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Corporate Resource Services Announces Rebranding of Operating Units

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it will be consolidating and re-branding its operating units under the Corporate Resource Services name.

CRS has operated under separate brands as the larger companies it has acquired over the past four years have been established as wholly-owned subsidiaries and have retained their legacy names. Over the course of the next several months, CRS‘ subsidiaries – TS Staffing Services, Diamond Staffing Services, AccountAbilities, Corporate Resource Development and Integrated Consulting Group – will be re-branded as Corporate Resource Services. In addition, the Insurance Overload Staffing subsidiary will begin providing insurance staffing services under Corporate Resource Services Insurance Overload Staffing.

“This allows us to brand our organization as one entity and consolidates our service offerings under one brand,” said Mark Levine, Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Resource Services. “In addition, this initiative makes it clear to our customers the scale and breadth of the company they are utilizing for their staffing solutions. By consolidating to the Corporate Resource Services brand, we are able to continue to build our organization and realize greater operational efficiencies that will enhance our market presence and increase our overall profitability.”

“As CRS continues to be acquisitive and build our business, we will utilize the Corporate Resource Services platform to integrate new companies into our organization,” said John Messina, President and CEO of CRS. “This is an exciting time for Corporate Resource Services and positioning our organization as one entity will enhance our presence as a premier staffing provider in the marketplace.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size and complexity of an

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Model N Announces Date of Second Quarter Fiscal 2013 Financial Results

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Model N, Inc. (NYS: MODN) , a provider of revenue management solutions for the life science and technology industries, plans to announce financial results for the second quarter fiscal 2013 after market close on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The company also will host a conference call that day at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET to review its financial results and business outlook.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing (888) 503-8169 from the United States or (719) 325-2454 internationally with conference ID 4807849, and a live webcast of the conference call can be accessed from the investor relations page of Model N’s website at investor.modeln.com. Following the completion of the call through 11:59 p.m. ET on May 14, 2013, a recorded replay will be available on the company’s website, and a telephone replay will be available by dialing (877) 870-5176 from the United States or (858) 384-5517 internationally with recording access code 4807849.

About Model N

Model N, the leader in Revenue Management solutions, drives improved pricing, margin, and revenue performance through a powerful combination of best practices, highly configurable software applications, comprehensive services, and actionable analytics across the complete functional spectrum of pricing, contracting, rebating, sales, and marketing. Model N leverages its deep industry expertise to support the unique business needs of Life Sciences and Technology manufacturers in more than 50 countries. Global Customers include: Allergan, Amgen, Atmel, Boston Scientific, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, Linear Technology, Merck, Marvell, Maxim, Micron, Nokia, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, ON Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, and Watson Pharmaceuticals. Learn more at: http://www.modeln.com.

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Cornell University wrestler charged with rape

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A Cornell University wrestler has been charged after a woman said she woke up to find him raping her, and the woman’s partner later took a photo that led to his arrest.

Peter Mesko, of Honesdale, Pa., was charged Tuesday with first-degree rape. He was freed on $5,000 bail, to appear in court Friday. Police didn’t know if the 22-year-old had a lawyer. His phone number is unlisted and a call to his parents’ home on Thursday wasn’t answered.

The Ithaca Journal reported that court papers say the two women were sleeping early Saturday when one awoke to find a stranger on top of her. The women fought him off and ran upstairs.

Investigators say the victim’s partner went back to the bedroom and took two pictures of the man lying on the bed, which the women later used to identify Mesko by looking him up on the athletic department’s website.

Officer Jamie Williamson of Ithaca Police said Thursday that the assault took place at a residence off campus, but he declined to say whether the victim was a Cornell student.

The court document describes the women as partners and gave the following account:

The two women had gone out for drinks around 11 p.m. Friday and the alleged victim told police she had had two beers, a shot of tequila and a whiskey and Coke. The couple went to her partner’s residence at around 1 a.m., went to the partner’s bedroom and quickly fell asleep.

The partner was awakened around 1:30 a.m. by the noise of her housemates and their friends playing drinking games outside her room. She noticed some Cornell wrestlers among them when she went out to ask them to quiet down.

