Testing Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes Law (Oklahoma City) Two Oklahoma City fundies, wanting to get a larger share of the bigger bigot spotlight got just that this past Monday, November 16, in Washington, DC. The only thing is that the bigger share wasn't very bright, nor did it succeed in getting them arrested, charged, or cuffed as was their fond hope. Their martyrdom for the Eternal Light will have to wait another day. Dr. Steve Kern, husband of terorrist-snifer GOPer Rep. Sally Kern, along with Paul Blair, devoted homo-hater, were hoping to get arrested. Their public attempt at civil disobedience looked more like a childish temper tantrum resulting from their pique with Congress passing the Shepard/Byrd Hate Crime Law. h... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/20/09, Covidien (NYSE:COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set a new action date under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act for the review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for Exalgo. (hydromorphone HCl extended-release) Tablets (CII), (Exalgo) of February 22, 2... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/20/09, Genta Incorporated (OTC:GETA) announced preliminary results which show a high objective response rate in a pilot study of patients with advanced melanoma that incorporates the Company's lead oncology product, Genasense. (oblimersen sodium) Injection, administered for the first time as a 1-hour high-dose intravenous (IV) infusion.... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/20/09, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) announced the completion of its acquisition of HandyLab, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Company, which develops and manufactures molecular diagnostic assays and automation platforms. On 11/20/09, Soligenix, Inc. (OTC:SNGX), formerly known as DOR BioPharma, Inc., a late-stage... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/20/09, GLG Life Tech Corporation (NASDA:GLGL), the vertically integrated leader in the agricultural and industrial development of high quality stevia extracts, announced it has commenced trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "GLGL". On 11/20/09, PharMerica Corporation (NYSE:PMC), a national provider of institutional... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/20/09, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for ABILIFY. (aripiprazole) for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric patients ages 6 to 17 years, including s... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/20/09, OPTIMIZERx Corporation (OTC:OPRX) has engaged Beringea LLC, an investment banking and private equity firm, to assist in financial planning and strategic positioning for the company's continued growth. On 11/20/09, Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq:DNDN) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided written ackno... more

Glaxo Smith Kline have recalled a batch of Swine Flu vaccines containing around 170,000 vaccines in Canada, due to a larger than expected number of adverse reactions. GSK say that they expect to have reports of a severe adverse reaction in a approx 1 in every 100,000 persons receiving the vaccine, however, with this particular batch they were seeing about 1 in every 20,000 after six people suffered anaphylaxis shock after having the vaccine. CTV National News: John Vennavally-Rao reports that more than 100,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine were withdrawn on Thursday after a number of people who received the vaccine suffered a potentially life threatening allergic reaction which has raised some concerns. Glaxo Smith Kline say however, that... more

Glaxo Smith Kline have recalled a batch of Swine Flu vaccines containing around 170,000 vaccines in Canada, due to a larger than expected number of adverse reactions. GSK say that they expect to have reports of a severe adverse reaction in a approx 1 in every 100,000 persons receiving the vaccine, however, with this particular batch they were seeing about 1 in every 20,000 after six people suffered anaphylaxis shock after having the vaccine. CTV National News: John Vennavally-Rao reports that more than 100,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine were withdrawn on Thursday after a number of people who received the vaccine suffered a potentially life threatening allergic reaction which has raised some concerns. Glaxo Smith Kline say however, that... more

I had to read a lot of books about the current war and occupation in Iraq before I found one that's laugh out-loud hilarious. It's a book about a U.S. military hospital in Iraq, a journal kept for a 10-month tour of duty by an operating room medic. The story never leaves the hospital, and it focuses in large part on the relationships among the characters working there, including pranks and hijinks aplenty. One almost inevitably thinks of MASH and its fictional Army hospital in Korea, but there are major differences. The basic similarity between MASH and this brilliant new book, "Mass Casualties" by Michael Anthony, is disturbing to consider. These are two episodes from different corners of an empire of bases, wars, and occupations sp... more

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The Levi's. brand is proud to announce charity: water as the winning charity of its recent GO IV Fortune $100,000 green charity giveaway. Beginning in mid-October, GO IV Fortune players nominated hundreds of charitable organizations with a commitment to sustainability and the environment. The list was narrowed down to ten finalists and thousands of gamers voted for the charity they felt best embodied the Levi's. brand's pioneering spirit and rich legacy of promoting sustainability. Today charity: water was announced as America's choice. charity: water (www.charitywater.org) is a non-profit organization that brings safe and clean drinking water to people in developing nations. Almost 1 billion people on the planet don... more

On Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will gather around dead turkeys to give thanks for the blessings in their lives. Turkeys, of course, have nothing to be thankful for. Before they're slaughtered, these smart, social birds, who enjoy having their feathers stroked and gobbling along to music, spend five to six months packed together so tightly in dark sheds that flapping a wing or stretching a leg is nearly impossible. To keep the frustrated, cramped birds from pecking and clawing at one another, factory workers cut off parts of the birds' toes and a portion of their upper beaks. These procedures are known to cause chronic and acute pain. The males' snoods, the fleshy appendage under their chin, are also chopped off—without a... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/19/09, 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company (OTC:RHHBY), announced at the Association of Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, Florida a series of revolutionary developments which significantly expand the company's high-throughput sequencing portfolio. On 11/19/09, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTC:ACTC) announced it fi... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/19/09, Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASI) announced its application to transfer from the NASDAQ Stock Market to the NASDAQ Capital Market has been accepted. The transfer will occur on November 20, 2009. On 11/19/09, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENZN) presented data from its pipeline programs at the 2009 EORTC-NCI-AACR ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/19/09, Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) announced the presentation of interim data from its ongoing trial of imetelstat (GRN163L), a telomerase inhibitor drug, in patients with refractory, advanced solid cancers at the 2009 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston. On 11/19/09, ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/19/09, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIP) announced it will host a live webcast of its R&D Analyst Day on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. On 11/19/09, Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO) announced Perrigo Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa will present at the Sidoti Emerging Growth Conference on Friday, November... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/19/09, SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, reported operational and financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. On 11/19/0... more

Like most little girls, my stepdaughter loves animals. She joined a local 4-H club when she was 9, solely because "cows are cool." Now that the fall 4-H animal auctions are upon us, I can't help but remember Bonnie's first "assignment"—a beautiful cow named Dana with long lashes and ears as soft as velvet. We all grew to love Dana, but none more so than Bonnie, who spent hours grooming her and walking her on a lead. I had misgivings about Bonnie's decision to join 4-H: Unlike an unsuspecting 9-year-old, I knew the ultimate fate of the cows and other animals used in this program. My fears were realized a couple years into the program when Bonnie learned that Meredith, another one of "her" cows, who was sick and unable to repro... more

HARGEISA-SOMALILAND - The Somaliland Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Abdillahi Ismail Ali welcomed Dr. Linda Richter, Executive Director for Child, Youth, Family and Social Development, UNICEF, at Berbera International Airport. Dr. Richter and her delegation paid a short visit Somaliland to inspect and evaluate current UNICEF sponsored projects in and around the city of Berbera. The UNICEF delegation led by Dr. Richter flew in from Nairobi and is on a tour of East Africa, having already visited Kenya and Ethiopia. The delegation visited several project funded by UNICEF including the expansion and refurbishment of the Berbera Water Agency. During their short visit to Berbera, the UNICEF delegation also visited several health centres and lo... more

Lake Forest man Matthew Thomas Dragna, 19 is accused of killing Laguna Beach resident Damon Nicholson, beating him to death with a blunt object in his home Oct. 23. during home robbery. According to police Dragna has a history of drug use and burglary arrests. Laguna Beach Police arrested the suspect and he was taken into custody late Weds at a rehabilitation facility in Santa Ana, after evidence allegedly linked him to the crime Laguna Beach Police Lt. Jason Kravetz said. The two knew each other, and Kravetz said that Nicholson may have invited Dragna to his home. Nicholson, met Dragna through a website and had developed a relationship, Kravetz said. Dragna allegedly took several items from Nicholson's home, including a la... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/18/09, Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:DEPO) announced William Callahan has been promoted to vice president, Operations. Mr. Callahan joined Depomed in 2002 and most recently held the position of senior director, Operations. On 11/18/09, Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq:EXEL) reported interim data from an ongoing phase 1 dose-escalation trial of XL14... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/18/09, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced the pricing of a public offering of 5,500,000 shares of its common stock. On 11/18/09, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNSS) reported data from two nonclinical studies of voreloxin at the AACR-EORTC-NCI Molecular Targets and Cance... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/18/09, Tongjitang Chinese Medicines Company (NYSE:TCM), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the development, manufacturing, marketing and selling of modernized traditional Chinese medicine in China, announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and the repurchase of ordinary shares in a priv... more

President Obama stopped in China yesterday during his tour of Asian nations. All was not well in Beijing, unfortunately. On his first meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Obama bowed too deeply and knocked heads with the Communist leader. Obama was quick to apologize, but his attempt at humor, an impression of Curly of the Three Stooges comedy team, failed to impress Hu. Last night, at the state dinner honoring Obama, the president was serenaded by the People.s Liberation Army band. They played famous American pop tunes, including Slow Boat To China, the Ramones. I Want To be Sedated and What Were You Smoking? by the Stoners. Obama committed another faux pas during dinner when he told Hu "I like the Lama." Admiration for t... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/17/09, Advaxis, Inc. (OTC:ADXS), the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) biotechnology company, has been invited to present at the LD MICRO Growth Conference on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM PST. On 11/17/09, AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) announced it will release unaudited financial results for the q... more

