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The landlord has reported signs of a modest improvement in the residential market, boosting chances of securing an extension to a debt facility expiring next year

Shares of Basic Energy Services climbed Wednesday after the company, which services oil and gas wells, reported that its well servicing rig count remained unchanged during July and that demand showed modest, yet steady, improvement in its oil producing markets.

Arrayit Corp. has located its international marketing headquarters in Houston.

Home sales in Florida and across the country are starting to rebound as affordability pushes many who were on the fence back into the housing market.

(Telecompaper) Microsoft and Nokia announced an agreement to bring the software maker's office products to Nokia smartphones. The deal will see Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft business communications, collaboration and device management software developed for use on Nokia's Symbian devices. The first phones to benefit from the pact will be Nokia's top-end handsets for professionals, the Nokia Eseries. The two companies will also work together to market and develop the products for businesses, carriers and individuals. The agreement gives Microsoft a bigger piece of the mobile market beyond handsets with its own Windows Mobile operating system and helps Nokia build smartphones that can better compete with Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices. Nokia already offers Exchange ActiveSync on some devices for syncing e-mail on the handset with corporate e-mail systems running on Microsoft Exchange Server. Next year, Nokia intends to start shipping Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile

CARSON CITY, NV--(Marketwire - August 12, 2009) - Bonfire Productions (OTCBB: BNFR) has announced that the company has merged with streaming media technology pioneer Intervision Network (IVNet). The new entity will retain the name Bonfire Productions, and all IVNet products and services will continued to be marketed, sold and supported using their existing brand names. Bonfire Productions will continue the roll-out of the centerpiece of the IVNet product offering, the Ice Mobile (www.bnfr.tv), a media phone developed with revolutionary global broadcasting capabilities.

Nestlé has said it must find new opportunities for bottled water in the US and key Western Europe markets in order to help turn around flagging sales for the Nestlé Waters business.

Qatar's sole Kia agent, Al Attiya Motors and trading company, has announced special offers for Kia Motors during the holy month of Ramadan. The special offers include financial facilities such as comprehensive insurance for the first year, with competitive advantage packages that include from a two-year to three-year free service or from 40,000km to 60,000km fully comprehensive insurance for the first year and five years unlimited mileage.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwire - August 12, 2009) - ShopNBC (NASDAQ: VVTV), the premium lifestyle brand in electronic retailing, today announced it will discuss second quarter 2009 results in a conference call on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. ET. The Company will release its first quarter 2009 financial results before the market opens the morning of the conference call. Participating in the call will be ShopNBC President and Chief Executive Officer, Keith Stewart and senior vice President and chief financial Officer, Frank Elsenbast.

NEW YORK (AP) — Department-store operator J.C. Penney Co. reports earnings for the second quarter on Friday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.