The other woman said she woke up at 4:45 a.m. to find a stranger raping her, and her cries awoke her partner. The partner said she recognized the man as a wrestler but didn’t know his name. The couple shoved the man off and ran from the room. The partner returned about 10 minutes later to take a photo of his face, then ran back upstairs.

The women said Mesko went upstairs where they were barricaded in another room and tried to get in, but the door was locked. About a half-hour later, the women said, they dashed downstairs, dressed and left the residence, where Mesko was asleep on a futon.

The victim went to an emergency room to have a rape kit done, then contacted police.

University officials said they couldn’t comment on the case.

According to the Cornell athletics department website, Mesko is a junior enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Last year, he took third place in the New York State Intercollegiate Tournament. He competed as a wrestler and a football fullback and linebacker at Honesdale High School.

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Pall to Open Latest Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Portsmouth (UK)

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Pall to Open Latest Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Portsmouth (UK)

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today confirmed plans for a state-of-the-art Life Sciences Centre of Excellence at its new Harbourgate site in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom (UK). The Centre of Excellence (COE), which will open in mid 2013, will offer a full suite of capabilities including cell culture, purification, analytical solutions, protein characterization and microbiological tools. This latest COE will complement recently announced Life Sciences Centres in the United States (Westborough, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California) as well as investments previously announced in China, Singapore and India.

“The announcement of Pall’s new Portsmouth Centre of Excellence provides another example of our commitment to meeting the diverse needs of our Life Sciences customers across the globe,” said Yves Baratelli, president, Pall Life Sciences. “Portsmouth represents an important Life Sciences hub for Pall. By upgrading and expanding our capabilities at the site, we are not only enhancing our ability to service our customers, but also creating a multi-disciplinary and responsive environment in which Pall scientists and engineers can thrive and innovate.”

The new Portsmouth COE will include a dedicated 4000 m² scientific area with a connected walkway to another recently opened facility that houses an additional 2000 m² for Life Sciences technical support and training, R&D engineering and product management. Manufacturing and test areas will remain at the current Walton Road site in Portsmouth.

In addition to customer service support, COE offerings will include the development, testing and validation of a wide range of products that now form part of Pall’s portfolio. There also will be an extensive range of scale-up technology on hand for applying industry-leading standards to match demands for fully representative and rapid drug development.

About Pall Life Sciences

Pall Life Sciences provides cutting-edge products and services to meet the demanding needs of customers discovering, developing and producing biotech drugs, vaccines and classic pharmaceuticals. Pall’s membranes and membrane devices optimize detection and sample preparation in the drug research, clinical diagnostics, genomics, and proteomics markets. Pall is a leading provider of separation systems and single-use filtration and purification technologies to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to support faster development of new drugs and vaccines that are safer and require less energy and water to produce. Pall technologies are also used in clinical institutions and the food and beverage industries.

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Tom Clarke Joins Corporate Resource Services' Board

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Tom Clarke Joins Corporate Resource Services’ Board

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that Thomas J. Clarke, Jr. has been appointed to its Board of Directors.

Tom Clarke has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Weiss Group, LLC, a leading provider of independent research, since July 2010. From 1999 through 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of TheStreet.com, Inc., (NAS: TST) a financial media company. From 2002 through 2008, Mr. Clarke also served as Chairman of TheStreet.com. From 1998 through 1999, he served as President of Thomson Financial Investor Relations, following the acquisition of Technimetrics, Inc. by Thomson Financial. From 1984 through 1998, Mr. Clarke served in executive positions of increasing responsibility at Technimetrics, a global information company, rising to Chief Executive Officer from 1992 through the company’s sale in 1998. From 1980 through 1984, he served as Operations Manager for McAuto Systems Group, Incorporated, a Medicaid billing processor.

Mr. Clarke currently serves on the boards of Reis, Inc. (NAS: REIS) , a provider of commercial real estate information and analysis, and LiveDeal, Inc. (NAS: LIVE) , a provider of local customer acquisition services for small businesses. He is also a mentor to students at Columbia University involved in the Executive Masters Program focusing on technology. Mr. Clarke received a bachelor of science degree in marketing from St. John’s University and a master’s degree in business administration from Hofstra University.

