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/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR DISSEMINATION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES/ VANCOUVER, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: ACC) - Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. ("Amica" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements to acquire an additional 73.5% aggregate ownership interest in Amica at Westboro Park, located in Ottawa, Ontario. In...

SHANGHAI, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer with cost efficient operations based in China, today announced that JinkoSolar Co., Ltd. ("Jiangxi Jinko"), one of the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries, successfully issued unsecured one-year short-term bonds with a principal amount of RMB300 million on April 23, 2012. The bonds bear a fixed annual...

SANTA ANA, Calif., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today announced that CoreLogic SafeRent®, provider of the nation's leading suite of screening and risk management services designed for the multifamily housing industry, released its first quarter 2012 multifamily applicant risk (MAR) index report. The first quarter MAR Index value increased one point from the fourth quarter 2011 and three...

LONDON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Over three quarters (77%) report ailments at work and 45% are more stressed than a year ago - Half (50%) expect to grow this year; one in ten aiming for 10-20% - Nearly two thirds (64%) ready to face the challenges of the year ahead Small businesses, the lifeblood of the UK economy, have been carrying the stresses and strains of the world on their backs since the beginning of the recession....

MINNEAPOLIS, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FICO (NYSE: FICO), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today launched a new solution aimed at improving the ROI for predictive models used in insurance. FICO® Model Central(TM) Solution for Insurance enables insurers to reduce model deployment times by as much as 50 percent, while also providing the first indications that a model's performance may be damaging profitability. (Logo:...

CLEVELAND, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Slow paper-dependent processes often hinder an insurer's ability to provide better customer service and compete in today's market. For insurers, the speed at which they quote a new policy, answer a policyholder's inquiry or process a claim can make or break their success. Although speed is a necessary component in business processes, insurance companies shouldn't sacrifice it for accuracy. Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad (Takaful Malaysia,...

BEDFORD, Mass., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstBest® Systems, Inc., provider of insurance software solutions for global property and casualty insurers, today announced the completion of $10 million in funding. With the new round, NewSpring Capital and Verisk Analytics, Inc. join private equity firm Brookstone Partners, which also participated, and existing investor Flybridge Capital Partners, in fueling FirstBest's aggressive growth plans for its market-leading Front Office...

VANCOUVER, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Revolution Resources Corp. (TSX: RV) ("Revolution" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal public offering, including the full exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters.  The Company issued 16,962,500 units at a price of $0.34 per unit for gross proceeds of $5,767,250 (the "Offering"). Each unit was comprised of one common share and one-half of one transferable...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine that you are a poor farmer working in a remote location as the primary provider for your extended family. You do not have cash reserves. Suddenly you need urgent medical assistance. Perhaps you've been injured in an accident or suffered a medical emergency like appendicitis. Without hospital attention, death is possible. Your immediate need is to get to hospital. Once you are there, you will need personal care. Your attention...

VANCOUVER, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Great Basin Gold Ltd. ("Great Basin Gold" or the "Company"), (TSX: GBG) (NYSE Amex: GBG) (JSE: GBG) announces that it has closed its previously announced bought deal offering (the "Offering") of units (the "Units"), at a price of $0.75 per Unit, with a syndicate of underwriters (the "Underwriters").  Each Unit consists of one common share of Great Basin Gold (a "Common Share") and one half of one purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a...