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ABC finds students struggling with higher college costs, but fails to identify reason for tuition inflation.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY--(Marketwire - August 24, 2009) - Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (NYSE Amex: ESP) announces results for its fiscal year and fourth quarter, both ended June 30, 2009. The fourth quarter results were record highs for any quarter in Espey's 81-year history. For the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2009, net sales increased by $2,095,270, to $8.3 million, compared with last year's fourth quarter net sales of $6.2 million. Net income for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2009 was $1,596,084, $.76 per diluted share, compared with net income of $933,995, $.45 per diluted share, for the corresponding period last year.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social networking site plans to increase its staff by as much as 50% this year.

Just a few moments back I reported of Apple’s stores being down globally and even earlier talked about Apple’s Snow Leopard OS coming by September. There was definitely something coming our way and that OS will be made available on August 28. The OS will cost you $29 and you can order yours right from the Apple store, which is now online. As for the specs, the OS is bound to boost your Macs speed with better response, 80% faster backups as well as being loaded with the Safari 64 bit version which is tipped to be  50% faster than the last version. This is pretty much worth the price, especially for the developers our there who need to juice out every possible processor speed for their work. Tags: apple, OS, snow leopard Related posts Grand Master is no Chess guru, but Apple’s Snow Leopard, all set to come earlier than expected (1) You Don’t Want To Watch This.. (0) Will we really see an iPod Touch with Camera? (0) These might be the pictures of th

Wichita Downtown Development Corp. , will speak to the group Sept. 1 at City Arts from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $10 for YPW members and $20 for nonmembers. Wichita is in the midst of hiring a...

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- After officials in Beijing last month arrested four Rio Tinto executives for allegedly stealing secrets from Chinese steel companies, China took a brutal public relations beating internationally. The outcry increased when China ...

It costs less to throw the dog a bone than to take the family on vacation. Americans, it turns out, are spending more, not less, on their furry loved ones during the recession. A booming pet culture and growing product marketing may be propelling the pet industry.

Distressed commercial properties in the UAE rose between April and June this year, revealed a new study. A global survey of agents on the emergence of distressed properties in the commercial property marketplace revealed that the number of countries experiencing an increase in distressed sales of commercial property rose in the second quarter this year, and the trend seems to continue into 2010. Of the 27 countries surveyed by the UK?s Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), more than 75% of respondents reported a rise in the number of commercial properties that are coming to market under distressed conditions in the second quarter of 2009 compared to three months earlier. (Mac Capital Advisors)

With immediate effect or as contracts allow , BASF is increasing the sales price for the carbonates - - * Ethylene Carbonate S - - * Propylene Carbonate S - - * Carbonate Mix 50 - - * Carb...

Westlake Chemical Corp. on Monday said its board declared a 9.5 percent increase in its quarterly dividend, to 5.75 cents per share.