NEW BUSINESS Weber Shandwick, Bloomington, has been named public relations agency of record for SecondMarket. The New York-based company hired Weber Shandwick to help raise visibility for its marketplace solutions for illiquid assets, including mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, limited partnership interests, bankruptcy claims, auction-rate securities and other illiquid assets.
Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc., St. Louis Park, will open an ApplianceSmart Factory Outlet in Cumming, Ga., in August.
DEBT AND EQUITIES Deluxe Corp., Shoreview, declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share, payable on June 1 to shareholders of record on May 18. As of April 27, the company had 51.1 million shares outstanding.
PERSONNEL Capella University, Minneapolis, has named Barbara Butts Williams dean of its School of Education. Butts Williams most recently served as interim and associate dean with the university's School of Business and Technology.