“We are thrilled to welcome Tom to our Board,” said John Messina, CEO of Corporate Resource Services, Inc. “His extensive experience with public companies, both as a board member and as an executive, will be an asset to our team as we continue grow our business and improve our profitability.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

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Beckman Coulter Enlists ServiceSource to Support Growth Strategy for Life Sciences Business

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ServiceSource Recurring Revenue Management Provides Beckman Coulter Life Sciences with High-Performance Approach to Drive Sustainable Service Revenue Growth

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ServiceSource® (NAS: SREV) , the global leader in recurring revenue management, today announced a multi-year agreement with the Life Sciences business of Beckman Coulter, Inc. ServiceSource will support Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in the U.S., working with the group to optimize the renewal of maintenance services business with existing customers.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences specializes in instrument systems, reagents and services that enable new discoveries in biology-based research and development. Working with ServiceSource is part of Beckman Coulter‘s aggressive growth plan, which will strengthen business operations and customer relations with life science researchers in academic and commercial laboratories throughout the world who help advance the study of complex biological problems, including the causes of disease and the development of potential new drugs and therapies.

ServiceSource will apply its high-performance renewals selling methodology and solutions to help existing Beckman Coulter Life Sciences customers benefit from the right service agreement offering and solution. Partnering with ServiceSource will ensure timely and efficient renewal of service contracts for the research centers, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals that rely on Beckman Coulter Life Sciences sample preparation and cellular analysis products.

Cloud-based data solutions and analytics from ServiceSource will provide Beckman Coulter Life Sciences with metrics and insights on service sales performance, business goal performance, pricing and marketing guidance and trending in customer behaviors. That intelligence will empower the group to achieve the sustainable service revenue growth it has identified as a priority.

“The global life sciences industry faces stiff competition that is slowing new product growth, as well as regulatory pressures,” said Mike Smerklo, ServiceSource chief executive officer and chairman of the board. “Companies like Beckman Coulter will thrive because of their focus on growing relationships with their existing customer base that in turn improves the bottom line.”

About ServiceSource

ServiceSource is the global leader in recurring revenue management. The world’s most successful companies rely on us to maximize subscription, maintenance and support revenue, improve customer retention and increase business predictability and insight. ServiceSource delivers results with Renew OnDemand, the world’s only cloud application built specifically to manage and grow recurring revenue, which can be combined with our industry-leading services.

With over a decade of experience focused exclusively in growing recurring revenue, our services and applications are based on proven best practices and …read more
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Corporate Resource Services Wins Staffing Contract for County of San Bernardino

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Corporate Resource Services Wins Staffing Contract for County of San Bernardino

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it has been awarded the contract to staff positions for the County of San Bernardino, California effective immediately.

“The County of San Bernardino is another government contract that CRS has just signed and we will continue to expand our focus in the government sector,” said John Messina, CEO of Corporate Resource Services. “Susan Kennedy, our VP of Government Services and her team are capturing new contracts on a regular basis. This is a great way for CRS to expand its higher level service offerings and generate improved profit margins for the corporation.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size and complexity of an assignment, Corporate Resource Services can create an on-site facility for recruiting, training and administration at the customers’ location. Company recruiters have the latest state of the art recruiting resources available to help customers secure the best candidates in today’s ever-changing marketplace. CRS‘s national network of recruiters has staffing experts that get excellent results by focusing within their areas of expertise.

The Company operates 207 staffing and on-site facilities in 37 states and the District of Columbia and it offers its services to a wide variety of clients in many industries, ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 1000 companies. To learn more, visit http://www.crsco.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations which may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which …read more
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Calling All Developers: Enterprises Need Your Help

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Calling All Developers: Enterprises Need Your Help


With $100,000 in prizes and the promise of incubation, the Philly Enterprise Hackathon is bringing together―for the first time in Philadelphia―the community of software developers and enterprise companies


Hacking begins April 2, 2013


Enterprises and Winners of the Hackathon will be recognized at the PACT Enterprise Awards on May 9, 2013

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Developers need customers and companies need innovation. It’s a no-brainer that these two groups should be working more closely together, but for some reason the connection has yet to be made.

