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Tuesday August 25, 2009
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (NYSE: PPD) has been named one of the 100 Best U.S. companies in the Fifth Annual Best Company Survey by DeMarche Associates, Inc., a leading U.S. Investment Research firm. The award is based on independent DeMarche research which studies the “fundamentals” of more than 3,000 U.S. corporations in terms of growth and risk management factors in maintaining shareholder value. According to the DeMarche report, being one of the top 100 Best Companies places PPD within the top 3 percent of all U.S. corporations.
Aetna (NYSE:AET) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide health care benefits to Arizona’s state employees. The contract becomes effective on October 1, 2009.
Bullish option bettors blitzed ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) on Monday, after reports that the company is restarting production at its blast furnaces across the globe. More specifically, the security saw nearly 10,000 calls cross the tape, nearly tripling its average daily volume of fewer than 3,900 contracts.
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL) announced today the launch of its redesigned corporate website, www.rell.com, aimed at serving the global community of RF, Microwave and Power Conversion engineers. In developing the new site, Richardson Electronics worked closely with the industry’s leading suppliers for today’s important applications to provide online resources designed to help engineers improve time to market for new products, locate alternative solutions, save development costs, reduce risk and improve design performance.
Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) today announced an innovative partnership with Seattle-based Zooppa.com to host “KOMO Video Block Party,” a user-generated video competition for Seattle area neighborhoods. This program is designed to promote community involvement and engage local residents and businesses in a discussion about the neighborhoods they live and operate in.
Uranium Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: URRE) (URI) a uranium exploration, development and production company, announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has approved its June 1, 2009 petition for an en banc review of the court’s April 17, 2009 ruling that URI’s Section 8 property in Churchrock, New Mexico, is Indian Country and, therefore, subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the issuance of an Underground Injection Permit (UIC). Previously, the State of New Mexico Environmental Department had issued a UIC permit to the company for in-situ recovery (ISR) mining of the Churchrock property.
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