Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) recently acquired Timothy’s Coffees of the World, Inc., an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. The acquisition was a cash transaction of approximately $157 million. The acquisition includes the Timothy’s World Coffee brand and the wholesale business. However, the deal does not include retail operations. The retail portion of the Timothy’s business has been purchased by Bruegger’s Enterprises, Inc. and will continue to support the Timothy’s brand across Canada . The acquisition includes a five-year coffee supply agreement with Bruegger’s Canadian affiliate and management expects to expand its relationship with Bruegger’s Enterprises as it already supplies to all of GMCR’s 290 locations in the U.S. Timothy’s Coffees of the World, Inc will operate as a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary and the operations will be integrated into GMCR’s Specialty Coffee Business Unit. Timothy’s became a licensed roaster of Keurig, Incorporated, a ...

Leading gold producer, Goldcorp’s (GG) adjusted net profit in the third quarter of 2009 more than doubled to 19 cents from last year’s 9 cents on higher gold prices and lower cash costs per ounce of gold. Reported earnings were also higher than the Zacks Consensus estimate of 15 cents.  However, on a GAAP basis, net earnings dropped 62% to 16 cents from 42 cents in the previous year due to a foreign exchange loss of $28.1 million. Revenues were up 25% to $691.9 million from $552.2 million in the previous year driven by a 12% rise in average realized prices to $968 per ounce from $865 per ounce in the year-ago quarter and a 9% increase in gold sales volumes to 601,500 ounces.  Gold production increased by 11% year over year to 621,100 ounces compared with 557,400 ounces in 2008 following higher production at the Red ...

Equinix, Inc., provider of global data center services, reported yesterday that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of data center and Internet exchange services, for approximately $689 million in cash and stock. The acquisition represents a significant market expansion for Equinix and will expand the company’s market presence by adding 16 new markets across North America, including additional 34 data centers in 22 markets in the U.S. and Canada.

The combination of the two companies will further strengthen Equinix’s position in the global data center services market by extending the company’s presence to 16 new markets across North America. Equinix will integrate Switch and Data’s data center business and operations in the U.S. and Canada. It will also increase the Global presence of Equinix leaving the new combined entity with 79 data centers in 34 markets and more

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I have been talking for a time about the US Gov buying its own debt. I do not think they will stop with the QE. They cant. They cant because they will not be able to keep the lights on for one, but also because they cant allow a major financial institution to fail or we have global dominoes and a collapse of the financial system. What does that mean? Hyperinflation at some point. I sure hope you have taken measures to protect yourself. I have and sleep well at night. Hedge manager Sprott sees trouble when easing ends US government is new “dead man walking”, investor says By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) – When so-called quantitative easing by central banks ends, the world economy may slip back into trouble, Canadian hedge fund manager Eric Sprott ...

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BAC, Bank of America Corporation

BAC is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

BAC today announced a strategic alliance with Avjet Corporation, a leading aviation services provider based in Southern California, providing preferred financing terms for clients who finance their aircraft through BAC and take advantage of the business aircraft management services of Avjet.

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PSFT, Powersafe Technology Corp., PSFT.PK

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. Targets $80 Billion Market Opportunity: Launches New Initiative to Make Check Cashing Easy and Convenient

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) will build on its extensive expertise within the Payments and Transaction Industry in North America, Europe and Internationally. By identifying new technologies and trends in the changing global marketplace, Consorteum Holdings Inc. aims to increase revenues in existing markets, enter new markets, and deliver unique products and services more effectively and efficiently. Consorteum Holdings Inc. has built its reputation with one goal, “For our customers to look at us

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Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) has launched its mobile check cashing program. The introduction of this service will offer those that are currently using check cashing facilities a much more convenient way to cash their payroll checks. After two years of development with its partners, Consorteum has now proceeded to the pilot phase of its check cashing program in the Toronto, Ontario region. The first stage of the pilot implementation will be the deployment of this new service on

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AAPL, Apple Inc.

AAPL and its wholly owned subsidiaries design, manufacture, and market personal computers, portable digital music players, and mobile communication devices, and sell various related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions.

AAPL beats Wall Street’s expectations with a fiscal Q4 report on Oct. 19 that showed profits surged 47% and revenues climbed 25% on lofty Mac computer sales.

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PSFT, Powersafe Technology Corp., PSFT.PK

POWERSAFE TECHNOLOGY’s Subsidiary Amplification Technologies has just patented a revolutionary solution for low-level signal detection: multichannel Discrete Amplification (DA).

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AMLN, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

AMLN is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving lives through the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative medicines.

AMLN will webcast its Quarterly Update Conference Call for the third quarter of 2009 on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT. Daniel M. Bradbury, Amylin’s president and chief executive officer, will lead the call. On the same date post-market, Amylin will release financial results for the third quarter of 2009.

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PWRM, Power 3 Medical Products Inc, PWRM.OB

Power3 Medical Products, Inc. is a

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AMGN, Amgen Inc.

AMGN, a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of human therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology.

The Food and Drug Administration wants more information about AMGN’s osteoporosis treatment Prolia before granting marketing approval. It delays a drug seen as a potential blockbuster for the company.

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PWRM, Power 3 Medical Products Inc, PWRM.OB

Power3 Medical Products, Inc. is a leading bio-medical company engaged in the commercialization of neurodegenerative disease and cancer biomarkers, pathways, and mechanisms of diseases through the development of

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