Archive for January, 2012
Jan 31st, 2012
Good Morning, It’s Tuesday January 31st, 2012, I’m Christina Collins with CRWENewswire Stocks In Action
On its Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results, PAREXEL International Corporation - symbol PRXL - posted consolidated service revenue of $333.2 million, a 9.5% increase year over year. For the third quarter Fiscal 2012, PAREXEL expects to report consolidated service revenue in the range of $350 to $358 million
SMTC Corporation - symbol SMTX - reported the completion of a signed contract agreement to manufacture Alstom Transport's leading edge transportation technology systems and products.
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Lannett Company Incorpor
Jan 31st, 2012
An Oregon judge is using his force to order a mental health evaluation and 45-day jail sentence for a wanna-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with light sabers last December.
David Allen Canterbury stated to Judge Kenneth Walker that he is already seeking mental health treatment. Canterbury also gave an apology to his victims.
Reports say that the 33-year-old Canterbury pleaded no contest Monday to resisting arrest and assault .
Portland police said that Canterbury had a Star Wars light saber in each hand as he swung at 3 customers last Dec. 14 at a Toys R Us store. He carried the light sabers outside the store and was swingin
Jan 31st, 2012
Italian emergency officials said they are calling off a search for missing people in the part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that is submerged, because of the danger to rescue workers.
Italy's Civil Protection agency stated Tuesday that technical studies gave an indication that the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to keep on with the search. It stated that relatives and diplomatic officials representing the countries of the missing have been informed of the decision.
The Concordia hit ground off the island of Giglio on Jan. 13 when the captain deviated from his planned route and hit a reef, that created a h
Jan 31st, 2012
Lance Cpl. Jacob Jacoby did admit to punching and kicking fellow Marine Harry Lew (pictured) before Lew committed suicide, and has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Jacoby, who pleaded guilty to the assault, will also find his rank reduced to private first class.
Prosecutors withdrew the additional charges that Jacoby humiliated and threatened Lew, and the judge in Jacoby's court-martial said she saw no evidence that Jacoby's actions were a cause Lew's suicide. Two others who are also accused in the hazing case face court-martials, the AP reports.
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Jan 31st, 2012
A University of Utah student, before she fell from a chairlift, suffered a seizure at a Park City ski resort and died in an extremely rare case of a fatality on a properly functioning lift, authorities and industry officials stated Monday.
Asha Davenport, 19, was on the lift at the Canyons Resort with friends Sunday when she fell about 30 feet, Summit County Sheriff's Sgt. Ronald Bridge stated.
Medical personnel showed up within minutes, but the woman's injuries were too severe. She died at the scene at about 12:30 p.m.
Canyons spokesman Steve Pastorino stated that the woman was on the High Meadow lift, which serves the mid-mountai
Jan 31st, 2012
HOUSTON, Jan. 30, 2012 (CRWENEWSWIRE) -- PanGeo Subsea Inc. (PanGeo) and Global Geophysical Services Inc (NYSE:GGS), two leading geophysical service and technology providers, announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development and commercialization of the Acoustic Zoom(R) product line.
Acoustic Zoom(R) uses steered beams of acoustic energy to produce 3D seismic images of the subsurface with higher definition than can be attained with conventional seismic migration techniques. Acoustic Zoom(R) offers the potential for providing new insight into the internal character of petroleum reservoirs. The development part
Jan 31st, 2012
Police who gave confirmation of the discovery of blood from a missing toddler in the basement of her father's home stated Monday they have discovered no evidence to support a kidnapping, and they believe adults in the home know more than what they are telling investigators.
Six weeks after Ayla Reynolds disappeared in Waterville, state and local detectives believe the father, Justin DiPietro, and 2 other adults in the home on the night Ayla was last seen are not telling the whole story of what happened, stated Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The idea that someone was able to sneak into the small ho
Jan 31st, 2012
* Record Q4 net revenues of $128.9 million increased 2.4% sequentially and 38.8% year-over-year
* Record Q4 Invisalign revenue of $118.9 million increased 4.1% sequentially and 28.0% year-over-year with record Invisalign case shipments of 82.6 thousand
* Q4 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.25 and Q4 Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.28
* Record fiscal 2011 net revenues of $479.7 million increased 23.9% year-over-year
* Record fiscal 2011 case shipments of 309.3 thousand increased 18.6% year-over-year
SAN JOSE, Calif, Jan. 30, 2012 (CRWENEWSWIRE) -- Align Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALGN) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and
Jan 31st, 2012
What happens in Iran over the next several months may be one of the largest wild cards in the 2012 election, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was characteristically direct about the stakes.
Panetta told CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday that if Iran decided to do it, it would probably take them about a year to be able to produce a bomb and then possibly another 1 to 2 years in order to put it on a deliverable vehicle of some sort in order to deliver that weapon.
Top aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are insisting the timeline is a lot shorter, and gave a suggestion in Sunday's New York Times Magazine they may launch a unila
Jan 31st, 2012
Fans of the iconic freestyle skier Sarah Burke were completely shocked by her death in Utah earlier this month, and horrified by the huge medical bill she racked up during her nine days in a coma.
The Canadian skiing star's insurance did not cover the event where she had a fatal head injured and observers north and south of the border see her bill, initially was thought to be $550,000, but is now believed to be around $200,000, as an example of the continuing problems with the US health care system, MSNBC reports. But fans and supporters from around the globe have picked up the tab, by donating more than $300,000 as of yesterday.
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