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Market Watch 7/16
Deepak Chopra family launches new youtube original content channel<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/deepak-chopra-family-launches-new-youtube-original-content-channel-the-chopra-well-with-a-live-global-meditation-2012-07-16>
Deepak Chopra has launched a new youtube channel on one of Alloy Inc.'s channels.

BUSCH ENTERTAINMENT

Orlando Sentinel 7/10
SeaWorld Orlando: Changes have arrived at Dine With Shamu<http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2012/07/seaworld-orlando-changes-have-arrived-at-dine-with-shamu.html>
The dining experience returned Monday for theme-park guests after being closed since trainer Dawn Brancheau died whenkiller whale Tilikum dragged her in the water after a Dine With Shamu session in February 2010. A visible alteration is the addition of clear panels on land, near the edge of the pool. They divide the whales and trainers from the customers’ tables. The trainers are not in the water with the animals.

FISKER AUTOMOTIVE

Torque News 7/13
Fisker Automotive's expansion negates impending bankruptcy claims<http://www.torquenews.com/1075/fisker-automotives-expansion-negates-impending-bankruptcy-claims>
For months some in the punditry have claimed Fisker's woes were about to doom the company, but continued expansion of the company's dealer network, sales of the Karma, and success at raising private investment capital, are signs not of a collapsing company, but a growing one. Fisker Automotive, the designer and manufacturerluxury plug-in hybrid sedans, is continuing to expand its dealership network.

ABC News 7/18
GOP To Cite Fisker Auto Maker as Argument Against Obama<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/gop-to-cite-fisker-auto-maker-as-argument-against-obama/>
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus will spearhead an effort to re-focus attention on the 2009 economic stimulus and instances where American money was used by companies doing business overseas. Priebus will make the argument at an event in Philadelphia and focus specifically on Fisker, the start-up electric car company that received part of a $529 million federal government loan guarantee from the Obama Administration. A recent TV ad produced by Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign lumps Fisker in with failed solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.

ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS

Dallas News 7/18
EPA accuses Energy Future Holdings’ Luminant of pollution violations at two coal plants<http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/07/epa-accuses-energy-future-holdings-luminant-of-pollution-violations-at-two-coal-plants.html/>
The Environmental Protection Agency accused Dallas power generator Luminant of violating the Clean Air Act at two of the company’s coal-fired power plants. The EPA sent a letter to the company, owned by Energy Future Holdings, on Friday notifying Luminant of air pollution violations at its Big Brown plant in Freestone County and its Martin Lake plant in Rusk and Panola counties.

Business Newswire 7/18
Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Honors Energy Future Holdings Cheryl Stevens With William J. Alcorn Award<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/womens-business-enterprise-national-council-wbenc-honors-energy-future-holdings-cheryl-stevens-with-william-j-alcorn-award-162851786.html>
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has honored Cheryl Stevens, Vice President of Supplier Diversity at Energy Future Holdings, with the William J. Alcorn Award, a singularly prestigious award bestowed by WBENC on an individual for outstanding leadership contributions to its mission. The award ceremony took place during the final evening gala event at WBENC's 2012 National Conference and Business Fair convening over 3,000 corporations and women's businesses in Orlando in June.

HEALTHSCOPE

Gold Coast 7/14
City's new private hospital unveiled<http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/07/14/431385_gold-coast-news.html>
The image, released exclusively to the Bulletin, shows what the first new private hospital to be built on the Gold Coast in a decade will look like. To be called Gold Coast Private Hospital, the 230-bed facility, due to open inmid-2015, will be located at Parklands next to the $1.76 billion public Gold Coast University Hospital, which is set to begin taking patients next year. The $210 million private hospital will be operated by Healthscope, which runs the Allamanda private hospital in Southport. Healthscope, along with Suters Architects and RCP Project Managers, have been working on the design for the new facility over the past five months, with the final design due to be completed at the end of this month.

MARSICO

Morningstar 7/12
Two More Marsico PMs Head for the Exits<http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=559775>
Doug Rao, manager of Marsico Flexible Capital (MFCFX) and comanager of flagship funds Marsico Growth (MGRIX) and Marsico Focus (MFOCX), is leaving Marsico Capital Management on July 20, 2012. His is the latest in a series of departures from the firm over the last two years. Jordan Laycob and Munish Malhotra, who've been at the firm since 1997 and 2004, respectively, will comanage Flexible Capital. Firm founder Tom Marsico remains lead manager and Coralie Witter comanager on Growth and Focus. Joshua Rubin, a comanageron Marsico Emerging Markets (MERGX), also announced he was departing.

NORTHERN TIER ENERGY

Reuters 7/16
Northern Tier Energy sees IPO priced at $19-$21 per unit<http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/16/us-northerntierenergy-ipo-idINBRE86F0CB20120716>
The downstream energy limited partnership, which had filed for an IPO of up to $200 million in December, will list its common units under the symbol "NTI" on the New York Stock Exchange. At the midpoint of its expected range, Northern Tier is valued atabout $1.47 billion.

PRIVATE EQUITY

Equity firms like Blackstone emerging as powerful new force in marketplace<http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-07-12/news/32648872_1_equity-firms-private-equity-blackstone-group>
The Economic Times 7/12
A single company purchased more than 50,000 Hewlett-Packard computers lastyear, buying in bulk to shave millions of dollars off its costs. But it was not General Electric, Procter & Gamble or another large, multinational conglomerate with the muscle to dictate prices to suppliers. Rather, the big buyer was the Blackstone Group, a private equity firm. Private equity firms like Blackstone are emerging as a powerful new force in the marketplace. The big investors, which collectively oversee thousands of companies, are using their size and scope to pressure suppliers, set their own prices and exert their influence in a range of industries, including healthcare, construction and consumer goods.

Wall Street Journal 7/13
One Equity Partners: A Silver Lining in J.P. Morgan’s Cloud<http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2012/07/13/one-equity-partners-a-silver-lining-in-jp-morgans-cloud/>
Despite lower second-quarter earnings at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the bank’s private equity business held up relatively well. The buyout arm, known as One Equity Partners, posted a netincome of $197 million for the second quarter on net revenue of $410 million.