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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 […]

Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) today announced results of operations for its second quarter of fiscal 2014, which ended February 27, 2014. Revenues in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 were $4.11 billion and were 2 percent higher compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and 98 percent higher compared to the second quarter of […]

Names Greg Dixon as Sector Vice President for Advanced Cyber Operations and Signs Lease for 90,000 Square-Foot Facility to Build KEYW’s Advanced Cyber Research and Training Center The KEYW Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:KEYW) announced today that its subsidiary, The KEYW Corporation, signed a lease for an additional 90,000 square feet of space in a new building […]

Northrim BanCorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:NRIM) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Alaska Pacific Bank, in a stock and cash transaction. “We are excited to welcome the customers, employees and shareholders of Alaska Pacific to Northrim and look forward to what we anticipate will be a […]