Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:NWBI) announced net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 of $12.7 million, or $0.12 per diluted share. This represents an increase of $11.7 million over the same quarter last year when net income was $1.0 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, and a decrease of $2.8 million compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2010 when net income was $15.5 million, or $0.14 per diluted share. The annualized returns on average shareholders' equity and average assets for the current quarter were 3.90% and 0.63% compared to 0.46% and 0.05% for the same quarter last year and 4.72% and 0.76% for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share payable on February 17, 2011, to shareholders of record as of February 4, 2011. This represents the 65th consecutive quarter in which the Company has paid a cash dividend.

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Northwest Savings Bank that offers various banking and consumer finance services.

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GreenHouse Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB :GRHU) (”GreenHouse”), a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions and sustainable infrastructure products, has been engaged to implement Southern California Edison's (SCE) Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR) program for three commercial/industrial customers. The customers include the PepsiCo® Carson bottling facility, Sigma Plating and CRP MB Studio, LLC.

GreenHouse estimates that the projects will generate $500,000 in revenue to the company. This projection is based upon approximately 1,500 kW or 1.5 MW of electricity demand reduction and infrastructure improvements from the engagements. GreenHouse is a qualified service provider of SCE's Auto-DR program, providing site assessment, feasibility studies, project development, engineering, and installation of enabling technologies including complete processing of all utility documents.

GreenHouse has also retained Rubenstein Public Relations to generate media exposure for the company's efficient and environmentally sustainable innovations.

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Global Hunter Corp. (TSX.V:BOB)(FSE:G5D) is pleased to announce that it recently completed a surface sampling program at La Corona de Cobre. The program was designed to collect surface samples from the numerous prospective shear zones. This will aid in the definition of drill targets to expand on the copper oxide mineralization. Global Hunter has collected approximately 250 samples from the shear zones listed. The shear zones and areas of alteration that have been sampled (from East to West ) include the following zones: El Manto; La Golondrina; Cerro Borracho; El Tazon; La Copa; La Varrilla; Et Tazon; Vino Fino; Abisinia; and Las Posadas.

The samples will be collected from outcrops along the entire strike lengths of the shears and have been shipped to ALS Chemex Labs in La Serena Chile for analysis. Results will be released as soon as practical after they have been received. These shear zones can be traced on surface for hundreds of metres, with the longest being Vino Fino, which has been mapped for over 6,000 metres. Local miners are currently extracting ore from several shear zones on the property and transporting it to Enami for processing.

Global Hunter's flagship project is the La Corona de Cobre property, located 70 kilometres north of La Serena, Chile, along the Pan American Highway, within the coastal belt of the Andean Cordillera. The NI 43-101-compliant resource contains 225 million pounds of copper oxide. In addition, Global Hunter has its Rabbit South molybdenum project in south-central British Columbia, Canada.

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Alimera Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALIM) announced that it will release data from the final readout of the FAME Study after the market close on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The FAME Study consists of two 36-month Phase 3 pivotal clinical trials to assess the safety and efficacy of ILUVIEN(R) in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME). Alimera will host a conference call and slide show presentation at 4:30 PM ET on February 3, 2011 to discuss the results. The conference call will be hosted by Dan Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ken Green, Chief Scientific Officer and Rick Eiswirth, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Alimera Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of ophthalmic pharmaceuticals.

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Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKL) announced its earnings for the 2010 fourth quarter and year and approval by its Board of Directors of a regular and quarterly dividend of $0.085 per share payable on February 15, 2011 to stockholders of record on January 31, 2011.

Brookline Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Brookline Bank, which provides various banking products and services.

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