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NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ: NLNK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the shares of common stock offered in the public offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, ... read more

Banno, a provider of data-enriched Web and transaction marketing services for financial institutions, has announced that financial technology industry veteran Charles E. Potts has joined the company as president. In addition to his new leadership role at Banno, Potts will accelerate the ... read more

When a friend or family member is going through a divorce, most people find it tough to know what to say or how to help. A new blog, Support in a Split targets the extended support groups of people going through divorce and offers practical ways for them to help during a difficult time. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130122/CG45741LOGO-b) Support in a divorce is a critical issue as research continues to show the long-term effects of divorce and stress. Recent studies show divorced individuals are ... read more

Torsion Mobile, creator of Mojaba, today announced an integration with SinglePlatform from Constant Contact®, Inc. The resulting integration allows Mojaba customers to enhance their mobile website and update critical business information by delivering rich content, like menus or photos, seamlessly through SinglePlatform. This information will be automatically updated on their Mojaba website, as well as across the rest of SinglePlatform's publishing partner network. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130124/PH47418LOGO-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130124/PH47418LOGO-b ) "Consumers are using their mobile devices as the go-to place for ... read more

Intoxalock, a company that provides innovative technology with its alcohol monitoring devices, celebrates two decades of helping fight drunk driving. Twenty years ago, in January 1993, Intoxalock installed its first car breathalyzer, now known as an ignition interlock device (IID). "At Intoxalock, we are extremely proud to reach such an important milestone," said Dave Arringdale, CEO. There is a high level of satisfaction that comes from knowing that we are helping with such a critical public safety issue. Fighting drunk driving ... read more

Appcore(®), provider of the industry's only complete automated cloud computing platform, aims to capitalize on cloud innovation in a region that is seeing explosive growth in private and public local cloud infrastructure. This expansion provides more immediate availability of Appcore Onsite(TM) to service providers and enterprises particularly in Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore and Australia. By providing local cloud infrastructure to these companies, Appcore is able to help them resolve the issues of trust, proximity and data sovereignty. Appcore's Hong Kong office ... read more

CIVCO Medical Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad Dunlap as vice president of marketing & product line management for multi-modality imaging (MMI). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/AQ85801LOGO) Dunlap returns to CIVCO with 20 years of experience in international marketing, sales and business development within the medical device industry, including 7 years based in Europe working in the radiology and nephrology markets. Dunlap's most recent position was with Baxter Healthcare Corporation as senior director of global marketing, renal home therapies. ... read more

Torsion Mobile, a Des Moines-based tech startup, announced the release of a new product in the Mojaba® software as service line. Less than a year after the launch of Mojaba, the company is adding Mojaba® Analytics. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/PH38358LOGO-a) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/PH38358LOGO-b) "This product springs directly from customer feedback," says Christian Gurney, Torsion Mobile president and CEO. "Those who had experienced the analytics portions of Mojaba were thrilled by the information ... read more

KemPharm, Inc, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new, safer therapies to treat pain, announced today that the United States Adopted Name (USAN) Council approved the use of the nonproprietary name, "benzhydrocodone," for its lead pain candidate, KP201. KP201 is in development for the treatment of acute moderate to moderately severe pain with a new drug application (NDA) expected to be filed in Q2 2014. Composed of hydrocodone chemically bound to a ligand, ... read more

NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ: NLNK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel immunotherapeutic products to improve treatment options for cancer patients, today announced the appointment of Mr. Brian Wiley as Vice President of Business Development. In addition to business development responsibilities, Mr. Wiley will lead the commercialization strategy and pre-commercial activities for NewLink's HyperAcute® Pancreas Immunotherapy, algenpantucel-L. "Brian brings extensive and varied pharmaceutical experience to our management team, most recently with key roles in both the sale ... read more

