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Acacia Research - Acacia Technologies (ACTG) Amerigas Partners LP (APU) Michael Baker Corp (BKR) Celadon Group Inc (CLDN) China Mass Media Corp (CMM) China Telecom Corp Ltd (CHA) City National Corp (CYN) Courier Corp (CRRC) Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment Inc (DDE) Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) EnteroMedics Inc (ETRM) Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (ETH) FelCor Lodging Trust Inc (FCH) First Defiance Financial Corp (FDEF) General Maritime Corp (GMR) Grubb & Ellis Co ...

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Evercore Partners Inc. (NYSE: EVR) announced today that Mark H. Burton has agreed to join the firm’s Advisory business as a Senior Managing Director. Mr. Burton, who will be based in New York, comes to Evercore from Barclays Capital, where he was most recently a Vice Chairman and a senior member of the Financial Institutions Group. Prior to the acquisition of the U.S. operations of Lehman Brothers, Mr. Burton was a Vice Chairman at Lehman, and was a member of the firm’s Strategic Committee, Senior Client Council and Business Development Committee. At Evercore, as with Barclays and with Lehman, Mr. Burton will provide senior-level counsel to

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Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (TNP) has entered into a 3-year profit sharing charter for the double hull suezmax tanker Arctic.

The Greek sea-based transportation provider said that the charter is expected to generate gross revenue of at least $25 million over the period.

The company also said that it has already secured minimum gross revenue of about $180 million from profit sharing charters for 2010.

Meanwhile, the consensus forecast for the company's full-year earnings has declined a penny to $1.30 per share over the past month, as 1 of 7 covering analysts lowered expectations.

TNP, a Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") stock, has slipped more than 1.5% on volume of approximately 252,000, compared to the average daily volume of about 248,000.

 

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