The Philly Enterprise Hackathon sets out to shift this paradigm by connecting great developers with “big world” opportunities inside the enterprise—turning ideas into viable products or companies.

Hacking will begin on April 2, 2013

The Philly Enterprise Hackathon will officially kick-off in Philadelphia at the 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference on April 2, 2013. The Hackathon has two tracks:

1. Infrastructure ― Sponsored by Bentley Systems and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania‘s Delaware River Water Alliance; and

2. Life Sciences ― Sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals.

At 10:30am on April 2, Harry Vitelli, VP, Construction and Field Products from Bentley Systems, Mark Trabbold, Director of Business Development, Technology Commercialization Group from BFTP/SEP and TBA from Teva Pharmaceuticals will issue their “challenges” to developers. Developers will then have two and half weeks―with scheduled meet-ups in between with the Enterprises―to build prototypes and register their idea for consideration. Five finalists will be selected and announced during Philly Tech Week. Those finalists will present to the Enterprises at a Shark Tank on May 1st at The Hub where a winner and a runner-up will be chosen for …read more
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Corporate Resource Services Selects Bond International Software for Front Office Technology

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Corporate Resource Services Selects Bond International Software for Front Office Technology

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it has begun implementing Bond International Software‘s eEmpact solution throughout its organization.

“By implementing eEmpact we will bridge the gap between the field operations and headquarters as well as increase the speed of service delivery to our customers,” said Mercedes Essmann, Vice President of Corporate Services at Corporate Resource Services, Inc. “Our clients rely on our level of service to staff their every need but our technology provides us the advantage of filling orders accurately, quickly and within compliance guidelines.”

“This is a major company-wide initiative and will unify all of our staffing locations throughout the United States,” said Mark Levine, Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Resource Services. “The implementation of eEmpact will be a great resource for CRS associates and will assist us in providing tools to streamline our operations, resulting in greater efficiencies and value for our customers and shareholders.”

About Bond International Software:

Bond International Software Group is a pioneer in the development and provision of software, support and consultancy services in the field of Human Capital Management. It is a world leader in staffing and talent management software for staffing consultancies and corporations of all sizes, and provides HR, e-staffing and payroll solutions to the public, education and publishing sectors.

It supports more than 100,000 staffing professionals in 42 countries and has over 400 employees worldwide, with offices in the United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and Canada.

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size …read more
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Aqua Gen and Center for Integrative Genomics (CIGENE) Collaborate With Affymetrix on a Salmon Genoty

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Aqua Gen and Center for Integrative Genomics (CIGENE) Collaborate With Affymetrix on a Salmon Genotyping Array to Achieve the World’s First High-Density View of the Marker Patterns in the Atlantic Salmon

ÅS, Norway & SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Aqua Gen, a member of the Erich Wesjohann (EW) Group GmBH and Center for Integrative Genomics (CIGENE) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) in collaboration with Affymetrix, Inc. (NAS: AFFX) announced today that they are the first to genotype more than 900,000 markers per sample from the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), thereby achieving the capability to implement genomic selection and improve their salmon breeding program at Aqua Gen.

Aqua Gen, a leader in selective breeding, manages a large scale selective breeding program for Atlantic salmon, a major contributor to the world’s aquaculture production. Aqua Gen has also been pioneering the use of marker-assisted selection in aquaculture breeding through their highly successful QTL-innOva products. CIGENE, located at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, maintains research programs that contribute to the understanding of the biology of aquaculture and plant production, focusing in particular on the genetics of complex traits of economic and ecological significance. Aqua Gen and CIGENE partnered with Affymetrix to develop the salmon genotyping screening array which consists of 923,627 SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) markers and includes both diploid and tetraploid sequence variants. The goal of the ongoing study is to identify relevant and polymorphic high resolution markers that can be used downstream for marker trait association studies, genomic selection programs, as well as for a wide variety of applications in genetics and ecology.

