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Led by Hong Kong Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBMG), a biomedicine firm engaged in the development of new treatments for degenerative and cancerous diseases, today announced the closing of a private placement transaction under which it sold an aggregate of 1,492,537 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to selected private […]

Hexis Cyber Solutions, Inc. (Hexis), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The KEYW Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:KEYW), and a provider of advanced cybersecurity solutions for commercial companies and government agencies, today announced that a leading U.S. government agency has taken an initial delivery of its next-generation threat investigation and automated malware removal solution, HawkEye G, to...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX) for $3.85 billion. Even compared to the now defunct attempt of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) to acquire AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN), this could be one of the biggest acquisitions of all time in this sector, not necessarily in volume, but in impact. It appears […]

Top-notch? Top Ships Inc. (Nasdaq:TOPS) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock, and warrants to purchase 5,000,000 common shares, at $2.00 per common share and $0.00001 per warrant. The warrants have an exercise price of $2.50 per share, are exercisable immediately, and will expire five years […]

Pathways of Progress Announcement First Liberty Power Corp. (FLPC:OTCQB), a diversified exploration, development and mining company focused on strategic minerals for America’s future, is today providing an update by Chief Operating Officer, Jimmy Trikeriotis. Mr. Trikeriotis, seeking to highlight the essential elements of our plan forward, provides the following strategic details...

The share price of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been pushing higher today as the company prepares to split its shares at a 7 to 1 ratio after the market closes today. Apple shares opened this morning at 650.00, up from yesterday’s close of 647.35. Even though the share price has not returned to the record high […]

Two years ago, 06 June 2012, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) share price was $29.22. By the same date in 2013 that share price has more than tripled to $97.35. It is currently trading at $206.25, after reaching a record high of $254.84 on 04 March 2014. The current price is up 1.21% from yesterday’s close of […]

Company also to resume production at Monaca facility EveryWare Global, Inc. (Nasdaq:EVRY), announced today that it entered into a Forbearance Agreement with the administrative agent and certain other lenders under the Company’s Term Loan Agreement. In addition, EveryWare entered into an amendment to the Company’s asset back loan (“ABL”) agreement with the lenders under...

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYCC) (Nasdaq:CYCCP), a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious disorders, announced plans for the clinical development of sapacitabine in a second potential indication for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) after treatment failure of...

Don’t say we didn’t tell you this could happen. It may not have been a Freaky Friday on Wall Street, but it sure was fun.  Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOWI:DJI) set new record highs and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) led all stocks as the most active by a long-shot. Let’s […]