Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc (AEGR) announced that the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) of the FDA has issued a closeout letter with regard to its investigation of the company’s marketing and sales of Juxtapid in the U.S. The closeout letter signifies that the issues mentioned in the FDA’s warning letter have been resolved. Aegerion’s shares…
The card companies, banks and payment processors cooperate together to charge a good chunk of fees both to cover the cost of fraud and to protect against it. But can bitcoin offer better, or at the very least lower-cost, fraud protection for merchants and consumers? It’s almost essential today for merchants to accept credit or…
After the departure of Bill Gates as CEO of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Mr. Ballmer was called on to “replace” him. Following his departure, it turned out that Mr. Ballmer was a bit of a boardroom sociopath and screamer. That’s not to call him a Donald Sterling, the former Los Angeles Clippers owner that was banned…
Apple Inc. has scheduled a big event for Tuesday, presumably to show off the iPhone 6. Fans will undoubtedly go ga-ga for the new smartphone, but just how many of them will upgrade to the new model? Bernstein analysts put together a list of the different ways people could upgrade without shelling out a ton…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) advertising in the second-quarter has outperformed other platforms (network, portal and exchange) in terms of reach efficiency and the average cost. A study from Neustar focusing on the cost efficiency found that the social networking efficiency in the second-quarter is 70% cheaper than the Industry average. Also, Facebook emerged as the…
Google Inc agreed to settle the complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on allegations that the company unfairly allowed children to make in-app purchases using mobile apps downloaded from Google Play store and incurred millions of dollars in charges. Google agreed to refund consumers whose children made unauthorized in-app purchases. The minimum total…
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