URS To Buy Flint Energy Services, Provides FY12 Outlook

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

URS To Buy Flint Energy Services, Provides FY12 Outlook

(RTTNews.com) – URS Corp. (URS) has agreed to buy Flint Energy Services Ltd. (FES.TO) for C$25.00 per share in cash or C$1.25 billion. URS will also assume about C$225 million in Flint debt, the company said in a statement.

URS also detailed its full-year 2012 financial outlook, with earnings expected to beat current estimates while revenues are forecast to miss expectations.

URS said the transaction will be accretive to its 2012 earnings and will increase its revenues from oil and gas sector to about 22 percent of total revenues.

Flint Energy provides an expanding range of integrated products...

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Larimer County rates as one of the safest for children in cars, with programs …

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

The Child Passenger Safety Law, enacted Aug. 1, 2010, requires all drivers to ensure young children are properly restrained when riding in a car or truck. Failure to do so could land a driver an $82 fine for the first offense, and possibly more for subsequent offenses.

Having a car seat correctly installed helps reduce the potential for a serious injury, or even death, for a child in the event of an auto accident, because when an accident occurs, the child’s protective seat acts like a cocoon to minimize damage and protect them.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that in 2008 alone, 244 lives of children 5 years old and younger were...

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Habitat director sees lives changed

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

MURFREESBORO — Beth Smith was burned out on the corporate world a little more than a decade ago when she started looking for something more fulfilling than hitting the bottom line.

She found it as the first executive director of Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity, and since then has overseen construction of nearly 70 homes through the Christian-based housing ministry.

Founded by “a group of self-proclaimed grumpy, old men,” she said, Rutherford Habitat is building its 108th and 109th homes in the midst of a four-year capital campaign called Building Rutherford, with a goal of raising $3.8 million to construct 45 houses.

Smith sat down with The DNJ on her 10-year...

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Genomic Health Announces Year-End 2011 Financial Results, Provides 2012 …

Posted on February 19, 2012 by admin

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Genomic Health, Inc.

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today reported financial results and business progress for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011 increased to $206.1...

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j2 Global Underperforms – Analyst Blog

Posted on February 19, 2012 by admin

j2 Global Inc.

(
JCOM

) reported weaker-than expected fourth-quarter 2011 financial
results yesterday, after market close. However, the board of
directors of j2 Global has raised its quarterly dividend by 2.4%
from 20.5 cents per share to 21 cents per share and authorized a
share buy back program to repurchase 5 million of common shares of
j2 Globalthe company within February 20, 2013.

Quarterly GAAP net income came in at $29.8 million or 62 cents
per share compared with $26.9 million or 58 cents per share in the
year-ago quarter. However, fourth-quarter adjusted (excluding
special items) EPS of 51 cents was far below the Zacks...

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Updated "Financial Field Manual" for military families now available

Posted on February 19, 2012 by admin

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Copies of the second edition of the
Financial Field Manual: The Personal Finance Guide for Military
Families will be distributed on military bases and directly to
military families in Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Securities
Commission (PSC), under a partnership of the Investor Protection
Trust (IPT), the Investor Protection Institute (IPI), the Council
of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) and Kiplingers Personal Finance
Magazine.

Written in Kiplingers accessible style by contributing editor
Kimberly Lankford (a military spouse), the January 2012 guide from
IPT, IPI, CBBB and Kiplingers focuses on the key issues that can
help...

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Ten-hut! Updated "Financial Field Manual" for Military Families’ Personal …

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 7, 2012 —

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –#xA0;Copies of the second edition of the Financial Field Manual: The Personal Finance Guide for Military Families will be distributed on military bases and directly to military families in Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Securities Commission (PSC), under a partnership of the Investor Protection Trust (IPT), the Investor Protection Institute (IPI), the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) and Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine.

Written in Kiplingers accessible style by contributing editor Kimberly Lankford (a military spouse), the January 2012 guide from IPT, IPI, CBBB and Kiplingers...

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Consumer Spending Down, Bad Credit Borrowing Up

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 02, 2012

The online consumer information website, BadCreditx.com, has released the results of its annual visitor survey revealing that consumer spending for necessities has declined sharply while borrowing, categorized as bad credit cards, loans or debt consolidation loan offers, has increased by over 28%.

Participants in the survey were asked what they most urgently needed to spend money on, what they were buying and what percentage of their income that people felt was discretionary. Borrowing results were determined by the number of participants that were in a situation of immediate need for money that they felt could only be achieved in time...

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Foresite SPA launches dynamic Sales Growth Management and Commercial …

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

Commercial intelligence software to help companies manage growth strategies and sales trajectories is launched today by UK-based Foresite SPA.

Foresite SPA software provides business with dynamic management tools such as accurate, continuous forecasts and growth trajectories, by providing real-time information on all commercial areas of the business.

It analyses the performance of the business and its individuals, and feeds live information to management teams on sales pipeline, growth potential, attrition and churn, and market response (including continuous customer feedback on issues such as competitiveness and pricing). This gives commercial managers a bigger picture of how business...

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Driver Fights for Car Purchasing Legislation

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

Driver Fights for Car-Buying Legislation

Bobbi Taylor is hoping other consumers will support her plight to add a three-day waiting period when purchasing a new car.

Get fast car loans and bad credit auto loans with DriversApproved.com. Bad credit automobile financing is also readily available for those who have poor credit.

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