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Luna Innovations Jumps Over 90% After Extending Relationship With Intuitive Surgical (LUNA, ISRG)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 10:04am | 366Luna Innovations (NASDAQ: LUNA) jumps over 90% higher than yesterday's close in intraday trading after the company announced that it has extended a relationship with Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG). Luna Innovations Incorporated announced today that it has agreed with Intuitive Surgical to...
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Luna Innovations and Intuitive Surgical Extend Relationship
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 9:54am | 121Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) announced today that it has agreed with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG), to extend its development efforts under its development and supply agreement with Intuitive towards further integrating Luna's shape sensing technology into Intuitive's...
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China North East Petroleum Provides Update to Shengyuan Acquisition
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 8:42am | 109China North East Petroleum Holdings (NYSE: NEP) today announced an update regarding its acquisition of Sunite Right Banner Shengyuan Oil and Gas Technology Development Co, an operator with exclusive oilfield exploration and drilling rights to the Durimu oilfield in Inner Mongolia. The Company is...
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PhotoMedex Reports 2010 Q4 EPS
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 8:33am | 27PhotoMedex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHMD) today reported financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2010. Revenures for Q4 $10.5M EPS $0.34
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Bovie Medical Corporation Reports Q4 EPS of $(0.08)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 8:09am | 84Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSE: BVX) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter. Revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010 were approximately $6.2 million versus an approximate $6.5 million for the comparable period last year. During the fourth quarter of 2010,...
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Baxter International Plunging (BAX)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 1:53pm | 47Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) shares just fell off a cliff, but there doesn't appear to be any news on the stock as of yet. Shares had been trading as high as $53.75, and are currently trading at $53.13, up 1 cent.
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Calls Purchased on MELA Sciences, Inc. (MELA)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:51pm | 135Shares of MELA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: MELA) are higher on the session by 7.85%, currently trading at $3.41. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...
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Morning Market Movers (CEPH, NLST, BVX, OXM)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:49am | 139Cephalon Inc (NASDAQ: CEPH) shares surged 28.34% to $75.40 at 9:45 am. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX) made an unsolicited $5.7 billion offer to purchase Cephalon. Netlist Inc (NASDAQ: NLST) shares advanced 23.55% to $2.99. NLST received 3 patents related to hypercloud memory...
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Gabelli Reiterates GB Buy Rating
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:26am | 119Gabelli has reiterated Greatbatch Inc's (NYSE: GB) Buy Rating in a recent report. According to Gabelli, “At the company's March 24 investor day, Greatbatch provided insight into ten cardiovascular and neurostimulation projects, the first three of which have gained regulatory approval and are...
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Benchmark Reports On CRY Intentions To Acquire CGCP
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:08am | 121Benchmark has issued a report following Cryolife's (NYSE: CRY) intentions to acquire Cardiogenesis. According to Benchmark, “CryoLife announced its intention to acquire Cardiogenesis Corporation (CGCP.PK) for approximately $22 million in cash. The acquisition represents a 43% premium to...
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Chinese Medicine Company Adopts ThermoGenesis Cord Blood Stem Cell Processing And Storage Technologies
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 9:07am | 104ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL) said today that Nanshan Memorial Medical Institute will be utilizing its AXP AutoXpress and BioArchive Systems used to process and store stem cells from cord blood in its two stem cell banks in China. The Nanshan facilities are located in Biolake, Wuhan City, a...
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BG Medicine Announces Research Agreement With Boston Scientific
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 8:35am | 117BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGMD) today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) to study the role of galectin-3 as an aid in patient screening for cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) using patient data from the MADIT-...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (TIBX, EDAP, VOD, DELL)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 8:19am | 116TIBCO Software Inc (NASDAQ: TIBX) dipped 1.64% to $25.84 in the pre-market session. TIBX reported upbeat Q1 earnings. EDAP TMS SA (NASDAQ: EDAP) fell 0.83% to $3.60 in the pre-market session. EDAP reported 10.2% year-over-year rise in its 2010 lithotripsy division revenue. Vodafone Group Plc (...
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Bulls on the Loose 03-29-2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 7:12pm | 890Cusick's Corner Encouragement – that's what the market felt holding onto the gains of the Midday. This is also plays well into the bull spread strategies that I discussed a few Corners ago. Tomorrow's ADP data will be a potential catalyst for the bulls early in the session, plus if we see a...
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Jefferies Initiates Edwards Lifesciences Corporation at Hold (EW)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 8:37am | 115Jefferies is out with its report today on Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), initiating EW at Hold. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "Edwards Lifesciences is the clear leader in transcatheter heart valves, a potential multi-billion dollar market. While Edwards has had much early...