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Disney Pays $500 Million for YouTube’s Marker Studios and Facebook Acquires Oculus for $2 Billion

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) shares soared after the company announced that it has acquired Marker Studios for $500 million. An additional $450 million may be needed if certain conditions and mile stones are met by Maker. The acquisition which was first reported on Monday was followed by reports of negotiations between Disney and Marker Studios from a few weeks ago. Marker is a multichannel network on YouTube whose channels have more than 4.5 billion monthly views and more than 340 million subscribers. The move is a result of Disney feeling compelled to focus on online video

Walgreen Will Close 76 Stores in the Second Half of 2014 and J. C. Penney’s CEO is Expected to Get a Pay Increase

Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) announced on Tuesday that the company plans to close 76 stores in the second half of the year, though they still expect the net store count to rise. Walgreen reported that second-quarter earnings slightly fell from a year earlier also. Net earnings of $754 million, or 78 cents a share was versus $756 million or 79 cents a share in the same period a year earlier. Net sales however rose 5.1% to $19.6B while same store sales were up 4.3%. The company opened or acquired 28 new stores in the second quarter versus 29 in the same period a year earlier. Walgreen Co.,

Avtec’s Pure IP Dispatch Console Receives Tait DMR and P25 Integration Certifications

Avtec, a leading provider of pure internet protocol dispatch console systems, announced today that it has successfully completed interoperability testing between its Scout™ 3.2 software and Tait Communications’ Digital Mobile Radio and Project 25 Trunked radio systems. Tait Communications is a global leader in the design, delivery and management of critical communication solutions.  Avtec is a member of Tait's Endorsed Global Partner Program, and the completion of these tests is an extension of the commercial relationship established between Avtec and Tait Communications in 2004. Avtec’s

Small Business Association Honor Nation’s Top Small Businesses

Michael Nevins, CEO of EverLast®/Full Spectrum Solutions, Inc. Selected as Winner for MichiganJACKSON, MICHIGAN – March 25th, 2014 – From architecture to bakeries, to consulting firms and woodworking - these are just a few of the businesses that will be recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration this year in Washington, D.C., May 15-16.  Michael Nevins, CEO of Full Spectrum Solutions, Inc. and EverLast Lighting, Inc. in Jackson, has been named the Michigan Small Business Person of the Year, to represent the State of Michigan nationally.   The SBA Michigan District Office has

The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime TV Talks Smart Soup, Sin-Free Sugar & Dead Sea SuperFood

Baxco Healthy Foods, My Olive Tree, SmartSoup Take Center Stage on the March 27th Show with Host Julie Moran(Pompano Beach, FL – PR LOG/CISION – March 25, 2014) Award-winning morning show The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime® TV welcomes some of the hottest names in a new type of sugar, a Dead Sea SuperFood, and a soup that makes smart sense to the show. Make sure to tune in on Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 a.m. (ET/PT) as The Balancing Act hosts help jump start the day with animated conversation, recipe ideas and trusted information to empower a woman’s life. Don’t miss these featured

My First Buddha Seeks Funding to Bring Serenity and Smiles to America

Designed to promote peace and love, these handmade, plush Buddhas have completed production and now require funding for stocking and distribution in the United States. Justin and Ani de Graaf, the creators of the world’s first handmade My First Buddha, have launched a campaign to raise $15000  by May 17, 2014. Funds are needed in order to pre-finance the stocking and distribution of the 11-inch and 16-inch no allergenic plush dolls in the United States. Designed to offer happiness, joy and prosperity, the Buddha dolls have completed all

The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime TV Talks Wild Tea, Skin Care Cure, Healing Honey, and Smart Seafood

Honeybrush Health Tea, Enza Skin Care Essentials, Comvita, and Shining Ocean Take Center Stage on the March 25th Show(Pompano Beach, FL – CISION – March 24, 2014) Award-winning morning show The Balancing Act® airing on Lifetime® TV welcomes some of the hottest names in wild teas to help fight against diabetes, skin care products, healthy honey, and imitation crab and lobster to the show. Make sure to tune in on Tuesday, March 25th or April 1st at 7:00 a.m. (ET/PT) as The Balancing Act hosts help jump start the day with animated conversation, and trusted information to empower a woman’s life.

