Health & Beauty Close-Up back issues from May 2009:
Elan Reports 1Q 2009 Financial Results.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... Elan Corp. has reported its first quarter 2009 financial results, highlighted by a 14 percent increase in revenue to $245.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA losses reduced by 59 percent to $6.0 million, compared to the first quarter of 2008, and significant advances in the company's ...
Utek to Present a Webinar on Business Model Innovation.
May 01, 2009 ... Services company Utek Corp. has announced its next webinar, Business Model Innovation, which will be held on Tuesday May 5th at 2 p.m. EDT. Presenting will be Professor Henry Chesbrough, which Utek said is one of the world's leading authorities on the topic of innovation and ...
Stroz Friedberg Opens Electronic Disclosure Data Center in the UK.
May 01, 2009 ... Stroz Friedberg, a global consulting firm for managing digital risk and uncovering digital evidence, has expanded its electronic disclosure (eDisclosure) capabilities by establishing a dedicated data centre in the United Kingdom to serve UK-based and European Union clients directly. ...
Daticon EED Enhances Discovery Partner Platform.
May 01, 2009 ... Daticon Electronic Evidence Discovery, an international provider of eDiscovery services, announced that, with the recent addition of several new capabilities, its Discovery Partner integrated processing, analytics, review and production platform incorporates one of the most efficient, ...
Vance Publishing and AgPlus Network Team Up.
May 01, 2009 ... Vance Publishing Corp.'s Produce Division has entered into a strategic partnership with The AgPlus Network and its related entities, Associated Produce Services and FreshLink. The company said the partnership gives market professionals throughout the fresh produce demand chain ...
Nomura Asset Management Ramps Up with Charles River Investment Management System.
May 01, 2009 ... Charles River Development, a provider of financial software and services to the global investment management community, announced that Nomura Asset Management, a Japanese asset management firm, is live on the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS). Nomura ...
Towne Bancorp Issues 1Q Earnings; Continued Strong Capital.
May 01, 2009 ... Towne Bancorp, the holding company for Towne Bank of Arizona, has reported a net loss of ($3.347) million (MM) or ($2.06) per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, compared to earnings of $7 thousand or $0.00 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. In a ...
Clark Street Capital Creates Advisory Council.
May 01, 2009 ... Clark Street Capital, a Chicago-based provider of asset management and advisory services, announced the formation of the company's Advisory Council. Clark Street Capital Management said it will leverage the deep and varied expertise of the Advisory Council members to provide it ...
First Mountain Bancorp Posts 1Q 2009 Results.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... First Mountain Bancorp has reported quarterly consolidated net income of $108,865, or earnings per basic share of $0.07 for the quarter ended March 31, compared to net income of $244,349, or earnings per basic share of $ 0.16 for the first quarter of 2008. In a release on April ...
Terex Repots 1Q 2009 Result.
May 01, 2009 ... Terex Corp. has announced a net loss for the first quarter of 2009 of $74.9 million, or $0.79 per share, compared to net income of $163.3 million, or $1.59 per share, for the first quarter of 2008. In a release on April 21, the Company noted that net sales were $1.30 billion in ...
Western Alliance Bancorporation Sets 1Q 2009 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call.
May 01, 2009 ... Western Alliance Bancorporation announced that it plans to release its first quarter 2009 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, April 23. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Sarver and Chief Financial Officer Dale Gibbons will host a conference call at ...
SBA San Francisco Taps 2009 Small Business Week Winners.
May 01, 2009 ... The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in San Francisco has announced the winners of its 2009 Small Business Week awards. The SBA said the winners range from a Northern California cheese maker and an executive with a Berkeley non-profit that helps low-income women become ...
UCLA Anderson Forecast Presents San Diego Economic Outlook for 2009-10 at Regional Event.(Conference notes)
May 01, 2009 ... UCLA Anderson Forecast Economists will discuss their quarterly update of the economic outlook for the Nation, California and San Diego at the 4th annual San Diego regional breakfast conference. Leading economists and industry experts will discuss San Diego's regional economy, ...
