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Kinsey Street Online Marketing selected as Google for Nonprofits Featured Provider

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:39:05 +0000

Kinsey Street Online Marketing, a provider of pay-per click campaign management services, has been selected by Google as a Google for Nonprofits Featured Provider in the AdWords category. “We are incredibly honored about Kinsey Street being recognized by Google for the work that we do with nonprofits that need assistance with their Google AdWords grant [...]

Hiscox USA launched direct and online insurance for REIT professionals

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:35:39 +0000

Hiscox USA, the first and only US insurer to enable small businesses to purchase business insurance direct and online in real-time, has introduced direct and online insurance services for real estate professionals. Real estate agents/brokers and property managers can buy customized insurance for the real estate industry direct and online in real time to protect [...]

NorthStar Realty Finance prices common stock offering

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:31:36 +0000

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. has priced an underwritten public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $5.55 per share. Also, the company has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional shares of common stock. The company intends to use the net proceeds of the [...]

Alexandria Real Estate Equities commences public offering of senior notes

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:30:01 +0000

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. commenced an underwritten public offering of senior notes due 2022, subject to market conditions. The notes will be unsecured obligations of the company and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the company’s Alexandria Real Estate Equities LP subsidiary. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to prepay [...]

M&T Bank declares Q1’12 common stock dividend

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:28:33 +0000

M&T Bank Corp. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 70 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable March 30, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 5, 2012. Source: M&T Bank

OneBeacon sells AutoOne business to Interboro

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:26:46 +0000

OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. has completed the sale of its AutoOne business to Interboro Holdings Inc. The company did not disclose the financial terms. The deal included AutoOne Insurance Co. and AutoOne Select Insurance Co. along with the assets, liabilities and the capital of the business, as well as substantially the entire AutoOne infrastructure, including [...]

ClearOne acquires VCON Video Conferencing

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:21:52 +0000

ClearOne has completed the acquisition of Israel-based VCON Video Conferencing. VCON provides high-performance, end-to-end and software video conferencing solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “With the VCON acquisition now closed, we will work to extend ClearOne’s leadership in the enterprise marketplace to video conferencing and collaboration,” ClearOne Chairman and CEO Zee Hakimoglu [...]

GetJar introduces virtual currency for Android

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:19:43 +0000

GetJar, the world’s largest independent app store, has added a new GetJar Gold virtual currency that rewards consumer loyalty and will improve monetization across the entire Android ecosystem. GetJar Gold virtual currency is backed entirely by advertising spending rather than consumer dollars. Consumers earn GetJar Gold virtual currency by downloading any Android apps, and can [...]

Xcel Energy declares common stock dividend

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:17:41 +0000

Xcel Energy said its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 26 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable April 20, 2012, to shareholders of record on March 22, 2012. Source: Xcel Energy

Hess launches new energy solutions unit

Nadeem Iqbal — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:15:58 +0000

Hess Corp. has launched its new business unit, Hess Energy Solutions, which will offer comprehensive energy services for commercial, industrial and institutional customers. Hess Energy Solutions provides fuel conversions; demand response offerings; energy efficiency/sustainability; energy asset optimization; and guaranteed cost energy management services. Hess Energy Solutions also delivers integrated solutions that help organizations save money, [...]