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On Thursday, 17 April, we ran a story about General Mills (NYSE:GIS), the tenth largest food manufacturer in the world. That story gave wide public exposure to the company’s new policy that, by a person indicating he “likes” their products (via social media or coupon usage, for instance), he may not file suit against General Mills […]

$14 billion and 70-million man-hours expended, 778 miles cleaned milestone marks major step toward honoring BP’s commitment to the Gulf The U.S. Coast Guard has ended patrols and operations on the final three shoreline miles in Louisiana, bringing to a close the extensive four-year active cleanup of the Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon accident. […]

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) is one of the world’s ten largest food companies. Fast Company recently said, “Pressure from consumers and shareholders is causing many of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world to improve their social and environmental policies.” On April 2nd, General Mills took a major step toward addressing some of those […]

The $1.2 billion parent company of Luzerne Bank and Jersey Shore State Bank Richard A. Grafmyre, President and CEO of Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., (Nasdaq:PWOD) has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company. The repurchase plan is for a one year period […]

You’ve got to pay attention to the race between Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Whilst one started out as a search engine and the other as a social medium, they both seem bent on ruling the world. On March 4th, we featured an article about Facebook’s efforts to develop drones for, as they would have […]

Already in trouble in China and Iraq, GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) is now under investigation in Poland on allegations of bribery. Although the GSK share price has been losing ground today in early trading and following the opening of the exchange, it remains to be seen how shares will perform on the New York Exchange (NYSE:GSK). The […]

Also announces Departure of CFO and CAO Mark Vranesh Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced that the Company has appointed David Lee as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer effective April 14, 2014. Lee will oversee accounting, corporate finance and investor relations and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer […]

Expands Cardiac Lead Extraction Portfolio to Include TightRail Rotating Mechanical Dilator Sheath and SightRail Manual Mechanical Dilator Sheath Set The Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC) today announced FDA clearance of two new mechanical lead extraction platforms that expand physicians’ options for safe removal of cardiac leads. Each incorporates innovative designs for mechanical...

Appoints Chief Bioanalytics Officer Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCBB:PRGB), announced today that Greg Kilby, Ph.D. has joined the Company as its Chief Bioanalytics Officer (CBO) and Director of Biomolecular Information Services. Prior to joining Protea Dr. Kilby held the position of Director, North America Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Application and Demonstration Laboratories for...

The share price of mega-bank Citigroup (NASDAQ:C) continued to slip today as the once mighty firm continues to embrace the roll of the “Sad Sack” of the world banking sector. Last Wednesday, 02 April, Citi shares closed at 48.25. The share price has closed lower each succeeding day, at 47.66 on Thursday, 47.11 on Friday, […]