Stock woes cause Aflac executives to trim, give up bonuses

Aflac Chairman and CEO Daniel P. Amos is giving up his 2008 bonus —- a payout that would have netted him $2.8 million —- because of the Columbus-based supplemental insurer’s depressed stock price.
Kriss Cloninger III, the company’s president and chief financial officer, is reducing his bonus by 35 percent or about $477,000.
The announcements, made after the close of markets Monday, come even though Aflac executives Read the rest of this entry »

February 21, 2009 | , , , , , , ,
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Tufin Technologies Announces General Availability of SecureChange …

RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL -
Tufin Technologies, the leading provider
of Security Lifecycle Management solutions, today announced the general
release of SecureChange™ Workflow as part of the Tufin Security Suite.
First announced in May 2008, SecureChange Workflow is already improving
security operations for several companies managing hundreds of network
devices. Tufin's breakthrough new product enables companies to automate
the entire network security Read the rest of this entry »

February 21, 2009 | , , , , ,
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ShopNBC Announces Agreement to Restructure GE Preferred Stock

ShopNBC (NASDAQ: VVTV), the premium
lifestyle brand in electronic retailing, today announced an agreement with
GE to restructure and extend its $44.3 million payment obligation under the
Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, currently held by GE and
scheduled to mature in the spring of 2009.
As part of the agreement, GE agreed to exchange all of its Series A
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock for the following:
-- An upfront cash Read the rest of this entry »

February 19, 2009 | , , , , ,
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Taleo Provides Q4 Business Update; Caps Powerful 2008

-- Signed A Record 27 New Enterprise Edition(TM) Customers
-- Closed A Record 12 Large Enterprise Deals
-- Enters 2009 with over $315 Million in Contracted Application Revenue
Backlog
-- Launches Performance Management Capabilities for SMB Market
-- Garners Leadership, Vision Accolades from Industry Analysts
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management
solutions, today announced a business update for the fourth Read the rest of this entry »

February 18, 2009 | , , , , , ,
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Four Reasons Why Currencies Also Beat Out Stocks in My Book

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
Even some of the biggest industry players in Wall Street overlook a few simple truths that make currency trading infinitely superior to stock trading. For example…
Trading Day Lasts All Day: Currencies Trade 24 hours, nearly six days a week: That means there’s an opportunity for tradable hours no matter where you live. You can even trade after you’ve put in a full day at the office. You can’t always do that Read the rest of this entry »

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Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce fills program position

, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
PINELLAS PARK — The business assistance program is facing the chopping block, but the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce has gone ahead and hired a new person to run it anyway.
The new business assistance program specialist, or BAPS, is Jeanne W. Creech, who will move from the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, where she held the same position.
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Pamlico Chamber of Commerce Pres. Arrested for Embezzlement

Published: February 18, 2009
Deputies in Pamlico County say the president of the county Chamber of Commerce was engaging in some risky business.
They arrested 36-year-old David Kitchen Tuesday on embezzlement charges.
Investigators say Kitchen used more than $6,000 of the chamber’s cash and checks to pay his own bills.
They say it all came to light after the chamber’s treasurer got suspicious and conducted an internal audit.
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February 14, 2009 | , , , , ,
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Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Announces Preferred Dividends

You know that buying a stock makes you part owner of a company, theoretically with millions of other people. But, while
ownership has its privileges (at minimum you get a neat stock certificate and an invitation to the annual meeting), being
an owner doesn't necessarily pay. Sure, you make money if the stock goes up, but only if you sell, and you can, in theory,
lose all the value of your investment if Read the rest of this entry »

February 14, 2009 | , , , , ,
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New Infoblox Tools Raise the Bar on IP Address Management for the …

SANTA CLARA, CA -
Pioneering the next-generation approach to
IP address management (IPAM) for the enterprise, Infoblox Inc. today
announced availability of several new groundbreaking IP address management
tools, including the new Infoblox IP Address Manager module, an intuitive
graphical user interface that consolidates and automates layers of manual
tasks, saving time, reducing errors and lowering costs.
Many enterprises today continue to leverage Read the rest of this entry »

February 13, 2009 | , , , ,
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Magna Entertainment Corp. announces resignation of director

Sounds kind of dirty, right? Actually, it's because of a clean visual that technical analysts use this term. Technical
analysts like charts (hence their nickname of "chartists"), and they like to give certain patterns they see neat little names.
Such
is the case with the double bottom, which looks on a chart like, well, a double bottom. Think of three mountains (on a chart
reflecting a rise in values) Read the rest of this entry »

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