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New COO Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE:NWL) today announced the appointment of Christopher O’Leary, executive vice president and chief operating officer, International, of General Mills to the company’s board of directors, effective November 11, 2014. O’Leary, age 55, will serve on Newell Rubbermaid’s Nominating/Governance and Organizational Development & Compensation...

Larger losses than 2013 Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:CNAT), a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines to treat liver disease, today announced financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014, and provided updates on its clinical development programs. Financial Results: The net loss for the third quarter […]

Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) floated its IPO today to a great deal of fanfare at the New York Stock Exchange, including a visit by NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon on hand for the ringing of the opening bell. AXTA shares opened at 20.94, more that 6% above the original asking price of 19.00. The company’s market cap is […]

AMAG Closes $340 Million Term Loan AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMAG) (Nasdaq:AMAG) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Lumara Health Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company with a particular focus on maternal health. The transaction was announced on September 29, 2014 and included upfront consideration of $600 million in cash and 3,209,971 shares of […]

Will they takeover? BP have said that they are now operating the world’s first robotic coreflooding system. The Core Flood Robot is the most recent addition to BP’s programme of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) research facilities. Coreflooding is one of the most important techniques used to identify and evaluate EOR technologies. It measures the effectiveness […]

Phoenix and VersaStyle Seats Offer Improved Style, Comfort and Performance Milsco Manufacturing, a Jason company (Nasdaq:JASN) (Nasdaq:JASNW) and a leader in the design and manufacture of seating solutions for the motorcycle, powersports, turf care, heavy equipment and agricultural markets, introduces two new product lines that deliver improved style, comfort and performance over previous...

Can you hear a clear profit? DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq:DTSI), a leader in high-definition audio solutions, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. “DTS delivered strong revenue and earnings growth in the third quarter. We also made important progress on a number of key strategic fronts during the quarter, including expanding […]

Drilling Update at Schonberg Project Noricum Gold Limited, the Austrian focused gold exploration and development company, has provided an update on drilling being undertaken at the 100% owned Schonberg Gold and Precious Metals Project, located in an historic copper mining zone in south-central Austria. Previous exploration has already identified up to eight veins along a […]

Will it wash with investors? Further to the update provided on KiQplanTM in their recent interim results Fitbug, an AIM listed provider of online personal health and well-being services, has confirmed the launch of its “KiQplan” digital health coaching platform, www.KiQplan.com. KiQplans are designed to make wearable technology relevant to new audiences and take the […]

Award of blocks in the competitive 2013 EGAS bid round BP Egypt has confirmed today that it has been awarded two new exploration blocks as a result of the 2013 EGAS bid round. BP and its partners have committed to invest a total of $240 million in the blocks over different phases. Block 3 – […]