Independent Bank Corp. and Mayflower Bancorp, Inc. Sign Definitive Merger Agreement for Acquisition of Mayflower Bancorp, Inc.

Independent Bank Corp. (INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, and Mayflower Bancorp, Inc. (MFLR), parent of Mayflower Bank, have signed a definitive agreement for Independent to acquire Mayflower and Rockland Trust to acquire Mayflower Bank.

Mayflower Bank was founded in 1889 and currently has 8 Plymouth County bank branches, approximately $236 million in deposits, and approximately $141 million in loans.

“We are pleased to welcome Mayflower Bank customers and colleagues to Rockland Trust,” said Christopher Oddleifson, the Chief Executive Officer of Independent.

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HOUSTON - May 15, 2013 (Investorideas.com Newswire) HII Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB: HIIT), an oilfield services company headquartered in Houston, Texas, today announced financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2013.

As stated in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2013, first quarter 2013 revenues were $2,609,773, which generated a gross profit margin of $532,292. These revenues consist of AES Water Solutions as well as initial revenue contribution from South Texas Power and the AES Safety Services divisions, which were launched in late December 2012 and January 2013 respectively. AES Water Solutions generated revenues of $536,371 for the comparable period in 2012. Accordingly, this represents revenue growth for AES of more than 380% for the first quarter 2013, on a pro forma basis, from the comparable period in 2012.

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The single currency is still under pressure after yesterday ECB decision to cut the interest rate by 0.25% to be 0.5% saying that was for stimulating the economy while the pricing pressure is strongly well contained currently as the falling of HICP flash reading of April to 1.2% y/y.

 

The decision was widely expected as the economic activity slowing could dampen the prices over the consuming level by the weak demand while the unemployment rate in EU countries are still rising up by longer than expected recession as the ECB has mentioned that it has lingered to this spring but it is still looking for rebound in the second half of this year.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - April 25, 2013 (Investorideas.com Mining Stocks Newswire) SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX.V:SVL) ( NYSE MKT: SVLC) (CW5.F) ("SilverCrest" or the "Company") announces it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders at 10:00am PDT on June 11, 2013 at the Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver, 645 Howe Street, in Vancouver, BC. May 6, 2013 has been fixed as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

SilverCrest also announces the approval by its Board of Directors of an advance notice policy.

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SAN DIEGO - April 16, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) - Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD), today released the following note authored by its Chairman and CEO, Jim Joyce.

As disclosed in yesterday's SEC form 8-K submission, we entered into a subcontract agreement with Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle) to provide services underlying a $22.8 million prime contract that was recently awarded to Battelle by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The objective of this contract program is to integrate component technologies developed in DARPA's Dialysis Like Therapeutics (DLT) program into medical device that would save military and civilian lives by effectively treating sepsis. Beyond expanding our opportunity in the DLT program, we are honored to have the opportunity to work with Battelle (the world's largest independent research and development organization) on this endeavor.

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