| Baker Hughes to merge with BJ Services Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. has agreed to merge with BJ Services Co. in a deal valued at $5.5 billion. (BJS) (BHI) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Icagen shares jump 50 percent on asthma drug test Shares of Icagen Inc. closed up nearly 50 percent Tuesday after the Durham company reported positive clinical trials results for its allergic asthma drug senicapoc. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Allied Capital Earnings to be Released November 5, 2009; Conference Call with Ares Capital Scheduled (Business Wire) WASHINGTON----Allied Capital Corporation announced that it will release third quarter 2009 results on Thursday, November 5, 2009. A conference call has been scheduled for 11:00 am that day where the following separate presentations will follow each other in immediate succession Ares Capital will present its third quarter earnings, Allied Capital will present its third quarter earnings and Ares Capital and Allied Capital will discuss the recently announced transaction whereby Ares Capital has agreed to acquire Allied Capital. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Keeping an Eye on the "Big Picture" Trend (TradingMarkets.com) Small and mid-cap stocks remain below their "swing highs" from October, but showed relative strength yesterday. TradingMarkets contributor Deron Wagner summarizes the technical state of the broad market right now and discusses today's ETF setups. us.rd.yahoo.com |
CBOE on course to demutualise (at FT.com) The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the US's primary options-trading venue and one of the world's last big member-owned financial exchanges, has struck a deal that will remove "within days or weeks" the last hurdle to demutualisation. us.rd.yahoo.com |