Technology

For $134 million Epiq Systems (Nasdaq:EPIQ), a global provider of integrated technology solutions for the legal profession, announced today that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held, Kansas City-based Iris Data Services, the market leading provider of managed services for electronic discovery (eDiscovery). The total consideration for the acquisition is $134...

On 10 October 2013 I wrote an ADVFN article about “3D Printing: A Sleeping Giant for Investors.” The basis for that article was grounded and personal experience with 3D prototyping and a familiarity with the commercialization of the technology, making it available to consumers. What followed, in terms of consumerisation, has been somewhat demoralizing as […]

Price news It’s been a very steady week (in bitcoin terms!), with price trading mostly in the $245 and $255 range. Seven-day average price: $250.81 End of week market cap: $3.6 billion (Prices quoted according to Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index) Due to a busy couple of weeks I missed last week’s report, so this time […]

ADVFN shares (LSE:AFN) look promising, showing a great deal of energy. The price consolidated last year and broke upwards significantly this year. The price topped at the supply level at 130 and then retraced lower towards the near-term demand level at 117. We know this is a bull market, but buyers should look for optimal […]

Northrop Grumman Remotec is the sole reseller of the systems to law enforcement Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) subsidiary Remotec Inc. and AirRobot US have entered into a distribution agreement for AirRobot’s line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the agreement, Remotec is the sole reseller of these products to the first responder and law […]

Nikola Tesla was a genius. He was, arguably, much smarter than his competitor, Thomas Edison. Edison, however was much more shrewd in terms of business acumen. The man who leads the namesake company of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has the genius of Mr. Tesla and the business acumen of Mr. Edison combined. His name is Elon Musk, […]

I was preparing to write this morning when, as part of my normal routine, I checked the World Index Chart on ADVFN. Nikkei up. That’s good. FTSE up. That’s good. Dow straight up! What? It started with the opening bell. By 10:00 am EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) had  already gained 250.00 points […]

Framework Agreement Signed in Beijing with Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd. Plexus Holdings plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP®method of wellhead engineering, has entered into a Framework Agreement with Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd., the major Chinese oil services provider of […]

Nokia shares (NYSE:NOK) have formed what I can call a predictable channel in the market. Based on the price action for the past several months, one would need to use a swing trading approach for this market, selling at the peak and buying at the trough. The indicators in the chart are currently nothing to […]

How did the do? Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FLXN) today announced financial results for the year-ended December 31, 2014. In February 2014, the successful completion of an initial public offering of Flexion common stock raised gross proceeds of approximately $75 million; and, in December 2014, a follow-on offering raised additional gross proceeds of approximately $98 million. […]