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LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PICO Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PICO) reported shareholders' equity of $570.4 million ($25.24 per share) at September 30, 2009, compared to $563.2 million ($24.93 per share) at June 30, 2009, and $477.7 million ($25.36 per share) at December 31, 2008. Reported book value per share increased by $0.31, or 1.2%, during the third quarter of 2009, and declined by $0.12, or 0.5%, over the first nine months of 2009. Commenting on the year to date, PICO's President and Chief Executive Officer, John Hart, said: "At September 30, 2009, the PICO parent company and our non-insurance subsidiaries had $158 million in cash and liquid short-term investments available for asset purchases and acquisitions. "In 2008 and 2009 so far, our largest use of capital has been the investment of more than $68 million by Union Community Partners acquiring residential lots in the Central Valley and Central Coast ...

Combination of Award-Winning Process and World-Class Online Platform Positioned to Deliver Sustainable, Profitable Innovation ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Path Forward International, creators of award-winning "Get IT" methodology, today announced their partnership with the leader in enterprise-level social productivity software, Spigit. Spigit's innovation management platform enables idea contribution, visibility and evaluation using social networking concepts such as reputation management, and awards in an easy-to-use and flexible environment. "Having proven our 3-phase ...

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-- EQT V acquires 100% of Eurocom from Warburg Pincus -- EQT V acquires 70% of CableTel from Gene Phillips -- CableTel's other shareholder Ron Finley will remain minority shareholder by rolling over his 30% shareholding in CableTel into the merged company and investing further equity -- Eurocom and CableTel merge to form Bulgaria's largest cable TV operator -- Merged company plans network investments and new products in digital TV, broadband and telephony STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The total enterprise value of the two transactions amounts to more than EUR 200 million ...

DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLDR), a leading supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction in the United States, today announced a $205 million common stock rights offering and debt exchange for its outstanding Second Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012 (the "2012 notes"). The Company expects to raise up to $205 million of new equity capital by way of a rights offering to its stockholders to purchase common stock at a subscription price of $3.50 per share. The Company intends to use $75 million of the proceeds of the rights offering for general corporate purposes and to use any incremental proceeds to repurchase a portion of its 2012 notes. Holders of the 2012 notes will exchange, at par, their 2012 notes for cash, new notes with an interest rate of LIBOR (subject to a 3.0% floor) ...