Friday, March 19, 2010 Last update: 5:30 PM
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  • Posted at 5:06 PM
    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
  • Posted at 4:50 PM
    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
  • Posted at 4:24 PM
    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
  • Posted at 4:36 PM
    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
  • Posted at 4:14 PM
    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
  • Posted at 3:32 PM
    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
  • Posted at 12:03 PM
    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
  • Posted at 11:52 AM
    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
  • Posted at 8:02 AM
    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
  • Posted at 4:50 PM
    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
  • Posted at 1:31 PM
    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
  • Posted at 7:36 AM
    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