First graph of release should read: HSBC Finance Corporation announced today that its board of directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s Series B preferred stock of $0.3975 per depositary share payable March 16, 2009, to shareholders of record on March 3, 2009 (sted… to shareholders of record on February 28, 2009).
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FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems,announced that Millburn Ridgefield Corporation has deployed FlexFUTURES, its state-of-the-art futures trading solution.
“We’re very pleased that Millburn Ridgefield has chosen FlexFutures as its algorithmic execution platform,” said Vijay Kedia, president and CEO of FlexTrade. “As today’s listed-derivatives markets become more automated, it’s critical for asset [...]

WebFinancial Corporation announced that it has completed through a merger transaction its conversion into a publicly traded limited partnership. Additionally, WebFinancial L.P., the successor to WebFinancial Corporation, today announced the completion of an exchange agreement (the “Exchange”) under which Steel Partners II Master Fund L.P. will transfer effective January 1, 2009 to WebFinancial L.P. its [...]

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and its insurance subsidiary, Univest Insurance, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Liberty Benefits, Inc., a full service employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm specializing in comprehensive employee benefits packages for businesses with 2 – 500 employees. The acquisition, completed on December 29, 2008, expands Univest’s growing insurance business and [...]

United American Healthcare Corporation, which owns and provides comprehensive healthcare management services to a managed care organization in Tennessee, today issued the following statement regarding a legal motion filed today in Wayne County Circuit Court regarding the Company’s planned stock repurchase program:
As a matter of corporate policy, United American Healthcare Corporation does not address the [...]

Quotit® Corporation, a division of The Word & Brown Companies, announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Custom Development Solutions, recognizing the company’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Quotit has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Gold [...]

Manulife Financial Corporation (”MFC”), and its subsidiaries, John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. (”JHFS”) and John Hancock Canadian Corporation (”JHCC”), jointly announced today that noteholders of JHCC have approved certain amendments to the trust indenture governing JHCC’s 6.672% Senior Unsecured Notes due May 31, 2011 and to the trust indenture governing JHCC’s 6.496% Senior Unsecured Notes [...]

Merrill Corporation, a leading global provider of technology-enabled services for the legal, financial, health care, real estate and other corporate markets, today announced that its electronic data discovery (EDD) solution, including consulting, forensics investigation, data acquisition, processing and Merrill’s Lextranet® case management and review tool, earned a top-tier position in the Am Law 13th Annual [...]

Insurers Administrative Corporation, IAC (www.iacusa.com), and TelaDoc Medical Services (www.teladoc.com) jointly announced today that IAC will distribute TelaDoc’s comprehensive telehealth tools and physician or patient-selected cross-coverage programs. IAC, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a member of the IHC Group (www.ihcgroup.com), an organization of insurance carriers, managing general underwriters, third-party administrators and marketing affiliates that have [...]

Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC) and parent company FGIC Corporation today announced that John S. Dubel is expected to be appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the next meeting of the Board of Directors, replacing Frank J. Bivona whose contract is expiring at the end of the year. Mr. Bivona has been CEO since December [...]