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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock indexes on Friday finished the S&P 500 index's worst week this year after the government reported far few Americans found jobs last month than analysts had estimated.

MINOT, N.D., April 5, 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 completion of an underwritten public offering of 6,013,300 common shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, including 263,300 shares issued pursuant to the underwriters' over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $9.25 per share, for net proceeds of approximately $53.0 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering-related costs.

Envestnet (NYSE: ENV) , a leading provider of unified wealth management technology and services to investment advisors, today reported that it has delayed the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 beyond the April 2, 2013 extended filing due date.

Today, Neustar, Inc. (NYSE:NSR) submitted its proposal in response to the North American Portability Management LLC’s Request for Proposal (RFP) for local number portability administration in the United States.

ISELIN, N.J. , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Maidenform Brands, Inc. (NYSE: MFB) , a global branded marketer of intimate apparel, today announced that the Company will participate in TAG's 5th Annual Spring Consumer Conference in New York City on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 .

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Southfield, Michigan, April 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Credit Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ: CACC) (referred to as the "Company", "Credit Acceptance", "we", "our", or "us") announced today we extended the date on which our $75.0 million revolving secured warehouse facility will cease to revolve from February 19, 2014 to April 5, 2016.

MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) announced the Trust distribution of net profits for the first quarterly payment period ended March 31, 2013.

CCPT III Special Committee's Refusal to Discuss ARCP's Compelling Proposal, and Decision in Favor of Cole Holdings, Demonstrates a Blatant Disregard for Industry Best Practices, is Flawed and Highly Suspect Based on their Continued Refusal to Discuss ARCP's Compelling Proposal ARCP Encourages the CCPT III Special Committee to Engage in a Constructive Negotiation and Give CCPT III Stockholders a Vote - It's Their Company - at their June 19th Stockholders' Meeting NEW YORK , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCP) ("ARCP") announced today its continued willingness to consider all options to acquire Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc. ("CCPT III"). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120529/NY15147LOGO ) American Realty Capital Properties Willing to Consider All Options to Acquire CCPT III: The Board of ARCP has indicated they will consider all options to acquire CCPT III, but only subject to

BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) earlier this week again notified the South Coast Air Quality Management District in California of its plan to extend the period of planned flaring at its oil refinery in Carson, Calif.

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The French government has asked some of the country's largest banks to invest in the planned spinoff of European stock markets operated by NYSE Euronext (NYX), said people with direct knowledge of the matter.

RENTON, Wash., April 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Financial Northwest, Inc. ("Company") (Nasdaq:FFNW) , the holding company for First Savings Bank Northwest ("Bank"), today announced the termination of the Bank's Memorandum of Understanding dated March 27, 2012, by and between the Bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") and the Washington Department of Financial Institutions ("DFI"). The Company also announced that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Federal Reserve") had lifted two conditions of the Company's Memorandum of Understanding ("Company MOU") dated April 10, 2010, by and between the Company and its former regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS"), which is now enforced by the Federal Reserve as the successor to the OTS.

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A federal judge denied BP PLC's (BP) plea to halt payments from a settlement fund set up to reimburse businesses and individuals for losses from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident.

OAKVILLE, ON , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -  Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

April 30, 2013 at 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time NEW YORK , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) announced today that it plans to hold a conference call on April 30, 2013 at 4:30 P.M. Eastern time to discuss the company's first quarter 2013 financial results.

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Investors should strongly consider cutting their stock exposure this coming May Day and parking the proceeds in cash until Halloween.

NEW DELHI --Internet giant Google Inc. (GOOG) is facing a new controversy over its mapping software and services as India's police started scrutinizing whether its recent contest asking users to post local information on its map application violated local laws.

LOS ANGELES , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the 5 th Annual Telsey Advisory Group Consumer Conference at the InterContinental Hotel Times Square in New York City , NY on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time .

BALTIMORE , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced that Tammy Dupuy and David Howitt have been promoted to Assistant Vice Presidents of Programming.

Visit Coincides with Expanded Medicaid Coverage at MinuteClinic COLUMBIA, S.C. , April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- South Carolina's Director of Health and Human Services, Tony Keck , toured the MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinic earlier today inside the CVS/pharmacy store in downtown Columbia on Assembly Street.

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