Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ) announced that Connect by Hertz, the global car sharing club of Hertz, has signed a three year agreement with the UK’s leading home improvement and garden centre retailer, B&Q, to bring short term, self-drive van rental to customers. After a successful 23 week pilot across seven stores, Connect by Hertz vans will be rolled out to 137 B&Q stores across the UK. A demonstration of the van hire service is available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqcy_EGHI2o.

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the car and equipment rental businesses worldwide. It operates in two segments, Car Rental and Equipment Rental. The Car Rental segment engages in the ownership and lease of cars.

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American Video Teleconferencing Corp. (AVOT)

American Video Teleconferencing Corp. believes the rare earths industry is where it wants to maintain a very strong focus and is looking to expand its holdings.

Environmental applications of REE have increased markedly over the past three decades. This trend will undoubtedly continue, given growing concerns about global warming and energy efficiency. Several REE are essential constituents of both petroleum fluid cracking catalysts and automotive pollution-control catalytic converters.

Use of Rare Earth Elements magnets reduces the weight of automobiles. Widespread adoption of new energy-efficient fluorescent lamps (using Y, La, Ce, Eu, Gd, and Tb) for institutional lighting could potentially achieve reductions in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to removing one-third of the automobiles currently on the road. Large-scale application of magnetic-refrigeration technology also could significantly reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

American Video Teleconferencing Corp. is normally known for its business and efforts of exploration in Rare Earth Elements. According to the Company, it aggressively continues to search world-wide for opportunities in Precious, Base and Rare Earths metal projects in its future strategies.
American Video Teleconferencing Corp.’s shares are publicly traded on the OTC under the ticker symbol AVOT.PK.

Many recent technological innovations already taken for granted (for example, miniaturized multi-gigabyte portable disk drives and DVD drive) would not be possible without Rare Earth Elements magnets.

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Smokefree Innotec, Inc. (SFIO)

Smokefree Innotec, Inc. is in the business of designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing hi-tech, nicotine and non-nicotine cigarette-like delivery devices which are completely smoke and vapor-free and tobacco-free. Smokefree Innotec’s products are designed to protect the non-smoker from second hand smoke and all its effects while providing the smoker a way to enjoy a smoke-free cigarette anywhere, including places where smoking tobacco or similar substances is prohibited.
Tobacco Smoking is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease, says the World Health Organization. According to their figures, it is responsible for approximately five million deaths worldwide every year. Tobacco smoking is a known or probable cause of approximately 25 diseases, and even the WHO says that its impact on world health is not fully assessed. By 2020, the WHO expects the worldwide death toll to reach 10 million, causing 17.7% of all deaths in developed countries.

Smokefree Innotec, Inc products would allow the smoker to enjoy smoking either nicotine or flavored non-nicotine cigarettes while not having to worry about the offensive dangers and ill effects of regular cigarette smoking.
Smokefree Innotec, Inc’s shares are publicly traded on the OTC under the ticker symbol SFIO.

Smokefree Innotec, Inc. is a public company, incorporated in Nevada and currently headquartered in Las Vegas and would deal with manufacturing and worldwide distribution issues. In Belgium, the Smokefree Innotec Marketing department is operated within a public corporation under Belgian law, based in Antwerp. The Belgian branch would, next to elaborating the company’s marketing, also organize European Operations like filter production, packaging and logistics. By the end of 2011 Smokefree Innotec, Inc. would also be addressing key markets in Asia: Korea and Japan.

For more information about Smokefree Innotec, Inc. visit its website www.smokefree-innotec.com

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International Paper (NYSE:IP) announced Glenn Landau has been named vice president of Investor Relations, effective May 1. Landau will report to Tim Nicholls, chief financial officer and senior vice president, and will be based in the company’s Memphis, Tenn., headquarters. “Glenn brings extensive knowledge of the company’s portfolio, performance and strategy,” Nicholls said. “His experience within the company and industry, coupled with his customer-focused approach, position Glenn to be an excellent liaison with our shareowners, further enabling them to cultivate an accurate and thorough understanding of our progress toward strengthening our global platform businesses and creating value for shareowners.”
International Paper Company operates as a paper and packaging company with operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia, and north Africa. Its Industrial Packaging segment manufactures containerboards.