Cascade Gearing Up to Enter Renewable Energy Sector.
May 01, 2009 ... Cascade Technologies Corp. announced that the Company will pursue opportunities in renewable energy, more particularly in solar, wind and geothermal projects. The Company recently made changes to its senior management and its Board of Directors and has determined to pursue ...
BEO Bancorp Reports First-Quarter 2009 Earnings.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... BEO Bancorp and its subsidiary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, announced net income for first quarter of 2009 of $179,000 or $0.20 per share, compared to first quarter 2008 earnings of $623,000 or $0.71 per share. In a release on April 21, the Company noted: Total assets ...
California Business Bank Issues 1Q 2009 Results.
May 01, 2009 ... California Business Bank has announced financial results for the first quarter ended, March 31. In a release on April 21, the Bank reported an After Tax Loss of ($172,000) or 9 cents per share for the quarter, and the diluted book balance per share was $8.11. We have noted in ...
Access National Reports Record Earnings.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... Access National Corp., holding company for Access National Bank, reported net income for the first quarter of 2009 of $2.664 million, a 58 percent increase over $1.691 million for the same period in 2008. In a release on April 21, the company noted: Earnings per ...
1st Source Named One of the Nation's 100 Most Trustworthy Firms.
May 01, 2009 ... 1st Source Corp., parent company of 1st Source Bank, has been named one of the nation's '100 Most Trustworthy Companies,' according to Forbes and Audit Integrity. 1st Source was selected for the honor from among more than 12,000 companies traded on U.S. exchanges. 1st Source was ...
Bar Harbor Bankshares Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend.
May 01, 2009 ... Bar Harbor Bankshares announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 26.0 cents per share of common stock, unchanged from dividend declared in prior quarter, but representing an increase of 1.0 cent per share, or 4.0 percent, compared with the dividend ...
Lutheran Educational Conference Tour Gets Underway.(Conference news)
May 01, 2009 ... The Lutheran Educational Conference of North America (LECNA), a consortium of 42 Lutheran colleges and universities from across the nation and Canada, are hosting a series of college fairs and financial aid seminars in the Midwest that run through Monday, May 4, in Moorhead, Minn. ...
Beacon Solutions Retains Trilogy Capital Partners to Lead Financial Marketing and IR Initiatives.
May 01, 2009 ... Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, a supplier of integrated design, installation and service of voice and data IT solutions to Fortune 500 companies and state/local governments, announced that the Company has engaged Trilogy Capital Partners to lead its financial marketing and investor ...
RAIT Financial Trust Schedules First Quarter 2009 Financial Results Release Date and Conference Call.
May 01, 2009 ... RAIT Financial Trust announced that it expects to release its first quarter 2009 financial results before U.S. stock markets open on Wednesday, May 6, and invites investors and other interested parties to listen to its quarterly results conference call on Wednesday, May 6, at 10 a.m ....
Bright View Raises $4 Million in Funding.
May 01, 2009 ... Microstructure-based optical film manufacturer Bright View Technologies has raised $4 million in its latest round of funding. Bright View leverages its patented technology platform to develop high value products for the energy efficient light-emitting diode (LED) lighting market ...
St. Mary's Bank Hosts 100th Annual Shareholder Meeting.
May 01, 2009 ... St. Mary's Bank, the nation's first credit union, reported that it conducted its 100th Annual Shareholder meeting on April 14th at The Event Center to a standing-room-only audience of more than 260 members, employees, board members, and elected officials on hand to participate in this ...
ESB Financial Posts 1Q Earnings.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... ESB Financial Corp., the parent company of ESB Bank, announced earnings of $0.25 per diluted share on net income of $3.0 million for the quarter ended March 31, which represents a 56.3 percent increase in net income per diluted share as compared to earnings of $0.16 per diluted share on ...
JMP Group Names Alexander Alden to Financial Services Investment Banking Group.
May 01, 2009 ... JMP Group Inc., an investment banking and alternative asset management firm, announced that Alexander M. Alden has joined JMP Securities, JMP Group's broker-dealer subsidiary, as a director in the financial services investment banking group. Alden is based in the firm's San ...
