Category: Finance

Biotech Finance News
BioTech, Finance

Biotech Stock Incyte Receives $60M Milestone Payment

Last week, Incyte Corporation (INCY) received a milestone payment of $60 million from Novartis (NVS) pertaining to the reimbursement of Jakavi in Europe. The drug has been approved by the European Commission to treat adults suffering from primary myelofibrosis (MF), post-polycythemia vera MF or post-essential thrombocythemia MF. It is a common practice of small pharma companies to enter into agreements with larger pharma companies for … Continue reading Biotech Stock Incyte Receives $60M Milestone Payment

Richard Atkins
Analysis, Finance, Software

Bitcoin News: Romania Crosses Over 800 Bitcoin Payment Terminals

Bitcoin is now available at 874 self-service payment terminals across Romania, thanks to a partnership between ATM operator Bitcoin Romania and terminal network operator ZebraPay. The ZebraPay terminals will allow customers to buy bitcoin at a 4% commission on prices taken from the Cointrader exchange. The terminals are one-way, so customers can only trade their Romanian leu for bitcoin. The terminals do not require customers … Continue reading Bitcoin News: Romania Crosses Over 800 Bitcoin Payment Terminals

Richard Atkins
Finance, Mobile

Stock in Focus: Apple (NASDAQ APPL) Gears Up For Next Week’s Event

On Wednesday, Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) sent invitations to media for an Oct. 16 event using the teaser “It’s been way too long.” Media and market watchers are guessing that in the event, the company will launch refreshed versions of its iPads and Macs. Apple Inc.’s big event is expected to bring revamped and new models of iPads and MacBooks. Last year in October, the … Continue reading Stock in Focus: Apple (NASDAQ APPL) Gears Up For Next Week’s Event

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: What is Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Planning For WhatsApp

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has spent a large amount in acquiring WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app, and this acquisition has come at a huge cost of more than $19 billion. Though the general perception might be that Facebook would want to monetize its investments and seek good returns ASAP, a report indicates that the social network has no such plans for the time being. … Continue reading Active Stock: What is Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Planning For WhatsApp

Richard Atkins
Finance

Top News : Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Millennial Media Inc. (NYSE:MM), SeaChange International Inc. (NASDAQ:SEAC), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)

Networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), is said to be in the midst of a massing internal reorganization of its exchanging and routing-engineering units. Those two parts of the San Jose, Calif-based company occur to be the crown jewels of its many processes. Uncertainty about how reorganization may evolve prompted shares to drop in morning trading though the stock bounce back later in the day … Continue reading Top News : Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Millennial Media Inc. (NYSE:MM), SeaChange International Inc. (NASDAQ:SEAC), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)

Adam Keintzel
Finance

Why Making Dramatic Moves : Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR)

Verizon Communications Inc.(NYSE:VZ) announced Oct. 9th that it will be expanding the reach and strength of Industrial Internet services in conjunction with General Electric. The companies intended to combine GE’s software-enabled machines and devices and Verizon’s machine-to-machine connectivity and cloud platforms. Not only did the company make an announcement related to the industrial world, but Verizon also announced that the Sony Xperia Z3v smartphone, with … Continue reading Why Making Dramatic Moves : Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR)

John Bellich