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Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR) recently provided a clinical update on its lead investigational therapeutic, lomitapide. Aegerion reported that the 78-week data from its pivotal Phase III clinical trial are consistent with data previously reported at the 26- and 56-week time points. The Phase III study was a single-arm, open label trial, designed to evaluate the efficacy and long-term safety of lomitapide for the treatment of patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). The data demonstrate that the reduction in LDL-C cholesterol from baseline was maintained at 78-weeks.

“We expect to submit our applications containing the 56-week data to the FDA and EMA this quarter and continue to build our commercial organization in preparation for our anticipated launch,� stated Marc D. Beer, Chief Executive Officer.

Lomitapide is a small molecule microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor, or MTP-I, in clinical development as an oral, once-a-day therapeutic for HoFH.

AEGR aspires to change the way rare, genetic lipid disorders are treated. They are an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a novel life-altering therapeutic for debilitating and often fatal orphan diseases. Aegerion is motivated by its commitment to patients first. They are also attentive to their core values of integrity, innovation, responsibility to healthcare providers, development of employees and always — scientific and clinical excellence.

For more information about AEGR please visit http://www.aegerion.com/

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE.OB) announced that it has launched CRWE Tube, www.crwetube.com, a video sharing site that allows billions of people around the world to upload watch and share original videos.

Video marketing, also known as video promotion, has been around for quite some time. It all started with the numerous advancements done by programmers and website developers during the era of internet supremacy that has lasted for almost 5 years. Today, this type of marketing is able to reach a lot more consumers and potential customers than other methods can. The internet is no longer limited to offices and commercial establishments since many internet providers now have services that they offer to homes for individual or private use. Thus, using videos as a means of product promotion is now a common thing and with it comes numerous benefits and advantages.

“The CRWE Tube team has built an exciting media platform, which allows people and businesses large and small to quickly and efficiently reach a vast new audience,� said Kenneth Bosket, President of Crown Equity Holdings Inc. “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.�

Crown Equity Holdings Inc., together with its digital network of Websites, offers media advertising, branding and marketing services as a worldwide online multi-media publisher. The company focuses on the distribution of information for the purpose of bringing together a targeted audience and the advertisers that want to reach them. Its advertising services cover and connect a range of marketing specialties, as well as providing search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness.

For more information about Crown Equity Holdings Inc., please visit: www.crownequityholdings.com

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C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR) recently reported that the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 19 cents per share on Bard’s common stock. The current indicated annual dividend rate is 76 cents per share. The dividend is payable on February 3, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 23, 2012.

C. R. Bard, Inc. (www.crbard.com), headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative, life-enhancing medical technologies in the fields of vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialty products.

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XL Group plc (NYSE:XL) recently announced that the Board of Directors of its wholly-owned subsidiary, XLIT Ltd. (formerly XL Group Ltd.), resolved on December 16, 2011 to pay a dividend of $9.1084 per share on XLIT Ltd.’s Series D Preference Ordinary Shares. The dividend will be paid on January 17, 2012 to all shareholders of record as of January 3, 2012.

XL Group plc, through its subsidiaries, is a global insurance and reinsurance company providing property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises throughout the world.

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Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE:ODC) recently reported that the Board of Directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $0.17 per share of the Company’s Common Stock and $0.1275 per share of the Company’s Class B Stock. The dividends will be payable on March 9, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 24, 2012. The Company has paid cash dividends continuously since 1974.

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading supplier of specialty sorbent products for industrial, automotive, agricultural, horticultural and specialty markets and the world’s largest manufacturer of cat litter.