Archive for the 'News' Category

MoneyShow.com Redesigned: New Daily Content and Tools Added to Help Investors and Traders

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!MoneyShow.com, the largest multimedia investment education destination for investors and traders, announced today the launch of its newly redesigned Web site offering more daily updated content, expanded tools, and a new look. The revamped site also features a new [...]

Aflac Incorporated Announces Second Quarter Results, Declares Third Quarter Cash Dividend

Aflac Incorporated reported its second quarter results.
Reflecting a stronger yen to the dollar, total revenues increased 15.2% to $4.3 billion during the second quarter of 2008, compared with $3.8 billion a year ago. Net earnings were $483 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, compared with $415 million, or $.84 per share, a year ago. Realized [...]

United Financial Bancorp, Inc. Completes Share Repurchase Plan

United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the holding company for United Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that the Company has completed its repurchase of 359,581 shares of its outstanding common stock, representing approximately 2.0% of the Company’s total outstanding shares, at an average price of $11.79. The shares were repurchased in connection with the Company’s [...]

Fortune 500 Networking & Best Practice Sharing Conference in Philadelphia: Early Registration Ends This Week

Take advantage of quick and easy travel to historic Philadelphia,
Pa. to attend the 10th Annual Quality Excellence Conference: How
Process Improvement Leaders Produce Profits in Recessions (view full
conference agenda at http://www3.best-in-class.com/gr170.htm), sponsored by Best Practices, LLC’s GLOBAL BENCHMARKING COUNCIL, September 22-24, 2008, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Early bird registration ends this week, so sign up today at [...]

Credit Union Streamlines Operations Through Outsourcing Partnership With Diebold

OnPoint Community Credit Union Responds to Consumer Demands
Diebold, Incorporated, the global leader in integrated self-service delivery, recently partnered with OnPoint(R) Community Credit Union to provide a comprehensive outsourcing solution. OnPoint Community Credit Union, the largest credit union in Oregon serving approximately 186,000 members, currently has 45 automated teller machines (ATMs) and plans to add [...]

Battered Bookie Takes a Kicking in the Stock Market

July has already been the most profitable month on record for clients of city bookmaker http://www.BetsForTraders.com who have been cashing in on recent stock market volatility - at the bookmaker’s expense.
As the FTSE fluctuated dramatically punters were betting furiously on further market falls, some winning bets with odds of as much as 19-1, and so [...]

Hellman & Friedman Backs SSP Holdings in a GBP198 Million Investment

SSP Holdings plc (”SSP” or “the Company”) (AIM: SSPH), a key provider of IT solutions to the global insurance industry, and an entity owned by funds managed or advised by the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC (”H&F”) announced today that they have agreed the terms of a recommended cash acquisition to be made [...]

BluePhoenix Solutions to Modernize Legacy Databases and Applications for U.S. Department of Energy

Project to Increase Resource and Manpower Availability, Cut Costs and Enable Development of Enhanced Functionality
Database and Application Technology to be Migrated Include ADABAS/Natural, VSAM/COBOL, JCL, Assembler, CLIST, SuperWylbur, PL/I, CA Easytrieve and SAS to a Java/Oracle Environment
Project Estimated at $1.1 Million and Expected to Take 15 Months to Implement
BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX), the leader in [...]

AMERIGROUP Reaches Agreement in Principle to Settle Illinois Qui Tam Litigation

AMERIGROUP Corporation announced today that it has reached a comprehensive settlement agreement in principle that will conclude its civil qui tam litigation relating to certain marketing practices of the Company’s former Illinois health plan. The agreement in principle is subject to the completion of definitive settlement documentation by the parties.
In 2007, the Court had entered [...]

AEGON Releases EUR 315 Million of Capital Through Securitization

AEGON announced today that it has successfully completed an innovative securitization transaction to improve capital efficiency and optimize the capital structure as part of the Group’s new strategy. This transaction adds around EUR 315 million (GBP 250 million) of core capital, thus enhancing the financial flexibility of the Group. Also, the transaction improves the return [...]