Pasadena, CA - 11/18/09 - BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/17/09, DARA BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:DARA), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the Company will present at the New York Society of Security Analysts' 13th Annual Biotech & Specialty Pharmaceuticals Industry investor conference to be held on December 1 in New York City. On 11/17/09, ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/17/09, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTC:IMUC), a biotechnology company which is focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, announced Griffin Securities, a New York-based brokerage firm, has issued a research update summarizing some of the recent positive developments which the Company has been able to achie... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/17/09, PolyMedix Inc. (OTC:PYMX), an emerging biotechnology company developing acute care therapeutic drug products for infectious diseases and cardiovascular disorders, announced it has completed a public offering of units for aggregate gross proceeds of $20.7 million. On 11/17/09, Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PARD) anno... more

I've been reading a brand new book called "The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle," which is in large part an analysis of what worked in the protesting of the World Trade Organization 10 years ago. Why is it, I wonder, that activists were able to shut down the center of this major city in Washington state, but for years we have been unable to shut down the center of Washington, D.C., in opposition to wars. Certainly, we've turned out more people to march around DC on a Saturday than took part in the Seattle action. But we've never shut the place down on a series of weekdays and prevented congressional, White House, and military staff from getting to work. And we've never tried to do so -- not with the sort of broad-coalition... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOR) announced Ron Cohen, M.D., President & CEO, will present at the upcoming Lazard Capital Markets 6th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 3:10 p.m. ET at the St. Regis Hotel in New York, NY. On 11/16/09, Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced it has purch... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, Art's Way Manufacturing, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTW), announces its wholly owned subsidiary, Art's Way Scientific, Inc. - Buildings For Science - will be providing 6 modular swine facilities for breeding, gestation, farrowing, nursery and finisher operations. On 11/16/09, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX), a specialty pha... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, Cadus Corporation (OTC:KDUS) announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. On 11/16/09, Derma Sciences, Inc. (OTC:DSCI) a specialty medical device/pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, announced it has filed an S-1 Registration Statement to offer 1,500,000 shares of its common ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENZN) announced data from its pipeline programs will be presented at the 2009 EORTC-NCI-AACR (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-National Cancer Institute-American Association for Cancer Research) annual meeting being held November 16-19, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. ... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE:INO) reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. On 11/16/09, Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE:MJN) announced it intends to file a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which includes details of a p... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, NovaDel Pharma Inc. (NYSE:NVD), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing oral spray formulations for a broad range of marketed treatments, reported financial results for its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. On 11/16/09, Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq:NEOG) announced its Board of Directors has approve... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq:PPDI) announced it has entered an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. to develop and commercialize two Phase II-ready therapeutic compounds, one to treat diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-d) and the other to treat complicated skin and skin structure and respiratory infections. On 11/1... more

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/16/09, Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRGT),.a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as NNR Therapeutics., announced it has been selected for addition to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ: NBI) effective with the U.S. market open on Monday, November 23, 2009. On 11/16/09, ZOLL Medical Corpora... more

After a delayed release of about a month do to wireless service issues, the Kindle International is now available in Canada. There are some differences in wireless availability and ebook selection outside the US, so it's important to learn all the details before deciding to buy a Kindle International from Amazon for $259 USD. First off, the device is available in over 170 countries, with free wireless service in 100 of them. You can visit this Kindle International Review page to view a complete country list. What is a Kindle? If you are new to ebook readers, the Kindle is similar in size to a regular DVD case, but thinner, and weighs 289 grams. It has a built-in wireless modem that allows for downloading ebooks, newspapers, and ... more

Housing Predictor is forecasting that housing markets will improve in 2010 and others will sustain lower average losses in home values. The new national forecast for deflation is the lowest average since the real estate downturn began nearly four years ago. Markets will be aided by the federal government.s extension and expansion of the federal tax credit and other government actions. The full national forecast may be found at Housing Predictor dot com. On going problems in the mortgage market and slow government response to the crisis complicate a recovery in housing, contributing further price deflation in home values in the worst hit areas. Markets in California, Florida and Nevada are among the most heavily affected, where there a... more

"If a majority of workers want a union, they should get a union. It's that simple. We need to stand up to the business lobby and pass the Employee Free Choice Act. That's why I've been fighting for it in the Senate and that's why I'll make it the law of the land when I'm president of the United States." --Barack Obama Nobody is making it the law of the land. Nobody is fighting for it. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) has drifted down to the bottom of the AFL-CIO's website, buried beneath good economic proposals which, however, do nothing to build a labor movement. EFCA is not to be found anywhere on the front page of Change to Win's website at all. The media's not smearing EFCA with U.S. Chamber of Commerce lies anymore. Congr... more

(This article originally appeared on the Joint Recon Study Group site.) The new ABC TV series "V" seems to be drawing a solid audience and may be helping us consider important issues facing our society today. The original 1983 miniseries was reportedly related to the novel by Sinclair Lewis, "It Can't Happen Here," about the Nazis coming to power in Germany. Yet, what if we look at the more literal context of the show ... that extraterrestrial or unusual visitors of some kind have arrived, perhaps quite some time ago, and are among us? In the original 1983 two-part miniseries, the 1984 three-part miniseries and the TV series that aired from 1984 to 1985, the visitors were portrayed as reptilian evil-doers who wanted to take ove... more

