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Digital coupon marketplace RetailMeNot files for a $230 million IPO
6/17/2013, 5:56 pm from Renaissance Capital in News Headlines, IPOs
RetailMeNot, which operates the world's largest digital coupon
marketplace, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $230
million in an initial public offering. The Austin, TX-based
company, formerly known as WhaleShark Media, was founded in 2007.
RetailMeNot booked $156 million in sales for the 12 months... Read >>
FNB to Acquire BCSB Bancorp - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:55 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
F.N.B. Corporation ( FNB ) is moving forward
with its strategy to grow through acquisitions. The company
announced a deal to acquire Baltimore-based BCSB Bancorp,
Inc. ( BCSB ) and its
subsidiary Baltimore County Savings Bank in an all-stock
transaction.
FNB stated that the deal is valued at about... Read >>
German Court Rules in Favor of MDT - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:32 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
It seems that the flow of good news for medical devices major,
Medtronic ( MDT ), remains
uninterrupted. Recently, as per news by Bloomberg, the company won
a patent infringement case over its peer Edwards
LifeSciences ( EW ). As per the German
District Court of Mannheim, Medtronic's aortic valve does... Read >>
DISH Forays into Rural Markets - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:32 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
DISH Network Corp. ( DISH ) - the second
largest satellite TV operator in the U.S. and NTELOS
Holdings Corp. ( NTLS ) - a leading
regional wireless network operator - jointly launched broadband
service across rural Virginia by utilizing 2.5 GHz band of
airwaves.
Last month, both DISH Network and... Read >>
Dean Foods Furthers WhiteWave Spin-Off - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:32 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
The spin-off of The WhiteWave Foods Co . ( WWAV ) from its parent
company, Dean Foods Company ( DF ), reached the final
stages as the former filed a secondary offering of its Class A
shares with the U.S. Sec authorities on Friday. As a part of the offering, 29.9 million of WhiteWave's Class A
shares... Read >>
Label Expansion for Astellas Drug - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:31 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
Astellas Pharma Inc. ( ALPMY ) recently
announced the approval of Prograf in Japan for an additional
indication. Prograf is now approved for interstitial pneumonia associated
with polymyositis/dermatomyositis. It was granted orphan drug
status by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW). Prograf... Read >>
Synergy Resources Prices Share Issue - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:31 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
Platteville, Colorado-based Synergy Resources
Corp. ( SYRG ) has priced an
upsized public offering of 11,500,000 common shares at $6.25 a
piece, with a 30-day over-allotment option for an additional
1,725,000 shares. The offering is expected to close on Jun
19.
The energy explorer plans to use the net... Read >>
Lockheed Wins DoD Contracts - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:31 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
Lockheed Martin Corp ( LMT ) clinched two
back-to-back contracts from the Department of Defense. The
contracts are valued at a total of $17.1 million. The first contract worth $7.2 million calls for Lockheed's
Information Systems and Global Services operating wing to develop a
software for providing... Read >>
GM Expands SUV Recall - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:31 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
General Motors Company ( GM ) expanded its
2012-late Aug recall of 249,260 units of midsize sport utility
vehicles (SUVs) by 231,000 units after receiving more reports of
vehicle fires and minor injuries related to potential fire hazard
led by an electrical short in the vehicles. However, most of... Read >>
US Launch of Forest's Namenda XR - Analyst Blog
6/17/2013, 5:30 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
Forest Laboratories, Inc. ( FRX ) recently
announced the launch of its Alzheimer's drug, Namenda XR, in the
US. Namenda XR (28 mg) is a once-daily extended-release version of
the company's immediate release (IR) formulation of Namenda.
Namenda XR is approved for the treatment of moderate to... Read >>