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The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 67 percent increase in the second quarter dividend, from $0.15 per share to $0.25 per share. “This dividend increase clearly illustrates our Board’s commitment to increasingly reward our shareholders as we continue to grow earnings,” said Andrew N. Liveris, Dow’s chairman and chief executive officer.
The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and supply of products used primarily as raw materials in the production of customer products and services worldwide.

Hertz Global, NYSE:HTZ, International Paper, NYSE:IP, Dow Chemical, NYSE:DOW, American Video, AVOT, Smokefree Innotec, SFIO

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Orofino Gold Corp. (ORFG.PK) mission is to become a 100,000 ounce gold producer from their first mine and to replicate this on each of the current optioned properties.

The vision of Orofino Gold Corp.:

* To become a good Joint Venture Partner
* To become a premier Mid Tier precious metals mining operation in Colombia
* To fast track their first mine to commercial production.

Intrinsic, and essential, to this vision is the Company’s moral, ethical and social commitment to develop the communities related to the projects.

Orofino Gold has several Gold development properties in Colombia, a current hot spot of gold production in the world markets.

The company recently announced that the Board Of Directors have appointed Mr. Ning Shi Long as Chairman of the Board and Executive Director.

Mr. Ary Fernando Pernett Marque has been appointed as the new President/CEO & Executive Director of Orofino Gold Corp.

Orofino Gold Corp. engages in acquisition, exploration, and development of gold properties in Mexico and Colombia. The company has an option to acquire properties in the Sur de Bolivar Department of Colombia South America. Orofino Gold Corp. was formerly known as SNT Cleaning, Inc. and changed its name to Orofino Gold Corp. in December 2009. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.

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GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:GRHU), a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions and sustainable infrastructure products, has entered into a strategic partnership with ImageWare Systems, Inc. to provide sustainability and security products and services to government, military and law enforcement agencies, domestically and internationally.

ImageWare Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of identity management solutions, providing biometric, secure credential and law enforcement technologies. Scalable for worldwide deployment, the Company’s biometric product line includes a multi-biometric engine that is hardware and algorithm independent, enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. ImageWare’s identification products are used to manage and issue secure credentials including national IDs, passports, driver licenses, smart cards and access control credentials. ImageWare’s digital booking products provide law enforcement with integrated mug shot, fingerprint Livescan and investigative capabilities. ImageWare is headquartered in San Diego, with offices in Portland, OR, Washington DC and Canada.

GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. is a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions and sustainable infrastructure products. The Company designs, engineers and installs disparate products and technologies that produce persistent technical and financial results, by enabling our clients to monitor and control their energy costs in the most efficient manner possible. Its target markets for energy efficiency solutions include residential, commercial and industrial, as well as government and military markets. In addition, the Company develops, designs and constructs rapidly deployable, sustainable infrastructure primarily for use in disaster relief and security in austere regions.

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Brinks Co. (NYSE:BCO) announced its acquisition of Threshold Financial Technologies Inc. from Versent Corporation for approximately $40 million. Based in Mississauga, Canada, Threshold is a leading provider of payments solutions, specializing in managed ATM and transaction processing services for financial institutions and retailers throughout Canada. The acquisition, which should have minimal impact on 2011 earnings, is expected to be accretive to earnings in 2012. Threshold’s annual revenue is approximately $48 million, about half of which is generated by providing outsourced ATM network administration and transaction processing solutions.

The Brink’s Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides secure transportation, cash logistics, and other security-related services to banks and financial institutions, retailers, government agencies, mints, jewelers, and other commercial operations worldwide. Its services include cash-in-transit armored car transportation; automated teller machine services.