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the corporate "mainstream" media make quite a pair. We're hearing a very "balanced" debate over whether KSM should be tried in New York City, and whether the most insane objections to that proposal are really insane or not. But what are we not hearing? We're not hearing that trying criminals for the crime of 9-11 ought to have been what we did years ago, rather than waging wars in response to a crime. We're not discussing the possibility that had alleged 9-11 criminals been tried years ago rather than being imprisoned and tortured together with hundreds of innocents depicted as subhuman monsters, the "war on terror" might have been replaced with simply the wars on Iraqis and Afghans and Pakistanis. What eff... more

(This article originally appeared on the Transcendent TV & Media site.) The new blockbuster movie "2012" is exciting and fun ... but is it based on anything close to reality? Could our planet Earth go through changes so fundamental that crustal plates shift and buckle, widespread earthquakes shake and multiple volcanoes explode? NASA says don't worry about it. But don't rule it out, according to some theories. Thanks to Sony Pictures and director Roland Emmerich, moviegoers get a look at what global geological catastrophe might look like. The movie portrays the disaster as occurring according to some interpretations of the Mayan "Long Count" calendar ... in December of 2012. But several kinds of calamities could strike Earth... more

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging countries to seize the opportunity presented by next month.s climate change conference in Copenhagen to clinch a political agreement that will help chart the way forward on a new legally binding pact to combat global warming. "Opportunity is knocking. It is up to you to open the door," Mr. Ban told a two day meeting that began Monday in the Danish capital, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference. The conference, set to begin on December 7, aims to reach accord on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 pact which has strong, legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, whose first commitment period ends in 2012. In a message delivered by Yvo de Boer, Executi... more

Was Dr. Hasan.s attack an attempt at committing an "acceptable" Muslim suicide? ...DR. Nidal Hasan. An early picture of a US Army Major that should never have been in the military. Anyone that is a regular reader of mine knows that I am seldom on the same side of the fence as the Pulitzer Prize winning conservative op-ed columnist, Charles Krauthammer. I also usually end up turning him off on the week-end FOX round-table shows as he tends to go along with all the right-wing war mongers on the not so "Fair & Balanced Fox Noise Channel". This week however, Mr. Krauthammer wrote a column that I must say that I agree with almost 100%. His column this week was on Doctor-Major Nidal Hasan. This is the Army Major and psychiatrist... more

Op/ED: Was the Ft. Hood massacre perpetrated by Maj. Nadal Malik Hasan just criminal as the U.S. Army and the U.S. law enforcement contend or was it terroristic. This radical Islamic US Army officer shouting "Allahu Akbar!" committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with the Islamic faith.. . This is the crux of the problem the U.S. does not want to admit the terrorist including many of the so called home grown terrorist are radical Muslims and they as well as the two wars in the middle east is part of the overall holy war of which the west does not want to acknowledge that the war itself is a "Holy War" in fear that it will tarnish the non- radical Muslim... more

Two new gas export pipelines of Turkmenistan will come into operation before the end of this year. Together with the existing gas conduit to Iran, they should generate adequate revenues to break the Gazprom bear hug on the economy of Turkmenistan. The pipe to China, designed for higher volumes, will initially carry 5 bcm (billion cubic meters) of gas. The pipe to Iran, also planned for more volumes, will start with 6 bcm of annual throughput. In addition, Turkmenistan will continue to pump 8 bcm through the existing Korpeje-Kurtkui pipeline to the northwestern provinces of Iran. This comes to 19 bcm of gas exports in 2010, bypassing the Russian network. Is it enough to protect Turkmenistan from Gazprom bullying? In order to a... more

Pasadena, CA - 11/14/09 - BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/13/09, Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBRX) commented nothing fundamental in the Company's operations has changed to cause the current market activity in its Common Stock. On 11/13/09, Talecris Biotherapeutics (Nasdaq:TLCR) and N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue jointly announced the company will expand its manufa... more

Pasadena, CA - 11/14/09 - BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/13/09, Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) announced its presentation at the Lazard Capital Markets 6th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:40 p.m. ET will be webcast live and will be available in the investor relations section of the company's Web site at www.celgene.com. On 11/1... more

Pasadena, CA - 11/14/09 - BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors has Healthcare stock news and updates to its calendar database of Clinical Trials and upcoming FDA approvals & decisions. A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/13/09, King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:KG) announced plans to present at the Lazard Capital Markets 6th Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 2:15 pm EST, at the St. Regis Hotel in New York, New York. On 11/13/09, MedaSorb Technologies Corporation (OTC:MSBT) and its wholly-owne... more

Jeremiah Masoli accounted for six touchdowns Saturday, rallying 11th-ranked Oregon to a 44-41 double-overtime Pac-10 Conference win over Arizona. more

