09:08 PRIM: Primoris Services (PRIM) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ARB, Inc., has signed a contract with the City of Riverside, California for the construction of a new simple-cycle combustion turbine generator power plant that will expand the existing capacity of the Riverside Energy Resource Center to provide peak power demand to the City of Riverside's public utilities customers. The project is expected to generate revenues of ~ $20.0 mln to Primoris over an 11-month period beginning December 2009 and ending October 2010... TiVo (TIVO) announces lower prices for products. The TiVo HD DVR is now available for only $249.99 and the TiVo HD XL is now $499.99 plus the cost of service... World Heart Corporation (WHRT) announces that it has finalized assignment and exclusive license agreements with LaunchPoint Technologies Inc and Carnegie Mellon University for its next-generation minimally invasive blood pump, the MiVAD. The MiVAD is designed to provide partial cardiac support between 2-4 liters per minute to less sick heart failure patients than those served by existing full-support Left Ventricular Assist Devices... Zhone Technologies (ZHNE) announces that Hardy Telecommunications has selected Zhone platforms and SLMS Access Operating System to expand tiered broadband offerings to business and residential customers throughout its rural West Virginia serving area... Emulex Corp (ELX) announces the availability of a new combined 8Gb/s Fibre Channel and 1Gb/s Ethernet ExpressModule Host Bus Adapter for the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System.
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