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Cook Compression announces plans to relocate from Louisville to Jeffersonville

Company officials to attend Redevelopment Commission hearing this evening JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – (July 22, 2009) – One Southern Indiana is pleased to announce Cook Compression’s plans to relocate its current manufacturing operations from Louisville to Jeffersonville’s North Port Business Centre.  Company officials will meet for a hearing with Jeffersonville’s Redevelopment Commission at 5:30 p.m. this evening in Jeffersonville City Hall. This action will determine Cook Compression’s eligibility to request local…

Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Announces Second Quarter Results

FRANKFORT, Ky., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (NASDAQ:FFKT) (the “Company”) reported a net loss of $801 thousand or $.17 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 compared to net income of $3.3 million or $.39 per common share for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and $4.9 million or $.67 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Net income for…

Vail, CO Swaps Paper Bid for Reverse Auction, Saves 19 Percent Against Budget

First Ever Event with BidBridge Helps City Achieve Competitive Pricing for Street Maintenance Project

LOUISVILLE, Ky. , July 21 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time ever this past May, the Town of Vail, CO traded in the one-time paper bid process it normally uses to acquire construction services. Instead, Vail decided to rely on a reverse auction e-procurement platform to obtain slurry seal road services for more competitive pricing and…

Smoothstone Outperforms VoIP Industry Growth Projections

Achieves over 48.7% growth year to date – more than double industry average

LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — Leading IP communications provider Smoothstone today announced that the company has achieved 48.7% growth in revenues within the first six months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, a rate more than double the VoIP industry projected growth rate of 20.1%. The company attributes its strong performance to a…

Louisville Zoo receives additional $2 million for Glacier Run project from J. Graham Brown Foundation

Seal and sea lion portion to open in 2010, polar bears in 2011

The Louisville Zoo has received an additional $2 million from the James Graham Brown Foundation for Glacier Run, bringing the Foundation’s total support of the project to more than $5 million.

“James Graham Brown was the first, original contributor to help fund a Zoo in Louisville, and the foundation that bears his name…

AT&T Sets Its Sites in Kentucky and West Virginia

Seven New Cell Sites Expand Coverage in Popular State Parks, More Communities in Two States

ASHLAND, Ky., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — To address the growing demand for advanced wireless data products and services, AT&T* today announced that seven new cell sites have been activated to beef up wireless coverage in many popular summer vacation destinations in Kentucky such as Greenbo Lake in Greenup County and in Tygarts State Forest and…

Virtualization Drives Business: DataCore Names The Mirazon Group ‘Central Region Partner of the Year’ at Microsoft WPC09

Microsoft Gold Partner The Mirazon Group Sees Huge Uptick in Clients Deploying Software-based Storage Virtualization from DataCore

NEW ORLEANS, July 14 /PRNewswire/ — At the Microsoft  Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2009, DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced that The Mirazon Group, an IT solutions provider located in Louisville, Kentucky, has been named its “Central Region Partner of the Year”…

BidBridge Named Official eProcurement Provider for the State of South Carolina

To Provide Reverse Auction Services for Cities, Towns, Municipalities, Schools

LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 14 /PRNewswire/ — BidBridge, an eProcurement services provider for the public and private sectors, today announced it has been awarded the reverse auction provider contract for procurement services for government entities in the State of South Carolina.

The agreement positions BidBridge as the statewide reverse auction platform in procurement of goods and services for state government entities like…

Lexmark announces the world’s first line of Web-connected touch screen all-in-one printers designed for small and medium business

- SmartSolutions, Vizix print system, Wireless-N connectivity, Eco Mode, and business card scan among new features in product family

LEXINGTON, Ky., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE:LXK) today announced information about its full 2009 inkjet all-in-one (AIO) product line to be officially released on Sept. 1, 2009.

Lexmark will deliver eight new AIO inkjets ideal for small to medium sized businesses. From new product designs to industry leading touch…

Lexmark to host open house for analysts and investors

LEXINGTON, Ky., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE:LXK) will host an open house for securities analysts and investors on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at Lexmark’s New York City office.

Solution demonstrations of the world’s first line of Web-connected touch screen inkjet all-in-ones designed for small and medium businesses will be featured, previewed in a separate press release today. Lexmark’s 2009 inkjet all-in-one (AIO) product line will be officially…