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You’ve got to pay attention to the race between Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Whilst one started out as a search engine and the other as a social medium, they both seem bent on ruling the world. On March 4th, we featured an article about Facebook’s efforts to develop drones for, as they would have […]

Already in trouble in China and Iraq, GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) is now under investigation in Poland on allegations of bribery. Although the GSK share price has been losing ground today in early trading and following the opening of the exchange, it remains to be seen how shares will perform on the New York Exchange (NYSE:GSK). The […]

Also announces Departure of CFO and CAO Mark Vranesh Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced that the Company has appointed David Lee as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer effective April 14, 2014. Lee will oversee accounting, corporate finance and investor relations and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer […]

Expands Cardiac Lead Extraction Portfolio to Include TightRail Rotating Mechanical Dilator Sheath and SightRail Manual Mechanical Dilator Sheath Set The Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC) today announced FDA clearance of two new mechanical lead extraction platforms that expand physicians’ options for safe removal of cardiac leads. Each incorporates innovative designs for mechanical...

Appoints Chief Bioanalytics Officer Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCBB:PRGB), announced today that Greg Kilby, Ph.D. has joined the Company as its Chief Bioanalytics Officer (CBO) and Director of Biomolecular Information Services. Prior to joining Protea Dr. Kilby held the position of Director, North America Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Application and Demonstration Laboratories for...

The share price of mega-bank Citigroup (NASDAQ:C) continued to slip today as the once mighty firm continues to embrace the roll of the “Sad Sack” of the world banking sector. Last Wednesday, 02 April, Citi shares closed at 48.25. The share price has closed lower each succeeding day, at 47.66 on Thursday, 47.11 on Friday, […]

Inclusion “Underscores continued financial strength” PGT Industries (Nasdaq:PGTI), has been selected to the 2014 Barron’s 400 Index for the second consecutive semester. The innovative measure of U.S. securities is made up of the 400 strongest and most promising stocks in North America, out of more than 6,000, that score the highest when evaluated against the […]

19 New Domestic Routes Open in March Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (Nasdaq:OMAB) (BMV:OMA), reports that terminal passenger traffic at its 13 airports increased 2.9% in March 2014, as compared to March 2013. Domestic traffic increased 3.4%, and international traffic increased 0.7%. It should be noted […]

In response to internet posts. Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH) has clarified recent transactions in Nanosphere’s common stock by certain of its directors and significant stockholders in response to false and misleading reports and web site postings about those transactions. From March 26, 2014 through March 28, 2014, Gene Cartwright, Andre de Bruin and Sheli Rosenberg, each […]

Following a pattern set recently by several other tech companies, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has made a play that is ingeniously designed to ensure that control of the company stays in the hands of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Don’t have a stroke if you check the Google share price this morning to find that GOOG […]