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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks bounced back after dipping briefly on a false report that the White House was attacked on Tuesday afternoon.

WARREN, Ohio , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) will broadcast its first-quarter 2013 earnings conference call live over the Internet on Thursday, May 9, 2013 , at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time with President and Chief Executive Officer John Corey and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer George Strickler .

HONG KONG, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Great China Mania Holdings, Inc., (OTCBB:GMEC) (the "Company" or "GMEC") announces it has entered into an agreement with an individual non-affiliate third party to sell its retail business segment, Great China Games Limited ("GCG"), in exchange for consideration of 3,000,000 shares of GMEC.

DIRECTV announced today that Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) is the latest company to “advertise smarter” by taking advantage of DIRECTV’s recently launched, national addressable advertising platform.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of ARM Holdings PLC led U.K. stocks higher on Tuesday, after a well-received earnings report, while Associated British Foods PLC gained after declaring an increase in dividends.

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Partnership Includes Creation of "Wendy's Fresh On The Scene" Sub-Franchise To Profile Artists Who Could Be The Next Adele, Bruno Mars or The Lumineers NEW YORK , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wendy's   is helping VH1 to amplify and expand its "You Oughta Know" music franchise by sponsoring the multi-platform initiative that spotlights the up-and-coming singer/songwriters, rockers and divas you haven't heard of…yet.  Launched in 2004, VH1 's "You Oughta Know" franchise introduces promising new artists on the rise to VH1 's base of music lovers.

U.S. stocks climbed higher as a wave of better-than-expected earnings reports and dividend increases combined with hopes for more stimulus in Europe .

GE Intelligent Platforms (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will develop a range of rugged COM Express modules based on the new AMD (NYSE: AMD) Embedded G-Series SOC (system on a chip) processors.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Tennessee Advisory Services (FTAS), which offers investment advice to clients, ranks No.

Orville Redenbacher’s ® Gourmet ® Popcorn, a brand of ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) , is once again bringing an exciting new choice to the snacking aisle - new Pop Crunch™, a delicious ready-to-eat popcorn snack.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A surge for Netflix Inc. and strong gains for Apple Inc., Lexmark International Inc. and ARM Holdings gave a strong boost to the tech sector on Tuesday morning.

Genie Energy Ltd., (NYSE: GNE) a leading independent retail energy provider and a developer of unconventional energy projects, will announce financial results for the first quarter of 2013 on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

Medicago Announces a $3.5 Million Private Placement Canada NewsWire /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES / QUEBEC CITY, April 23, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Medicago Inc. (" Medicago " or the " Corporation ") (TSX: MDG) , a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (" VLPs "), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to sell to Le Fonds d'investissement RÉA II Fiera Capital Inc., on a private placement basis, 6,250,000 common shares of the Corporation (the " Common Shares ") at a price of $0.56 per share for gross proceeds of $3.5 million (the " Offering "). Net proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund ongoing research and development initiatives and for general corporate purposes.

Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Willie Briscoe and the securities litigation firm of Powers Taylor, LLP are investigating the sale of MEMSIC, Inc. (“MEMS”) (Nasdaq: MEMS) to IDG-Accel China Capital II, LLP and its affiliates MZ Investment Holdings Limited and MZ Investment Holdings Merger Sub Limited for shareholders.

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Current Production is in Excess of 6,000 BOE/d HOUSTON , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanchez Energy Corporation (NYSE: SN) , a fast growing independent oil and gas company targeting the liquids-rich Eagle Ford Shale, Pearsall Shale , Austin Chalk , and Buda Limestone, today provided an operations update on the Company's activities.

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SANTA ANA, Calif., April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC) , a leading global provider of solid-state storage solutions, today announced that its high-performance s840 Series Enterprise SAS SSDs have been certified for Windows Server 2012, which includes use with Windows Server 2012 Cluster in a Box systems.

Making Eye Surgery as Safe as Flight to Eradicate Cataract Blindness Worldwide NEW YORK , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HelpMeSee has achieved a significant milestone in medical simulation by successfully testing virtual reality surgical training simulators as a proof of concept.

Wind River ® , a world leader in embedded and mobile software, has introduced the latest version of Wind River VxWorks ® MILS Platform, a secure separation kernel that is compliant to the Separation Kernel Protection Profile* (SKPP). Part of the Wind River portfolio of trusted systems, the Type 1 hypervisor–based, multiple independent levels of security (MILS) platform is ready for use in security-critical systems that may require system-level high assurance evaluation or certification and accreditation (C&A). “Companies responsible for creating robust infrastructure systems worldwide are demanding increased functionality and secure operation with high assurance of security from inadvertent or intentional errors or threats,” said Jim Douglas, senior vice president of marketing at Wind River.

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If your mutual funds have been disappointing this year — at a time when the market is up about 9% year-to-date — there are three likely causes: Apple Inc. Gold Something else There was a time not that long ago, when the exact same list of factors could have been the reason your mutual funds were killing it, and outperforming the competition.

Earnings Conference Call to be held on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 8:00 pm (Eastern) / 5:00 pm (Pacific) / May 7 at 8:00 am (Hong Kong) SHANGHAI , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Noah Holdings Limited (NYSE: NOAH; the "Company" ), the leading independent service provider focusing on distributing wealth management products to the high net worth population in China , today announced that it will release unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2013 after the US market closes on Monday, May 6, 2013 .

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EULESS, Texas, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Central Concrete Supply, Inc., a U.S. Concrete, Inc. (Nasdaq:USCR) company, and the leader in delivering low CO 2 concrete to the San Francisco Bay Area, today announced that it is the first ready mix supplier in the United States to offer Concrete EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations) and the first to receive external verification of the EPDs in accordance with ISO 14025 and ISO 21930.

LAVAL, Quebec , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX and TSX: VRX) announced it has extended the expiration date of the tender offer by its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Odysseus Acquisition Corp., for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMPI) ("Obagi") at a price of $24.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest (less any required withholding taxes). The offer and withdrawal rights described in the offering documents have been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Thursday, April 25, 2013 (which is one minute after 11:59 p.m. New York City time, on Wednesday, April, 24, 2013), unless the offer is further extended.

MEMSIC, Inc. (NasdaqGM: MEMS), a leading MEMS solution provider, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by IDG-Accel China Capital II, L.P. and its affiliates MZ Investment Holdings Limited and MZ Investment Holdings Merger Sub Limited (collectively, “IDG”), for $4.225 per share in cash.

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