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Verint to Acquire Vovici Creating Category Leader in Voice of the Customer SolutionsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:22PMMELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expanding on its Voice of the Customer (VoC) Analytics platform, Verint® Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire, upon closing, Vovici™, an industry leader in enterprise feedback management (EFM) solutions. This combination will create a new category leader in enterprise solutions designed for chief customer ...

Debt Hopes Trigger Dow's Best Day of 2011Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:21PMWall Street cheered progress on the debt ceiling negotiations, upbeat corporate earnings and positive housing data, propelling the Dow to its best daily performance this year. 

Bear run continues on Qatar Exchange; index drops 0.7%Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:21PMBy Santhosh V Perumal Business Reporter Strong selling by foreign retail and institutions extended the bearish phase in Qatar Exchange to a the third day and its key index closed below the 8,400 mark yesterday.

FIS Announces Second Quarter ResultsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:21PMJACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FIS™ (NYSE:FIS), the world’s largest provider of banking and payments technology, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. GAAP Results Revenue from continuing operations increased 13.4% to $1.44 billion in the second quarter of 2011, compared to $1.27 billion in the second quarter of 2010. GAAP net earnings from continuing ...

Apple trade show returns to UK in 2012Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:18PMApple Expo, a trade/consumer event for the Apple community, will take place in London next May.

Waste Connections Reports Second Quarter 2011 ResultsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:16PMFOLSOM, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 19, 2011) - Waste Connections, Inc. ( NYSE : WCN )

Corning Bringing High-Speed Fiber Connections To PCs, TabletsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:16PMCorning has spent years producing optical fiber for telecommunications networks. Typically, those pricy networks reached only as far as a user’s office building or local data center. But the New York glass maker says one of its next steps will be to bring that technology inside consumers’ homes to provide high-speed connections between gadgets.

Analyst: Innovation, pricing key to tobacco growthTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:15PMRaising prices and introducing new products, especially varieties of smokeless tobacco, remain key growth strategies for tobacco companies as smokers worldwide increasingly face tax hikes, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma, research firm Euromonitor International said Tuesday.

Altera Announces Second Quarter ResultsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:15PMAltera Corporation today announced second quarter sales of $548.4 million, up 2 percent from the first quarter of 2011 and up 17 percent from the second quarter of 2010. Second quarter net income was $214.6 million, $0.65 per diluted share, compared with net income of $224.1 million, $0.68 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2011 and $180.6 million, $0.58 per diluted share, in the second ...