SEB's Annual General Meeting 2014

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) this Tuesday the Board members Johan H. Andresen, Signhild Arnegård Hansen, Samir Brikho, Annika Falkengren, Winnie Fok, Urban Jansson, Birgitta Kantola, Tomas Nicolin, Sven Nyman, Jesper Ovesen and Marcus Wallenberg were re-elected. The AGM re-elected Marcus Wallenberg as Chairman of the Board. The AGM approved a dividend of SEK 4.00 per share (2.75) and Friday 28 March, 2014, as record date for the dividend. The Director's fee was set at SEK 11,665,000 in accordance with the Nomination Committee's

New pass launched to explore York's top three medieval attractions

With its two new medieval themed attractions due to open at Easter, the JORVIK Group has launched a new joint ticket for visitors wanting to save money whilst exploring York’s medieval heritage.  The Medieval Pass will grant visitors a full year of visits to the new Richard III Experience at Monk Bar, the Henry VII Experience at Micklegate Bar and York’s hidden medieval gem, Barley Hall. The pass will be available from 5 April, to co-incide with the opening of the two new attractions, which sit at two of the major gates into York.  Visitors can walk along the city walls between the Monk

Reallocations of Handelsbanken’s shareholdings

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ), Handelsbanken’s Pension Foundation and Handelsbanken’s Pension Fund have today made mutual realloactions of their holdings in Industrivärden and Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA) and other companies. Following these transactions, Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) now controls 10.46 per cent of the votes in Industrivärden and 10.15 per cent of the votes in SCA.“The Board of Handelsbanken, in consultation with the boards of the Pension Fund, the Pension Foundation and the Bank’s major owners, decided to make these reallocations in order to ensure that the Bank’s

Binary Tree Demonstrates its Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 Acumen at MEC 2014

Introduces exCHANGE UPgrade Remote Delivery ModelBinary Tree introduces its revolutionary exCHANGE UPgrade migration offering at the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) 2014 on March 31 in Austin, Texas. Binary Tree, a Gold Sponsor, will showcase its award-winning E2E Complete Exchange migration software, SMART Active Directory Migrator software, and an exciting “Enter the Matrix with Binary Tree ” challenge featuring binary code competitions at its booth, #401. A Binary Tree expert will also present best practices for enhancing the

Rotten science, why food goes off

Are tiny microbes outwitting us to steal our food? It’s long been know that microbes are to blame for food going off and becoming rotten but in the late 1970’s, Dan Janzen of the University of Pennsylvania, and a winner of ecology’s version of the Nobel Prize, suggested that making something rotten may be to the advantage of the microbes living in our food. Now, Liverpool John Moores University’s Dr Dave Wilkinson and his long-time collaborator Tom Sherratt along with two other colleagues, Graeme Ruxton from St Andrews and Martin Schaefer at the University of Freiburg, Germany,

Supplement to the offer document made public regarding Blue Canyon Holdings’ cash offer to the shareholders of Cision

This press release may not be published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa. The Offer is not being made to, nor will any tender of shares be accepted from or on behalf of, holders in such jurisdictions or elsewhere where their participation requires further documentation, filings or other measures in addition to those required by Swedish law. Shareholders in the United States should refer to the section titled “Special notice to shareholders in the United States” at the end of this announcement.Blue Canyon

The Crew Academy employs method acting techniques to train students

Press Release:  25/03/2014 For immediate release France The Crew Academy (TCA), a training school for interior yacht crew has introduced practical service courses, to enable students to practice new-found skills in a simulated yacht environment, much like method acting. The company’s Yacht Service Level 2 course gives trainee’s four opportunities to practice a range of service styles, serving real guests, with real food, produced by an experienced yacht chef.  Charlotte Roch from The Crew Academy explained to Yachting Pages, “It is important that our courses arm interior crew

Management changes at Handelsbanken

Göran Stille has been appointed Head of Handelsbanken’s regional bank in Southern Sweden and has also been appointed Executive Vice President of the Bank. He has been a member of the Bank’s Group management since 2007 and is currently Head of Handelsbanken’s regional bank in Central Great Britain. Göran Stille succeeds Anders Ohlner who will become chairman of the board of the Forestry and Farming business area. Nick Lowe has been appointed Head of Handelsbanken’s regional bank in Central Great Britain. He will also be a member of Handelsbanken’s Group management. Nick Lowe is

