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World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:XWES) announced its senior leadership will be presenting at the Wedbush 2011 Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Management Access Conference in San Francisco. Phil Adams, President of World Energy Solutions, will deliver the Company presentation to conference attendees on Wednesday, September 14 at the Westin San Francisco Hotel. The presentation will also be webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/wedbush18/xwes/. In addition, Richard Domaleski, Founder and CEO of World Energy Solutions, will be a featured panelist at the event in a discussion on demand response hosted by Craig Irwin, Senior Vice President, Wedbush Securities.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

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.

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.

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE:VRX) announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase of $300 million under its previously announced securities repurchase program (the "Securities Repurchase Program"). Under the Securities Repurchase Program, Valeant may now repurchase up to $1.8 billion of its convertible notes, senior notes, common shares and/or other notes or shares that may be issued prior to the completion of the program. As part of this Securities Repurchase Program, Valeant also recently announced that it had filed a Notice of Intention to make a normal course issuer bid to repurchase up to 1,000,000 of its common shares through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX").

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Majestic Gold Corp. (MJGCF.PK)

Majestic Gold Corp. (MJGCF.PK) has arranged a $10,000,000 loan to advance its Song Jiagou project in China. Nine million dollars ($9,000,000) from the proceeds from the loan will be used by the Company to in connection with its Song Jiagou project and the balance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for general working capital purposes.

The loan will have a one year term and loan principal will be convertible at the option of the lender in whole or in part into common shares ("Shares") of the Company until twelve months from the date of the loan advance at the price of $0.205 per Share. The loan will bear interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, payable on maturity, and accrued and unpaid interest will be convertible at the option of the lender in whole or in part into shares of the Company until twelve months from the date of the loan advance at Market Price at the time of conversion.

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Noah Education Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NED) announces that Jerry He, Chief Executive Officer, will attend the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference, to be held on September 11-13, 2011 in New York. Details for the company's presentation session are as follows: Date: Monday, September 12, 2011, Time: 2:00 pm (EDT), Location: Carnegie Suite, The Waldorf=Astoria, New York, NYC.

Noah Education Holdings Ltd. provides education services in the People Republic of China. Its brands include Wentai Education, which operates and manages kindergartens, and primary and secondary schools; and Little New Star that provides English language training for children aged 3-12 in its directly owned and franchised training centers.

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CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Tom Webb, will provide a company overview at the Barclays Capital CEO Energy/Power Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The 35-minute presentation is scheduled to start at 3:05 p.m. EDT. To access the presentation webcast, go to the CMS Energy website at www.cmsenergy.com and select "Investor Relations," then "Webcasts & Presentations." Audio replays will be available at the CMS Energy website about four hours after the presentation and be accessible for 30 days.

CMS Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Gas Utility, and Enterprises.

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

Cleantech Transit Inc. originally only aim was to develop opportunities utilizing advances in technology and manufacturing processes in order to develop significant market share in the growing clean energy public transportation sector.

Biomass is basically made from dead or alive plants, trees and woods, small chips and pieces of wood, lawn clipping and roots of plants and any form of plant or tree can be easily utilized in the form of biomass. Biomass technology can be very helpful and is the best alternative available from fossil fuels as they are going extinct. People gradually know about the importance of biomass power and are hoping that the manufacturers of cars and industries start making products which run on biomass power as this power is not very hard to invent and the biomass ingredients are not hard to find.

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VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) announced that it has shipped its 500,000th payment systems to Swedish partner Point Transaction Systems with whom it has forged a strong sales and infrastructure relationship spanning more than 20 years. Point uses VeriFone systems and software at the overwhelming majority of its several hundred thousand merchants. Point is VeriFone's representative in Scandinavia and the Baltics. As well, Point resells VeriFone systems and software in England through its subsidiary, Commidea.

VeriFone Systems, Inc. designs, markets, and services electronic payment solutions that enable secure electronic payments among consumers, merchants, and financial institutions worldwide.

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

Biomass energy would be one of the most viable energies in the future, where alternative energy generation is a must because of all the alternative energy advantages over using fossil fuels. Global warming, carbon emissions, and air pollution are all becoming worse due to fossil fuel use. This must be stopped, and biomass is the answer to meeting global energy needs without relying on limited fossil fuels which damage the earth and harm the environment.