Progressive Insurance Gets Training Program Award.
May 01, 2009 ... Progressive Insurance's Central Loss Reporting Unit is the winner of the 2009 Greater Cleveland ASTD Training Leadership Award for its onboarding training redesign project. Other finalists in this year's competition were The Diebold Corp.'s ATM Boot Camp training and The ...
Info Security Products Guide Names NextPage Control as Winner of Global Excellence in Risk Management Award.
May 01, 2009 ... NextPage announced that Info Security Products Guide, a publication on security-related products and technologies, has named NextPage Control a winner of the 2009 Global Product Excellence in Risk Management Customer Trust Award. The company said the customer trust honor is the ...
Porter Bancorp Issues 1Q 2009 Results.
May 01, 2009 ... Porter Bancorp, Inc., parent company of PBI Bank, with 19 full-service banking offices in 11 counties in Kentucky, has reported results for the first quarter of 2009. In a release on April 21, the Company reported net income of $3.1 million, or $0.31 per fully diluted common ...
ECB Holds Annual Meeting - Reports 2009 First Quarter Financial Results.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... At ECB Bancorp Inc.'s 2009 Annual Meeting held on April 21, the shareholders reelected three existing directors-George T. Davis, Jr. of Swan Quarter, Gregory C. Gibbs of Engelhard and John F. Hughes, Jr. of Manteo - for new three-year terms. Arthur H. Keeney III, ECB's President ...
StanCorp Financial Group Reports 1Q 2009 Earnings.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. has reported net income for the first quarter of 2009 of $0.67 per diluted share, compared to $1.02 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2008. In a release on April 21, the company noted that net income for the same periods was $32.7 million ...
Sharon Huss, MD, of Science Oriented Solutions to Present at Medical Affairs Leadership Conference.(Conference news)
May 01, 2009 ... Sharon Huss, MD, of Science Oriented Solutions, a Publicis Healthcare Communications Group company, will be featured at the Fifth Annual Scientific Advantage Medical Affairs Leadership Conference, which will take place on May 5 and 6 at the Bridgewater Marriott in Bridgewater, N.J. ...
Astronics to Webcast the 2009 Annual Shareholder Meeting Management Presentation.
May 01, 2009 ... Astronics Corp., a provider of advanced, high performance lighting, electronics and electrical power systems for the global aerospace and defense industry, announced that it will webcast the management presentation portion of its 2009 annual shareholders' meeting on Tuesday, May 5, at ...
GASB Issues Guide to Implementation of Statement 53 on Derivative Instruments.
May 01, 2009 ... The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued its Guide to Implementation of Statement 53 on Derivative Instruments. The group said the purpose of the guide is to assist preparers and auditors of governmental financial statements and those who advise them in ...
WebAdvantage.net Expands Client Roster.
May 01, 2009 ... WebAdvantage.net, an Internet advertising and search marketing agency, announced the signing of three new clients in the first quarter of 2009: Lidoderm, RWD Technologies and A Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors, Inc. Lidoderm, a product division of Endo Pharmaceuticals, has ...
Huishang Bank Taps Teradata to Build Enterprise Data Warehouse.
May 01, 2009 ... Teradata Corp., a company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, announced that Huishang Bank, China's first joint-stock commercial bank originating from the restructuring of city commercial banks and urban credit cooperatives, has selected Teradata to build its ...
Headwaters and University of Utah Form Carbon Dioxide Emissions JV .SUBJECTCODE04006003.
May 01, 2009 ... Headwaters Inc. said it has formed a joint venture with the University of Utah to help fill a growing need to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The new company, called Headwaters Clean Carbon Services LLC (HCCS), will provide a range of services for CO2 geologic ...
SBA Expands Disaster Declaration for PNPs in Minnesota.
May 01, 2009 ... The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it added 8 additional counties to its disaster declaration for Private, Non-Profit Organizations (PNPs) that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature. The deadline to submit disaster loan applications is June ...
MedAssets Recognizes Customers at Annual Healthcare Business Summit.
