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BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Buffalo Sabres will start the 2011-2012 season with a brand new name for the National Hockey League team's home: First Niagara Center. In connection with First Niagara Bank, N.A.'s acquisition of Upstate New York and Connecticut branches from HSBC Bank USA, N.A., the Buffalo-headquartered regional bank agreed to purchase the naming rights to HSBC Arena, the 18,690-seat home of the hockey club and Western New York's premier sports and...

Customers are delighted with Confirmit's investment in Germany New York, NY and London, UK and Oslo, Norway (PRWEB) August 02, 2011 Confirmit, the leading global software provider for Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback and Market Research, has today opened its first subsidiary in Germany. Located in Cologne, the new Confirmit office will be a center of excellence for new and existing clients, solidifying Confirmit's dominance and leadership in the feedback management and market...

HOUSTON, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers, announces financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. 2011 SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Sales volume was 82 kilotonsSales revenue increased 16% year-on-year to $386 millionNet income increased 21% year-on-year to $47 millionGAAP earnings were $1.44 per fully-diluted share in the second quarter 2011Adjusted EBITDA(1)(2)(3) was $74 million or...

Successful Facebook applications for Coca-Cola Zero and HSBC Honduras. Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2011 Social media agency Avenuesocial, Inc. had a stellar second quarter including building high-profile Facebook applications for Coca-Cola Zero and HSBC Honduras. Coca-Cola Zero's 2011 Countdown was a promotion celebrating college basketball's NCAA March Madness featuring a concert by Kings of Leon. Avenuesocial was tapped by the Jake Press Agency to create media buzz, and consumer...

HOUSTON, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers ("Kraton"), announces the execution of a framework agreement with Formosa Petrochemical Corporation ("FPCC"), a leading global petrochemicals and plastics manufacturer, which sets forth the major terms and conditions which will, upon completion of the necessary definitive agreements, govern the formation of a 50/50 joint venture between the two...

WASHINGTON, June 23,2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) reached a new milestone this month when the 1,000th small business customer joined the list of first-time users of the Bank's export finance products as part of its Global Access for Small Business (Global Access) program. Serverlift, located in Phoenix, Ariz., helped bring Ex-Im Bank one step closer to achieving its goal of adding 5,000 new small business customers by 2015 - a central feature...

CommunicAsia, Singapore, June 22, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Visitors of CommunicAsia 2011 have an opportunity to witness exhibits of innovation at the Cyberjaya Pavilion located at Booth BT4-01, Hall F, Level B2 at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. Through the effort of Cyberview Sdn Bhd, Cyberjaya's landownerresponsible for spearheading development in Cyberjaya, a delegation of four Malaysian Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will have a chance of showcasing their latest achievements and representing...

NEW YORK, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HSBC, "the world's local bank" and official banking partner of Wimbledon, is teaming up with some of New York's most popular restaurants, bakeries and food trucks to create unique culinary experiences as part of "HSBC Bank presents Wimbledon 2011 at Rockefeller Center®." In an expansion of the Bank's fourth-annual Wimbledon program, select locations will serve "A Taste of Wimbledon" -- special desserts in honor of...

BEIJING, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Yucheng Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: YTEC) ("Yucheng," the "Company," "we," "us" and "our"), a leading provider of IT Solutions to the financial services industry in China, today provided supplementary information to the Company's first quarter 2011 financial results reported on May 17, 2011, including an unaudited corporate deposit account list identifying each corporate cash account and the balance and location of each account. The Company also...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The national flag carrier of Angola, TAAG Angola Airlines (Linhas Aereas de Angola) is purchasing Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with GE90 engines assisted by an approximately $256 million long-term loan guarantee from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). The aircraft will be used to expand TAAG's intercontinental service provided through its all-Boeing fleet. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110414/MM83673LOGO) The...