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Alon Holdings Blue Square-Israel Ltd. (NYSE:BSI) announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Dor Alon Energy In Israel (1988) Ltd. ("Dor Alon"), had received from the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure a copy of an order pursuant to which the Ministers of Treasury and National Infrastructure had decided to reduce by 11.5 agurot (including VAT) per liter the marketing margin in connection with the sale of full service gasoline and by 18.4 agurot (including VAT) per liter the marketing margin in connection with the sale of self service gasoline.

Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates supermarkets and retail outlets in Israel.

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Alon Holdings Blue Square-Israel Ltd. (NYSE:BSI) announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Dor Alon Energy In Israel (1988) Ltd. ("Dor Alon"), had received from the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure a copy of an order pursuant to which the Ministers of Treasury and National Infrastructure had decided to reduce by 11.5 agurot (including VAT) per liter the marketing margin in connection with the sale of full service gasoline and by 18.4 agurot (including VAT) per liter the marketing margin in connection with the sale of self service gasoline.

Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates supermarkets and retail outlets in Israel.

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The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) will hold a moment of silence in all 2,449 supermarket stores nationwide. communities through a variety of in-store and community activities in September. "To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we will invite our customers and associates to join together in a moment of silent reflection in all of our supermarkets," said Dave Dillon, chairman and CEO of Kroger. "We also heard from many associates that they wanted to recognize the heroes in their communities during this time of national remembrance. Many of our stores will also say 'thank you' to our everyday heroes - the men and women who keep our families, communities and stores safe - through a variety of activities this September."

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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.The Company has expanded its focus to invest directly in specific green projects. Recognizing the many economic and operational advances of converting wood waste into renewable sources of energy, Cleantech has selected to invest in Phoenix Energy (www.phoenixenergy.net). This project could benefit the Company's manufacturing clients worldwide.

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DineEquity, Inc. (NYSEIN) announced the approval by the company's board of directors of the repurchase of up to $45 million of the company's outstanding common stock. Under the program, DineEquity may repurchase shares on an opportunistic basis from time to time in open market transactions and in privately negotiated transactions, based on business, market, applicable legal requirements and other considerations. The repurchase program does not require the company to repurchase any specific number of shares, and may be terminated at any time.

DineEquity, Inc. develops, franchises, and operates full-service restaurant chains in the United States and internationally.

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GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) announced that Bruce Streeter, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Perry Kennedy, the Company's Managing Director, Gulf Offshore N.S. Ltd., will present at the Pareto Securities' 18th Annual Oil & Offshore Conference in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 12:10 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST.) A copy of the presentation will be available on the Company's web site at www.gulfmark.com.

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. provides offshore marine services primarily to companies involved in the offshore exploration and production of oil and natural gas.

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Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) announced that the first pressurized cargo module (PCM) for its Cygnus(TM) cargo logistics spacecraft has arrived at NASA`s Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Following a transatlantic flight from its manufacturing location in Italy, the PCM was unloaded from the Antonov An-26 transport aircraft in its specialized shipping container and was brought to NASA`s H-100 payload processing facility where it will be uncrated later this week and prepared for integration with the spacecraft service module. Together, the PCM and the service module will form the first operational Cygnus that will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) to carry out a demonstration mission under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) joint NASA and Orbital research and development program.

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Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL) announced that Jeffrey W. Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer, Robert M. Lynch, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Daniel E. Terrell, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference. The Company's presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 4:05 p.m. ET in New York City. A live webcast of the Company's presentation may be accessed via the Company's website at www.lumberliquidators.com.

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of hardwood flooring in the United States.

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Spansion Inc. (NYSE:CODE) announced the appointment of Jay Legenhausen to senior vice president of worldwide sales. Legenhausen reports to CEO John Kispert. "Jay will play a pivotal role in maximizing our growth opportunities with a focus on accelerating Spansion's leadership in NOR and NAND Flash memory," said John Kispert, president and CEO of Spansion. "He has a track record of increasing revenue and growth for companies and we look forward to his contributions."

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JBT Corporation (NYSE:JBT) announced that it will present at the Thirteenth Annual Hodges Capital Investment Forum on August 31st in Dallas, Texas. Representing the Company will be Charlie Cannon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. A copy of the investor presentation will be available on August 31st through the events and presentations section of the Company's Investor Relations website http://ir.jbtcorporation.com.

John Bean Technologies Corporation provides technology solutions for the food processing and air transportation industries in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, JBT FoodTech and JBT AeroTech.

