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LAS VEGAS, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FRANKLIN MINING, INC. (Pink Sheets: FMNJ.pk) is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Mr. Mustafa Dar as new Corporate President, in anticipation of imminent commencement of operations at the Escala mining property in the Bolivian territory.Mr. William Petty CEO of Franklin Mining, in collaboration with the Board of Directors, has selected Mr. Mustafa Dar as President in light of his entrepreneurial experience and...

CALGARY, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - CE Franklin Ltd. (NASDAQ: CFK) (TSX: CFT) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the renewal of the Company's Normal Course Issuer Bid (NCIB).  Under the renewed NCIB, CE Franklin may purchase for cancellation up to 850,000 of its Common Shares without par value ("Common Shares"), being approximately 5% of the total number of Common Shares outstanding as of the date hereof, from time to time in open market or privately...

WEST MIDLANDS, England and BURLINGTON, N.J., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. and Asian-e announced today that the companies have entered into a comprehensive alliance to launch the well-received Aku and Kamu children's book series for Franklin's AnyBook electronic reader system. Asian-e has recently launched digital apps based on the Aku and Kamu series for the iPhone, iPad, and Nokia phones. (Photo:...

DE SOTO, Kan., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Huhtamaki, a global leader in foodservice and paperboard packaging, today announced it has acquired the business and assets of Ample Industries, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of folding paperboard cartons for the foodservice industry. Ample Industries, Inc. employs approximately 230 people in its Franklin, OH plant and adds to Huhtamaki North America a new product technology, a talented workforce and additional manufacturing...

The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center announced they are offering a total of $50,000 in cash prizes for the two best shale gas-oriented innovations, new product ideas, or service concepts STATE COLLEGE, PA (PRWEB) November 06, 2011 Are you a researcher, entrepreneur, or innovator working in the shale gas space? The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center http://www.sgicc.org, which is focused on the development of environmentally sound...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- They say everything is big in Texas, but imagine doing big commercial roofing jobs in the past summer's triple digit heat! Just ask Michael Franklin, who with co-owner Paul Ramon, operates Ramon Franklin LLC. Based in Fort Worth, Ramon Franklin performs work in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and even Louisiana. Paul Ramon also owns a separate business consisting of tile and slate roofs for residential...

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Franklin Hospital is ranked the best on Long Island for joint replacement outcomes according to the 2011 Healthcare Consumerism and Hospital Quality in America report released today by HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent source of physician information and hospital quality ratings. The ratings place Franklin as best on Long Island for a second consecutive year. Franklin Hospital is also rated highest, at 5-stars, for...

Image is first of its kind ever found in an Etruscan excavation An archaeological excavation at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy's Mugello Valley, has turned up a surprising and unique find: two images of a woman giving birth to a child. Researchers from the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project, which oversees the Poggio Colla excavation site some 20 miles northeast of Florence, discovered the images on a small fragment from a ceramic vessel that...

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Carl Trautmann, former senior vice president of sales for Allrecipes.com, has been named senior vice president of American Hometown Media's Just A Pinch Recipe Club, a fast-growing digital platform that is moving aggressively to expand its sales efforts and partnership opportunities. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111003/CL79570) Trautmann, a veteran advertising executive who most recently served as vice president of sales for Ganz...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania's most-visited museum, has received a transformative $10 million contribution from Nicholas and Athena Karabots for an ambitious new building addition. In grateful appreciation of the extraordinary generosity, vision, and leadership shown by Mr. and Mrs. Karabots, the Institute will name the new building addition the "Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion." The gift marks the largest individual...