DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI), a developer of solar photovoltaic products based on CIGS thin-film deposition technology, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $4.6 million or $0.14 per share, compared with a net loss of $7.8 million or $0.23 per share in the fourth quarter of 2008. Net loss for the full year ended December 31, 2009 was $25.0 million or $0.75 per ... read more

Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, reported today that it has issued inducement awards to new non-executive employees. The awards were made on March 15, 2010 under Leap’s 2009 Employment ... read more

DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI), a developer of solar photovoltaic products based on CIGS thin-film deposition technology announced today that on March 16, 2010 it received an additional Nasdaq Staff Determination Letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nasdaq Letter states the Company's common stock is subject to delisting because the price of the Company's common stock did not comply with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) within the initial 180 days provided under Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A). As previously announced on March 11, 2010, ... read more

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has voted unanimously in favor of approval with conditions of the Revo MRI™ SureScan™ pacing system designed as MR Conditional, or safe for ... read more

PARSIPPANY, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 03/19/10 -- The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) today provided an update on actions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the "PTO") related to the Company's application pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act to extend the term of United States Patent No. 5,196,404 (the "'404 patent"), the principal U.S. patent that covers Angiomax. On March 16, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia set aside PTO's prior denial of The Medicines ... read more

Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE) (“Merge”), a health IT solutions provider, announced today that it has commenced a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock in AMICAS, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCS) (“AMICAS”), a leader in image and information management solutions. The tender offer is ... read more

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) released March 18 a 49-page draft social statement on genetics, a framework for discussion on a variety of current topics in the field including certain advances in medicine, reproductive cloning, human embryonic stem cells, and animal and plant genetic ... read more

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation (NYSE Amex: ASB), a leading developer of advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, today announced it will be exhibiting at the MEDTEC Europe 2010 Exhibition and Conference being held at the Landesmesse Stuttgart Messepiazza in Stuttgart, Germany, from March ... read more

A new hyperbaric test chamber for items that require high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) testing is now available for use at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The deepwater ocean simulator is capable of attaining pressures of 30,000 psig at a rated temperature of 500 degrees F. ... read more

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN), the network specialist, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of substantially all of the optical networking and Carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel’s+ Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business. The ... read more

Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE) (“Merge”), a health IT solutions provider, announced today that it has commenced a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock in AMICAS, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCS) (“AMICAS”), a leader in image and information management solutions. The tender offer is ... read more

Leading iPhone Application Discovery Portal www.FreeAppADay.com, following a successful GDC week, which saw 5 FreeAppAday.com-promoted apps simultaneously land in the overall App Store top 10, is offering today and today only multiple Awards Winner and top rated app TowerMadness for free. ... read more

Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI) today announced the expiration and results of its exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange up to $175 million in aggregate principal amount of its 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 that have been registered (the “Exchange Notes”) under the Securities Act ... read more

PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PSSR) announced total revenues for the first quarter ending January 31, 2010 were up approximately 12% to $2,323,000, compared to $2,076,000 in the same quarter the previous fiscal year. Operating profits were up approximately 60% to $389,000 compared to $244,000 in the same period the previous fiscal year. Net profit was $25,000 or $.00 per diluted share compared to $76,000 or $.01 per diluted share in the same quarter the previous fiscal year. ... read more

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it is fully implementing the Government Accountability Office's recommendations for the future construction of the new Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning, Ga. On September 28, 2009, USACE awarded a design-build contract for the replacement of the Martin Army Community Hospital to Turner Construction Company, Inc., of Huntsville, Ala. Turner's design partner was Ellerbe Becket of New York, NY. On February 16, the GAO sustained two protests ... read more

Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, reported today that it has issued inducement awards to new non-executive employees. The awards were made on March 15, 2010 under Leap’s 2009 Employment ... read more

Eucalyptus Systems, Inc., creators of the leading open source private cloud software, announced today that Mårten Mickos has joined the company as chief executive officer. Mickos comes to Eucalyptus with a track record of building global disruptive businesses, most recently as CEO of MySQL ... read more

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has appointed Stanley J. Borgia as Vice President of Security and Ethics, for North America. In this role, Mr. Borgia leads the company’s security, ethics and compliance programs in the US and Canada. He serves as a principal advisor to ... read more

Tatara Systems, the leader in SIP-based network integration of femtocells, today announced the adoption of their SIP-based convergence architecture by the 3GPP2 standards body as the cdma2000 1x Femtocell Network standard. The 3GPP2 standard details the interworking between a SIP-enabled Femtocell Access Point, the Femtocell Convergence ... read more

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) – the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry – announced today the launch of a new, distinctive event experience to satisfy industry demand. ... read more

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced successful completion of its second “ATSC Mobile DTV PlugFest.” CEA PlugFest is a technology event that allows participating companies to test interoperability of their devices. More than three dozen engineers from around the world participated in PlugFest2, which focused on ... read more

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) today announced that Joanne Solomon, the company’s chief financial officer, will participate in the Barclays Capital 2010 High Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan Conference in Phoenix, AZ on Thursday, March 25, 2010. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m. ... read more

IEEE Spectrum’s Patent Power 2010 Scorecard, another independent evaluator of patents, has ranked Digimarc Corporation’s (NASDAQ: DMRC) portfolio ninth among industry heavyweights in Computer Software in “Pipeline Power,” and #1 in “Pipeline Impact.” Three independent patent evaluators have ranked ... read more

Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today a series of Webinars that will focus on the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and strategies to gear-up for growth in 2010 and beyond. ... read more