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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) today announced the declaration of its third quarter cash distribution of $0.50 per partnership common unit. The distribution marks the seventy fifth consecutive $0.50 quarterly distribution and is payable June 14, 2013, to common unitholders of record as of June 7, 2013. The distribution covers the period from February 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013, the partnership's third quarter of fiscal 2013....
CALGARY, May 24, 2013 /CNW/ - Bengal Energy Ltd. (TSX: BNG) ("Bengal" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Cuisinier 11 ("Cuisinier 11"), the fourth well in the 2013 Cuisinier appraisal drilling campaign on the Barta sub-block portion of Authority to Prospect ("ATP") 752P in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, in Queensland, Australia, has been cased as a future oil producer. The Cretaceous Murta member was the primary target, and Bengal's preliminary petrophysical analysis shows...
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Gold Corp. ("Star Gold" or the "Company") (OTCQB: SRGZ) announced today the recent issuance of 4,152,640 of its shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants the Company originally issued in connection with a private placement conducted in February 2012. The warrants were exercised at US$.15 per share and resulted in the Company receiving total proceeds of US $622,896. As of May 23, 2013 there are outstanding a...
CALGARY, May 24, 2013 /CNW/ - Enerplus Corporation ("Enerplus") (TSX: ERF) (NYSE: ERF) announces that a cash dividend in the amount of CDN$0.09 per share will be payable on June 20, 2013 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on June 5, 2013. The ex-dividend date for this payment is June 3, 2013. The CDN$0.09 per share dividend is equivalent to approximately US$0.09 per share if converted using the current Canadian/US dollar exchange rate of 0.9699. The U.S....
NOVI, Mich., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: COSH) (the "Company"), the parent company of Cooper Standard Automotive, a leading global supplier of automotive sealing, fuel and brake and fluid transfer systems, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a securities repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase, in the aggregate, up to $50 million of its outstanding common stock, 7 percent cumulative participating convertible...
TROY, Mich., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR), announced today that it and the trustee under the indenture governing its 8-1/8% Notes due 2015 (the "Notes") have executed a supplemental indenture to effect proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Notes. Meritor had previously announced that holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes had tendered their Notes and delivered their consents to the proposed amendments...
SHENYANG, CHINA, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 3SBio Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRX) ("3SBio" or the "Company"), a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, announced today that, at an extraordinary general meeting held today (the "EGM"), the Company's shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to authorize and approve the previously announced agreement and plan of merger dated February 8, 2013, among...
- Earnings Per ADS US$0.13 - ZHANGZHOU, China, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China Zenix Auto International Limited (NYSE: ZX) ("Zenix Auto" or "the Company"), the largest commercial vehicle wheel manufacturer in China in both the aftermarket and OEM market by sales volume, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Financial Highlights First Quarter 2013: Revenue of RMB830.2 million (US$133.7 million); Gross margin of 20.6%;...
HOUSTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crest Financial Limited, the largest independent minority shareholder of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) with approximately 8.25% of the Class A common stock of Clearwire, today filed a supplement to its definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Crest continues to urge Clearwire stockholders to reject the proposed merger with Sprint Nextel Corporation. Crest reiterated that it opposes the Sprint-Clearwire merger...
PEORIA, AZ, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Viking Minerals Inc. (VKML-OTCBB) announces on behalf of the Board of Directors that the Company has entered into final and formal negotiations with the principals of a large multi-million dollar worth Coal Resource in North Central United States. As per the initial reports, the Coal Resource is assembled in and around 4 large stock piles or tracks, easily accessible through a network of roads, river systems, which shall provide competitive,...
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The flip or clamshell is a form factor found mainly in cellphones in the electronics market. There are typically two distinct sections of the device that fold together via a hinge. When the device is open, it is up and ready to be used, and provides more surface area then when closed. When the unit is closed, the interface components such as keys and display are protected and the device is shorter, making for easier to be carried and stored. A disadvantage of the flip unit is the connecting...
A paper clip is a thin wire in a looped shape that uses elasticity and strength of its construction materials to compress and hold pieces of paper together. Other types of clips use a two piece clamping system. Recent innovations are multi-colored plastic-coated paper clips. The first patent for a bent wire paper clip was awarded to Samuel B. Fay in 1867. He wanted it to be used for attaching tickets to fabric originally. His design, however, is not really reminiscent to the modern...
Liquid Paper, a brand of the Newell Rubbermaid Company, is a type of correction fluid used to fix typewriting in the past and now handwriting mistakes. Bette Nesmith Graham created the first correction fluid in 1951. Since she worked as a typist she made many mistakes and wanted to correct them, so she started with tempera paint and created what she called Mistake Out. She even provided her co-workers with bottles that had the brand name on it. Soon Graham was fired from her typist job...
A cash register is a device for calculating and recording sales transactions. A cash drawer for storing cash is attached and the register usually prints a receipt. Cash registers were first invented in order to deter employee theft and embezzlement. It is theorized that odd prices such as 49 and 99 cents came about so that it was almost guaranteed the cashier would have to provide a penny in change and therefore announce the sale. Most of the time the drawer could only be opened after a sale,...
