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For $134 million Epiq Systems (Nasdaq:EPIQ), a global provider of integrated technology solutions for the legal profession, announced today that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held, Kansas City-based Iris Data Services, the market leading provider of managed services for electronic discovery (eDiscovery). The total consideration for the acquisition is $134...

Quarterly Operations Update for the Period Ended 31 March 2015 Magnolia Petroleum Plc, the AIM quoted US focused oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced a quarterly update on its operations across proven and producing US onshore hydrocarbon formations, including the Bakken/Three Forks Sanish in North Dakota and Montana, and the Woodford, Mississippi […]

Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA) (LSE:RDSB) pushed other world news off the front page this morning, announcing that it has agreed to buy BG Group (LSE:BG.) for $70 billion dollars (£47 billion) at a premium of 50% on BG’s closing price yesterday, which was 910.40. That would price BG shares at 1,365.60. BG shares jumped to […]

Who is the new at the top? Endocyte, Inc. (Nasdaq:ECYT) a biopharmaceutical company and leader in developing targeted small molecule drug conjugates (SMDCs) and companion imaging agents for personalized therapy in cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that P. David Mozley, M.D. has been appointed as vice president of imaging. Dr. Mozley will provide […]

On 10 October 2013 I wrote an ADVFN article about “3D Printing: A Sleeping Giant for Investors.” The basis for that article was grounded and personal experience with 3D prototyping and a familiarity with the commercialization of the technology, making it available to consumers. What followed, in terms of consumerisation, has been somewhat demoralizing as […]

Macquarie Bank Facility Re-finance and drawdown Empyrean Energy, aprofitable US onshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, development and production company with assets in Texas and California, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Macquarie Bank Limited for additional debt funding under Tranche B of its facility. The further proceeds from the Facility will […]

Portfolio Consists of U.S. Distributed Generation Solar Power Plants and 11 Solar Power Plants in the UK TerraForm Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:TERP), a global owner and operator of clean energy power plants, today announced it acquired solar power plants comprising 168 MW from SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE:SUNE) during the first quarter of 2015. All of these power […]

Full Circle Capital Corporation (Nasdaq:FULL) announced today the successful completion of its non-transferable rights offering, which expired on March 30, 2015 as scheduled. The Company received subscriptions for approximately 94% of the shares offered, 17% of which represents commitments by management and Full Circle Advisors. In addition, an institutional investor has committed to purchase...

Northrop Grumman Remotec is the sole reseller of the systems to law enforcement Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) subsidiary Remotec Inc. and AirRobot US have entered into a distribution agreement for AirRobot’s line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the agreement, Remotec is the sole reseller of these products to the first responder and law […]

Nikola Tesla was a genius. He was, arguably, much smarter than his competitor, Thomas Edison. Edison, however was much more shrewd in terms of business acumen. The man who leads the namesake company of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has the genius of Mr. Tesla and the business acumen of Mr. Edison combined. His name is Elon Musk, […]