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The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) announced a price increase for all polymer dispersion and additives sold to the architectural coatings, industrial coatings and traffic paint industries, effective January 10, 2011 or as contract terms allow. Acrylic and styrene based products, including pure acrylic, styrenated and styrene-acrylic emulsions will be increased in Europe by 100 Eur/MT and in Middle East, Turkey and Africa by 130 US$/MT. Vinyl Acetate based products will be increased in Europe by 30 Eur/MT and in Middle East, Turkey and Africa by 40 US$/MT. These increases are necessitated by the continued cost escalation of key raw materials used to manufacture these products, combined with tightening supply conditions.

The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other products and services worldwide. The company’s Electronic and Specialty Materials segment offers materials for chemical mechanical planarization pads and slurries, chemical processing and intermediates, connectors and industrial finishing, and water purification.

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Arthur J Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) announced the acquisition of Tribeca Strategic Advisors, LLC (”Tribeca”) located in Mesa, Arizona. Terms of this transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1999, Tribeca is an alternative risk and captive consulting and management company providing captive management services to their small and middle-market, group and association clients throughout the United States. They specialize in the design, implementation, licensure and management of captive insurance companies.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and its subsidiaries provide insurance brokerage and risk management services to various commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental organizations. It operates in three segments: Brokerage, Risk Management, and Financial Services.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE.OB) has received 500,000 shares of 144 stock in Orofino Gold Corp. (PINK SHEETS: ORFG) valued at sixty five thousand dollars, and 500,000 shares of free trading shares valued at sixty five thousand dollars from a third party (QU CUI You) for 30 days advertising .

Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE.OB) has received ten thousand dollars in cash and anticipates another ten thousand dollars in cash from the company for 60 days of advertisement services for Green House Holdings, Inc. (GRHU). In addition to the cash, Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE.OB) also anticipates receiving 20,000 shares of 144 restricted stocks from a third party.

Vale (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) decreased 3.00% to close at $31.70. VALE traded 21.92 million shares for the day and its earning per share remained $2.55. Vale S.A. is a metals and mining company. The Company is also a producer of iron ore and iron ore pellets. It also produces manganese ore, ferroalloys, bauxite, alumina and kaolin. It also produce aluminum, copper, coal, potash, cobalt, platinum group metals (PGMs) and other products. The Company operates large logistics systems in Brazil, including railroads, maritime terminals and a port, which are integrated with its mining operations. Directly and through affiliates and joint ventures, it has investments in the energy and steel businesses.

Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE:SLW) decreased 1.69% to close at $35.52. SLW traded 11.26 million shares for the day and its earning per share remained $0.63. Silver Wheaton Corp. (Silver Wheaton) is a mining company, which generates its revenue primarily from the sale of silver. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had entered into 13 long-term silver purchase agreements and two long-term precious metal purchase agreements. The Company has nine business segments: the silver produced by the Luismin, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Penasquito, Cozamin, Barrick and Other mines, the silver and gold produced by the Minto mine and corporate operations. Its 100% wholly owned subsidiaries include Silver Wheaton (Caymans) Ltd.

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) decreased 2.16% to close at $30.82. DOW traded 7.08 million shares for the day and its earning per share remained $1.43. The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural and services, and other specialized products and services. It delivers a range of products and services to customers in approximately 160 countries to growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. The Company is also engaged in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business primarily through its Liana Limited subsidiaries. In May 2010, OMNOVA Solutions Inc.

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NuEarth Corporation (Pink Sheets:NUEC.pk), a manufacturer and marketer of “Clean & Green” products and technology, recently reported the signing of a multi-year agreement with Cheforfield Distribution Ltd (”Cheforfield”) of Manchester, England UK to distribute primarily the AquaSolv and AB Tech product lines over the life of the deal.

As a part of the agreement, NuEarth will provide Cheforfield with a supply of products on consignment for the first 6 months of the agreement and Cheforfield will commit to a minimum of $500,000 USD for marketing; advertising and distribution costs for the regional territory over the first 12 months of the agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Cheforfield will also be offered as part of their regional territory the Northern European area upon reaching a minimum of $11 Million USD in gross sales over a 18 month sales cycle starting after the first 6 month introductory and evaluation period of the agreement.

