The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: XOMA, ATP Oil & Gas, Sonic, DryShips, Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Melco Crown Entertainment, Star Scientific, Logitech International, Microvision, and Asia Entertainment & Resources.
For 106 years, Times Square has been the center of worldwide attention on New Year's Eve, ever since the owners of One Times Square began Ball Lowering celebration in 1907, and this tradition is now a universal symbol of welcoming the New Year.
Odd science claims made by various celebrities - about diets, cancer, reabsorbing sperm, hologram bracelets and more - make no scientific sense, according to a campaign group.
Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are man-made chemicals that have been recognized for the last 30 years to be toxic and potentially carcinogenic. They can affect the immune system, reproductive system, nervous system and endocrine system and, if they build up in the body long enough, they can cause cancer.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Subaye, Oncothyreon, American Science & Engineering, ARM Holdings, Tesla Motors, XOMA, CROCS, Micron Technology, ASML Holding, and Sycamore Networks.
Rodman & Renshaw initiated coverage of Soligenix Inc. (OTC: SNGX) with a Market Outperform rating and a $0.90 price target, saying shares of the late-stage biopharmaceutical company are poised to run higher on outlook for its orBec (oral beclomethasone) lead product.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Penford, Pacific Biosciences of California, Netlist, Micron Technology, Copano Energy, SMTC, Coldwater Creek, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, ChinaCast Education, Oncothyreon, and Gilead Sciences.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: LaserCard, Martek Biosciences, Adobe Systems, Incyte, Magic Software Enterprises, AudioCodes, Power-One, Netflix, ZST Digital Networks, and SanDisk.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: LaserCard, Incyte, Adobe Systems, Sonus Networks, Myriad Genetics, YRC Worldwide, SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Perficient, MannKind, and Web.com Group.
A chemical which, in high concentrations, is likely to cause cancer and irritates the respiratory system and skin has been found in tap water in 31 of 35 American cities, according to a new study.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: CyberDefender, Lattice Semiconductor, support.com, Cost Plus, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Cogo Group, Sky-mobi, LJ International, Entropic Communications, and Novavax.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Tower Bancorp, Capitol Federal Financial, Orthofix International, Pulaski Financial, Energy Recovery, Energy Conversion Devices, China Ritar Power, EZchip Semiconductor, and Hercules Offshore.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: CyberDefender, Lattice Semiconductor, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Cogo Group, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, LJ International, Nordson, Herman Miller, Sangamo Biosciences, and Motricity.
German researchers say they have cured a man of HIV infection that could prove to be a scientific advance but researchers familiar with the work feel it is not necessarily a treatment advance.
GENTAG, Inc. and its partners have come out with a new disposable wireless diagnostic test platform for consumer cell phones. The technology, based on immunoassays, can test for pregnancy, fertility, pathogens, AIDS, drugs, allergens and even certain types of cancers.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it has removed common artificial sweetener saccharin, long believed to be a potential cancer-causing substance, from its list of hazardous substances.
Swiss drug maker Novartis will pay $12.9 billion to buy the remaining shares of Alcon it doesn't already own to broaden its presence in the booming eye-care market, which is expected to outgrow the pharmaceuticals market in coming years.
US stocks advanced in early trade on Tuesday, following better-than-expected reports on retail sales and producer prices.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Genoptix, Sanderson Farms, Infinera, Amgen, Ness Technologies, MannKind, Silicom, Comcast, NVIDIA, and Orexigen Therapeutics.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Genoptix, Infinera, Amgen, Powerwave Technologies, Pixelworks, SmartHeat, Endwave, SuperMedia, Cytokinetics, and YRC Worldwide.
Fifty percent of cash register receipts and most dollar bills tested in a new study are coated with large quantities of toxic chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, says a study.
Elizabeth Edwards, the former wife of former presidential John Edwards, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 61.
