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GREENSBORO, N.C., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) announced today its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. Second Quarter Highlights Reported (GAAP) diluted earnings per share increased 5.9% versus last year to $2.17. Adjusted (Non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share increased 6.8% versus last year to $2.19. Net sales increased 2.3% over last year to $1.731 billion. Total Lorillard retail market share increased 0.1 share points in the second...

MEXICO CITY, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR), (ASUR) the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, today announced that Aerostar Airport Holdings ("Aerostar") signed a lease agreement (the "Lease Agreement") today for the Luis Munoz Marin international airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico ("LMM Airport") with the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (the...

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba will host a two-hour special radio broadcast on the Internet radio station Third Rock Radio while aboard the International Space Station, 240 miles above Earth. "The Joe Show: New Rock from Space" will debut at 4 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 3. Acaba, a fan of classic rock, will discuss his experiences aboard the orbiting laboratory while presenting new rock to listeners around the world. The Joe Show is a blend of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Puerto Rico's Governor, Luis Fortuno, announced today that Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC (Aerostar) has been chosen to operate and lease the Luis Munoz Marin (LMM) International Airport for forty years as a public-private partnership (PPP). Aerostar is a 50-50 joint venture between Highstar Capital, an infrastructure investment firm, and the leading Mexican airport management firm Grupo Aeroportario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V....

MEXICO CITY, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR), (ASUR) the first privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, today announced that the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnership Committee declared Aerostar Airport Holdings the winner of a public bidding process to become the private operators of the Luis Munoz Marin international airport in San Juan, Puerto...

Free Classified Ads Website Kedna.com Adds San Juan Classifieds and Guaynabo Classifieds to its Growing Puerto Rico Classifieds Section. Advertisers can Post Free Ads and Enhance them with Twitter, YouTube, Social Media Sharing and More. (PRWEB) July 15, 2012 Buyers, sellers, employers and job seekers in Central and Southern Puerto Rico can now connect easier, more efficiently and at absolutely no cost, now that leading free classifieds website Kedna.com has added San Juan classifieds and...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Triple-S Management Corporation (NYSE:GTS), the leading managed care company in Puerto Rico, today announced the retirement of Socorro Rivas-Rodriguez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Triple-S Salud, the company's managed care subsidiary. In conjunction with this announcement, the company has selected Pablo Almodovar-Scalley to be Ms. Rivas-Rodriguez's successor. Ms. Rivas-Rodriguez will remain President and Chief Executive...

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 200 students will meet at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va., to speak with Expedition 32 flight engineer Joe Acaba aboard the International Space Station at 8:55 a.m. EDT, Thursday, July 5. Media representatives are invited to attend. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The question-and-answer discussion, coordinated by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., and the...

HOUSTON, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and the U.S. Forest Service signed a Space Act Agreement this week that unites the two agencies in raising awareness about the importance of fire prevention and fire safety. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) This partnership will highlight areas of common interest in wildfires, forest and plant growth research and materials science. The joint effort will be enhanced by the personal interest of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- During a ribbon-cutting ceremony held today in celebration of JetBlue Airways' (Nasdaq: JBLU) new home at Terminal A in San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), the airline's President and CEO Dave Barger, together with Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Fortuno, announced that San Juan has become the sixth focus city in JetBlue's 71-city network. Further, to celebrate the airline's first decade in the...