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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) announced a light oil discovery at the Akasa-1 exploration well on the West Cape Three Points Block offshore the Republic of Ghana. The well encountered 108 net feet (33 meters) of primarily high-quality, oil-bearing pay from four main Turonian-aged sand packages, similar to those found in the Jubilee and Mahogany East areas. Samples recovered from the Akasa-1 well indicate oil of approximately 38 degrees API gravity.

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Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) announced that it has established a North American Business Development Services and Planning function. The group will be led by Mr. Thomas H. Bliss, Jr., who joined the company in May, bringing over 20 years and $25 billion in transaction experience. Under the leadership of Mr. Bliss, the new group will focus on maximizing revenue growth through holistic business development, technology licensing, cross-selling and acquisitions.

Kyocera Corporation develops, produces, and distributes ceramic, semiconductor, and electronic products for the information and communications markets, and environment and energy markets worldwide.

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

Cleantech Transit Inc. originally only aim was to develop opportunities utilizing advances in technology and manufacturing processes in order to develop significant market share in the growing clean energy public transportation sector.

Cleantech Transit, Inc. (CLNO) is pleased to announce it has met its funding requirement to secure the Company's ability to earn in 25% of the 500KW Merced Project.

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Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) announced significant additions to its industry-leading Omneon Spectrum™ media server product line. The new Omneon MediaDeck™ 7000, a fully integrated four-channel media server system, offers high capacity, performance, and modularity in a convenient 1-RU form factor. In addition, the company was adding new I/O modules to its recently introduced Omneon MediaPort 7000 Series that supports MPEG-2 encode and simultaneous generation of H.264 proxies. Together, these new products give users even more choice and flexibility in server deployment, allowing them to tailor systems precisely to their needs.

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Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) announced significant additions to its industry-leading Omneon Spectrum™ media server product line. The new Omneon MediaDeck™ 7000, a fully integrated four-channel media server system, offers high capacity, performance, and modularity in a convenient 1-RU form factor. In addition, the company was adding new I/O modules to its recently introduced Omneon MediaPort 7000 Series that supports MPEG-2 encode and simultaneous generation of H.264 proxies. Together, these new products give users even more choice and flexibility in server deployment, allowing them to tailor systems precisely to their needs.

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Majestic Gold Corp. (MJGCF.PK)

Majestic Gold Corp. (MJGCF.PK) has arranged a $10,000,000 loan to advance its Song Jiagou project in China. Nine million dollars ($9,000,000) from the proceeds from the loan will be used by the Company to in connection with its Song Jiagou project and the balance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for general working capital purposes.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) announced that Health Canada has approved INCIVEK™ (telaprevir) tablets for a broad group of people with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C with compensated liver disease (some level of damage to the liver but the liver still functions), including cirrhosis (scarring of the liver). INCIVEK (in-SEE-veck) is approved for use in combination with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin, two other medicines approved to treat hepatitis C, and is indicated for people who are new to treatment, and for people who were treated previously but who did not achieve a sustained viral response (SVR, or viral cure). INCIVEK was approved for use in all three major groups of people who did not achieve a viral cure despite prior treatment including: relapsers, partial responders and null responders.

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F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) announced that it will participate in a number of activities at the VMworld® 2011 conference, taking place August 29 - September 1 at The Venetian and The Wynn in Las Vegas. At the show, F5 will highlight its innovative offerings that support virtualization and cloud deployments, including a number of tightly integrated solutions with the VMware platform.

F5 Networks, Inc. provides technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications, and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network resources in the Americas, EMEA, Japan, and the Asia Pacific.

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MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:MTSC) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, a 25% increase from $0.20 per share. The dividend is payable on October 3, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2011. This is MTS Systems Corporation's 119th consecutive quarterly dividend. David J. Anderson, chair of the Board, said, "This dividend increase underscores our confidence in the company's long-term outlook and the strength of our cash flow and capital position."

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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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Lime Energy Co. (Nasdaq:LIME) announced the recent relocation of its headquarters to the Charlotte area from Chicago. "Lime Energy is excited to connect to the emerging energy hub in North Carolina," stated John O'Rourke, President and CEO of Lime Energy. "Lime Energy has built a national platform that makes clean energy a reality for our government, commercial and utility customers. Lime Energy has generated strong growth over the past three years and reported record backlog in its most recent earnings call."

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