DRY GOODS announced today the launch of its online store at DryGoodsUsa.com. Now open 24/7, DryGoodsUsa.com will offer an ever changing array of first-in-fashion tops, bottoms, dresses, accessories and jewelry to today's style conscious shoppers. Staying true to its tradition of bringing old-fashioned customer service to a new generation of customers, DryGoodsUsa.com shoppers enjoy free shipping on orders over $50 and interest free credit. Today's announcement comes as a result of consumers' growing attraction to DRY GOODS' commitment to creating ... read more

The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Sauer-Danfoss Inc. ("Sauer-Danfoss") (NYSE: SHS) announced today that it has retained Lazard as the Special Committee's independent financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP as its independent legal counsel. As Sauer-Danfoss previously announced, on November 28, 2012 the Board of Directors formed a Special Committee of independent directors to consider, among other things, the proposal made on that date by Danfoss A/S ("Danfoss"), a beneficial owner of approximately 75.6% of ... read more

Von Maur Department Store announced today it received the 'Social Campaign' award from the 2012 ExactTarget Power of ONE Awards. The award was announced during the global interactive marketing provider's annual client conference, "Connections". Designed to recognize the world's best in digital marketing, Von Maur earned the ExactTarget Power of One Award for its in-house execution of the Company's e-marketing campaigns. To maximize engagement with customers through various social media channels, Von Maur partnered with Exact Target SocialPages(TM) to create relevant, ... read more

TeamQuest Corporation announced a partnership with IntelliMagic, known for its storage performance management expertise. Through this partnership, TeamQuest adds a new storage dimension to its integrated capacity management solution. "Until now, companies had no way of easily understanding the relationship between services and storage," said TeamQuest Director of Business Development Edsar Calaguas. "This new storage solution allows customers to easily see which services are waiting for I/O and the specific storage devices causing the delay. By combining detailed storage data with ... read more

Torsion Mobile, the creator of Mojaba, announces the integration of PayPal. Mojaba for PayPal enables taking simple payments via the PayPal Web Payments Standard - all within a convenient and easy-to-use mobile optimized environment that smartphone users will appreciate. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121213/PH28744LOGO-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121213/PH28744LOGO-b ) "We couldn't be more excited to work with Torsion Mobile as they expand their mobile website software, Mojaba," said Eddie Davis, Senior Director of Sales at PayPal. "Businesses that Torsion Mobile serves don't want to miss sales opportunities ... read more

NewLink Genetics Corporation (Nasdaq: NLNK) today announced that the results of a Phase 1 dose escalation study with its proprietary HyperAcute Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy were published in the Journal of Immunotherapy. The article, entitled "Cellular Immunotherapy Study of Prostate Cancer Patients and Resulting IgG Responses to Peptide Epitopes Predicted From Prostate Tumor-associated Autoantigens," is featured in the current edition of the Journal. The study was conducted at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and included eight patients. ... read more

Rockwell Collins has been awarded a $54 million full rate production contract, with unexercised options valued at an additional $241 million, by the U.S. Navy to upgrade eleven aircraft as part of the E-6B Block I Modification program. The ... read more

Iowa Virtual Academy, a tuition-free online public school offered through Clayton Ridge Community School District, is adding grades 7-12 for the 2013-2014 school year and will now serve students statewide, in grades K-12. The Clayton Ridge school board approved the expansion in October. The open enrollment period for the next academic year is under way and runs through March 1, 2013. The online school offers Iowa students statewide a high-quality alternative to the traditional classroom-based learning experience through personalized instruction from state-certified ... read more

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been selected by the State of Iowa following a competitive bid process to replace its 35-year-old human services eligibility system. The contract has a six-year base period that runs to 2018, with four one-year extension options. ... read more

Beginning in January 2013, ByPass Publishing, an educational start-up based in Dubuque, Iowa, is offering free "test drives" of their new product, Psychology in the Fastlane, the first title of the company's emerging Fastlane Series. More than 40 subject matter experts collaborated to create the baseline content. The result is a powerful multi-modal content publishing system that allows instructors to efficiently create their own course-specific online textbook by selecting quality, peer-reviewed content. "Bypass Publishing is based upon the radical concept that ... read more