USPA Properties, Inc. Launches International Branding Initiative for Its                  U.S. Polo Assn. Brand

USPA Properties, Inc.                                                                                                      28 West 44th Street, Ste. 817                             New York, NY 10036                                                                                                                                                                                                    CONTACT: Lexi Miller                                                                                                       212.994.5745 ext. 208

Multi-national textbook publisher Grupo SM implements WoodWing Enterprise at all sites

Grupo SM , a multi-national publisher of textbooks, children's books, dictionaries and more, selected WoodWing´s multi-channel publishing  system Enterprise as its first company-wide workflow solution. The group, headquartered in Madrid, Spain, deployed the system in nine countries, including Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The system enables the publisher to significantly streamline its local and international processes, to establish an efficient workflow to

Information on flagging announcements in Hemfosa Fastigheter AB (publ)

After trading in the Hemfosa share commenced on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm on 21 March 2014, Hemfosa has received flagging announcements from Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt, the Fourth AP Fund, IKANO Invest Aktiebolag and If Skadeförsäkring AB (publ) on 24 and 25 March 2014, regarding reduced shareholdings in Hemfosa.The reduced shareholdings according to the flagging announcements received from the above shareholders, were due to the said shareholders having loaned their shares in lieu of delivery of shares to parties who had been allotted shares from the Offering, in addition to the

Resolution by Fabege’s Annual General Meeting on 25 March 2014

At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Fabege AB on March 25, 2014, the shareholders approved the Board’s proposal for 2013, a dividend of SEK 3.00 per share. The record date for payment of the dividend was set at March 28, 2014. It is expected that the dividend will be paid through Euroclear Sweden AB on 2 April 2014. The AGM decided to re-elect the Board Members Eva Eriksson, Christian Hermelin, Märtha Josefsson, Pär Nuder, Mats Qviberg, Erik Paulsson and Svante Paulsson. Erik Paulsson was re-elected as Chairman of the Board. The Meeting resolved in favour of the Board of Directors’

Exeter welcomes Green Car showcase

Leading electric and hybrid cars to be on show at Renewable Energy Marketplace: 8 April, Westpoint ArenaThe world’s leading electric and hybrid cars are coming to Exeter on 8 April for the public to test drive and discover more about.  The Green Car showcase is part of Renewable Energy Marketplace, the largest energy event in the south west. This is the fourth year the popular event has taken place and the first year electric and hybrid vehicles have been integrated. The cars available for viewing and test driving will include: · Tesla- Model S · BMW- i3 · Renault- Twizy,

SCA first Swedish listed company to issue green bond

As the first Swedish listed company, SCA has raised SEK 1.5 bn through a green bond issue. The bond proceeds will be used for investments in projects with a positive environmental impact.The bond, which is denominated in Swedish krona (SEK), has a five-year tenor and is issued under the company’s EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) program. The bond has two tranches. One tranche 1 billion floating rate note, priced at three-month STIBOR +0,68% annually and one SEK 500m fixed rate tranche with an annual coupon of 2,5%. SCA’s green bond offer was oversubscribed. The bond was placed with

PostNord issues SEK 550m in bonds

Today PostNord AB has issued a bond totaling SEK 550m. The bond has a maturity of 5 years and falls due on April 1, 2019. The bond pays a floating coupon of three months Stibor + 85 basis points. The issue was made under the Medium Term Note program, and the bond will be listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. The joint bookrunners were Danske Bank and Nordea. PostNord AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 3:00 PM CET on March 25.

Trading of own shares as part of employee’s bonus scheme

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA has on 25 March 2014 purchased 200 000 own shares at a price of NOK 61.4811. Total holdings of own shares after the purchase is 407 645 shares. The shares were acquired as part of SpareBank 1 SR-Bank’s bonus scheme where part of the settlement takes place through the allocation of shares. Contacts: Thor-Christian Haugland, Executive Vice President Communications, phone +47 480 31 633Vidar Torsøe, Vice President Investor Relations, phone +47 970 80 656

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