NuEarth and Cheforfield will cooperate on retail product certification and have agreed to work together to secure support from key regional wholesale and free trade zone services to better ramp the expansion of the product distribution in the region. Both companies will also work to ensure the continuation of NuEarth’s current regional client product demands, and look to expand customer’s choices for applications of their products.

Cheforfield Distribution Ltd is a newly formed product distribution Company, founded by Mark Cheforfield who brings more than 30 years of chemical product marketing and sales in the EU. Mr. Cheforfield is joined by his partners Jay Abujaub and Rhiad Mohamid Nygen. Their combined retail and wholesale product marketing and sales experience is 97 years in the chemical industries of the European Union.

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) subsidiary, Dow AgroSciences LLC, is acquiring the assets of the Colorado based seed company Grand Valley Hybrids. The addition of Grand Valley complements Dow AgroSciences’ Mycogen Seeds brand and its western U.S. silage business.

“Grand Valley’s strong presence in the silage market and brand recognition in the West will provide a significant opportunity to expand our silage business,” said Chris Garvey, Mycogen General Manager. “Grand Valley’s combination of outstanding customer service and commitment to innovation and quality complements our strategy to build a world-class seeds business.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Dow AgroSciences will acquire the Grand Valley sales and marketing areas, as well as the administrative services of the business. For the 2010/2011 season, Grand Valley will continue to operate under the Grand Valley brand, and customer service will remain at its existing location in Grand Junction. Grand Valley customers will gain access to Dow AgroSciences technologies including Silage-Specific BMR and TMF corn hybrids in addition to the technologies they already have access to today — SmartStax and HERCULEX Insect Protection.

Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is a top-tier agricultural company providing innovative agrochemical and biotechnology solutions globally. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, has sales of $4.5 billion.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) issued the following statement in response to Airgas, Inc.’s latest value-destructive tactics in its continuing attempts to avoid an Airgas shareholder referendum on Air Products’ offer.

“The Airgas Board is resorting to desperate last-minute gambits that should not distract the Airgas shareholders from the real choice they face at the September 15 Airgas Annual Meeting. Air Products is offering Airgas shareholders a premium of more than 50% for their shares today, and can close a deal quickly if the Airgas Board will agree to sit down and negotiate. There is no need for further delays possibly followed by a convoluted process that destroys value for the Airgas shareholders.

“Airgas shareholders should see these latest actions by the Airgas Board as part of a continuing pattern of behavior designed to avoid a sale of Airgas at any price. The statement that $65.50 is not a ’sensible starting point for negotiations’ makes clear that Airgas continues to have unreasonable and unsupportable value expectations. Airgas’ vague new promise to ‘explore alternatives to enhance stockholder value’ sometime before June 2011 — but only if Airgas shareholders do not support Air Products’ January by-law proposal — should not fool anybody. After stonewalling for nearly a year, the Airgas Board now promises to discharge its fiduciary duties only if Airgas shareholders vote their way. This latest non-binding ‘commitment’ from the incumbent Airgas Board is further evidence that Airgas needs truly independent directors who are committed to maximizing value for Airgas shareholders.

“Today’s comments by Airgas also ring hollow regarding leveraging the company to accommodate the expected severe sell-off in Airgas stock should we withdraw our offer. Only yesterday, Airgas filed a presentation to investors touting the value Airgas could supposedly create on its own by de-leveraging. The Airgas Board cannot have it both ways.

“Air Products has provided Airgas shareholders with a clear path to completing a transaction at a substantial premium with no regulatory or financing obstacles. The only remaining obstacle is the lack of engagement by the Airgas Board. Air Products asks that Airgas shareholders send a clear and unambiguous message to the Airgas Board that they want a sale to move forward now by voting for both the Air Products nominees and by-law proposals.

“Airgas shareholders should understand that if they do not elect the Air Products nominees and approve our proposals, we will conclude that shareholders are satisfied with a minimal share repurchase at an unknown price and unknown time instead of a sale of Airgas to Air Products or a third party. In that case, we will terminate our offer and move on. We are confident Airgas shareholders will make the right choice to protect the value of their investment.”

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