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BURLINGTON, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, consumers are making smarter buying decisions and tightening their budgets. The National Retail Federation reported that price will play the biggest role in buying decisions this year and that the average person will spend $466.13 on gifts for the entire family(1). At Burlington Coat Factory, shoppers can expect to get an even better deal with gifts for everyone on their list at $100 or less. "Holiday shopping will be even more challenging this year," said Jason Somerfeld, VP of Fashion and Branding, Burlington Coat Factory. "With our everyday ...

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Capital Ltd. (or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ACAS) announced today information regarding its $73 million of total net realized portfolio gains from third quarter 2008 exits, exclusive of realized gains or losses from interest rate derivatives, taxes on realized gains and foreign currency transactions. During the third quarter of 2008, American Capital received $0.5 billion of proceeds from the exits of portfolio investments. The following is a summary of the third quarter 2008 exit proceeds, net realized gains (losses) and cumulative compounded annual rate of returns ("IRR") (in millions): Company Name Total Q3 Q3 Realized Gain Cumulative IRR ...

Funds to Support Clinical Trials for Tengion Neo-Bladder(TM) Franchise EAST NORRITON, Pa., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Tengion Inc., a clinical stage regenerative medicine company focused on the development of neo-organs and neo-tissues, today announced that it has completed a second closing of its Series C financing, receiving a total of approximately $21 million in additional equity capital from the company's existing institutional equity investor base along with new investor, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Tengion also announced today that Gary J. Kurtzman, M.D., Vice President and Managing Director of Safeguard Scientifics' Life Sciences Group, has joined Tengion's Board of Directors. In conjunction with the receipt of additional equity capital, Tengion successfully restructured a portion of its venture debt, which will positively contribute to its cash utilization ...

BOSTON and SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skyhook Wireless, maker of the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) and XPS 2.0 hybrid positioning system, today announced that Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), the leading wireless provider of GPS and Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology platforms, now has a license to distribute Skyhook's WPS and incorporate the technology into its gpsOne(R) positioning technology platforms. Skyhook's WPS solution will deliver Wi-Fi positioning for gpsOne and enable hybrid location positioning capabilities on select future platforms. Skyhook's WPS is a software-only system that produces accurate location information by ...

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