with or without an alignment magnet. Offering a durable construction and high permeability shielding, the new IWAS-4832FF-50 provides high efficiency greater than 70 % for the wireless charging of ? 5 W portable electronics.

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IDT Corporation (NYSE:IDT) has scheduled its presentation of financial and operational results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 and full year ended July 31st, for Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM Eastern. Management's pre-recorded remarks will be accessible through the investor relations page of the IDT website (http://www.idt.net/about/ir) in an MP3 audio file.

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Aqua America Inc. (NYSE:WTR) and Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:PVR) announced that certain of their operating subsidiaries have formed a joint venture, Aqua PVR Water Services, LLC, to construct and operate a private pipeline system to supply fresh water to natural gas producers drilling in the Marcellus Shale in north-central Pennsylvania. The 12-inch diameter steel pipeline will largely parallel the trunkline of PVR's gathering system in Lycoming County and will share PVR's existing rights-of-way.

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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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Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire three floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units from Sevan Marine ASA (Sevan), a Norway-based developer, owner and operator of FPSO units, and acquire an equity interest in a recapitalized Sevan.

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MRCY, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

Mercury Computer Systems Inc., (NASDAQ:MRCY), a trusted provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems, has been selected by a worldwide provider of security inspection systems to accelerate the performance of its high-capacity checked baggage scanning equipment. Mercury’s unique expertise in optimizing algorithms was applied to powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) which are designed into scalable, standards-based systems architecture. The optimized algorithms and Mercury’s advanced software framework will enable the scanning systems to deliver ultra-clear images, improving the reliability of results, increasing security and expediting the screening process at airports and other transportation hubs.

Initially Mercury will provide optimization for back-projection algorithms for performance on Intel x86 processors with GPGPUs serving as specialized co-processors. The company will also deliver a customized software framework to optimize data flow from the sensor to the processing engines and then to the display. The optimization will result in extremely clear images being fed to the threat detection algorithm, reducing the number of false positives and supporting high belt speeds.

Mercury first implemented GPGPUs in 2004 as part of a medical imaging application, and continues to deliver numerous GPGPU-based solutions, including various high performance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) subsystems.

Mercury Computer Systems is a best of breed provider of open, commercially developed, application-ready, multi-INT subsystems for the ISR market. With more than 30 years of experience in embedded computing, superior domain expertise in radar, EW, EO/IR, C4I, and sonar applications, and more than 300 successful program deployments including Aegis, Global Hawk, and Predator, Mercury’s Services and Systems Integration team leads the industry in partnering with customers to design and integrate system-level solutions that minimize program risk, maximize application portability, and accelerate customers’ time to market.

For more information on Mercury’s subsystem solutions, visit www.mc.com, or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mc.com .

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AgFeed Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:FEED) announced that its Board of Directors has established a special committee to investigate the accounting relating to certain of the Company's Chinese farm assets (acquired during 2007 and 2008) used in its hog production business, as well as the validity and collectability of certain of the Company's accounts receivables relating to its animal nutrition business in China and any other issues that may arise during the course of the investigation.

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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).

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