Articles From: Sonoco Releases 2012 Annual Report to Shareholders to SunOpta Announces Further Expansion of Value-Added Aseptic Processing and Packaging Capabilities

Company's Annual Meeting to be Held April 17, 2013 HARTSVILLE, S.C. , March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoco (NYSE:SON) , one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that its 2012 Annual Report to Shareholders is now available on the Company's website at http://www.sonoco.com , in the "Investor Relations" section.

Sonoco Releases 2012 Annual Report to Shareholders Canada NewsWire Company's Annual Meeting to be Held April 17, 2013 HARTSVILLE, S.C., March 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Sonoco (NYSE:SON) , one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that its 2012 Annual Report to Shareholders is now available on the Company's website at http://www.sonoco.com , in the "Investor Relations" section.

BEDFORD, Mass., March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SoundBite Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:SDBT) , a leading provider of customer experience management solutions, will be speaking and exhibiting at the sixth annual Loyalty Expo, hosted by Loyalty360, March 20-22.

A new technical evaluation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 2 demonstrates that the Unit 2 steam generators could be operated safely at 100 percent power and reinforces Southern California Edison’s (SCE) more conservative plan to begin operating Unit 2 at 70 percent power for five months.

ATLANTA , March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Thomas A.

Southwest and AirTran Finish Connecting Their Networks DALLAS , March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced today that it has successfully completed the connection between the Southwest and AirTran networks.

PharmaMar , a Spanish biopharmaceutical company, has selected Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO) for its industry-leading electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management (CDM), safety data capture and reporting, and medical coding solutions.

Expanded Foundry Agreement Builds Upon Successful 65nm and 45nm Collaboration SUNNYVALE, Calif.

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Spectral Diagnostics increases offering to $5.6 million Canada NewsWire TORONTO , March 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Spectral Diagnostics Inc. (TSX: SDI) (OTC QX: DIAGF) (" Spectral ", or the " Company ") today announced that it has increased the size of its previously announced private placement to an aggregate $5.6 million , comprised of a total of 18,666,667 common shares in the capital of the Company (" Common Shares "), at a price of $0.30 per Common Share (the " Private Placement "). In addition to the previously announced 16,666,667 Common Shares to be sold to Toray Industries, Inc. (" Toray ") at a price of $0.30 per Common Share for $5 million from Toray, the Company has agreed to sell a further 2,000,000 Common Shares to other subscribers at a price of $0.30 per Common Share, for additional proceeds of $600,000 .

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGS: SPPI), a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in hematology and oncology, today announced the appointment of Lee F.

Spirent Communications , the leader in testing networks, devices and services, today announced that its test solution was used in a recent EANTC interoperability event.

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) , the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence, today announced Splunk® DB Connect.

Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the addition of an intrinsically-safe push-to-talk device --

Sprint (NYSE: S) will be honored as the Marketplace winner at the Seventh Annual U.S. Disability Matters Awards Banquet and Conference, one of the most important Corporate Awards Conferences in the U.S., for delivering innovative accessibility solutions that empower people with disabilities.

Global consulting and analyst firm Frost & Sullivan has awarded Sprint [NYSE:S] its 2013 North American Award for Green Excellence .

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StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (“StanCorp”) (NYSE:SFG) today announced that Floyd Chadee, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the J.P. Morgan 2013 Insurance Conference at approximately 3:15 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, March 21, 2013.

Staples®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) announced today the expansion of the Martha Stewart Home Office® with Avery™ line available exclusively at Staples.

Announces Filing of Preliminary Proxy Materials for Election of Directors at Tessera's 2013 Annual Meeting Believes Change in Majority of Board Required Company Proposal to Add Only Two New Directors Inadequate and Entirely Unacceptable Expresses Confidence that Starboard Director Nominees Will be Able to Evaluate and Execute on Initiatives to Unlock Value at the Company NEW YORK , March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Starboard Value LP (together with its affiliates, "Starboard"), one the largest shareholders of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) ("Tessera" or the "Company") with approximately 7.6% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, announced today that it has delivered an open letter to the shareholders of Tessera, the full text of which is included below: March 18, 2013 Open Letter to Shareholders of Tessera Technologies, Inc. Dear Fellow Shareholders: Starboard Value LP, together with its affiliates ("Starboard"),

Believes that a Change in a Significant Portion of the Office Depot Board is Required Now to Improve Operational Performance on a Stand-Alone Basis and Oversee Integration with OfficeMax if Merger is Approved States that New and Improved Board Should Help Select Future CEO and Be Eligible to Serve on Combined Office Depot / OfficeMax Board NEW YORK , March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --   Starboard Value LP (together with its affiliates, "Starboard"), the largest common shareholder of Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP ) ("Office Depot" or the "Company"), with a 14.8% ownership stake, announced today that it has delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of Office Depot (the "Board").  In the letter, Starboard stated its belief that the Board must be significantly reconstituted now, whether Office Depot continues as a stand-alone company or as a merged company with OfficeMax Incorporated ("OfficeMax").  Starboard explained that a new and improved Board is needed to:

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® (NYSE:HOT) today announced that its leading-edge Aloft brand has debuted in Cupertino, California.

Smiths Detection’s HI-SCAN 6040i and 5030si advanced X-ray scanners have been purchased by the New York State Supreme Court to strengthen security at 19 of its facilities throughout the state.

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Step-out Exploration Results Enhance Prospects for Another Discovery at Wa Gold Project Canada NewsWire ASX Code -AZM TSX Code- AZR TORONTO , March 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Highlights: 4m @ 3.38g/t Au from 28m (JORC016) intersected 150m northwest of main Josephine North workings First-pass drill test of 'blind' Yiziri geochemical target returns 4m @ 1.05g/t Au from 60m (BNRD031) - 3km north of the Bepkong deposit RC drilling at Basabli returns good intercepts.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) (“Sterling” or “the Company”) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

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SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) and VISA Steel Limited (BSE: 532721 and NSE: VISASTEEL) announced today the official launch of their cokemaking joint venture in India.

TORONTO, March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SunOpta Inc. ("SunOpta" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:STKL) (TSX:SOY), a leading global company focused on natural and organic foods, today provided an update on the the expansion of processing and packaging capabilities at the Grains and Foods Group's aseptic processing and packaging operations in Modesto, California and Alexandria, Minnesota.