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Ford and General Motors announced this week that the vast majority of all their global profits are again coming from North America, in part due to low interest rates, affluent baby boomers, and Americans’ rekindled…

Financial management platform for teens Virtual Piggy announced yesterday that it will be providing its youth-friendly payment system to FlipGive, a digital give-marketing platform. Give-marketing programs help brands create positive social impact in their communities…

Optimizer and developer of small molecule drugs that target inflammatory diseases BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced earlier today that Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil., has been recruited to the company’s Board of Directors. “The Board of Directors…

XenoPort is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a portfolio of internally discovered and developed drug candidates for the potential treatment of neurological disorders. The company is currently commercializing its first FDA-approved product,…

Biopharmaceutical company ARCA biopharma announced it has expanded its clinical trial leadership team with the addition of three new hires in the areas of clinical development and quality assurance. The new employees are being hired…

ShoreTel, the preeminent supplier of exquisitely simple unified communications platforms including business phone systems, applications, and mobile UC solutions, announced yesterdaythat it has joined the global HP AllianceOne partner program. The HP AllianceOne program supplies…

Odyssey Marine Exploration, a world-class team of archaeological researchers, experienced recovery personnel, management, and technical people, made a huge splash today with their announcement of having pulled a whopping 61 tons of silver bullion out…

Noble Financial Capital Markets is celebrating three decades of business as it hosts its tenth annual Noble “X” Conference, buying out the entire 220-acre Club Med Sandpiper Bay resort in Palm Beach Florida. From July…

Duma Energy, the oil and gas production firm with a solid domestic footprint of interests in Illinois and Texas (both onshore and offshore in Galveston Bay), has been making significant progress at their Owambo Basin…

Today, payment solutions provider SpendSmart Payments Company announced that it is launching a Meet & Greet Sweepstakes promotion for Justin Bieber’s 2013 summer “Believe” tour. Anyone who signs up for a SpendSmart Prepaid Card through…

Leading global mobile marketing and advertising technology provider Velti has partnered with Virgin Unite, the nonprofit foundation of the Virgin Group, to launch mobile messaging donations for the Nelson Mandela Appeal. This marks a milestone…

Medical device company HeartWare International develops and manufactures miniaturized implantable heart pumps called ventricular assist devices (VADs) to treat patients with advanced heart failure, providing a less invasive scale compared to traditional treatments. Approximately 1…

Medistem, a clinical-stage company developing a universal stem cell product derived from the endometrium, Monday filed a Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, wrapping up a voluntary four-year cessation from fully…

Yesterday, Mitel announced that its VP of channel management and distribution, Sandra Hill, has been named to CRN Magazine’s prestigious Women of the Channel list. CRN Magazine annually recognizes female executives at channel organizations, distributors,…

CombiMatrix, a molecular diagnostics company specifically founded in DNA-based testing services used for cancer diagnostics and developmental disorders, announced earlier today the addition of Robert E. Hoffman to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Hoffman,…

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The company also has developed proprietary drug discovery platform technologies in the areas of Nano-Polymer-Drug Conjugate Systems…

Gas prices and preserving the environment are two hot topics, and one company is endeavoring to address both with a patent-pending process that enables domestic production of oil as well as the eradication of certain…

Freddie Mac today released its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for July, summarizing the first six months of the year and issuing an outlook of expectations for the second half of 2013. FMCC, which…

Edgewater Fullscope, a leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX and CRM solutions to manufacturers, announced that it has been named the recipient of the 2013 United States Microsoft Dynamics Distribution Partner of the Year Award…

Visterra announced today that Brian J. G. Pereira, M.D., has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Pereira is joining the company at a time when the novel medicines developer is advancing its…

SciClone Pharmaceuticals announced earlier today the recruitment of Wilson W. Cheung to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance. A seasoned executive with senior financial and international accounting experience, Cheung…

DreamTeamGroup, a consortium of unique marketing brands that utilizes one dynamic approach to connect publicly traded companies with a variety of investors, today announces its latest networking statistics, reflecting significant and rapid growth across its…

Engage Mobility, a mobile technology, marketing, and data company, has launched its new Engage Affiliate Marketing Program designed to enable online and mobile marketers and publishers a means to earn revenue through referrals to the…

According to numbers released by the Labor Department last week, June saw a big jump in gasoline prices, which pushed wholesale inflation up by the largest amount in nine months. However, underlying inflation showed only…

TeleCommunication Systems, a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it, along with five others, has been selected as an awardee under a Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4)…

Digital entertainment company Bridgeline Digital has announced that RegentAtlantic, one of the largest independent, fee-only financial advisory firms in the United States, has launched regentatlantic.com, its new Web site, on the iAPPS platform. Utilizing iAPPS,…

Omnitek Engineering Corp. reported a major coup for the company today, as their diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion technology has been chosen by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for a pilot project designed to help…