New Jersey News

Manfrotto School of Xcellence, the educational platform by the world leader in the equipment and accessories industry for photography and imaging, is excited to host travel / cultural documentary photographer Jacob James for their next webinar entitled, "Lighting on the Go". During this one-hour webinar, James will educate participants on lighting techniques that can be used by photographers who are travelling and do not have the luxury of large heavy studio flash set-ups. All of the techniques that will be ... read more

The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, is awarding 73 New Jersey high school seniors scholarships through its annual Leaders and Achievers(®) Scholarship Program. The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment initiatives, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/NE19308 ) Comcast, joined by New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno and other government officials, recognized the students at a special ... read more

STENTYS (FR0010949404 – STNT), a medical technology company commercializing in Europe the world's first and only Self-Apposing® Stent to treat acute myocardial infarction (AMI), announced today new one-year data from the APPOSITION III clinical trial at the international EuroPCR conference ... read more

CS Week recently recognized PSE&G for its use of social media in communicating with customers. The educational conference gave the New Jersey utility an award for "Innovation in Customer Service" for its use of Twitter during Superstorm Sandy- an effort that culminated in the company having more followers than any other utility in the United States. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120830/MM62627LOGO) JD Power and Associates also identified PSE&G's use of Twitter during Sandy as a best practice, citing in a recent report the utility's ... read more

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, today announced a new line of ProXpress mono laser printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) for small and medium-sized business customers and home office use. These new products offer fast print speeds, high print ... read more

For the third consecutive year, not only has iCIMS, Inc. made it into the Network Products Guide's annual Hot Companies and Best Products Awards, this year the company took home the bronze in a new category, Cloud Computing/SaaS, for its flagship product, the iCIMS Talent Platform. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130116/NY43069LOGO) "We are honored to be recognized for our successes in cloud computing by one of the top industry and peer award programs," said iCIMS Chief Technical Officer, Paul Melici. "In 2012, we decided to ... read more

Mformation® Software Technologies Inc., the leading global provider of mobility management solutions, today announced the appointment of Kevin A. Wood as President and CEO to lead the company through its next stage of growth. Kevin succeeds Todd DeLaughter, who will remain a strategic ... read more

FastTrack RTW Services & Solutions, a division of Kamine Technology Group, LLC, is pleased to announce the sponsorship of a series of educational webinars on Waiver of Premium Liability Analysis and Potential Methods of Reserve Release. The webinars are targeted to life insurance actuarial, financial and claims executives charged with the responsibility of optimizing balance sheet liabilities for their companies. The first webinar will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) and is titled "Turning ... read more

Brother International Corporation, a leader in small business technology, today announced the launch of the MFC-9000 series, its newest series of digital color all-in-ones. This new series is anchored by the flagship model MFC-9340CDW, which offers small business users advanced, big business features, such as fast color and black printing speeds (up to 23ppm color and black), automatic duplex printing, plus, single-pass duplex scanning/copying. All models in the MFC-9000 series feature a 3.7" Color TouchScreen Display with WebConnect(3) and are ... read more

Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN) announced today that its proprietary patent application, "Method of Storing Nanoparticle Formulations," has now been granted in the four largest markets for liver cancer globally: China, Japan, South Korea and most recently Taiwan. Celsion holds an exclusive license agreement with Duke University for its temperature sensitive liposome technology which covers the ThermoDox® formulation. Celsion's newly issued patents pertain specifically to methods of storing stabilized, temperature-sensitive liposomal formulations and will assist in the protection of ... read more

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the publication of its 2012 Sustainability Report. This is BD's fifth Sustainability Report and it continues to focus on the Company's shared value approach to sustainability. "We believe the principles of shared value -- creating value for shareholders by strengthening communities and addressing healthcare challenges of societies -- are fundamental to our strategy," said Vincent A. Forlenza, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. "For decades, ... read more

Jim Belushi, Savient Pharmaceuticals and patient advocacy group CreakyJoints have released a new online video to encourage candid discussion about gout, an age-old and often misunderstood condition. The actor and performer has suffered from gout for more than 15 years and is an advocate within the gout community who aims to raise awareness and encourages education around the condition. The video, released on Gout Awareness Day, features a roundtable discussion with real-world experiences and physician perspective on the condition. To ... read more

Getting in on the action of this summer's hottest, sold-out concert isn't as impossible as one might think; thanks to the makers of OREO, RITZ and TRIDENT. The title sponsor of the 2013 One Direction North American Tour and its show-stopping cookie, cracker and gum brands will be giving fans a chance to experience an "exclusive look" from the tour this summer - whether they're in-concert or not - with a full-scale campaign. Today it kicks off with the announcement ... read more

Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat inflammatory diseases and biodefense countermeasures where there remains an unmet medical need, announced today that the US Patent and Trademark Office granted patent 8,444,991 entitled "Method of Preparing an Immunologically-Active Adjuvant-Bound Dried Vaccine Composition." The new patent's claims encompass composition of matter and method claims for ThermoVax(TM), the vaccine thermostabilization technology exclusively licensed to Soligenix by the University of Colorado. The ... read more

IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, today announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options - the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130522/CG18741LOGO) Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research articles online for free, as opposed to the traditional scholarly publishing model that requires paid subscriptions. By removing these access barriers, OA publishing can help gain more exposure ... read more

Enterprise mobility specialist, Antenna Software, today announced that Fortum Corporation, a company that generates, distributes, and sells electricity and heat, has selected AMPchroma, Antenna's award-winning mobile app platform as the basis for its mobile applications. Fortum will use AMPchroma to build, run, and manage a series of apps, the first of which is a plant asset management and maintenance app. The new app will provide additional mobility on the company's back-end - specifically an IBM Maximo Asset Management system. Fortum ... read more

Just in time for the un-official start of summer, AT&T* announced a series of community initiatives and network enhancements for the Shore region as Sandy re-build continues into the summer season. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO) In the weeks following Sandy, AT&T announced a million dollar contribution to Governor Christie's Sandy Relief Organization and this summer will continue to support a variety of local organizations including the Lakewood Blue-Claws "Score for the Shore" campaign in which AT&T will make a $30 donation for every run ... read more

IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today celebrates Ethernet’s 40th anniversary. IEEE 802.3™ “Standard for Ethernet” and the varied technologies, applications and networks that the family of standards helps enable have changed the world as we knew it, and multi-dimensional innovation never ... read more

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: NPSP) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $14.53 per share to the public. All of the shares are being sold by NPS. The gross proceeds to NPS from this offering are ... read more

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR) with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to repurchase $5 billion of Merck’s common stock. Proceeds from the company’s recently concluded debt offering ... read more