TripAdvisor and The Priceline Group Announce Instant Booking Partnership

The Priceline Group’s Global Hotel Inventory to be Added to TripAdvisor’s Instant Booking Platform

NEEDHAM, Mass. and NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 14, 2015  -- TripAdvisor (TRIP) and The Priceline Group (PCLN) today announced a strategic partnership whereby some of The Priceline Group’s online travel brands will participate in TripAdvisor’s instant booking platform. Within The Priceline Group, Booking.com will be the first brand to implement the partnership through its global network of accommodations, and in time, Priceline Group brands priceline.com and Agoda.com are likely to list inventory on the platform. Development work has already begun to support the integration of Priceline Group hotel properties, which are expected to be available on the instant booking platform soon. 

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State of Washington Designates GreenPower as an Apparent Successful Bidder in Four Categories

VANCOUVER, BC--( May 28, 2015) - GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GPV) (GPVRF) ("GreenPower" or the "Company"), announces that it has received a notice from the State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services ("DES") where they have designated GreenPower as an Apparent Successful Bidder under IFP No. 09214 for heavy-duty public transit vehicles (the "Bid") in the following categories:

Student Transportation Inc. Awarded Contracts in Texas

Four School Districts Partner With Leader in School Transportation

WALL, N.J., May 21, 2015 -- Student Transportation Inc. (STI) (STB.TO) (STB.TO), North America's most trusted provider of school bus transportation and management services, announced today that its subsidiary, GoldStar Transit, Inc. (GST), has been awarded school transportation contracts at four school districts throughout the state of Texas. The long-term contracts will add over 180 vehicles and increase current fiscal year revenues by approximately $8.6 million annually. One of the contracts is an initial conversion of 50 buses of the district's more than 300 school transportation vehicles. The contracts include annual increases, 100% customer paid fuel and add to the regional density of GST's existing operations in the state of Texas.

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Kelso Technologies Inc.: Bottom Outlet Valve

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2015) - Kelso Technologies Inc. (KLS.TO)(NYSE MKT:KIQ) - The Company reports that it has completed the commercial design and internal testing of its new innovative bottom outlet valve (BOV). Kelso has submitted the final required application information to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) for service trial testing and the eventual commercial approval of the BOV.

Our BOV involves detailed proprietary and engineering knowledge based on specific regulatory and customer specifications. Our new BOV design features several materials and mechanical engineering innovations that are intended to lead to a "best available safety technology" ranking for our BOV when it is AAR approved and released for commercial service use. The BOV addresses the persistent problems of ball corrosion and operating damage by using a high performance ceramic material for the ball.

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Echo Global Logistics to Acquire Command Transportation

Acquiring Highly Complementary Business of Command Transportation to Create Industry Leading Third Party Logistics and Multimodal Transportation Services Provider; Transaction to Increase Scale and Add Density to National Footprint, Positioning Echo Global Logistics to Better Serve the Truckload Brokerage Market; $420 Million Purchase Price for Command Transportation, Which Had $561 Million in 2014 Revenue

CHICAGO, IL and SKOKIE, IL--(Apr 21, 2015) - Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO) ("Echo" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Command Transportation, LLC ("Command"), one of the largest privately held truckload ("TL") brokers and non-asset based transportation providers in the United States. Echo will acquire all of the outstanding membership units of Command for approximately $420 million, subject to post-closing adjustments for working capital and cash. $25 million of the purchase price will be paid in the form of Echo common and restricted stock. Command had 2014 revenue of $561 million and ranked #8 on Transport Topics' Top 25 Brokerages in 2015. Command is headquartered in Skokie, IL, with satellite locations in Houston, St. Louis, and Kansas City.

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