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Paladin Resources Ltd. ("Paladin")(TSX: PDN)(ASX: PDN) is pleased to announce that the Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Resources of the Republic of Malawi has granted its wholly owned subsidiary Paladin Africa Ltd a Mining Licence ("ML") for the Kayelekera Uranium Project. With environmental approval already received, this now clears the way for the construction processes to commence.

ML 0152 covers an area of 55.5km2 and has been granted for a term of 15 years renewable for further 10 year periods.

Commencement of construction of the Kayelekera Uranium Project marks a highly auspicious moment in the development of Paladin towards becoming a major uranium supplier to the global markets. In the near emerging uranium supplier group (which...

Acronis, Inc. (http://www.acronis.com), a technological leader in storage management software, announced that Computer Troubleshooters, a worldwide franchiser of computer technical support with more than 450 locations in 22 countries, has selected Acronis True Image as its backup and disaster recovery application of choice. The agreement calls for Computer Troubleshooters' franchisees to be able to provide Acronis True Image to their customers and use the application as part of their support services.

"Our clients range from consumers to small- and mid-sized businesses," said Chip Reaves, co-founder of Computer Troubleshooters USA. "These corporate clients require the same high level of data security as any enterprise user and they get that high level of security from the Acronis solutions."

"I've been using Acronis True Image and Acronis Disk Director for years," said Russ Spriggs, president of SCT Solutions, a Computer Troubleshooters fran...

A recent survey conducted by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS) determined that over two-thirds of companies that have implemented a marketing solution within the last two years have seen a 10 percent improvement in the lead-to-sales conversion rate. Companies that have implemented marketing automation solutions are seeing improvements in key performance indicators.

Marketing departments are looking at marketing automation solutions as a means to improve the return-on-investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns. Currently 53 percent of companies are using Marketing Automation solutions for lead management, with 83 percent planning on implementing a marketing automation solution within the next 24 months. As accountability for marketing departments continues to increase and the pressure to demonstrate a positive ROI on campaigns mounts, these solutions provid...

Companies with Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) applications deployed are able to exceed overall Best-in-Class performance in rolling out changes or new programs -- and they are 50% more likely to design, model, test and implement in less than 1 month, according to a new report from Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). The latest Human Capital Management (HCM) benchmark report from Aberdeen, titled "Incentive Compensation Management: Aligning Employee Performance with Business Goals," also found that the need to align employee behavior and performance to business goals is the key driver prompting 88% of companies to use incentive compensation programs.

"Variable compensation can be one of the most effective levers for aligning employee behavior to corporate business goals," said Cindy Jutras, vice president and service director, HCM, ERP & Manu...

To avoid a 7.96% increase in logistics costs (what the average process industry company has experienced in the past two years), companies should follow the roadmap of Best in Class companies, which have been able to reduce costs or keep them flat via supply chain transformation. These are the findings of a study of 74 process industry companies conducted by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). Process industry companies include those in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, oil & gas, and pulp & paper sectors.

"Although three-quarters of all process industry companies are focusing on supply chain transformation, we found that Best in Class companies are strikingly ahead of their peers in achieving their transformation goals," says Beth Enslow, Aberdeen SVP of Enterprise Research and report author. "They are four times more likely th...