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TSX-V: SKY VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Stikine Energy Corp. (TSX.V: SKY) ("Stikine" or the "Company") announces it has received crush test results for samples submitted in December 2011 and has also completed a detailed review of all laboratory test results received. The results and review demonstrate that the pilot plant and bench scale tests for Angus and Nonda materials have achieved the recommended specifications for API/ISO crush tests within the range of observed...

Small business owners reveal their New Year’s resolutions for their business Silver Spring, Maryland (PRWEB) January 05, 2012 Webs, the world’s most popular do-it-yourself solution for website creation, conducted a survey of 582 small businesses, primarily micro businesses, on the topic of their expectations for the year 2012. The results showed that almost half (49 percent) of those surveyed believed that this year would be good for business. When asked about their New Year’s...

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The end of the year is a time when Americans traditionally make resolutions for behavior they will adopt or goals they will meet in the year ahead. As 2012 begins fewer than two in five American adults say they will make positive financial changes in the coming year, including paying down their level of debt (39%) and saving more money (36%). These relatively low numbers may be a sign that Americans expect another difficult year...

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the last several years the economy has been one of the hottest topics, and one everyone--including politicians, economists, retailers, business owners, employees and consumers--has been following closely. Much has been said about Americans' cutting back, budgeting, and possibly, a "new normal". The Harris Poll has been tracking Americans' spending and savings plans for over three years and on the whole has not seen a tremendous amount...

-- Increases Recently Acquired Pireneus Land Package To 259,000 Acres -- Two Parallel Gold Trends Identified, Each Approximately 11 km Long VANCOUVER, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Brazil Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Brazil Resources") (TSX-V: BRI ; OTCQX: BRIZF) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary has entered into an option agreement (the "Option Agreement") to acquire an 100%-interest in the 12,000-acre...

NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether it's talking on cell phones, fiddling with food and drink, or doing some last-minute grooming, a large majority of adult drivers in the United States admit to being dangerously distracted while behind the wheel, today's Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO) Specifically 86 percent of adults admitted to eating/drinking while driving, 59 percent talk on a...

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost three years ago the Tea Party movement was born and, at the moment, one-third of Americans (34%) support the movement while two in five oppose it (41%) and one-quarter (25%) are not at all sure. Almost three months ago, another movement, Occupy Wall Street (OWS), began. Currently, two in five U.S. adults (39%) say they support the OWS protests, one-quarter (27%) oppose them, and three in ten (29%) are not familiar with the protests....

SAN FRANCISCO and NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketTools, Inc., the leading provider of software and services for market research and enterprise feedback management (EFM), and Federated Sample, a market research technology firm focusing on bringing efficiency and automation to sampling, today announced that Federated Sample has integrated MarketTools® TrueSample(TM) with its Fulcrum project management platform. TrueSample is the industry's most widely use data quality...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a well known metric in pharmaceutical marketing: 30 percent of U.S. patients are more likely to fill a prescription after initially receiving a sample from a physician. Still a powerful marketing tactic, sampling programs are evolving as the traditional sampling conduit - sales reps - face restricted access to physicians as well as declining FTE counts. In this environment, many pharmaceutical companies recognize the need for...

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue and move across the country, anger at corporate America seems to be growing. Seven in ten Americans (69%) believe most top company managers make more than they deserve in salaries and all other benefits, three in ten (29%) say they make about what they deserve and 2% believe they make less than they deserve. Not surprisingly, there is a partisan difference as three-quarter of Democrats (76%) and seven in ten...