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Diodes Incorporated Announces Higher Current Power Switches Optimized for USB [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 12 hours 10 minutes ago
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, is introducing two new devices to its AP21XX power switch product line, targeted for higher current applications. The single channel AP2101 and AP2111 provide a continuous output current capability up to 2A and have been optimized for use in self-powered and bus-powered USB and other 3-5V hot-swap appli...

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 24 days 22 hours 48 minutes ago
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices...soon pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's will monitor these transactions...Internet Discretionary Retail Standard & Poor's Index Services, the world's leading...

Latin America Poised to Recover From Crisis Faster Than U.S. [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 6 days 2 hours 3 minutes ago
...to normal," said David Wyss, chief economist for Standard & Poor's, during the event, which gathered more than 1,500...crisis that began in the United States," he added. Standard Chartered Bank's regional head of research for Latin...

S&P Pioneers New Approach for the Next Generation of Style Indices [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 41 days 7 hours 40 minutes ago
...related investment research, Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index...fourth quarter of this year. Standard & Poor's next generation of growth...generation of style indices from Standard & Poor's will continue to be based upon...

Aqua America s Pennsylvania Subsidiary Issues $75M of Tax-Exempt First Mortgage Bonds [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 11 hours 2 minutes ago
Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE:WTR) announced today that the company’s largest subsidiary, Aqua Pennsylvania Inc., (Aqua) closed an agreement to issue $75 million in tax-exempt First Mortgage Bonds. The bonds are not subject to AMT tax.

S&P Indices Named Asia's Most Innovative Index Provider of the Year by Structured Products Magazine [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 25 days 6 hours 32 minutes ago
HONG KONG, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Enterprise Workforce Optimization Solution Provider GMT Chosen by The National Bank of Kuwait for Branch Workforce Optimization [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 15 hours 10 minutes ago
GMT Corp., a global industry leader in enterprise workforce management and performance optimization solutions, today announced that The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has selected GMT Planet® to satisfy its requirements for branch workforce optimization. Having more than USD 43 billion in consolidated assets, the bank will deploy GMT Planet across its network of Kuwaiti branch locations.

Opus Capital Markets Consultants Approved by S&P for RMBS Due Diligence Services [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 9 hours 47 minutes ago
Opus Capital Markets Consultants, LLC (Opus CMC) has been approved by Standard and Poor’s Rating Service as a third-party due diligence provider for Residential Mortgage Backed Securities transactions. The approval of third-party consultants involved in transactional risk management signifies an important step toward improved quality and transparency in Mortgage Backed Securities.

TransAlta Announces $400 Million of Medium-Term Notes due 2019 [Press Release]
MarketWire | 10 days 22 hours 40 minutes ago
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/12/09 -- TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) today announced it has priced an offering of $400 million of 6.40 per cent medium-term notes due in 2019. The medium-term notes were priced at 99.708 per cent of the principal amount. TransAlta intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of the indebtedness relating to its acquisition of Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. The notes are expected to be rated BBB (stable) by DBRS an...

Cbeyond to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Emerging Communications Conference [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 6 hours 10 minutes ago
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading IP-based managed services provider to small businesses, today announced that it will participate in the Thomas Weisel Partners Emerging Communications Conference on November 18, 2009, at the Barclay Intercontinental Hotel in New York, New York.

Cbeyond to Present at the Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 9 hours 34 minutes ago
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading IP-based managed services provider to small businesses, today announced that it will participate in the Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference on November 17, 2009, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, New York.

S&P Launches New Securities Lending Indices [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 70 days 12 hours 37 minutes ago
...the financial marketplace, Standard & Poor's Index Services announced today...other asset managers. "Standard & Poor's is the first major index provider...Director of Index Services at Standard & Poor's. "The S&P Securities Lending...

S&P Forum to Examine Accounting Influence on Credit Markets Trends [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 14 days 3 hours 43 minutes ago
...financial reporting standards. Standard & Poor's hot topics conference "Accounting...Accounting1209Agenda.pdf Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw...23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the...