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BOCA RATON, FL–(Marketwire – May 16, 2011) – Netco Investments, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NCVT) proudly announces today that the Company has acquired 24.5% of Merrimac Securities Corp. Inc. in an all stock transaction valued at 4.18%* of NCVT (*fully diluted).
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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – April 15, 2011) - BAM Investments Corp. (the Company) (TSX VENTURE:BNB) today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Obama called for Democrats and Republicans to come together on a budget that cuts wasteful spending without sacrificing job-creating investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure.  Noting that his administration has already proposed specific cuts that meet congressional Republicans halfway, he said that he is prepared to do more and that the job can only be finished by working out the differences and finding common ground. 

The audio and video of the address will be available online at www.whitehouse.gov at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, March 5, 2011.

Remarks of President Barack Obama
As Prepared for Delivery
Miami, Florida
March 5, 2011

I’m talking with you from Miami, Florida, where I’m visiting Miami Central High School, a school that’s turning itself around on behalf of its kids.  And I came here with Jeb Bush, former governor of this state, because he and I share the view that education isn’t a partisan issue – it’s an American issue.

But in a larger sense, this is a moment when we’ve all got to do what the students and teachers are doing here.  We’ve got to step up our game.

Our top priority right now has to be creating new jobs and opportunities in a fiercely competitive world.  And this week, we received very good news on that front.  We learned that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two years as our economy added another 222,000 private sector jobs last month. 

Now, we have a lot more work to do, not just for the Americans who still don’t have a job, but for the millions more who still don’t have the right job or all the work they need to live out the American Dream.  But the progress we’re seeing says something about the determination and ingenuity of our people and our businesses.  What’s also helping to fuel this economic growth are the tax cuts that Democrats and Republicans came together to pass in December and I signed into law – tax cuts that are already making Americans’ paychecks bigger and allowing businesses to write off their investments, freeing up more money for job creation.

Just as both parties cooperated on tax relief that is now fueling job growth, we need to come together around a budget that cuts spending without slowing our economic momentum.  We need a government that lives within its means without sacrificing job-creating investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure. 

The budget I sent to Congress makes these investments, but it also includes a 5-year spending freeze, and it will reduce our deficits by trillion over the next decade.  In fact, the cuts I’ve proposed would bring annual domestic spending to its lowest share of the economy under any president in more than 50 years.

Over the last few weeks, Members of Congress have been debating their own proposals.  And I was pleased that Democrats and Republicans in Congress came together a few days ago and passed a plan to cut spending and keep the government running for two more weeks.  Still, we can’t do business two weeks at a time.  It’s not responsible, and it threatens the progress our economy has been making.  We’ve got to keep that momentum going.

We need to come together, Democrats and Republicans, around a long-term budget that sacrifices wasteful spending without sacrificing the job-creating investments in our future.  My administration has already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional Republicans halfway.  And I’m prepared to do more. But we’ll only finish the job together – by sitting at the same table, working out our differences, and finding common ground.  That’s why I’ve asked Vice President Biden and members of my Administration to meet with leaders of Congress going forward. 

Getting our fiscal house in order can’t just be something we use as cover to do away with things we dislike politically.  And it can’t just be about how much we cut.  It’s got to be about how we cut and how we invest.  We’ve got to be smart about it.  Because if we cut back on the kids I’ve met here and their education, for example, we’d be risking the future of an entire generation of Americans.  And there’s nothing responsible about that.

We’ve got to come together to put America back on a fiscally sustainable course – and make sure that when it comes to the economy of the 21st century, our children and our country are better-prepared than anyone else in the world to take it on.  Our future depends on it.  That’s not a Democratic or a Republican challenge – that’s an American challenge.  And I’m confident it’s one we’ll meet.  Thanks for listening.

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WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Obama said that he expects Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to find common ground as Congress focuses on a short term budget next week.  The President will consider any serious ideas to reduce the deficit, regardless of which party proposes them.  In fact, the President has already proposed freezing domestic spending, which would cut the deficit by 0 billion and bring this kind of spending to the lowest level, as a percentage of our economy, since the Eisenhower administration.  But, cutting investments in education and innovation would hinder our ability to out-compete the rest of the world.  While the President recognizes that everyone needs to be willing to sacrifice, we cannot sacrifice our country’s ability to win the future.

The audio and video of the address will be available online at www.whitehouse.gov at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, February 26, 2011.

Remarks of President Barack Obama
As Prepared for Delivery
February 26, 2011
Washington, DC

Over the last month, I’ve been traveling the country, talking to Americans about how we can out-educate, out-innovate, and out-build the rest of the world. Doing that will require a government that lives within its means, and cuts whatever spending we can afford to do without.  But it will also require investing in our nation’s future – training and educating our workers; increasing our commitment to research and technology; building new roads and bridges, high-speed rail and high-speed internet.
 
In cities and towns throughout America, I’ve seen the benefits of these investments.  The schools and colleges of Oregon are providing Intel – the state’s largest private employer – with a steady stream of highly-educated workers and engineers.  At Parkville Middle School outside of Baltimore, engineering is the most popular subject, thanks to outstanding teachers who are inspiring students to focus on their math and science skills.
 
In Wisconsin, a company called Orion is putting hundreds of people to work manufacturing energy-efficient lights in a once-shuttered plant.  And in the small community of Marquette, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, widely accessible high-speed internet has allowed students and entrepreneurs to connect to the global economy.  One small business, a third-generation, family-owned clothing shop called Getz’s is now selling their products online, which has helped them double their workforce and make them one of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing companies in a recent listing.
 
