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Wednesday was a bad day for two major airline giants, one a manufacturer and the other a commercial airline. The share prices of Airbus (EU:AIR) and Lufthansa (LS:LHA) both suffered following very unflattering reports. Airbus Loses Order. Share Price Drops More Than 3%. Emirates airline cancelled an order for 50 Airbus A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s, […]

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...

Acquisition of Funeral Homes & Cemeteries from Service Corporation International StoneMor Partners L.P. announced today that it has closed the previously announced purchase of 9 funeral homes, 12 cemeteries and 2 crematories from Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI). StoneMor paid approximately $53.8 million in cash for the properties which are located in Central Florida, North...

Sometimes I think that if it were not for bad luck, Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP) would have no luck at all. It seems like every time the company catches a break, something goes wrong. The GKP share price was down 0.58% today to 90.47, much closer to the low end of its 52-week range of […]

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 […]

– First of its kind international 3D heritage restoration – Partnership to yield 3D Charter Collection at National Museum of Natural History 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that the Smithsonian Institution has installed its first major 3D printed piece for its 3D digitization program: a prehistoric whale fossil that was 3D scanned and printed. 3DS, […]

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 […]

Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning. I despise Walmart (NYSE:WMT). I despise Walmart as a reluctant customer, I despise Walmart as a Chamber of Commerce president, and I despise Walmart as a former supplier. What’s more I despise Walmart as an American businessman. Sam Walton Was Not a Saint, but He Was […]

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the first commercial air flight. What was once a fantasy has become so much more than a reality. It has become so much of our daily lives that we now take air travel for granted. Yet, this now common experience continues to be offered in a financial sector where […]