The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE:RYL), will release its first quarter results on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, after the market closes. The conference call will be held on Thursday, April 26, at 9:00 a.m. PDT (noon EDT).

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Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) recently reported that John C. Ale will be named Vice President and General Counsel.

Donald P. de Brier will remain with the company as Corporate Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary with continuing responsibility for legal; health, safety and environment; public affairs and corporate communications; and security.

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Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) will host an analyst conference call and webcast at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 3, to review its first quarter 2012 financial results.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE.OB)

Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE) announced that it has recently launched a new online service company CRWE Direct.

CRWE Direct 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.

The 2010 U.S. Census data shows estimates for B2B revenues transacted online at approximately US $300 billion.

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. CRWE 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 CRWE Direct please visit http://www.crwedirect.com/

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

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