MORE than 100 miners are feared dead in China following an underground gas explosion. more

PROSECUTORS asked an Italian court to jail a US student and her ex-lover for life yesterday over the stabbing death of Meredith Kercher. more

Three explosions in the northeastern Indian province of Assam killed at least five people and injured scores more Sunday morning, police said. more

STANFORD, Calif. _ Even for the Big Game, this was mammoth and weird and fantastic and everlasting. more

Nov. 21--NEW YORK -- North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard sat in the locker room after Friday's 87-71 loss to Syracuse with an ice pack wrapped around his right side and a dejected look about him. more

Lee Westwood had his second 6-under-par 66 of the tournament Saturday and has a 2-stroke lead after three rounds of the European PGA's Dubai World Championship. more

A gas explosion at a mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang province killed at least 42 workers and left 66 missing Saturday, officials said. more

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was set Saturday to seek a key procedural vote bringing the healthcare reform bill to the Senate floor, observers said. more

RORY McIlroy opened with threebirdies over the first six holes this morning to give rival Lee Westwood something to think about as the Dubai World Championship hots up. more

Nov. 21--Lori Puczylowski takes a tissue and dabs her eyes. more

Two Pakstani men suspected of helping terrorists carry out last year's attacks in Mumbai were arrested in Saturday Italy, authorities said. more

A gas explosion at a mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang province killed at least 46 workers and trapped 66 more Saturday, officials said. more

Nov. 21--In the 1990s, Christine Norton would show up at the annual Twin Cities Women's Expo for three days in a row to hand out instruction cards on breast self-exams. more

U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday his administration would strive to increase American exports to Asia-Pacific countries to create jobs back home. more

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Wesley Johnson was 10-of-17 shooting for 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds, as Syracuse continued an impressive start to the season with an 87-71 thumping of sixth-ranked North Carolina in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden. more

NEW YORK _ The chants of "over-rated!" more

Nov. 21--LEOMINSTER -- The release this week of a controversial report suggesting new timing for routine breast cancer screenings should encourage women to talk openly with their doctors about breast health, according to HealthAlliance Hospital Chief Medical Officer Val W. Slayton. more

The suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings allegedly traded coded e-mails regarding money transfers with a radical Muslim cleric, authorities said. more

E-mails stolen by hackers prove some leading British climate change scientists falsified information to prove their case, skeptics of global warming say. more

WASHINGTON _ Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their health-care overhaul legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the chamber voted to begin formal debate of a sweeping measure to guarantee medical coverage for all Americans. more

The U.S. Senate voted Saturday to begin floor debate on an $848 billion healthcare bill backers say would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans. more

Nov. 21--GAINESVILLE -- So this is what $425,000 buys you in college football these days. more

(EDITORS: Update expected after final Senate vote this evening.) more

Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held a "cordial" meeting Saturday, their first since the Vatican targeted disaffected Anglicans. more

Gainesville, FL (Sports Network) - Tim Tebow ran for a touchdown and threw for a pair of scores, as top-ranked Florida extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 straight games with a 62-3 rout of Florida International at the Swamp. more

Nov. 21--It was as much a family reunion as a party as Motown stars, friends and fans gathered tonight at the Roostertail to toast, drink and dance to the music that made Detroit famous. more

Nov. 21--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Friday talked itself toward a crucial showdown vote over the weekend to begin formal consideration of a historic but highly controversial health-care reform bill. more

Nov. 21--Ending black lung disease will be a major push of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration during the tenure of newly appointed Director Joe Main. more

Nov. 21--Kristina Lehr has good reason to be thankful for her annual mammogram this year. more

Nov. 21--The recession might have put a lot of folks in austerity mode, but not enough to keep them from friends and family this holiday weekend. more

Three holdout Democrats say they will vote for a procedural measure Saturday to allow floor debate to start in the U.S. Senate on a healthcare reform bill. more

Ann Arbor, MI (Sports Network) - Daniel Herron ran for 96 yards and caught a touchdown pass, while Brandon Saine added 84 yards rushing with a score, as ninth-ranked Ohio State captured the outright Big Ten title with a 21-10 victory over arch-rival Michigan. more

WASHINGTON -- Military and FBI officials appeared to miss numerous warning signs in the months leading up to the Nov. 5 killings of 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, lawmakers said Thursday in the first congressional hearing into the incident. more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ricky Williams, making his first start in a little more than a year Thursday night, ran for two touchdowns and caught another to lift the Miami Dolphins to a 24-17 victory against the Carolina Panthers. more

ZURICH, Switzerland - FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time. more

ZURICH, Switzerland - FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time. more

A man opened fire in two locations on the Northern Mariana Island of Saipan Friday, killing four and wounding eight before killing himself, officials said. more

Nov. 20--Oprah Winfrey is expected to announce today that she will end her daytime "Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 as she prepares to start her own cable network. more

Nov. 20--The man accused of raping and killing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis is scheduled to appear in court at 2:15 p.m. today. more

