Articles From: 2013/4/1 - IDACORP Recognized as Utility Sustainability Leader to 2013/4/1 - Pacific Ethanol Closes Financing Transaction to Reduce Plant Debt and Acquire Additional Plant Ownership Interest

Target Rock Advisors ranks utility among top three in market segment, cites company's environmental stewardship, economic performance and societal contributions BOISE, Idaho , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE:IDA) and its primary subsidiary Idaho Power are pleased to announce their selection for Target Rock Advisors' 2013 Sustainable Utility Leader Award.

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) , a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile semiconductor solutions, has enhanced Power Supply WebDesigner – an online design and simulation tool that provides complete designs in under a minute – to include complete continuous conduction mode (CCM), non-isolated active PFC buck and buck LED driver designs.

JANA Partners Notifies Shareholders Of Agrium Vote Buying Strategy Canada NewsWire While Publicly Claiming Broad Support, Agrium Quietly Paying C$0.25 Per Vote Further Information Available at www.JANAAguAnalysis.com NEW YORK, April 1, 2013 /CNW/ - JANA Partners LLC today notified shareholders that Agrium Inc. ("Agrium") (TSX / NYSE: AGU) is using shareholder money to pay brokers and investment advisers to cause their clients to vote for Agrium's board nominees at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.

RIO DE JANEIRO --Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said late Thursday that domestic oil output fell for a second consecutive month in February as maintenance shutdowns at offshore platforms undercut crude output.

The leading small business association and Aon Affinity bring NFIB members access to affordable, top-rated insurance services WASHINGTON , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NFIB, the leading small business association, is bringing new commercial insurance options to its members through an agreement with Aon Affinity, the affinity business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON) .

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Quantum to develop and supply natural gas storage and engine fuel systems for a production-intent passenger vehicle LAKE FOREST, Calif.

Honor Reflects the Combined Opinions of Over Five Million Reviews Submitted by OpenTable Guests SOUTHLAKE, Texas , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Del Frisco's Restaurant Group is pleased to announce that two restaurants in its portfolio have been named to OpenTable's Top 100 Hot Spot Restaurant list for 2013 in the United States.

Barnes Group Inc. ( NYSE: B ) today announced that its first quarter 2013 results will be made public on Friday, April 26, 2013, before the market opens, and that the first quarter 2013 results conference call will begin at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) on that day.

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FAIRLAWN, Ohio , March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE: OMN) will hold its conference call to discuss first quarter 2013 results on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11:00am ET .

17-V synchronous buck converter integrates MOSFETs and features tiny HotRod™ package DALLAS , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced a new synchronous step-down DC/DC converter with integrated MOSFETs in a very small 3.5-mm by 3.5-mm HotRod™ QFN package.

PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) management will meet with analysts and investors this week in New York, California and Oregon.

Sanders Takes Over as Sonoco's Chief Executive Officer Canada NewsWire HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Sonoco (NYSE: SON) announced today that M.

Global  data center services  provider CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) is pleased to introduce the CyrusOne Texas Internet Exchange (IX), an on-net platform deployed across CyrusOne facilities in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.

Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) (“Heckmann” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a stipulation of settlement with plaintiff and all defendants in a shareholder derivative lawsuit related to the Company’s acquisition of China Water & Drinks, Inc. (“China Water”) that was filed in 2010 in the Superior Court of California.

BEIJING , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ku6 Media Co., Ltd.

CHONGQING, China , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Daqo New Energy Corp.

BEIJING , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. (NYSE:EDU) , the largest provider of private educational services in China , today announced that it will report its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2013 , before the U.S. market opens on April 24, 2013 .

SYDNEY --Two U.S. consortia competing to acquire surfwear retailer Billabong International Ltd.

SEATTLE , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association is pleased to announce that Union Bank , N.A., has earned the title of the 2012 Top Heart Walk Fundraising Team in the country for their fundraising efforts last calendar year.

- Amount of sale is approximately $100 million (approximately JPY 9.5 billion) - Inkjet-related assets sold include more than 1,500 U.S. and foreign-based patents, output and imaging technologies, and manufacturing location in the Philippines - Lexmark remains focused on its continued transition from a hardware-centric to a solutions-centric company LEXINGTON, Ky.

ATHENS --Greek bank recapitalization will be completed soon, the head of the country's central bank said Monday, broadly in line with the deadline set by the country's bailout deal.

Industrial Services of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDSA) , a company that buys, processes and markets ferrous and non-ferrous metals and other recyclable commodities for domestic users and export markets and offers programs and equipment to help businesses manage waste, today announced financial results for the year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012.

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Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) has scheduled its quarterly conference call to discuss its first quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The phone number for the call is (888) 679-8033, passcode: 57852562.

ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) announced today that the Company will release its financial results for the first quarter 2013 on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iGO, Inc. (Nasdaq:IGOI) , a leading provider of eco-friendly power management solutions and accessories for mobile electronic devices, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2012.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX) , the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, has closed the first tranche of a financing transaction under which the company: Neil Koehler, the company's president and CEO, stated: "With the closing of these transactions, we have made significant improvements to the company's balance sheet by reducing plant debt and extending debt maturities, reducing overall interest costs and increasing our ownership interest in the Pacific Ethanol Plants to over 83%. Upon completion of the second tranche of the financing, we will have eliminated our Plant debt due in 2013, providing a more stable capital structure for the long term growth of our company." About Pacific Ethanol, Inc. Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX) is the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States.