Putnam Investments

MARIETTA, Ohio, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: PEBO) today declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share payable January 4, 2010, to common shareholders of record on December 15, 2009. The fourth quarter dividend represents a payout of approximately ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Trustees of The Putnam Funds declare the following distributions today. RECORD PAYMENT FUND NAME AND DISTRIBUTIONS DATE DATE Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund - Class B Shares (PHYBX) $0.0320 per share investment income ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Trustees of The Putnam Funds declare the following distributions today. RECORD PAYMENT FUND NAME AND DISTRIBUTIONS DATE DATE Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund - Class B Shares (PHYBX) $0.0320 per share investment income ...

LEESBURG, Va., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert®, LLC, maker of RainedOut, the first text message service for sports leagues and clubs, today announced that more than 50 speedways across America are using RainedOut to stay in touch with auto racing fans, drivers and staff. Thompson International Speedway's Director of Operations, Russ Dowd, said, "It's very difficult when you have an outside venue and people are traveling long distances to participate either as a competitor or a fan. If a decision is made to cancel an event due to weather, we want to be able to get that information to them as quickly as possible. "RainedOut is extremely easy, convenient and it's a great service. For those speedways that are not using RainedOut, I would highly recommend that they give it favorable consideration. It's a wonderful service for the speedway to be able to communicate very, very quickly with their fans and competitors. "I ...

SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/19/09 -- American Technology Corporation (ATC) (NASDAQ: ATCO), the innovator and distributor of the Long Range Acoustic Device(TM) (LRAD®) product line, announced today that the M/V Maersk Alabama deployed its complement of LRAD-X® acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) in concert with other defensive measures to successfully deter a pirate attack off the northeast coast of Somalia yesterday. "Due to Maersk Alabama following maritime industry's best [anti-piracy] practices such as embarking security teams, the ship was able to prevent being successfully attacked by pirates," said Navy Vice Admiral William E. Gortney, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet. "This is a great example of how merchant mariners can take proactive action to prevent being attacked, and why we recommend that ships follow industry best practices if they're in high-risk areas." Captain Richard Phillips called for ...