Latest U.S. Equity News http://www.usequitynews.com/index.php en-us info@usequitynews.com admin@usequitynews.com http://www.usequitynews.com/news/herbalife-ceo-honored-by-a.html Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) Chairman and CEO Michael O. Johnson was honored tonight by A Place Called Home, a non profit youth center providing at-risk youth with educational enrichment opportunities, at its 15th "Gala for the Children." The event, held at the Beverly Hilton, also honored Adam Fogelson, U... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/cme-group-to-list-hardwood.html CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced today that hardwood pulp index futures and options on futures will be listed exclusively on CME Globex(R), the exchange's electronic trading platform, scheduled to begin tradin... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/collexis-named-one-of-the.html COLUMBIA, South Carolina, December 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Collexis Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of semantic search and knowledge discovery software, announced today that it has been named by EContent magazine as one of the 100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industr... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/new-no-hassle-rewards-card.html MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced the launch of a new No Hassle Rewards Card that offers double miles and maximum travel flexibility. Cardholders earn two miles for each dollar of monthly spending above $1,000 and one mile per dollar spent ... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/omagine-inc-corporate-update.html NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a continuing effort to keep its shareholders and the investment community fully informed, Omagine, Inc. (OTCBB: OMAG) (the ``Company'') is providing the following update information regarding the status of its proposed Omagine Project in Oman: The Omagi... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/banner-corporation-announces.html WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 26, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Banner Corporation (Nasdaq: BANR), the parent company of Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, today announced that it is promoting three experienced officers within the organization. Cynthia Purcell, who is an Executive Vice President, has been named ... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/provident-new-york-breaks.html Provident New York Bancorp (PBNY) traded up nearly 6% to breach its short-term resistance of $11.92 on Wednesday. The company is a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong buy) stock. PBNY Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/first-niagara-receives-184m.html First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. has received the $184 million it was expecting from the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program. The Treasury Department purchased 184,011 shares of newly issued, non-voting senior preferred stock in the Lockport, N.Y., company, with an initial annual dividend of... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/biotech-vc-funding-faces.html You don't hear much about funding of young biotech companies these days. No wonder, given the state of the economy.The situation for venture capital is uncertain but so far sound, says David Collier, a medical doctor and managing director of CMEA Ventures who focuses on life sciences. Today, caution... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/jp-morgan-is-top-rated-in.html NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.P. Morgan was ranked as a top provider of private equity fund administration, according to a key industry survey by Global Custodian magazine.J.P. Morgan received best-in-class recognition across 43 service categories, securing more top ratings than any other administr... 1228235400 http://www.usequitynews.com/news/topwrap-5-europe-looks-to.html * U.S., European stocks rebound, Asian stocks tumble (For full coverage of the financial crisis [nCRISIS]) NEW YORK/BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. automakers rushed to submit restructuring plans to secure government aid on Tuesday while European ministers and Japan took steps to pump credit into t... 1228235400