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Anglo-Canadian Uranium Corp.: Colorado Uranium Claims Acquired
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Anglo-Canadian Uranium Corp. (TSX-V:URA) is pleased to announce it has acquired a 100% interest in 106 uranium and vanadium claims located in the Bull canyon region of Colorado near the Utah border in the Four Corners region of the United States. This claim group, known as the Joseph claims, is well known for its uranium and vanadium production, with five (5) historically producing mines included in the land parcel. They are located approximately 100 km east-northeast of Blanding, Utah, within the Uravan mineral belt. These mines include the Ura, Zebra, Peanut No. 1, Peanut No. 2, and Gilbert mines, which were operated by Union Carbide until 1983. Management intends to visit these mine sites in the coming weeks and will engage in development programs designed to bring historical resources to current NI 43-101 standards and further investigate the permitting and re-commissioning process with state regulatory bodies.

Crystal Research Associates, LLC Issues Executive Informational Overview on Neah Power Systems, Inc.
NEW YORK, July 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Crystal Research Associates, LLC announced today that it has issued an Executive Informational Overview(r) (EIO(r)) on Bothell, Washington-based Neah Power Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NPWS). The full 48-page report can be found at www.crystalra.com and www.neahpower.com.

United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2006 Results
RICHMOND, Va., July 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:UDR) today reported Funds From Operations ("FFO") of $63.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, compared to FFO of $59.4 million for the same period a year ago. The results produced FFO of $0.43 per share (diluted), a 7.5% increase from FFO of $0.40 per share (diluted), for the same period a year ago.

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A Biotech Firm's New Formula
Craig A. Rosen gets bored easily. During his last few years at Human Genome Sciences Inc., he oversaw the development of a $230 million manufacturing plant. Boring. He was promoted to chief operating officer. Boring. And president. Boring. The board of directors even talked to him about becoming…
Michael S. Rosenwald

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Ted Leonsis Takes a Sharp Turn
Ted Leonsis was cruising the Caribbean on his yacht a couple of years ago, poring over old newspapers, when he noticed an obituary for Iris Chang, author of "The Rape of Nanking," the best-seller about the killing in 1937 of 300,000 Chinese by the Japanese army.
Thomas Heath

Mills Corp., Its Founder Reunite in Chancery Court
Herbert S. Miller and Mills Corp. parted ways more than 10 years ago. Now, they're back together, only this time locked in a courtroom battle in Delaware.
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A Biotech Firm's New Formula
Craig A. Rosen gets bored easily. During his last few years at Human Genome Sciences Inc., he oversaw the development of a $230 million manufacturing plant. Boring. He was promoted to chief operating officer. Boring. And president. Boring. The board of directors even talked to him about becoming…
Michael S. Rosenwald

Competing Developers Share Waterfront Ideas
One developer proposed a theater dedicated to Cirque du Soleil performances. Another suggested a produce market similar to the nearby fish market on Maine Avenue SW. A third boasted that his team includes Magic Johnson's urban investment fund. Tishman Speyer Properties of New York is in talks to……
Dana Hedgpeth

European Stocks Such as Pearson May Advance; BP May Decline - Bloomberg

Big Blue Brainstorm - BusinessWeek

On the Roof of Peru, Omens in the Ice
QUELCCAYA GLACIER, Peru — In the thin, cold air here atop the Andes mountains, the blue ice that has claimed these peaks for thousands of years and loyally fed the streams below is now disappearing rapidly.
Doug Struck

Court Rejects Ebbers's Appeal
A federal appeals court upheld the fraud conviction of WorldCom Inc. founder Bernard J. Ebbers yesterday, rejecting defense arguments that he was deprived of a fair trial and paving the way for the once-brash mogul to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Carrie Johnson

A Biotech Firm's New Formula
Craig A. Rosen gets bored easily. During his last few years at Human Genome Sciences Inc., he oversaw the development of a $230 million manufacturing plant. Boring. He was promoted to chief operating officer. Boring. And president. Boring. The board of directors even talked to him about becoming…
Michael S. Rosenwald

WASHINGTON IN BRIEF
More cases of mad cow disease in Canada have halted plans for a major increase in U.S. imports of Canadian beef and cattle, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. NASA is considering shutting down all the research programs it conducts aboard the international space station for at least a… A…
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U.S. Economy Cools As Consumers Pull Back
The U.S. economy slowed sharply in the three months ended in June, expanding at less than half its pace earlier this year, as consumers and businesses hunkered down in response to climbing inflation and interest rates.
Nell Henderson

U.S. Neglect Found in Long-Delayed Iraq Hospital Project
The U.S. Agency for International Development failed to adequately monitor a critical hospital project in southern Iraq that ran badly behind schedule and significantly over budget, government auditors concluded in a report released yesterday.

Griff Witte

In Fort Worth Neighborhoods, Residents Know the Drill
FORT WORTH — Gary Hogan bought his Spanish-tile-roofed stucco house on the western edge of the city in 1992 because it offered the perfect combination of city and country living — only 10 miles from downtown, yet surrounded by pasture land roamed by gentle cows.
Sylvia Moreno

In a Slowing Market, Price Is Only the First Step
If for-sale signs have sprouted like weeds in your neighborhood and the grass is growing up around them, it's no time to panic, say real estate experts. Pricing a house right is the most important part of the equation, but it can be hard to find that number in a changing market. It doesn't……
Sandra Fleishman

Minimum Wage Hike Passed By House
The House last night voted to boost the minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade while also permanently slashing the estate tax, a coupling that GOP leaders calculated might garner enough Senate support to become law.
Jonathan Weisman

Office Depot 2Q profit rises 18 percent - Jackson News-Tribune

Putnam fund managers look for undervalued international stocks - New York Daily News

Ex-CEO to Pay $4.4M in'Spinning' Case - WTOP

Office Depot 2Q profit rises 18 percent - Brocktown News

Office Depot 2Q profit rises 18 percent - The Kindred Times

Office Depot 2Q profit rises 18 percent - Leading The Charge

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Rate uncertainty wearing off - Business Standard

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GPS leader navigates through tight market - BusinessWeek

Private bankers race to tap the ultra rich - Korea Herald (subscription)

In the New West, Do They Want Buffalo to Roam?
MALTA, Mont. — What are the Northern Plains good for?
Blaine Harden

Sir, Here's Why You Should Give Me $2 Million for My New Business
Wouldn't it be convenient to have a washer-and-dryer-in-one for a cramped downtown apartment? It could spew your clothes out in half the usual time. Call it the Wyer.
Shearon Roberts

Raising the Raise Issue
Sure, negotiating a salary when you're considering a new job is tough. But once you're at a job for a while and think you have earned a bump in pay, the conversation about a raise is nearly impossible.
Amy Joyce

Estate Tax, Wage Hike Teetering In Senate
The House completed its summer work in a flurry of post-midnight debates and votes yesterday, approving changes to the federal minimum wage, estate taxes and pension laws. But with deep divisions lurking in the Senate, it all may go for naught, as have so many other recent efforts, leaving the two…
Jonathan Weisman and Charles Babington