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Multimillion-dollar savings from 2014 efforts; software efficiency to benefit hundreds of MDA users The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) have achieved nearly $7 million savings through the Modeling and Operations Software Affordability Initiative during 2014, exceeding the $5 million savings targeted. In collaboration with the MDA, Northrop Grumman...

$772,000 net income, or $0.13 per Share, in 2Q15 From 1Q15 State Bank Corp. (OTCQB:SBAZ), the holding company for Mohave State Bank, today announced net income increased 13.4% to $772,000, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $681,000, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the first quarter […]

Revenue stays the same as Q1 with $1.1m BroadVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:BVSN), a leading provider of e-business and engagement management solutions, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015. Revenues for the second quarter were $2.2 million, compared with revenues of $2.5 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 and […]

Amazon’s share price (NASDAQ:AMZN) hit an all-time high of 580.57 today following its Q2 results for the period ending 30 June. The report indicated a 20% year-on-year increase in revenues to $23.18 for the quarter. Opinion on the street was that Amazon would report a second-quarter loss. Instead, it announced a $92 million net profit.  The […]

It has been only 18 days since ADVFN published “The Obamacare Effect Starts U.S. Merger Frenzy” on 06 July, in which we reported that U.S.-based healthcare insurer, Aetna (NYSE:AET), announced that it would be acquiring all outstanding shares in Humana (NYSE:HUM). At that time,  the New York Times and others had forecasted that that acquisition would be merely the first ripple...

Result of Open Offer Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, announced on 6 July 2015 that it had raised £1.4 million by the issue of 20,000,000 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Firm Placing and 2,630,000 New Ordinary […]

Shares in ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) slipped by more than 6.6% today to 970.0, despite “a strong quarter” that produced revenues of £229 million  and a net profit of £77.1 million. That is a 22% increase in revenue and a 34% increase in net profit. Even the board’s recommendation to increase its interim dividend by 25% […]

77% higher than previous Q4 SMTP, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMTP), a global provider of cloud-based marketing technologies, today announced that its SharpSpring marketing automation product has recorded record new sales in Q2, adding 182 new customers representing $1.3 million in annual recurring revenue during the second quarter. The rate of customer addition was 22% higher than sales […]

Top Holdings Include IntraOp Medical, Pivotal, Turn, QMAT, and Wrightspeed Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVC), a publicly-traded venture capital fund that invests in technology and cleantech companies, disclosed today that its preliminary NAV as of June 30, 2015 was $24.54 per share. The Fund also announced that its top five holdings as of that […]

Halliburton’s share price (NYSE:HAL) is up more than 2.5% today, despite second quarter results that paled by comparison to both the previous quarter and year-on-year. The key factor was that HAL beat analysts’s expectations of 29 cents per share by 51%. Halliburton generated 44 cents. Company Chairman and CEO, Dave Lesar, pointed out that “Our […]