“We are thrilled to have access to this first of its kind and groundbreaking marker map of the Atlantic salmon in such a short time,” said Dr. Nina Santi, Director, Research and Development at Aqua Gen. “Aqua Gen is always looking for new technologies that can assist in the development of genetic material to meet the increasing demand for cost-effective and sustainable seafood production. This high-density SNP array gives us entirely new possibilities for improving the disease resistance and robustness of farmed Atlantic salmon. In particular, we are enthusiastic about the prospects of implementing so-called genomic selection in our breeding program. This array will also facilitate the identification of causal genetic variants underlying complex traits, thus contributing greatly to our understanding of salmonid biology.”

“Development of SNP arrays and automated genotyping in Atlantic salmon is complicated by the autotetraploid whole genome duplication that occurred in the common ancestor of extant salmonids,” said Dr. Sigbjørn Lien, Professor and Assistant …read more
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Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Announces Dr. K. Anji Reddy Has Passed Away

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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Announces Dr. K. Anji Reddy Has Passed Away

HYDERABAD, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dr. K. Anji Reddy, Founder & Chairman of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., passed away this evening in Hyderabad. He was ailing for some time.

Dr. Reddy’s mission in life was to provide innovative new medicines at a price that the common man could afford. His passion for research became legendary when Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. became the first pharmaceutical company of India to initiate basic drug discovery research in 1993. A B.Sc graduate from Bombay University with specialization in Pharmaceutical Science and Fine Chemicals, Dr. Reddy obtained his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. Soon after his studies, he served in the state-owned IDPL before he founded the company in 1984.

Under his leadership, the company became a pioneer and trendsetter in the Indian pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Reddy also set-up the “Institute of Life Sciences” at Hyderabad, which is a public-private partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for carrying out cutting edge research in Life Sciences. Critically aware of his own responsibility to society, Dr. Reddy in the last decade was renowned for his outcome based institutionalized philanthropy that positively impacted the lives of nearly 5 million underprivileged citizens, mainly children and youth.

In 1998, Dr. Reddy set up the Naandi Foundation as a Public Charitable Trust. Naandi is probably India‘s largest rural safe drinking water provider, and gives midday meals to 1.3 million government school-going children and farmers. Dr. Reddy took up the cause of safe motherhood and newborn care, thereby reducing maternal and neo-natal care in India. He also spearheaded and founded the Neo Natal Intensive Care and Emergencies called “NICE Foundation,” the only institute for newborns in Asia that also does large scale community outreach programs, saving a number of lives on a daily basis.

Satish Reddy, MD and COO of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and son to Dr. Reddy said: “Dr. Reddy touched millions of lives through his contribution to the Pharmaceutical industry and his Philanthropic efforts. In improving access to affordable, high quality medicines and in innovation, his contributions have been extraordinary. His philanthropic initiatives made a difference in the lives of so many Indians in the areas of livelihood, education, clean drinking water and healthcare. A nation is grateful to a man who paved a way for the delivery of affordable medicines to the masses and made us believe and take pride in innovation as a means to prosperity.”

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QPharma Launches QStaffing Initiative for Life Sciences

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Enhanced Staffing Model will Enable

MORRISTOWN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– QPharma has announced the latest addition to its growing list of quality and compliance consulting solutions with the launch of its QStaffing division. While staffing is not a new model for QPharma, QStaffing represents a more focused, targeted approach to providing low-cost, individually based resources for existing QPharma clients.

QStaffing accommodates an increased need for skilled resources at life sciences clients. “QPharma provides traditional, project-based consulting that employs seasoned subject matter experts and principal consultants, but occasionally our pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech clients simply need individual resources to complement an existing project team,” explained Ed Morris, Senior VP of Professional Services at QPharma. “The QStaffing model enables us to address this need swiftly and efficiently.”

QStaffing serves numerous segments and areas within life sciences, including Information Technology, Regulatory Affairs, Distribution, Pharmacovigilance, Manufacturing, Laboratories, and Clinical Research. Available skilled resources include Software Developers, Technical Writers, Subject Matter Experts, Project Managers, Software Testers, and Validation Engineers.

For more information contact Ken Stelle, at 973-656-0408 or Ken.Stelle@qpharmacorp.com.

