Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner has approved an increase of Enterprise's annual cash distribution rate to its limited partners to $1.45 per unit effective with the first quarter cash distribution. This is a 5.1% increase from the previous rate of $1.38 per unit. On a quarterly basis, the distribution rate increased to $0.3625 per unit from $0.3450 per unit.

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Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) is a fully integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition and development of suburban office properties located primarily in submarkets within the Greater Washington, DC region. As of September 30, 2007, the Company owned 247 office properties totaling 18.5 million rentable square feet, which includes 18 properties totaling 806,000 square feet held through joint ventures. The Company has implemented a core customer expansion strategy that is built around meeting, through acquisitions and development, the multi-location requirements of the Company's existing strategic tenants.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPPI) today announced Rajesh C. Shrotriya, M.D., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and other members of senior management, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss third quarter 2007 operating results and provide a development update for its pipeline of drug candidates.

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) (NYSE:OFC) will report financial results for the second quarter 2007 after the market close on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Please join Randall M. Griffin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Roger A. Waesche, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Stephen E. Riffee, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Mary Ellen Fowler, Vice President and Treasurer, for a conference call and live webcast on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results.

Deep Blue Marine (Pink Sheets: DPBM) is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, May 1, there will be a toll-free conference call for all investors and interested parties to talk to Wilf Blum, President and CEO of Deep Blue Marine. The call has been set up for 5:30 PM MDT and is limited to the first 25 callers. In order to participate on this toll-free call, you must dial 866-722-4740 at 5:30 PM MDT and enter the conference code 8249702 followed by the # sign.

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