Oprah Winfrey finally appears ready to call it quits. more

NEWARK, N.J. - Former NBA star Jayson Williams is expected to plead guilty Friday in the fatal 2002 shooting of a hired driver, weeks before he faced a second trial for reckless manslaughter. more

NEW YORK - Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Manny Pacquiao. more

Nov. 20--WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered all branches of the military Thursday to seek better ways of "identifying service members who could potentially pose credible threats to others." more

American TV queen Oprah Winfrey's chat show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air. more

WASHINGTON - US Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has released a long-awaited healthcare reform plan that budget analysts say will extend coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured and reduce the deficit over 10 years. more

Nov. 20--CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It made so much sense. more

And even without Ronnie Brown, the once written-off Miami Dolphins are back in the playoff picture. more

LONDON- Thierry Henry says the "fairest solution" is to replay the France-Ireland World Cup playoff after he set up the deciding goal with a handball. more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, increasing his chance of winning the European money title. more

Nov. 22--EL PASO -- The Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic simply has an eye-popping, jaw-dropping alumni ... more

0 STEVE BRUCE hailed Sunderland goal hero Darren Bent after the striker condemned Arsenal to their first defeat in 14 games. more

Nov. 22--The Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association changed leadership at its annual convention this week in Myrtle Beach, with the two top positions assumed by a Midlands resident and a former S.C. Golf Association staffer. more

Nov. 22--Viterbo University men's basketball coach Wayne Wagner doesn't mind being asked about it. more

Nov. 22--CAMDEN -- Heath Lewis and his friends held a tailgate party Saturday, but it wasn't at their usual venue: a parking lot near USC's football stadium. more

Nov. 22--RICHMOND -- The weather forecast calls for sunny skies over the next two days. more

As far as losing streaks go, the one the Utah Jazz had going in San Antonio was a beauty. more

Nov. 22--And so, the MLS season comes down to Beckham vs. Beckerman, L.A. glitz vs. Salt Lake grit, Coach of the Year Bruce Arena and Most Valuable Player Landon Donovan vs. best-dressed player-turned-coach Jason Kreis and a bunch of Miami Fusion alumni. more

Nov. 22--It was a day of big debuts for the Central-Phenix City wrestling team Saturday. more

Nov. 22--As strange as it sounds, considering that the opponent is 3-6, the Houston Texans Monday night matchup with the Tennessee Titans is far and away the biggest and most important game in franchise history. more

SEATTLE _ It happens at almost every Olympics, and might happen in Vancouver, as well: Fans who couldn't get tickets watch at home on TV, see large banks of empty seats, and ask an obvious, angry question: more

Nov. 22--Perhaps the optimism was a bit premature. more

Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Carmelo Anthony just missed a triple-double, finishing with 30 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, as Denver used a big fourth quarter to upend Chicago, 112-93. more

Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points and Chauncey Billups added 21 for the Denver Nuggets in their 112-93 victory over Chicago Saturday. more

Nov. 22--CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers played their fourth game in five days Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena, and they looked like it. more

Nov. 22--Indianapolis (-1) at Baltimore, noon more

SEATTLE _ Heather Bailey gave up. more

Nov. 22--Of the 32 current head coaches in the NFL, Todd Haley is the only one who didn't play college football. more

RICHMOND, Texas - More rain on already saturated grounds at The Houstonian Country Club washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship on Saturday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes. more

Nov. 22--Paying a Sunday morning visit to the variety store... more

Nov. 22--Note: All phone numbers are 915 area code unless specified otherwise. more

Nov. 22--TALLAHASSEE -- About 20 minutes before kickoff Saturday, Mickey Andrews' former players surprised him with the keys to a new truck. more

Nov. 22--GAINESVILLE -- FIU might have lost one of its top weapons on special teams at the start of Saturday's game against Florida. more

LANDRY N'GUEMO believes Celtic will see him at his best as he bids to clinch a place in Cameroon's World Cup squad after helping them secure a dream ticket to South Africa. more

New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Darren Collison produced game-highs of 22 points and 11 assists, as New Orleans ended the Atlanta Hawks' seven-game winning streak with a 96-88 triumph. more

Sunday: Stoke City v Portsmouth (KO 4pm) Eurosport, 5pm Beach soccer: The World Cup final in Dubai (KO 5pm) ESPN, 7.45pm Serie A football: Juventus v Udinese (KO 7.45pm) more

SCOT Russell Knox looks set to fail in his bid for a spot on the US PGA Tour after a poor showing at the second stage of qualifying school in Florida. more

Nov. 22--Gulfstream Park's 2010 schedule has some major changes, including moving the Florida Derby back one Saturday in March and adding the Gulfstream Sprint Showcase, with five stakes races, Jan. 9. more

ROGER FEDERER slammed talk of Rafael Nadal's demise but warned the Spaniard he won't give up his No.1 ranking again without a fight. more

