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Zeena Freeman to join as President Black Diamond, Inc. (Nasdaq:BDE), a global performance equipment and apparel company, has appointed Zeena Freeman as president. As president, Freeman will succeed Black Diamond Co-Founder Peter Metcalf who will continue to serve as CEO and director. She will be taking over operating responsibility of the Black Diamond Equipment, POC […]

Plans to tackle congestive heart failure uniQure (Nasdaq:QURE), a leader in human gene therapy, has announced the acquisition of InoCard GmbH, an innovative, early-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of gene therapy approaches for cardiac disease. InoCard has developed a novel gene therapy to preclinical proof of concept, for the one-time treatment of congestive […]

BREAKING NEWS. Spirit Airlines (Nasdaq:SAVE) and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), announced today that they reached a tentative agreement for a five-year contract. The tentative agreement, which is subject to ratification by the flight attendant membership, planned for fourth quarter 2014, was unanimously supported by the union’s...

Company call it a ‘signficant milestone’ BP announced today that the Government of Indonesia, through the Ministry of Environment, has approved the Tangguh Expansion Project Integrated AMDAL environmental and social impact assessment and issued the project an environmental permit. The AMDAL includes Tangguh’s environmental and social commitments. It also outlines the role of the...

Bob Evans Farms, Inc., (Nasdaq:BOBE) today mailed a letter from its Board of Directors to the Company’s stockholders, discussing the “unsustainable economic agenda” and “non-substantive operational suggestions” put forward by Sandell Asset Management, which is attempting to turn over control of the company at the Bob Evans 2014 Annual Meeting on August 20th. The...

Sometimes even a fox like Rupert Murdoch can’t find a way to get into the hen house. Tuesday evening, 21st Century Fox (NASDAX:FOXA) announced that it had officially withdrawn its offer to become the guardian of the Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) hen house. The share prices of both companies declined rapidly. Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of […]

Company said to be ‘Broadening patent portfolio for xxtended-release amantadine’ Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADMS), today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 8,796,337, entitled “Composition and Method For Treating Neurological Disease.” The claims of this patent are directed towards methods for treating...

Payment of Ps. 500 Million Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (Nasdaq:OMAB) (BMV:OMA), announces details for the payment of the remainder of the capital reduction payments that were approved by its shareholders. The Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting in its extraordinary session on April 10, 2014 approved reduction […]

Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:PNBK) reported net income of $525,000 or $0.01 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2014. The results compare to net income of $319,000 in the first quarter of this year, (a 65% increase) and compared to a net loss of $3,912,000 in the second quarter of 2013. Excluding a […]

BP today announced the appointment of Spencer Dale as its new Group Chief Economist with effect from the end of October. Mr Dale joins BP from the Bank of England where he is currently Executive Director for Financial Stability Strategy and Risk. He is also a member of the Bank’s Financial Policy Committee. In his […]