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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 9, 2012) - Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced that Infor HCM has been recognized as a Leader among human capital management applications in two of Nucleus Research's latest Technology Value Matrixes for Human Capital Management (HCM) and Human Resources (HR). The HCM Value Matrix is based on functionality and usability, the two core measures that Nucleus has found indicate an application's ability to deliver initial ROI and, ultimately, maximum value over time. Nucleus Research placed vendors in the HCM Leader category who have invested in both functionality and usability features that are most likely to deliver the greatest potential returns.

"One of the main strengths of Infor HCM is the solid foundation on which it is built, which allows companies to use and reuse a framework for talent management," said Gabriel Gheorghiu, principal analyst, Nucleus Research. "The Infor ION platform contributes to the flexibility of the solution so that it can be configured easily, is deployed in the cloud, and can be accessed from mobile devices."

Scores for usability are based on intuitiveness of the application, availability of role-based interfaces, training requirements, and productivity impact on users. Similarly, composite scores for functionality are based on the breadth and repeatability of functionality in the core application, the availability and ease of integration of add-on functionality that delivers additional benefit, and the vendors' investment in innovative functionality outside the core that will deliver additional benefits.

"These Leader rankings further underscore our commitment to innovating Infor's HCM offerings post Lawson acquisition, and validates the effort our team has put in to make it an industry-leading application," said Amy Ihlen, industry strategy director, Human Capital Management, Infor. "We're making sure our customers are receiving the customized tools they need to attract and retain talent in this challenging business environment and linking employees to the overall organizational strategy."

Infor HCM delivers complete insight into every aspect of employee management and provides effective and economical solutions to save money and increasing employee morale.

"Infor's acquisition of Lawson made it a leader in both HCM and HR market segments," continued Gheorghiu.

About Infor Infor is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise applications and services, helping more than 70,000 large and mid-size companies improve operations and drive growth across numerous industry sectors.To learn more about Infor, please visit http://www.infor.com.

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QUINCY, ILL. -- Click here to follow the latest developments in this story.

Investigators found human remains at the site of a Sunday night fire that damaged Salvage Lumber in Quincy. The announcement was made Monday at a press conference by Quincy Fire Chief Joe Henning.

Adams County Coroner gave a statement saying that the human remains are a full body and that it is currently unclear who it is. It's also unclear whether the remains had any connection to the late-night fire that gutted parts of the building.

Later in the day Monday, the Adams County Coroner called KHQA and confirmed that the body found is female and right now she is considered a Jane Doe.

At the present time we do not know the age or race of the victim or the exact cause of death. A post mortem examination or autopsy will beconducted in Quincy Tuesday.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office will conduct an investigation.

The business, at 219 Oak St., caught fire Sunday just before 8:30 p.m. Crews were called to the scene of heavy smoke, which escalated to a five-alarm fire.Click here for our original story.

Salvage Lumber is an antique wood restoration shop. Owner Rick Delaney watched as the fire gutted his cabinet shop in the rear of the building. He said the front portion of the building is used for office space. Delaney said he had not been in the building since Friday and does not have insurance on the shop.

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Human remains found in warehouse fire

Residents happy local post office will not close

LORAINE, ILLINOIS -- The United States Post Office is losing $25 millionevery day.

The United States Postal Service has been in decline since 2005. Increasing use of technology is forcing the service to make big changes to local offices.

The Loraine community was surveyed on what changes should be made.

"We're here in the Loraine Post Office today to explain the community that we're going to 4 hours a day here in this office," said Pamela Meehan,manager of Human Resources for the U.S. Postal Service. "Previously, the office was open for the window hours about 6.5 hours a day but part of the postal service restructure plan in order to remain viable is to take a look at our rural post office hours and reduce them where we can in an effort to save money,"

Eighty-six percentof the community voted to realign hours at the post office instead of visiting other offices or using delivery options.

"Well we're trying to remain viable the postal service is self-supporting and right now we're losing money. So one of the alternatives to closing small offices was we listen to community input, we listen to input of our management of our organization and we decided. To the greatest extent possible to keep these small offices open," Meehan said.

Loraine residents like Johnny Anderson,were happy to keep their post office open but also realized they would have to make some changes to keep it that way.

Anderson says, "I use it primarily as a business person to buy stamps, postcards, things we need to mail like that and mail letters; which, I was mailing at home because I'm on a rural route. I'll stop doing that and bring it to the post office here,"

Anderson also worried how he could cope with the shorter hours.

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