STUTTGART ace Alexander Hleb has warned his team-mates to prepare for the "Battle of Glasgow" in the Champions League on Tuesday. more

Jussi Jokinen scored the game-wining goal in Carolina's 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday. more

In the end the All Blacks strolled to victory because they were able to cross the line - something England have achieved just once in three autumn Tests. more

Nov. 22--With Thanksgiving coming this week, there is much for which to be thankful. more

Nov. 22--MIDLAND -- Abilene High School's football team made sure this meeting with Coronado was over early Saturday. more

Nov. 22--He was walking alone off the football field after a disappointing loss at West Salem High School. more

Nov. 22--GAINESVILLE -- A couple of hours before FIU took on Florida on Saturday afternoon, Golden Panthers quarterback Paul McCall was greeted by Gators fans two miles short of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. more

If you're a defensive lineman in the National Football League, your career goals go something like this: more

Nov. 22--Mike London predicted at midweek that the game would resemble "a ping-pong match. more

Nov. 22--Maybe it's time to add a third jersey to the Stephane Robidas youth collection. more

Nov. 22--He grew up in a home where athletic competition was the norm, his parents pushing themselves in events and to limits mortals do not reach. more

Hit the ball to us, coach, they'd say to Amy Olson, and she would oblige. more

MIYAZAKI, Japan--Italy's Edoardo Molinari won the $2.2 million Dunlop Phoenix on Sunday, beating Sweden's Robert Karlsson in a playoff. more

GUTTED Pavel Pogrebnyak has vowed to put his World Cup hell behind him by firing Stuttgart to Champions League victory at Ibrox on Tuesday. more

Nov. 22--MEMPHIS -- Scott Skiles decided to play a little "small ball" Saturday night at the FedEx Forum. more

Nov. 22--LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Good teams have a motto. more

ROCK legends Kiss will slap on their make-up to play their first gig in Scotland for 17 years. more

SYDNEY, Australia--Melbourne went to the top of the Australian A-League table with a 1-0 win over Brisbane on Sunday. more

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ The Ducks are 7-11-3 and they remain in the Western Conference basement. more

Nov. 22--AUSTIN, Texas -- With the nation watching, Kansas coach Mark Mangino showed a softer side. more

BURLINGTON, Ont. - Mark Dacey of Nova Scotia captured his second Canadian mixed curling championship Saturday with a 7-5 win over Ontario's Mark Bice. more

THE price of gold has never been higher... more

Nov. 22--On a crisp fall day recently in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood, laughter rang out from inside the Linwood Robinson Senior Center on North 26th Street. more

It's part of an agreement to resolve liability for a $2 billion debt involving other Houston buildings and dozens of other properties across the country. more

Nov. 21--sdharris@mercurynews.com more

Nov. 21--September marked the 13th month in a row that the city of Boulder posted declines in sales tax revenues. more

Ever since employee share plan benefits were revitalised with the arrival of share incentive schemes in 2001 - spectacularly described by HMRC as 'the most taxadvantaged employee share scheme ever introduced into the UK'- employees have been queuing up to take a stake in their company's success. more

Nov. 21--When Dave Kellogg arrived at Sequoia Capital on that day in early October 2008, "the last chair in the room was in the front row," he recalled. more

Thirty-one percent admit they would like advice from a professional on how to invest their money. more

Nov. 21--AMESBURY -- On the heels of announcing its intention to raise water and sewer rates in the new year, the town is anticipating a second increase of approximately 30 to 40 percent will be necessary sometime next year in order to afford repayment on the note for the new water treatment plant. more

Nov. 21--Capital Investment Services Cos. more

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) announced today that it has agreed to sell the following in an underwritten public offering: more

Nov. 21--Doug Anderson in West Boise got a nice surprise this fall. more

Nov. 20--Soaring demand for gold from savers desperate to take advantage of the record bullion price forced the Royal Mint to more than quadruple production of gold coins in the third quarter of the year. more

Nov. 20--It's not every day that someone tries to pawn a handful of teeth. more

Nov. 21--CHEYENNE -- A legislative committee will delve into taxing digital products when the Legislature meets this winter, but whether that could mean more taxes for consumers is debatable. more

CALGARY, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Kallisto Energy Corp. (TSX Venture: KEC) (formerly Arrow Energy Ltd. - AOF) ("Kallisto" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed its Q3 2009 financial statements and accompanying Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") for the period ended September 30, 2009. more

TSX Venture Exchange Symbol "CUL" more

Nov. 21--The Munster-based parent of Peoples Bank swung to a $1.4 million third-quarter loss as increases in loan loss provisions and deposit insurance premiums bruised earnings. more

TSX Symbol: MSP.A more

Nov. 21--Entellus Medical Inc., which is developing an easier, more cost-effective way to treat severe chronic sinus infections, has raised an additional $30 million in venture capital. more

VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Trading resumes in: more

Nov 19 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia is ready to buy gold from the State Precious Metals and Gemstones Repository (Gokhran) before the end of this year, CB First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev told reporters. more

