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Back to school? Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) today announced a 2014 Global Externship Program to give international students exposure to career fields in cyber, program management and computer engineering. The Northrop Grumman—UMBC Externship is an eight-week summer research program for non-U.S. citizens studying in America at...

Partnership to Facilitate Growth of Tribeca Film Festival Brand While Broadening MSG’s Iconic NYC Portfolio. The Madison Square Garden Company (Nasdaq:MSG) and Tribeca Enterprises, the company that owns and operates the acclaimed Tribeca Film Festival and other businesses, announced today that MSG has purchased a 50 percent interest in a transaction that values Tribeca Enterprises...

Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (Nasdaq:FFKT) has announced that the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis approved the Company’s request to repurchase 10,000 shares, or one-third, of its outstanding Series A preferred stock. The purchase price of the shares will be the stated liquidation value of $1,000 per share, plus any accrued dividends. The timing of […]

Sphere 3D Corporation (TSX-V:ANY) (OTCQX:SPIHF), a virtualization technology solution provider making it possible for incompatible devices and applications to run over the cloud, today announced that it completed the acquisition of all of the assets and operations of privately held V3 Systems Inc., a leader in providing VDI architecture, software and hybrid Desktop-as-a-Service solutions. The...

The Board of Directors of KCAP Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq:KCAP) approved a quarterly cash distribution of $0.25 per share of common stock for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The distribution is payable on April 25, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business as of April 4, 2014. In a statment the Board […]

MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCQB:MRIC), a commercial stage medical device company, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Management Comments “Our operational results for MRI Interventions in 2013 were very strong. We are pleased to report that our 2013 product revenues grew 149% over the prior year and […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered a Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., ahead of schedule, Feb. 14. This is the second aircraft delivered as part of Global Hawk’s Lot 10 contract, joining a Block 30 system delivered four months early in […]

The offering is expected to close on March 24, 2014. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCFS) announced today that it has priced a private offering of $200 million of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021 at an issue price of 100% of principal amount. the company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale […]

I remember Ray Tracing back when we were in university together, so I was anxious to see what he is doing at Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG). The first news that I heard was that IMG’s share price was up 12% this morning. So I thought he must be doing something great. Then I heard that he […]

Common stock deal with Aspire Capital Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a company enhancing medicine through targeted molecular diagnostics, today announced it has entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC, whereby Nanosphere has the right to sell up to $30 million of shares of its common stock to Aspire Capital under certain […]