COMFORCE Corporation Agrees to be Acquired by Affiliate of ABRY Partners, LLC

COMFORCE Corporation (NYSE Amex: CFS) ("COMFORCE") and ABRY Partners, LLC ("ABRY Partners") today announced a definitive merger agreement for an affiliate of ABRY Partners to acquire all of the outstanding shares of COMFORCE for $2.50 per share of common stock, which represents a premium of approximately 77.4% over COMFORCE's 30day average closing stock price, and a premium of approximately 54.3% over the closing price of COMFORCE's common stock on November 1, 2010, the last trading day prior to today's announcement. The aggregate purchase price for the equity of COMFORCE is approximately $84.8 million (which consists of approximately 33.9 million shares, inclusive of all shares of common stock outstanding and preferred shares convertible into common stock).

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RCM Technologies Rejects CDI Corp. Offer

RCM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCMT) today announced that its Board of Directors has met with respect to the proposal by CDI Corp. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of RCM common stock for $5.20 per share, and has determined that it would not be in the best interests of the Company to pursue the transaction as presently structured by CDI Corp. The RCM Board’s determination has been communicated to CDI Corp. by letter.

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Jacada Signs Material Agreement with Large U.S.-Based Provider of Digital Television Services

Jacada Ltd. (Nasdaq: JCDA), a leading provider of customer experience and process optimization solutions, today announced that it has entered into a material agreement with a new customer, a large U.S.-based provider of digital television services.

The company delivers digital video service to millions of customers in the United States and Latin America. After careful evaluation of many alternatives in the market, the company chose to work with Jacada to improve the customer experience provided by their call center agents during the selling cycle. Through use of the Jacada® WorkSpace, Jacada® Interaction Manager and Jacada® WinFuse solutions, the Jacada team will be significantly improving the tools the sales agents use to serve individual customer needs and to provide customers with the best possible offer.

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In a transaction at $7.87 per share in cash: Mill Road Capital to Privatize Cossette in Partnership with Management

As a result of an extensive strategic review process initiated at the end of July 2009, Cossette Inc. ("Cossette" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") to be acquired and taken private by Mill Road Capital, L.P. ("Mill Road"), a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private investment firm (the "Transaction").

Under the terms of the Agreement, Mill Road will acquire all of the issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares of the Company (the "Shares") for a consideration of $7.87 per share in cash, other than the shares of Senior Management Shareholders (as defined below). The transaction is not conditional on financing or due diligence.

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Verisk Analytics Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering and Commencement of Trading on NASDAQ

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading source of information about risk, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 85,250,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock at a price of $22.00 per share. Total proceeds from the offering are approximately $1.9 billion.

The shares of Verisk Analytics are expected to begin trading today on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "VRSK." Verisk will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in the offering.

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