Each of these places reminds us that investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure are an essential down payment on our future. But they also remind us that the only way we can afford these investments is by getting our fiscal house in order.  Just like any family, we have to live within our means to make room for things we absolutely need.
 
That’s why I’ve called for a freeze on annual domestic spending over the next five years – a freeze that would cut the deficit by more than 0 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President. Just to be clear, that’s lower than it was under the past three administrations, and lower than it was under Ronald Reagan.
 
Now, putting this budget freeze in place will require tough choices. That’s why I’ve frozen salaries for hardworking civil servants for three years, and proposed cutting programs I care about deeply, like community action programs in low-income neighborhoods. I’m not taking these steps lightly – but I’m taking them because our economic future demands it.
 
Still, a freeze in annual domestic spending is just a start. If we’re serious about tackling our long-run fiscal challenges, we also need to cut excessive spending wherever we find it – in defense spending, spending in Medicare and Medicaid, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes.
 
I’m willing to consider any serious ideas to help us reduce the deficit – no matter what party is proposing them. But instead of cutting the investments in education and innovation we need to out-compete the rest of the world, we need a balanced approach to deficit reduction. We all need to be willing to sacrifice, but we can’t sacrifice our future.
 
Next week, Congress will focus on a short-term budget. For the sake of our people and our economy, we cannot allow gridlock to prevail. Both Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate have said they believe it’s important to keep the government running while we work together on a plan to reduce our long-term deficit.
 
Given that, I urge and expect them to find common ground so we can accelerate, not impede, economic growth. It won’t be easy. There will be plenty of debates and disagreements, and neither party will get everything it wants. Both sides will have to compromise.
 
That’s what it will take to do what’s right for our country. And I look forward to working with members of both parties to produce a responsible budget that cuts what we can’t afford, sharpens America’s competitive edge in the world, and helps us win the future. Thanks everyone, and have a nice weekend.

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BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – February 18, 2011) – Putnam Investments and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds today announced that the annual meeting of shareholders of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust will be held on May 25, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., Boston time, at the principal offices of the fund on the 8th floor of One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2011 will be entitled to be present and to vote at the meeting or any adjourned meeting. Proxy solicitation materials relating to the matters to be considered at the meeting are expected to be mailed to shareholders in the coming weeks.
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This Friday, the President will travel to Hillsboro, Oregon and visit Intel Corporation where he will tour the world’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility with Intel CEO Paul Otellini. The President will also learn more about Intel’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education programs and Intel’s efforts to better prepare people to compete for high-tech jobs and be the minds behind the next great inventions.  He will then make remarks about the importance of out-educating the competition in order to win the future.  As he laid out in his State of the Union address and in the Fiscal Year 2012 budget released this week, President Obama believes that in order to win the future for this generation and the next, we must win the race to educate our kids.  His plan calls for key investments in education to grow the economy and create the jobs and industries of the future by doing what America does best – investing in the creativity and imagination of our people. Intel has committed to investing more than billion in their U.S.-based manufacturing facilities to support future technology advancements in Arizona and Oregon, creating more than 6,000 construction jobs and more than 800 permanent high-tech jobs. The President’s remarks will also be streamed live at www.WhiteHouse.gov/Live.
 
The Administration has made important strides in achieving President Obama’s goal of challenging the status quo in education and driving forward reform in our nation’s schools. Today’s economy demands a workforce that is smart, skilled, creative and equipped for success in a global marketplace. Building on the success of Race to the Top, he is calling on Congress to re-define and right-size the federal role in education, by replacing No Child Left Behind with a new law that raises expectations, challenges failure, rewards success, and provides greater flexibility for schools to innovate and improve results for their students. The President is also pledging to prepare an additional 100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math teachers by the end of the decade. To help restore America’s global leadership in higher education, the President will continue efforts to strengthen the Pell Grant program and is calling on Congress to make permanent his American Opportunity Tax Credit, worth ,000 for four years of college.
 
Companies like Intel are helping us achieve these important education and innovation goals. They know that government and industry must work together so that America can out-educate, out-build, and out-innovate the rest of world.   Over the past decade, Intel and the Intel Foundation have invested more than billion toward improving education.  In 2010, in conjunction with President Obama’s Educate to Innovate campaign, Intel announced a 10-year, 0 million commitment to advance education in math and science in the U.S. Intel is also one of four founding companies of Change the Equation, a CEO-led initiative designed to answer the president’s call to move the U.S. to the top in science and math education over the next decade.

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CARLSBAD, CA–(Marketwire – February 1, 2011) –  Strategic Global Investments, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: STBV) acquired controlling interest in Wazuu, Inc., a Florida corporation and the owner of the social media website www.WaZuu.com as well as other social media websites, in an all stock transaction for an undisclosed number of shares of STBV common stock.
Marketwire – Mergers and Acquisitions

AMSTERDAM and NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — VimpelCom Ltd. (“VimpelCom” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VIP) announced today that VimpelCom’s Supervisory Board gave its final approval for the proposed combination of VimpelCom and WIND TELECOM S.p.A. (“Wind Telecom”, formerly Weather Investments S
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NEWPORT BEACH, CA–(Marketwire – January 7, 2011) – Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NHP) announced today that it completed 4 million of investments for the year ended December 31, 2010 at a blended initial yield of 8.7%. For the fourth quarter of 2010, the company completed 8 million of investments at a blended yield of 9.1%. The following is a summary of the company’s 2010 investment activities:
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