

Biotech New Lows: Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA), Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD), Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TLOG), Dipexium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DPRX)
Akebia Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA) offered 5.9 million shares in its Thursday IPO at $17 a share, the high end of the stock’s expected price range. Among other therapeutics, the biopharma company is developing a once-daily oral therapy for patients with kidney disease. Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA) stock performance was -0.99% in last session and finished the day at $20.00. Traded volume was 219,904 million shares … Continue reading Biotech New Lows: Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA), Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD), Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TLOG), Dipexium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DPRX)

Biotech Losers: Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:INO), Oncomed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:OMED), Enzymotec (NASDAQ:ENZY), Veracyte Inc (NASDAQ:VCYT)
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSEMKT:INO) announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) stock performance was -7.98% in last session and finished the day at $3.23. Traded volume was 10,401,414 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 7.79 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 3.69. Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) … Continue reading Biotech Losers: Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:INO), Oncomed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:OMED), Enzymotec (NASDAQ:ENZY), Veracyte Inc (NASDAQ:VCYT)

Biotech Gainers: Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Imprimis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IMMY), Oramed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ORMP)
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) Director Richard Douglas acquired 50,000 shares of Novavax stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 25th. Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) stock performance was 8.47% in last session and finished the day at $4.48. Traded volume was 7,425,052 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.05 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 2.15. Novavax, … Continue reading Biotech Gainers: Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Imprimis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IMMY), Oramed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ORMP)

Biotech Active Stocks: Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:INO), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA)
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. Total revenue was $1.7 million and $13.5 million for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $1.1 million and $4.1 million for the same periods in 2012. Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) stock performance was -7.98% in last session and finished the day at $3.23. … Continue reading Biotech Active Stocks: Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NYSEMKT:INO), Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA)

How Pari-mutuel betting and the Totalizator saved horse racing in the US
In its long and storied history in the United States, Thoroughbred horse racing has experienced several ebbs and flows in popularity. There have been times when the general public could not get enough racing, as well as periods where the sport struggled to survive. Today we are going to look at one of those downturns, as well as how a key piece of technology, called … Continue reading How Pari-mutuel betting and the Totalizator saved horse racing in the US

Market Movers: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD)
BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) has four new plans to make some money from BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), its flagship instant messaging platform and while it hasn’t settled on just one plan, it will be trying out all four of them in concert to see what sticks – and to see what consumers and enterprise users alike want out of the platform. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock performance was … Continue reading Market Movers: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD)