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 Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN)
AZPN recently has acquired the PSVPlus software product from Softbits Consultants, Ltd. Energy, chemical, and engineering and construction companies use PSVPlus to model pressure relief scenarios and size pressure relief valves in process plants, based on industry standard procedures. Modeling of pressure relief valves helps to ensure proper safety and reliability of process plants. 
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN) is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process manufacturing ? for energy, chemicals, engineering and construction, and other industries that manufacture and produce products from a chemical process. With integrated aspenONE solutions, process manufacturers can implement best practices for optimizing their engineering, manufacturing and supply chain operations. As a result, AspenTech customers are better able to increase capacity, improve margins, reduce costs and become more energy efficient. To see how the world?s leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to achieve their operational excellence goals, visit www.aspentech.com. ****  Cowen Group, Inc. (?Cowen?) (NASDAQ: COWN)
COWN recently announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire KDC Securities (?KDC?), a securities lending business. KDC is the broker-dealer subsidiary of Kellner Capital, LLC, an alternative investment manager. Following the closing of the transaction, KDC will operate as the ?Cowen Equity Finance Group? and will be based in New York. Rory Zirpolo, the current head of KDC?s securities lending business, will serve as Managing Director and Head of the Equity Finance Group and will report to Cowen?s Co-Heads of Equities, Tom O?Mara and Dan Charney. 
The transaction, which is subject to certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Cowen Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: COWN) is a diversified financial services firm and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative investment management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services through its two business segments: Ramius and its affiliates make up the Company?s alternative investment management segment, while Cowen and Company is its broker-dealer segment. Its alternative investment management products, solutions and services include hedge funds, replication products, managed futures funds, fund of funds, real estate, health care royalty funds and cash management services. Cowen and Company offers industry focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Founded in 1918, the firm is headquartered in New York and has offices located in major financial centers around the world. For more information about Cowen Group, Inc. visit www.cowen.com. ****  Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)
CRWE has launched a online service company CRWE Direct. CRWE Direct (www.crwedirect.com) is an online business-to-business marketplace for manufacturers and small to large businesses to purchase various types of merchandise. Manufacturers may start downloading their product immediately, free of charge during the next six months. Thereafter, there will be various annual fees. The listing process and image loading for both sites are user-friendly. Furthermore, CRWE Tube (www.crwetube.com ), a video sharing site of CRWE, allows billions of people around the world to upload, watch and share original videos. With online videos continuing to experience explosive, viral growth and the web rapidly moving from text to video, businesses will need to adapt to the shift in video distribution technology or quickly become irrelevant to their consumers who anticipate seeing video everywhere online. CRWE offers advertising branding and marketing services as a worldwide online multi-media publisher with its digital network of websites and focuses on the distribution of information for the purpose of bringing together a targeted audience and the advertisers that want to reach them. Crown Equity Holdings advertising services cover and connect a range of marketing specialties, as well as provide search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness. For more information about Crown Equity Holdings Inc. visit www.crownequityholdings.com. **** To view recent article please visit http://crweselect.com/30414/stock-alerts/saks-inc-announced-grand-opening-of-saks-fifth-avenue-store-in-kazakhstan-sks-ge/ *********** THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY OR SELL ANY SECURITY! Disclaimer: CRWESelect.com publisher and its affiliates and contractors are not registered investment advisers or broker/dealers. (Read Full Disclaimer at http://crweselect.com/disclaimer).
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