The U.S. national debt, currently approaching $15 trillion, continues to make headlines, the most recent one being that national debt will exceed the size of the U.S. economy this year, two years earlier than originally predicted by the Treasury. In … Continue reading →

Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharm company with a pipeline of novel therapeutics based on its polymer conjugation technology platforms, today released positive interim data from an ongoing single-dose, phase I clinical trial to evaluate NKTR-181, the company’s mu-opioid analgesic candidate for … Continue reading →

Clear Skies Solar, Inc., a company that designs, integrates, and installs solar power systems, recently announced that it has signed an additional $1.1 million commercial contract for its backlog. “As the stream of good news continues, we have been receiving … Continue reading →

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. issued an operational update on the company’s recent activity related to the development of various oil and gas properties in its portfolio. The company is active in both the United States and Europe. Carrizo Oil … Continue reading →

Wi-LAN Inc. yesterday announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011, posting considerable increase in revenue, as well as record net earnings. The company noted that at the start of 2011 it changed its primary basis of … Continue reading →

FX Energy, Inc. issued an operational update on the company’s oil and gas activity in Poland, where the company is active in several different basins. FX Energy reported that first natural gas production has started at the Kromolice production facility. … Continue reading →

Merge Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, and Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS), a leading provider of digital imaging and informatics solutions for ophthalmology and other medical specialties, have inked a merger agreement under which Merge … Continue reading →

China Integrated Energy, Inc. recently announced that they had appointed Liren Wen to their Board as an independent director. Wen would also be serving as a member of the Board’s audit committee. The appointment was effective as of May 31, … Continue reading →

GT Solar International Inc. provides polysilicon production technology worldwide. The company also produces sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems, and today announced that it has received a $460.4 million order for its advanced sapphire crystallization furnaces. The order, placed by … Continue reading →