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VANCOUVER, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - TELUS welcomes today's vote by Mobilicity's debtholders in favour of the company's acquisition by TELUS. "Today's positive vote is an important step on the road to allowing TELUS to sustain service for Mobilicity's quarter-million customers and preserve the jobs of their 150 employees without a disruption caused by their current financial challenges," said David Fuller, TELUS Chief Marketing Officer. TELUS and Mobilicity announced May 16 that...

TORONTO, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Holdings Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, Mobilicity) today announced that debtholders approved the Acquisition Plan under the terms of the Interim Order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) dated Friday, April 26, 2013 (the TELUS Acquisition Plan). Under the TELUS Acquisition Plan, TELUS Corporation (TELUS) will acquire Mobilicity as a going concern for a purchase price of $380 million,...

13,000 TELUS volunteers come together for eighth annual TELUS Day of Giving Canadians invited to show how we #givewherewelive VANCOUVER, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - On Saturday, May 25, thousands of TELUS team members and retirees, friends and family, across Canada will take part in the eighth annual TELUS Day of Giving. "TELUS Day of Giving is always an exceptional opportunity for our TELUS team members, retirees, their friends and family members to make a meaningful difference in...

DENVER, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. smartphone penetration is approximately 57 percent so it's no surprise that consumers are using their phones to assist with shopping needs. What's interesting is 16 percent of Hispanic shoppers are using their mobile device to make purchases compared to 12 percent of general market shoppers. This was revealed in the latest issue of The Checkout, an ongoing shopper behavior study conducted by The Integer Group(®) and M/A/R/C Research....

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ghana Gold Corp. (OTCMarkets: GGCO) announced today that it has officially closed the acquisition of the $5 Billion Gold Property with World Sports Alliance Inter-Governmental Organization. According to the closed transaction, the WSA owns a total of 500 million restricted shares of the company as well as a $250 million 10-year corporate debenture. Further to the transaction, a total of 800,098,000 common shares are issued and outstanding. "We...

MONTREAL, May 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - In its annual review today, Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowered SNC-Lavalin's (TSX: SNC) credit rating one notch to BBB with a negative outlook, while retaining the Company's investment grade status. The other institution with which the Company has a credit rating, DBRS, also continues to rate SNC-Lavalin at investment grade. It is unusual for a company in the engineering and construction sector to achieve investment grade status....

CALGARY, May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Enerplus Corporation ("Enerplus") (TSX: ERF) (NYSE: ERF) is pleased to advise that Mr. Ray Daniels, Senior Vice-President, Operations, will be participating in a panel discussion "North American Liquids Growth: The Bakken, Eagle Ford and Beyond" at the RBC Global Energy Conference in New York on June 3, 2013 at 4:05 PM ET (2:05 PM MT). Investors are invited to listen to a live webcast of the discussion at:...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Teryl, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Teryl Resources Corp., (TSX Venture Exchange: TRC.V, OTCBB: TRYLF) is pleased to announce a placer and hard rock diamond drilling program has commenced on the Fish Creek property in the Fairbanks, Alaska mining district. The drilling contract requires 15 days of placer diamond drilling at a cost of $1,500 per day, for a 12 hour day. The drilling is subject to favorable weather conditions....

TELUS Mobile Application Management, powered by Apperian, helps businesses focus on protecting what matters most - the apps and the data BOSTON and TORONTO, May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - TELUS and Apperian today announced the launch of a new Mobile Application Management service designed to help Canadian enterprises protect and manage their corporate mobile apps and data when employees use their own wireless devices at work. Without requiring intrusive and cumbersome technology on users'...

Full Speech by Françoise Bertrand, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (Québec's Federation of Chambers of Commerce), at the Toronto Region Board of Trade luncheon on May 22, 2013. TORONTO, May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Ladies and gentlemen . . . hello. Allow me to begin by presenting the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ), an organization that many of you are probably not familiar with. The FCCQ is both...