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QPharma provides a suite of services and solutions to the life sciences industry. Services offered by the company’s Professional Services division include complete validation services, project management, auditing, and training. The Commercial Services division provides solutions in such areas as aggregate spend reporting, PDMA compliance, online training, warehousing and fulfillment, and brand marketing and sales support. The company’s engineers, regulatory compliance experts, and brand consultants have been proudly serving the life sciences industry since 1994. To learn more, visit www.qpharmacorp.com.

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Infrastructure To Lead GE Dividend Growth Ahead

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General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was making key dividend news this morning because in the Jeff Immelt annual letter to shareholders the company promised $18 billion to be returned to shareholders this year via dividends and stock buybacks. What was not clear was how it was going to get there.

GE is a true conglomerate, but the standout area of the report that is going to drive this capital will be infrastructure orders. GE has significant assets to divest (or which could be divested). Another big boost will come from continued improvements in GE Capital returning money to the parent company. Still, infrastructure is going to perhaps be the key driver of growth when you break out what GE includes here.

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said in his annual letter that about $60 trillion of infrastructure investment is needed by 2030 to support the billions of new consumers joining the middle class in the emerging world and to support developed-market productivity. Immelt said, “About one-third of our infrastructure revenues comes from businesses we weren’t in a decade ago. These include fast-growth businesses like Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, and Distributed Power.”

Industrial is a huge area and Immelt said that services represent about 75% of GE‘s industrial earnings. He even claimed a $157 billion of service backlog, and included that GE will lead in the shale gas revolution. Immelt also said, “At $100 billion of revenue with 15% margins, we are the largest and most profitable infrastructure company in the world.”

On that capital plan, GE plans to buy back shares to get the total share count below 10 billion shares so that it is where it was back before the financial crisis. Immelt has already said that he plans to allocate a significant portion of the NBCU cash sale proceeds to repurchase shares. All in all, GE plans to return $18 billion to investors this year through dividend and buyback.

As it stands now, GE‘s dividend budget is close to $8 billion in the capital plan. Buying down the outstanding shares is one thing and $10 billion compared to a market cap of about $245 billion is a decent sum of shares being bought up off the market. That being said, a higher dividend represents a significantly more confident stance over a multi-year period.

GE shares are down 0.8% at $23.58 shortly before the close. The annual letter and capital plan are not the culprit behind the drop in GE shares. A downgrade from Nomura to Neutral from Buy did the damage today, although we would make not that GE‘s share price was within 15-cents of a multi-year high.

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Corporate Resource Services Is Awarded State of Nevada Contract

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Corporate Resource Services Is Awarded State of Nevada Contract

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm providing managed services and trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work, today announced that it has been awarded the contract to provide staffing services to the State of Nevada under its TS Staffing Services division.

“CRS is very excited to work with the State of Nevada and add another contract to our portfolio of State and Local government clients,” said Frank Vaccaro, President of Sales. “This is the second government contract we’ve added over the past thirty days and CRS is rapidly growing our state and local customer base. We plan on capturing additional government clientele and increasing the customer mix of higher margin business. We look forward to delivering greater value to our customers and shareholders by expanding our presence in the government sector.”

About Corporate Resource Services, Inc.:

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. provides diversified staffing, recruiting, and consulting services and offers trained employees in the areas of Insurance, Information Technology, Accounting, Legal, Engineering, Science, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Creative Services, Hospitality, Retail, General Business and Light Industrial work. The company’s blended staffing solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and can include customized employee pre-training and testing, on-site facilities management, vendor management, risk assessment and management, market analyses and productivity/occupational engineering studies.

The Company’s ability to deliver broad-based solutions provides its customers a “one stop shop” to fulfill their staffing needs from professional services and consulting to clerical and light industrial positions. Depending on the size and complexity of an assignment, Corporate Resource Services can create an on-site facility for recruiting, training and administration at the customers’ location. Company recruiters have the latest state of the art recruiting resources available to help customers secure the best candidates in today’s ever-changing marketplace. CRS‘s national network of recruiters has staffing experts that get excellent results by focusing within their areas of expertise.

The Company operates 207 staffing and on-site facilities in 37 states and the District of Columbia and it offers its services to a wide variety of clients in many industries, ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 1000 companies. To learn more, visit http://www.crsco.com.

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