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MINNEAPOLIS , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCI) , a leading provider of appliance retailing and recycling services, today announced that the Company has entered into a two-year extension of its credit agreement with PNC Bank, National Association (PNC), which includes a senior secured revolving line of credit and term loan.

ZaZa Energy Corporation (“the Company” or “ZaZa”) (NASDAQ: ZAZA) today announced operational and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPGI) today announced that its affiliate, TPG/CalSTRS Austin, LLC, has completed the sale of three office properties containing a total of 517,974 rentable square feet in suburban northwest Austin, Texas.

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NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund (the “Trust”) (NYSE: NHF) today announced that its Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has declared a regular distribution on its common stock, for April 2013, of $0.042 per share, payable on the last business day of the month to holders of record at the close of business April 25, 2013.

BEIJING , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VisionChina Media Inc. ("VisionChina Media" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: VISN) , one of China 's largest out-of-home digital television advertising networks on mass transportation systems, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 after the U.S. markets close on April 8, 2013.

SAN FRANCISCO , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) , a leading global provider of data center solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 1500 Towerview Road in Eagan, Minnesota , a suburb of Minneapolis .

Relational Investors LLC ("Relational") and the California State Teachers' Retirement System ("CalSTRS"), collectively owners of 7.28% of the shares of The Timken Company, (NYSE: TKR) (“Timken” or “the Company”), today stated that an investor presentation filed this morning by Timken presents a highly flawed and misleading analysis with respect to the CalSTRS proposal to spin off Timken’s Steel business to unlock shareholder value.

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.

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWBK) , today reported financial results for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2012.

-Total Monthly Volume Rises 64% Year-Over-Year -Tops Three Million Contracts For Second Straight Month CHICAGO , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE ® ) announced today that March 2013 was the third consecutive month in which total volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index ® (VIX ® ) and total exchange-wide trading reached new all-time highs.

BlackRock Florida Municipal 2020 Term Trust (NYSE:BFO, the “Fund”) today declared monthly distributions for May, June and July 2013 and a special distribution of tax-exempt income payable in July 2013.

CLEARWATER, Fla., April 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq:TECD) (the Company) today notified the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is unable to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K") for the year ended January 31, 2013 within the prescribed time period because it requires additional time to complete the required financial statements and restatement described below.

Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE: PACD) announced today that its Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is available on its website at www.pacificdrilling.com in the “Events & Presentations” subsection of the “Investor Relations” section.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks lost ground on Monday, with two benchmark indexes retreating from record highs, after a closely watched manufacturing gauge unexpectedly declined in March.

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ING Prime Rate Trust (NYSE: PPR) , a diversified closed-end management investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, declared 3.80 cents per share monthly dividend on March 28, 2013 for the 31 days of March, payable on April 22, 2013 to shareholders of record on April 10, 2013.

MINOT, N.D., April 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE:IRET) (the "Company"), a self-advised real estate investment trust that owns and operates multi-family residential properties and commercial office, medical, industrial and retail properties located primarily in the upper Midwest, today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of the Company ("Common Shares"). The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 Common Shares at the public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its first quarter 2013 financial results on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 after the financial markets close.

MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) announced that Pilar Gomez-Bravo has been named a portfolio manager of MFS® Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE: MMT), a closed end fund, effective April 1, 2013.

ATLANTA , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE MKT: APTS), or the Company, today announced that on March 28, 2013 it closed on a mezzanine loan investment of up to approximately $12.7 million to Lely Apartments, LLC (" Aster Lely "), a Georgia limited liability company, in connection with Aster Lely's plans to construct a 308-unit multifamily community in Naples, Florida , which is part of the South Florida market.

Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ACMP) has scheduled its 2013 first quarter financial results to be released after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

INDIANAPOLIS , April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) announced today that financial and operational results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 , will be released before the market opens on April 26 , 2013.

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DEVENS, Mass., April 1, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMSC (Nasdaq:AMSC) , a global solutions provider serving the wind and power grid industry, today updated its guidance for the fourth fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2013.

Full Circle Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:FULL) announced the closing of two senior secured credit facilities representing a total of $10.4 million of commitments.

--Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors traveling to Arkansas nuclear plant --A plant accident Sunday left one worker dead and eight injured --Plant operator Entergy is still investigating the cause of the accident (Adds identity of the deceased plant worker in the sixth paragraph and Entergy spokesman comments in the fourth and eighth paragraphs.) By Cassandra Sweet Federal inspectors were on their way Monday to an Arkansas nuclear power plant to examine the circumstances of an accident that left one plant worker dead and eight injured and prompted a reactor to shut down.

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KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) announced today it will host a conference call to discuss its 2013 first quarter financial results on Friday, April 26, 2013, at 8:00 AM Central Time (9:00 AM Eastern Time). The company plans to issue its earnings release for the first quarter of 2013 after the close of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 25, 2013, in advance of the call.

Fans of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Bulls who will cheer the teams’ annual and environmentally friendly “Go-Green” games tonight and Friday can make every day Earth Day by promoting energy efficiency .