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RALEIGH, N.C., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA Holdings, Inc. ("PRA") announced today that it has submitted a confidential draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for a possible initial public offering of shares of its common stock (the "Proposed IPO"). The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. PRA intends to use the proceeds from the Proposed IPO to reduce...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc., today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not been determined. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010919/PTCLOGO ) J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse are acting as joint...

SYMBOL:  DFI  VANCOUVER, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Diamond Fields International Ltd. (DFI:TSX) wishes to announce the following. Cdn$200,000 Private Placement Closed The Company has closed the private placement announced in a News Release dated May 13, 2013.  On May 14, 2013 the Company received conditional acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") to close the private placement. Accordingly, on May 15, 2013, the Company issued a total of 8,000,000 Units...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE MKT: DSS), which previously entered into a definitive merger agreement with Lexington Technology Group (LTG) and is a leading developer of anti-counterfeiting, anti-fraud and authentication technologies for governments, corporations and financial institutions, today announced that it will be presenting at the following investor conferences in May: 14th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in New York FEDERAL WAY, Wash., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dan Fulton, president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY), will represent the company at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in New York. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120111/AQ34535LOGO) Fulton is scheduled to present at 1:35 p.m. Eastern time. The webcast and presentation can be accessed at http://investor.weyerhaeuser.com/. A replay of the webcast will...

WALTHAM, Mass., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR), a global leader in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, has declared a cash dividend of $3.00 per share on its Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE: ALR.PR.B). The dividend is payable on July 15, 2013 to holders of record of Series B stock at the close of business on July 1, 2013. Such payment will cover the...

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), together with its wholly owned direct finance subsidiary, Omnicom Capital Inc., today announced that they have issued a notice of redemption for any and all of their $84,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding Zero Coupon Zero Yield Convertible Notes due 2033 (CUSIP No. 681919 AR7) and $406,622,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding Zero Coupon Zero Yield Convertible Notes due 2038 (CUSIP Nos. 681919...

TORONTO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM & TSX: AEM) ("Agnico Eagle") and Urastar Gold Corp. (TSX-V: URS, FSE: 3U3 & OTCQX: URNRF) ("Urastar") jointly announce the completion of the acquisition of Urastar by Agnico Eagle.  Agnico Eagle acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Urastar (the "Common Shares") pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the...

DARTMOUTH, N.S, May 16, 2013 /CNW/ - Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited announced today that the Company has filed a notice with the Toronto Stock Exchange to purchase through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange for cancellation up to 1,272,093 of the 25,441,871 issued and outstanding Class A Subordinate Voting Shares being 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of that class as of April 30, 2013 and up to 75,404 of the 3,770,222 issued and outstanding Class B...

63 Percent of SRI Professionals Expect Climate-Prompted Fossil Fuel Divestment in Next 10 Years NEW YORK and COLORADO SPRINGS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Over half of sustainable, responsible, impact (SRI) investment industry professionals say that retail investors (65 percent) and institutional investors (53 percent) are currently expressing interest in fossil fuel-free portfolios in the face of growing signs of climate change, according to First Affirmative Financial Network's...