Nov. 21--Underscoring the difficulty of pressing economic espionage cases, a federal jury Friday deadlocked on the central charges against two Silicon Valley engineers accused of stealing technology secrets from their former employer to establish a rival company backed by China. more

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kohlberg Capital Corporation (Nasdaq:KCAP) (the "Company") announces that the Company received a letter on November 17, 2009 from the NASDAQ Stock Market notifying it that the Company is no longer in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), Obligation to File Periodic Financial Reports, because it did not timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. more

J-Pacific Gold Inc. (the "Company" or "J-Pacific") (TSX VENTURE: JPN) announced today that is has appointed John P. Thompson, M.Sc., P.Eng., as the Company's Chief Operating Officer. more

Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP has been appointed as Co-Lead Counsel in the securities class action against Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Skilled Healthcare" or the "Company") (NYSE:SKH), certain of the Company's executive officers, and certain underwriters of the Company's May 2007 initial public offering ("IPO"), currently pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California -- Shepardson v. more

Barclays Capital today announced that it has formed Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC , a joint venture with Goff Capital, Inc., to acquire Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership ("Crescent") from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funding II. more

In a new Charles Schwab survey of advisors at major financial firms, six out of ten respondents (59%) say the idea of being an independent investment advisor appeals to them. more

Markets slipped on Wednesday. more

Nov 19 (Interfax) - Tajikistan may soon call a tender for the rights to the Shakhbas gold field, with an estimated 75 tonnes of gold, said the press office of Emomaly Rakhmon, the country's president, who chaired a meeting in the gold industry on November 18. more

Octopus Investments is overhauling its product literature in response to the FSA's structured product review findings. more

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. more

Nov. 21--THE projected increase in information technology (IT) spending in the next four years would create more jobs in the Philippines, according to Information Data Corp. (IDC). more

TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Middlefield Group, on behalf of Pathfinder Convertible Debenture Fund ("Pathfinder" or the "Fund"), is pleased to announce that the Fund has completed its initial public offering of 5,900,000 combined units at a price of $12.00 per combined unit for gross proceeds of $70,800,000. more

GC China Turbine, a manufacturer of two blade wind turbines, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Yancheng regional government of Jiangsu province with the intent to develop a local manufacturing base to build large utility scale turbines for offshore and coastal use in the area. more

Nov. 21--FACED with a fiscal blowout, the Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing through with the auction more

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured orders worth more than $2.3bn during the Dubai Air Show, demonstrating its strong market positions, its continued investment in technology and access to global markets. more

NEW YORK - Medidata Solutions Inc., a maker of software and services for clinical development of drugs and medical devices, said Friday it plans a public offering of 4.5 million shares of its common stock. more

Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) Sector: Financial Company's quarterly results are tempered by the non cash impairment charges but its third quarter operating results were very successful, especially when we take into account the.... more

King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that Timothy G. Barber has joined the firm's Charlotte office as a partner. more

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/badb14/focusing_on_gold_a) has announced the addition of the "Focusing on Gold and the US Gold Industry" report to their offering. more

CALGARY, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - OPTI Canada Inc ("OPTI" or the "Company") announced today that it has completed the issuance of US$425 million face value of 9.0% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due December 15, 2012 (the "Notes") at a price of 97.0%, resulting in a yield to maturity of approximately 10.2%. more

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c53ab5/china_agribusiness) has announced the addition of the "China Agribusiness Report Q1 2010" report to their offering. more

LARGO, Fla., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unilens Vision Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UVICF; TSX Venture Exchange: UVI), which develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty contact lenses, today reported its operating results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2009 (FY2010). more

TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - World Financial Split Corp. (TSX: WFS; WFS.PR.A) (the "Fund") is pleased to announce that it has issued to holders of its Class A Shares Warrants to subscribe for Class A Shares and Preferred Shares of the Fund together in units ("Units"). more

A new program to jump-start entrepreneurship in Tennessee features roots in Memphis, and supporters expect substantial gains for some area startups. more

Assembly of American-Chinese businesses to be held in Las Vegas Jan. 3-5 more

Celestial Delights USA, a company focused on marketing and distributing a line of gourmet flavored oils, vinegars, mustards, rubs, antipastos, and sugars, has appointed Marcus Laun as a member of its board of directors. more

DALLAS, Nov. 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring China Automotive Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CAAS). more

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Document Security Systems, Inc. (Amex: DMC) ("DSS"), a world leader in the development and manufacturing of optical deterrent and authentication technologies that secure electronic data and help prevent counterfeiting and brand fraud from the use of desktop scanners and copiers in the market reported today that the Nullity Department of the Austrian patent office issued its decision in the patent invalidity hearing brought by the European Central Bank (the "ECB") against Document Security Systems, Inc. The Austrian Patent Office has decided that European Patent No 0455750B1 (the "Patent"), that was awarded to the Company by the European Patent Office, has been deemed invalid in Austria due to "added matter". more