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Joint Industry Project supported by BG, Royal Dutch Shell, Wintershall, Maersk, TOTAL, Tullow Oil, eni, Senergy, and Oil States Industries Inc. Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, known for its safety, time and cost saving capabilities, will launch […]

What are the details? Transcat, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRNS), a leading provider of accredited calibration and compliance services and distributor of professional grade handheld test, measurement and control instrumentation, announced today that it has acquired, effective June 22, 2015, Calibration Technologies, Inc.. Headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey, Calibration Technologies specializes in...

What are the detials? Rosneft and BP today have signed several agreements strengthening the long term strategic relationship between the two companies, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Rosneft and BP signed final binding agreements for Rosneft’s sale to BP of a 20 per cent share of Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha (Taas), creating a new joint […]

Louisiana Bancorp will receive $24.25 per share Home Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBCP), the holding company of the 106-year-old Home Bank, N.A., and Louisiana Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:LABC), the holding company of the 105-year-old Bank of New Orleans, jointly announced today the signing of a definitive agreement under which Home Bancorp will acquire Louisiana Bancorp for an aggregate […]

What have the shareholders and Directors approved? Zogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZGNX), a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced today that at the annual general meeting of shareholders held earlier today, shareholders voted to approve a proposal authorizing the board of directors of the Company to amend...

Let us have a closer look… Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) today announced that it has signed a multi-year preferred partnership agreement with JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU). The new agreement significantly expands the existing marketing affiliation between the two companies, under which Avis Budget Group has served as a partner within JetBlue’s TrueBlue loyalty rewards...

Will the shares go up and up as well? Willis Lease Finance Corporation (Nasdaq:WLFC), the premier independent jet engine lessor in the commercial finance sector, announced it will be providing spare engines to support the Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft over the next five years. “With almost 700 aircraft in the Southwest […]

Why have they done so? StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM), a world leader in the research and development of cell-based therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system diseases and disorders, announced today that Health Canada has authorized the Company to expand its Phase II clinical trial for chronic cervical spinal cord injury into Canada. The Pathway […]

Nothing in the food industry has ever been as American as McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD), but the company has been losing its grip on the restaurant sector or its appeal to American customers for several years. MCD’s share price has been in decline since 19 May. It’s current share price is 96.32, up 1.16 in intraday trading, […]

£500,000 debt financing, Acquisition update and Share buyback programme Paragon Diamonds Limited, the AIM quoted diamond development company, has announced that it has raised £500,000 of unsecured debt financing, from an investment company. The proceeds of the fundraise may be used to initiate a share buyback programme and to support short term working capital requirements […]