Punch Graphix nv today announced the results for the first half of 2008. Sales have increased by EUR 14 million (2007) to EUR 78 million (2008) compared with the same period last year. The net result is EUR 6.5 million compared with a loss of EUR 8.5 million in the first half of 2007.
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (“Net1” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:UEPS) today announced that it has acquired 80.1% of BGS Smartcard Systems AG (“BGS”), an Austrian private company that provides smart card-based payment systems to banks, enterprises and government authorities in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Vietnam, India and Oman.
Gerber Scientific, Inc. (NYSE:GRB) today reported net income for the quarter ended July 31, 2008 of $0.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, on revenue of $158.9 million, compared with net income of $2.8 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, on revenue of $153.7 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2007.
Pitney Bowes PSI, the nations leading mail presorter, today announced that it is opening a new site in Urbandale, Iowa. The site will be Pitney Bowes PSIs 37th location in its national mail presort services network.
Yellow Pages Group (YPG) (TSX:YLO.UN) announces that it has acquired Get It Pages, a directory publisher serving four regional communities in the Province of Saskatchewan. Coincident with this initial foray into the province, YPG will also begin selling online advertising for its national YellowPages.caTM offering in the province’s primary cities of Regina and Saskatoon.
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Seven printer trainees at Prinovis Itzehoe successfully completed their 3-year occupational training on 30 June 2008.