May 01, 2009 ... MedAssets recently honored its top customers at the company's annual Healthcare Business Summit. More than 3,000 people were in attendance for the ceremony, featuring annual awards based on criteria which align with the MedAssets mission to improve the financial health of ...
California Association of Realtors Launches New Ad Campaign.
May 01, 2009 ... The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) has launched its 2009 consumer ad campaign, "Your Piece of California. Your Peace of Mind." The group said the goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of the Realtor brand and reinforce the professionalism of California ...
IRI Report: Private Labels on the Rise as Consumers Face Challenging Economy.(Report)
May 01, 2009 ... Private label share in the United States has risen dramatically across retail channels and product categories during the past two years as consumers continue to struggle with high food prices and other economic pressures, reports Information Resources, Inc. (IRI). The consumer, ...
TalentBeat Touts whizPay's Reach.
May 01, 2009 ... TalentBeat said whizPay, its PCI-certified payments and CRM platform, is being utilized by top retailers and Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) to drive sales and customer loyalty, both in-store and online. By taking advantage of whizPay's end-to-end offerings that include ...
American Law Review Consortium Launches 'The Legal Workshop' Web Site.
May 01, 2009 ... A consortium of American law reviews has launched The Legal Workshop, a free, online magazine featuring articles based on legal scholarship published in the print editions of seven participating law reviews. The participating law reviews are Stanford Law Review, New York ...
MetroSITE Group Survey: Good News, Bad News on IT Budgets.
May 01, 2009 ... The MetroSITE Group reported that its survey indicates that security spending remains a priority in the current harsh economic environment when compared to general IT spending. "Of the companies surveyed, 72 percent expect downward revisions of the IT security during the ...
Oakland Partnership Economic Summit Is Set for May 1.
May 01, 2009 ... Mayor Ron Dellums and the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will convene hundreds of business, civic and community leaders for the third annual Oakland Partnership Economic Summit on Friday, May 1st at the Oakland Marriott. George Zimmer, Founder/CEO of The Men's ...
TABB Group: Asian Equity Electronic Trading Revenues to Drop This Year.
May 01, 2009 ... Electronic trading revenues are forecast to drop significantly across the Asia-Pac region in 2009 to $815 million, down 16.9 percent from $981 million in 2008, according to new research published by TABB Group, "Asian Equity Trading 2009." This follows a 17.7 percent decrease in ...
OSG America Sets Date for First Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Teleconference.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... OSG America L.P., an operator of U.S. Flag coastal product carriers and barges transporting refined petroleum products, announced that it plans to release first quarter 2009 earnings results before market open on Monday, May 4, and will host a conference call the same day at 1 p.m. ET. ...
Overseas Shipholding Group Sets Date for First Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Teleconference.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., a company providing energy transportation services, announced that it plans to release first quarter 2009 earnings results before market open on Monday, May 4, and will host a conference call the same day at 11 a.m. ET. All interested parties are invited ...
youDevise Expands Client Base.
May 01, 2009 ... youDevise Limited announced strong first quarter growth among buy and sell side firms using The Trade Idea Monitor (the TIM) alpha capture system. During the quarter, youDevise said it added 39 new firms, most of them in the United States, increasing the total number of ...
Clean Harbors Sets Date to Announce First-Quarter 2009 Financial Results.(Financial report)
May 01, 2009 ... Clean Harbors, Inc., a provider of environmental and hazardous waste management services throughout North America, will host its first-quarter 2009 conference call on Wednesday, May 6, at 9 a.m. ET. On the call, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Alan S. McKim and ...
National Association of Home-Based Business Moms Gears Up to Launch Telesummit.
May 01, 2009 ... The National Association of Home-Based Business Moms (NAHBM), a recently formed organization to support women who already have a home-based business or want to start one, and who are seeking support, education, connection, inspiration, motivation, experience and expertise to help and guide ...
Partners Consulting to Begin Implementing Sun Amazon EC2 Compute Cloud.
