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A spike in activities in the media sector has been leaving its mark on the stock markets today, as it appears that we may be headed toward a new round of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures led by no less than media magnate Rupert Murdoch. ITV’s share price (LSE:ITV) opened at 201.00, up from 183.80. Time Warner’s share […]

Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) is the biggest toy manufacturer in the world. Perhaps I should clarify. Mattel doesn’t build the biggest toys in the world; it is the biggest manufacturer of toys in the world with a market cap of $12.31 billion, annual sales of $7.1 billion, and 28,000 employees. In the mid to late 1990s, Mattel […]

Due 2019 The KEYW Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:KEYW) announced today that it has agreed to sell $130 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.50% convertible senior notes due July 15, 2019in an underwritten public offering. The conversion rate of the notes will initially be 67.4093 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes […]

Comprehensive Suite of Solutions to Bring Standardization Across Growing Health System MedAssets (Nasdaq:MDAS) today announced that Baylor Scott & White Health, now the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas, has renewed and expanded its relationship with MedAssets to support the recently merged health system in unifying organizational processes and workflows to drive greater...

You have got to wonder if the Obama administration is out to get Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) founder Elon Musk. Following remarks by Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, Tesla’s share price plunged to 219.58 from it’s previous close of 226.45 on 14 July. It may be difficult to prove that Yellen’s ineptness caused the significant reduction in the […]

Has gained stockholder approval Paulson Capital (Delaware) Corp. (Nasdaq:PLCC) yesterday held a Special Meeting of Stockholders at which 67.4% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock were cast and more than 98% of the votes cast were voted in favor of each of a group of proposals related to the contemplated merger with […]

Also appoints Pierre Fitzgibbon as Chairman of Board Neptune Technologies & Bioressources (Nasdaq:NEPT), has announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2014. “It was a very successful start to our fiscal year, with Neptune announcing the opening of its Sherbrooke plant, the launch later this year of three new condition-specific […]

A decision of Titanic propotions and will they Costa (Concordia) too much? Norwegian Cruise Line (Nasdaq:NCLH) announced today that it has reached an agreement with MEYER WERFT GmbH of Germany to build two new Breakaway-Plus class cruise ships for delivery in the second quarter 2018 and the fourth quarter 2019. Each ship will be 164,600 […]

Secures $35mn credit facility to support continued growth of e-commerce business Speed Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPDC), a vertically integrated, omni-channel platform of e-commerce services, has completed the asset sale of its legacy distribution business segment to WYNIT Distribution, LLC, a leading national wholesale distributor of products from the top national brands in a number of...

RGS Energy (Nasdaq:RGSE), a US based nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, has completed its previously announced private equity offering for gross proceeds of approximately $7.0 million. After paying placement agent fees and offering expenses, the company plans to use the net proceeds of approximately $6.4 million to […]