Shares of Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD) soared 20.4% after the company announced positive data from its second phase III study (Study 012) on the oral small molecule chaperone migalastat HCl in Fabry patients with amenable mutations. The phase III study is evaluating the use of oral migalastat to standard-of-care enzyme replacement therapies (ERTs) − Sanofi’s (SNY)…
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ MSFT) is currently sitting on almost $29.6 billion it would owe in US taxes if it repatriated the $92.9 billion of earnings it is keeping offshore, according to disclosures in the company’s most recent annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The amount of money that Microsoft is keeping offshore represents…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) announced that it has acquired special effects startup Zync Render, bringing the company that rendered the special effects for Looper, Star Trek Into Darkness and dozens of other feature films to its Cloud Platform and making its billing plan more flexible to avoid losing clients in the transition. Unlike previous cloud…
All 70,000 residents living on the Caribbean nation of Dominica will be eligible to receive bitcoin as part of The Bit Drop project, an upcoming collaboration between bitcoin businesses, interest groups and local government officials. Scheduled to take place on 14th March, 2015, The Bit Drop will feature an island-wide party boasting ‘celebrities, musicians and…
NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD) will miss $118.8 million in coupon payments due today and go into a 30-day grace period as restructuring negotiations continue with creditors, according to a statement On August 15. NII Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is -49.60% and weekly performance is -30.00%. On last trading day company…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB)’s app has the highest number of smartphone users in the United States, according to a mobile app report by comScore. The report reveals that most of the time spent on mobile devices is absorbed by social networking, entertainment and messaging apps. Also just a few apps are regularly used the, while…