May 01, 2009 ... Partners Consulting Services, Inc., said it plans to begin implementing the recently announced open source software infrastructure offering from Sun Microsystems, Inc. A provider of identity management and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions, Partners expects the ...
InfoTrends Says Retail Photo Printing Methods to Lead Consumer Photo Printing Market.
May 01, 2009 ... InfoTrends' latest forecast indicates that the share of consumer photo prints produced via retail methods in the U.S. will grow steadily over the next few years. In fact, retail photo print volume is projected to grow from 51 percent of the total print market in 2007 to over 61 ...
Bottomline Technologies Ramps Up with 'Think Green' Awards Program.
May 01, 2009 ... Bottomline Technologies, a supplier of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, in support of Earth Day 2009 announced the launch of the company's 'Think Green' awards program. In migrating from paper to electronic business processes, organizations can ...
Millipore Trims Carbon Footprint.
May 01, 2009 ... Millipore Corp., a life science company supplying technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, announced that it has reduced its carbon emissions 14 percent below its 2006 baseline. Most of the reductions were achieved since the ...
ETA Names Merchant Warehouse as 'ISO of the Year 2009'.
May 01, 2009 ... Merchant Warehouse, a provider of merchant accounts and credit card processing solutions has been named ISO (Independent Sales Organization) of the Year by the Electronic Transaction Association (ETA) during the organization's annual conference and expo held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & ...
SunEdison Signs REC Solar as First Channel Partner.
May 01, 2009 ... SunEdison, a North American solar energy services provider, announced that national integrator REC Solar has been signed as the company's first channel partner. SunEdison's solar channel partner program provides national installers and integrators increased project financing ...
Advisor Products Unveils Platform Interface with XLR8 for Salesforce.
May 01, 2009 ... Advisor Products Inc, a financial advisor technology and marketing company, has launched an interface with XLR8 for Salesforce, a customer relationship management (CRM) application. The integration transforms a financial advisory firm's CRM system into a client communications ...
Checkpoint Brings Real-Time Asset Tracking and Merchandise Visibility Solutions to SAP.
May 01, 2009 ... Checkpoint Systems, Inc. announced that through the OAT Foundation Suite, integrated with SAP solutions, customers can now integrate their real-time RFID data with SAP enterprise business processes. The OAT Foundation Suite is developed and marketed by OATSystems, a division of ...
Inlet Automates Rolls Out Armada 3.0.
May 01, 2009 ... Inlet Technologies, a supplier of advanced encoding solutions for new media, has released Armada 3.0, the culmination of its automated encoding workflow management platform. According to a release, Armada now fully automates the digital media workflow process, from analysis to ...
InVivo Therapeutics Gets Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Accelerator Program Award.
May 02, 2009 ... Medical device company InVivo Therapeutics Corp. received an award of $500,000 from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center as part of MLSC's Accelerator Program. The Accelerator Program, designed to provide support to early-stage life sciences companies that demonstrate a strong ...
Ethisphere Magazine Honors Sodexo for 'Real and Sustained Ethical Leadership'.
May 02, 2009 ... Sodexo announced that it has been named one of the 2009 World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. The quality of life solutions company with a core business of Food and Facilities Management services was recognized for going beyond legal minimums, implementing ...
Omega Schedules 1Q Earnings Conference Call.
May 02, 2009 ... Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. announced that it is scheduled to release its earnings results for the quarter ended March 31, on Thursday, May 7. In conjunction with its release, the Company will be conducting a conference call on May 7, at 10 a.m. EDT to review its 2009 first ...
Monogram Biosciences Schedules 1Q 2009 Financial Results Conference Call.
May 02, 2009 ... Monogram Biosciences, Inc., announced that it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, May 6, at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss first quarter 2009 financial results. The call will be hosted by William D. Young, Chairman and CEO of Monogram. To participate in ...
Stanford Get $5.8 Million Grant from State Stem Cell Agency.
May 02, 2009 ... Researchers at Stanford University's School of Medicine received a $5.8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. In a release, the group noted that Michael Longaker, MD, is the principal investigator on the five-year grant, which is focused on ways ...