Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) announced that Vertex will webcast its presentation at Baird's 2011 Health Care Conference on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:15 p.m. EDT and at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

Alliance Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: ALNC) Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per common share. The dividend is payable on April 4, 2011 to shareholders of record on March 21, 2011.

Alliance Financial Corporation is an independent financial holding company
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