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Edleun Group Inc Announces Acquisition Of Montessori Centre In Ottawa
Edleun Group, Inc. announced that the acquisition of Manotick Montessori Casa Dei Bambini, a bilingual private school in the Ottawa, Ontario community of Manotick with 71 licensed spaces. Announcement of the transaction, without reference to name, was made in a release on November 18, 2012. The transaction closed on June 28th, 2013 and was acquired using the Company's available capital resources. The Company owns and operates 52 child care centres throughout Canada.
Service Corporation International's Funeral Directors Vote To Strike
Funeral directors and drivers represented by Teamsters Local 727 overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike against Houston-based funeral giant Service Corporation International this evening. The strike is set to begin the morning of July 2, 2013. SCI, which uses the Dignity Memorial brand name, operates 16 funeral homes with 59 employees in the Chicagoland area. The employees voted in a secret ballot election to reject SCI's June 30 "last, best and final offer". In a vote immediately following the rejection of the offer, employees voted to strike.
Hudson Technologies Inc Issues Q2, H1 2013 Guidance
Hudson Technologies Inc announced that for the second quarter of 2013, it expects to report revenues of approximately $15.5 million and net income per share in the range of approximately $0.00 to $0.01 on a fully diluted basis. For the first half of 2013, the Company expects to report revenues of approximately $38 million and net income per share of approximately $0.17 to $0.18 on a fully diluted basis.
XO Group Inc Appoints Michael Steib as President
XO Group Inc announced that it has appointed Michael Steib as President, effective July 1, 2013.
KURAUDIA CO LTD Lowers Full-year Consolidated Outlook for FY 2013
KURAUDIA CO LTD announced that it has lowered its full-year consolidated outlook for revenue from JPY 15,340 million to JPY 14,600 million, operating profit from JPY 1,470 million to JPY 650 million, ordinary profit from JPY 1,510 million to JPY 720 million, net profit from JPY 940 million to JPY 400 million, and earnings per share from JPY 204.03 to JPY 87.27, for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013. The Company lowered its full-year consolidated outlook mainly due to the decrease in sales, increase in cost for wholesale business, increase in sales and management expenses for shop business, as well as extraordinary loss of JPY 78 million caused by disposal of fixed assets or lease business.
Service Corporation International Rejects Union Offer, Insists On Eliminating Pension Fund, Health & Education Benefits
Service Corporation International announced that it has rejected an offer from Teamsters Local 727 and countered with its original proposal to eliminate the employees' pension, health and educational assistance benefits. The union will take SCI's proposal to the 59 funeral directors and drivers for a vote on Monday night. If the members reject the offer, a strike vote will be held immediately following the vote. All votes are by secret ballot and only affected funeral directors and drivers can participate. On Sunday, in an attempt to avert a strike, the union withdrew virtually all of its proposals and made an offer that included wage increases of 3 percent in each year of a five-year contract and retention of current pension, health, legal and educational assistance benefits.
Perfect Shape (PRC) Holdings Ltd Recommends Final Dividend
Perfect Shape (PRC) Holdings Ltd announced that the Directors recommended a payment of a final dividend equivalent to HKD0.044 per share (2012: HKD0.025) p of the Company (the Share) for the year ended March 31, 2013 to the shareholders of the Company (the Shareholders) whose names appear on the register of Shareholders on August 23, 2013, together with interim dividend of HKD0.033 per share paid, the total dividend for the year ended March 31, 2013 amounted to HKD0.077 per share. The proposed final dividend is subject to approval by the Shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting of the Company and will be paid on or around September 18, 2013.
Apollo Group Inc Lowers High End Of Prior FY 2013 Revenue Guidance; Raises Low End Of Prior FY 2013 EBIT Guidance
Apollo Group Inc announced that for fiscal 2013, it expects net revenue of $3.65-$3.70 billion; and Operating income of $525-$550 million. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report revenue of $3.70 billion for fiscal 2013.
Localiza Rent a Car SA to Acquire Franchisee
Localiza Rent a Car SA announced that on June 20, 2013 it approved a calling of Extraordinary General Meeting to approve acquisition of Localiza JF Aluguel de Carros Ltda, a franchisee of the Company in the Juiz de Fora and Rio Novo markets, in the Minas Gerais state, Brazil and in the Tres Rios, Resende and Volta Redonda markets in the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
AYS Ventures Berhad Updates On New Issue Of Securities
AYS Ventures Berhad updated on the proposed special Bumiputera issue of up to 54,345,380 new ordinary shares of MYR0.50 each in AYS to Bumiputera investors to be identified and/or approved by the ministry of international trade and industry. AYS, Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad (formerly known as MIMB Investment Bank Berhad) announced that the Securities Commission Malaysia had, via its letter dated June 19 2013, approved the following: the Proposed Special Issue; and the extension of time of up to May 22, 2014 to comply with the Bumiputera Equity Condition, imposed on AYS pursuant to the SC’s approval dated December 23, 2011 on the Company’s restructuring scheme. In the event that the Special Issue Shares are not fully allocated to the Bumiputera investors within a year from the date of the application to MITI, AYS will be deemed to have complied with the Bumiputera Equity Condition.
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