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POWAY, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/23/12 –Parametric Sound Corporation (NASDAQ: PAMT), a leading innovator of directed audio products and solutions, today announced a License Agreement with Epsilon Electronics for the development and introduction of consumer products employing the Company’s patented HyperSound technology. The arrangement is non-exclusive except for after-market automobileproducts for which Epsilon retains two-year exclusivity rights subject to certain conditions.

The license contemplates a six-month development term to create prototypes thereafter followed by a three-year manufacturing term.

“This agreement underscores our commitment to executing strategic licensing deals to deploy our HyperSound technology,” said Kenneth F. Potashner, executive chairman of Parametric Sound. “These partnerships will open the door for the integration of our patented audio solutions into next-generation consumer products.”

“We are excited about the opportunity to launch products that offer consumers a rich, immersive sound experience,” said Jack Rochel, president of Epsilon Electronics. “Partnering with a technology innovator like Parametric is a key element of our strategy, and we anticipate this agreement will bring value to our company and the products we offer.”

Epsilon Capital Management’s First Quarter European (Emerging) Economic Round Up - News

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This is Epsilon Capital Management’s 2 Part Series on the Emerging European Economies for the first quarter of 2012.
In the first part of our report we looked at the Russia, Turkey and Poland the 3 largest Emerging Economies within Europe, now we turn to Hungary and the Czech Republic to round off the remaining economies of interest.
Hungary: Managing to keep its head above water
The impact of the Euro-zone crisis on the Eastern European nations depended on the extent of their reliance on Germany and their domestic fiscal cuts, going by the fourth-quarter GDP figures.
Thus, even though Hungary is not doing well overall, its economy posted a 1.4% year-on-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2011. However, the European Commission forecasted recessionary conditions in Hungary this year as its major trade partner Germany is expanding only at a slower rate.
Meanwhile, the deputy governor of the Hungarian central bank Ferenc Karvalits said he does not foresee any cut in the base interest rate until there is an improvement in risk perceptions. In a WSJ interview, Karvalits said a monetary agreement with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund could go a long way to bring down Hungary’s vulnerability by providing a safety net.
However, the OECD does not seem to be impressed by Hungary’s modest fourth-quarter GDP numbers. Close on the heels of the European Union’s suspension of some infrastructure subsidies, the international agency urged the country to take “swift action” to stabilize its economy and to stimulate growth, according to a report in the Financial Times. On another note, the European Commission said it is concerned about the independence of Hungary’s central bank and said the action taken by the Viktor Orban administration will have a bearing on whether to give the country access to an emergency credit line.
Czech Republic: Economy slips into recession
In a sign that the Euro-zone crisis is catching up with the export-oriented Czech Republic, the economy became the first in central and Eastern Europe to slip into recession, as it recorded a 0.3% contraction in GDP during the fourth quarter of 2011. The economy was at the receiving end mainly because of its reliance on Germany, which purchases 18% of the country’s manufacturing exports.
The Czech economy posted successive contractions during the third quarter and the fourth quarter, pushing it into a recession. The European Commission also forecasted that the Czech economy is not expected to grow during the year 2012.
Despite the slip into recession, manufacturing output recorded its fastest growth in six months in March, thanks to new domestic orders coming in. The HSBC Czech Republic Manufacturing PMI increased to 52.1 from 50.5 in February, according to a Bloomberg report.

Epsilon Management Capital - Parametric Sound and Epsilon Electronics Sign License Agreement - Video Dailymotion

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Epsilon Electronics is partnering with a technology innovator like Parametric is a key element of our strategy, 
and we anticipate this agreement will bring value to our company and the products we offer. 
These partnerships will open the door for the integration of our patented audio solutions into next-generation consumer products. 
The license contemplates a six-month development term to create prototypes thereafter followed by a three-year manufacturing term. 

” Epsilon Enhances Consumer Database with Market Trend Data “: Epsilon Management Capital

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Epsilon, the giant marketing analytics and email marketing technology provider, yesterday introduced the latest addition to its TotalSource Plus consumer database, the Market Trend data dimension.

Using a set of compiled data elements about consumers, Market Trend helps marketers identify potential customers whose behavior is most similar to existing customers based on a predictive score.

“Starting with data from our survey-based data set, Target Source, which contains behavioral data about people, such as frequent debit card users…we use our profile modeling capabilities to find look-alikes for debit card users across our nationally compiled file,” explains Laura Lucido, senior product manager at Epsilon. “It gives marketers tools that exist within our data sets without having to actually build a custom predictive model.”

In contrast to Epsilon’s broader offerings, such as income or age-based models, the Market Trend dimension is “exciting because it gives us a way to offer marketing information that’s very focused for a specific behavior in a vertical,” Lucido adds.