06/08
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Kevin Long

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Biotech GAiners: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX), Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ:DYAX), Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:MACK)

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) shares closed up nearly 11% on Tuesday after the company reported positive data from its OPuS-1 mid-stage study involving BCX4161 as a treatment for hereditary angioedema, or HAE. This is a rare immune disorder that can cause swelling of the face, breathing airways, and also causes abdominal cramping. According to the…

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Hot Movers: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO), Spartan Motors Inc (NASDAQ:SPAR), 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD)

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BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), a world leader in mobile communications, on May 21, 2014 unveiled a series of initiatives, codenamed Project Ion, to help businesses easily connect people, devices and machines, and derive value from these connections. Project Ion is a cornerstone of BlackBerry’s vision to offer end-to-end solutions for the Internet of Things. According to…

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Diversified Communications Stocks: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Oi SA (ADR) (NYSE:OIBR), Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO), Towerstream Corporation (NASDAQ:TWER)

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BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s Z3 is off to a flying start in Indonesia. The phone, the first as part of BlackBerry’s five-year deal with the contract manufacturer, was out of stock in Jakarta. BlackBerry has been aggressively promoting the device and has converted the city’s Central Park Mall into a huge BlackBerry Z3 store. BlackBerry Ltd…

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Biotech Decliners: Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ:INSM), 22nd Century Group Inc (NYSEMKT:XXII), Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSE:JMPC), Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP)

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Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ:INSM) on May 13, 2014 announces that multiple posterpresentations reporting data on ARIKAYCE(TM), or liposomal amakacinfor inhalation, for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosainfections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and for the treatment ofpatients with treatment-resistant nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM)lung infections will be presented at the American Thoracic SocietyAnnual Meeting 2014, taking place May 16-21…

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Market Movers: International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) said it expects its hardware sector to grow in 2015 as the company invests in research and development and divests low-performing ventures. The comments come less than one month after the world’s largest technology service company reported its lowest quarterly revenue in five years, weighed by sluggish global demand for…

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Social Stocks to Watch: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)

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After seeing explosive growth across Latin America, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is now tapping into the region’s other big passion besides soccer – politics. The company dispatched its top political strategist to Brazil this week to give senators in one of its biggest global markets a pep talk on tweets and how to use the social…

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