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This past week the FTSE 100 aggregate companies regained £62 billion of the £112 billion in valuation that they lost during the prior week. The index finished the week at 6,545.27, a gain of 3.9% on the week. Oops! Pardon me. That introduction kind of took the polish off the headline, didn’t it? Oh well, I might […]

The mighty, international fast-food giant is definitely in trouble. McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) share price, although up 3.21% today to 91.58, is at its lowest since September 2012. Investors are following customers as they go in other directions. I remember way back when McDonald’s was considered to be a “sleeping giant” in the traditionally sense of the […]

Net revenues of $16.4 million Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. (NYSE:UWN) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended October 31, 2014. For the second quarter of fiscal 2015, the company reported net revenues of $16.4 million compared to $16.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Net revenues from Washington increased $0.3 […]

First Investigational Immunotherapy for AL Amyloidosis to Receive FDA Fast Track Designation – Follows Recent Initiation of The VITAL Amyloidosis Study, a Global Phase 3 Registrational Trial of NEOD001 for Patients with AL Amyloidosis Prothena Corporation plc (Nasdaq:PRTA), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel...

I had come to have a modicum of admiration (that’s about as much as I can muster for a politician or a banker) over the past few years. But today, either someone slipped him a stupid pill or he is doing his imitation of Barack Obama (moving his lips and expecting people to believe the […]

$75.0 Million Agreement Gladstone Land Corporation (Nasdaq:LAND) announced today that it, through one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, has completed an initial issuance under a secured bond purchase agreement with Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation that provides for borrowings up to an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million. The initial issuance of approximately $3.7 million...

The initial offering price of Lending Club (NYSE:LC) shares was $15.00, higher than the $12.00-$14.00 range anticipated. When shares started trading for the first time on 11 December, they popped 65% before finishing the day up 56% at $23.43. Lending Club shares closed Friday at $24.69 and increased to $24.84 in after-hours trading. The Emergence […]

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading of Hortonworks, Inc. (Nasdaq:HDP), a leading contributor to and provider of Apache Hadoop, commenced on The Nasdaq Stock Market on December 12, 2014. Hortonworks develops, distributes and supports the only 100% open source Apache Hadoop data platform. Hortonworks is focused on providing an enterprise grade Hadoop software platform that enables...

Also expects $1 billion in Group-wide restructuring charges over coming year BP will today present to investors its strategy and plans to the end of the decade and beyond for its Upstream oil and gas business. The day-long presentation, led by BP’s Upstream chief executive Lamar McKay, will provide an in-depth and detailed account of […]

Drilling Rig Fuel Costs Expected to Drop by ~50%; Significant Reduction in CO2, NOx and SOx Emissions Projected Halcón Resources Corporation (NYSE:HK) today announced that it has commissioned its first compressed natural gas facility through its subsidiary, Hawk Clean Fuels. This CNG facility is serving the Company’s operations in its El Halcón area in East […]