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Thursday May 24 | Lite 98.7

Justin Bieber Announces 2012 + 2013 Believe Tour Dates for North America

Are you ready to get your scream on, Beliebers? Justin Bieber has announced a slew of tour dates for fall 2012 well into the early winter months of 2013.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Pop/Rock, Justin Bieber, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Carly Rae Jepsen, New York

Thursday May 24 | Deadline

'Hunger Games' To Play In China On IMAX

SANTA MONICA, CA, and TORONTO, Canada, May 24, 2012 - IMAX Corporation , one of the world's leading entertainment and technology companies, and Lionsgate , a leading global entertainment company, today announced that Lionsgate's blockbuster film The Hunger Games will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAXA format and released in China in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Imax, Santa Monica, CA, World News, China, Asia, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Tue May 22, 2012

Electric Energy Online

Just Energy Announces Partnership with Edmonton's Mustard Seed Housing Initiative

Edmonton, AB, May 22, 2012 - Just Energy, a leading competitive North American retailer of natural gas, electricity and green energy, has donated $10,000 to The Mustard Seed Edmonton, an inner city social services agency.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Customer Interaction Solutions

GlobeNet Named Winner in the 2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards by Network Products Guide

BOCA RATON, FL -- -- 05/22/12 -- GlobeNet, an international wholesale provider of submarine capacity, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi, announces today that Network Products Guide, industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named GlobeNet a winner of the 7th Annual 2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards for its Ultra-Low ... (more)

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Related Topix: Marketwire, Boca Raton, FL, South America, World News, Brazil, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Mon May 21, 2012

Midwest Contractor

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The electronic bidding process just got better for the thousands of building professionals who use Reed Construction Data's project lead services to identify local projects out for bid.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Construction, Product Management

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

These 4 Stocks are Attracting HUGE Trading Interest

Green MountainA feels comfortable in the North American market. The CEO of the company, Larry Blanford, says he "feels very good" about the company's position amid competition, and he states that he is "not concerned" about competitive brewers in the national market, but he constantly evaluates the competitive market.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Beverages, Food, Van Houtte, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Dendreon

Sun May 20, 2012

Multichannel News

Cable Show 2012: Arris, NDS To Knit Gateway Together

Arris Group and NDS are collaborating on next-generation video gateway -- combining Arris's hardware platform with NDS middleware, content security and interface software -- in "close collaboration with several North American cable operators," the companies said.

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Related Topix: Arris Group, Telecom, NDS Group, Software, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology, Cisco

Alternative Energy Stocks

PFB Corp Integrates Upstream, Just in Time for Green Housing Market Upturn

On May 9, green building firm PFB Corporation announced that it had signed a letter of intent with NOVA Chemicals for PFB to acquire NOVA's Performance Styrenics business.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, NOVA Chemicals, Chemicals, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Fri May 18, 2012

Reuters

Brief - Moody's affirms Bbva N.a. Bank units ratings

Moody's affirms the supported debt ratings of BBVA's North American bank subsidiaries Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news , world news , business news , technology news , headline news, small business news , news alerts, personal finance , stock market , and mutual funds information ... (more)

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Moodys, BBVA Banco Francs SV, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Media, Triad Hospitals, Computers, IT Services, Hospital Administration, Thomson, Reuters

Rush is a Band

Updates and other random Rush stuff

It was a whirlwind of a week for European Rush fans, as Rush announced on Monday a batch of tour dates for the UK and Germany in the late Spring of 2013 - over a year in advance of the shows! Pre-sales for the 5 UK dates are now complete, with general tickets sales having kicked off earlier today.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Los Angeles, CA

Business Wire

Fitch Affirms Westlake Chemical at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable

A list of Westlake's ratings is provided at the end of this release. The ratings reflect Westlake's strong liquidity, conservative capital structure, and solid free cash flow generation.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Thu May 17, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Top Headlines for These 2 Big Dow Components

General Electric Co. announces that GE Capital's Commercial Distribution Finance unit has been chosen by the North American division of France's Groupe Beneteau, as its preferred supplier of floorplan financing for its retail dealerships.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Biotech, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Rush is a Band

Rush 2012/2013 Clockwork Angels tour updates

Pre-sales for the initial batch of European dates for Rush's Clockwork Angels tour are beginning to wind down, with general ticket sales kicking off tomorrow in the UK and Saturday in Germany.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rush, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Wed May 16, 2012

Castanet.net

North American markets sagging

The European debt crisis moved back to centre stage this week following the election of anti-austerity politicians in Greece and France last weekend.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medical Equipment, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Fri May 11, 2012

International Business Times

Gold and Base Metal Plays: Jerome Hass and Jimmy Chu

Toronto-based hedge fund managers Jerome Hass and Jimmy Chu of Lightwater Partners discuss their strategic approach to taking long positions on gold, zinc and tungsten opportunities around the world.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Thu May 10, 2012

Forbes.com

PFB Corp Integrates Upstream, Just in Time for Green Housing Market Upturn

On May 9, green building firm PFB Corporation announced that it had signed a letter of intent with NOVA Chemicals for PFB to acquire NOVA's Performance Polystyrene business.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, NOVA Chemicals, Chemicals, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Business News

Wed May 09, 2012

InformationWeek

CimatronE on Display on the North American East Coast

Cimatron Limited will be participating in leading trade shows on the North American east coast in May - Mfg4 in "It is one of the very few integrated solutions that was designed specifically with the tool maker and discrete manufacturer in mind.

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Related Topix: Cimatron, Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering, Software, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Tue May 08, 2012

West Australian

BlueScope Steel repurchase

International steel manufacturer BlueScope Steel has completed a tender for the repurchase of $US300 million private placement notes, which were then re-valued at $US305.4 million .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medical Equipment, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Can Fossil Be Rescued in Europe?

Shares of Fossil fell more than 30 percent on Tuesday morning after the company, feeling the pressure of Europe's uncertain economic situation, turned cautious on its outlook for the ongoing quarter as well as the full fiscal year.

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Related Topix: Watches, Fossil, Jewelry, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

Deadline

IMAX, Indomina Pact For 'Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate'

Los Angeles, CA - May 7, 2012 - IMAX Corporation , in partnership with Indomina Releasing , today announced the release of Bona Film Group's blockbuster Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, starring Jet Li, for an exclusive, limited engagement across North America in September in the immersive IMAXA 3D format.

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Related Topix: Imax, Biotech, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry

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