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Toronto Stock Exchange: VG VANCOUVER, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Veris Gold Corp. ("Veris" or the "Company") (TSX: VG) (OTCQB: YNGFF) (Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6A) is pleased to announce that shareholders approved all resolutions brought before them at the Company's Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 18, 2013. Election of Directors Each of the nominees for director of the Company as listed in the Company's 2013 Management...

MORRISTOWN, N.J., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) will hold open houses June 24 and June 25 for its proposed $44.5 million Oceanview Reinforcement Project, which will build a new 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in Monmouth County to add redundancy to the system and meet the growing demand for electricity. The new 230 kV transmission line is expected to be built between the existing Larrabee Substation in Howell and the existing Oceanview...

GREENSBURG, Pa., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), continues to conduct vegetation management work across its 24-county service area in Pennsylvania as part of its ongoing efforts to help enhance system reliability. To date, West Penn tree contractors have trimmed more than 2,200 circuit miles of distribution and subtransmission lines as part of its $25 million vegetation management spend for 2013, with an additional 2,300...

Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Wall Street Reports announced new research reports highlighting Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GEM), Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT) and Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the...

Alliance Data Selected to Continue Providing Private Label Credit Card Services to Four of Orchard Brands' Multichannel Businesses; Expands Relationship by Adding Nine New Brands to Partnership Agreement DALLAS, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, today announced its Retail Services business has signed a long-term renewal and expansion agreement to...

Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Wall Street Reports announced new research reports highlighting Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB), Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO), Westport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) and Gentherm Inc. (NASDAQ: THRM). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets,...

Expects annualized accretive impact from the refinancing of $0.12 to $0.13 per diluted share, excluding charges AUSTIN, Texas, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanger, Inc. (NYSE: HGR) today announced the signing of a new 5-year credit agreement that increases its senior secured facilities to an aggregate of up to $425 million from $400 million previously. The new credit agreement includes a $200 million revolving credit facility and a $225 million term loan facility. The previous...

SAN DIEGO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced that its board of directors has declared a second quarter 2013 dividend of $0.235 per share of common stock. The dividend is equivalent to an annualized dividend of $0.94 per common share. The common stock dividend is payable on July 15, 2013 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 28, 2013. About BioMed Realty Trust BioMed Realty delivers optimal real estate...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Medbox, Inc. (OTC Markets: MDBX) (www.medboxinc.com), a leader in providing consulting services and patented systems to the medical and retail industries, issued a status update to its shareholders on past, present, and future projects. The following is a summary of key events and projects in recent weeks: Medbox received its first round of comments from the SEC relative to the Form 10 filing of April 10, 2013. The company...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) announced today that it will invest in a strategic site in Nanhai, China that will enable the company to expand its manufacturing capacity for high quality nonwoven products for the global hygiene and healthcare markets it serves. PGI's investment in a state-of-the-art facility in Nanhai will also increase its capacity to produce advanced chemical bond products for hygiene applications to meet the growing needs...