Author: Devin Weiss

FedEx Corp. (FDX) announced that its has set a goal of making its fleet of vehicles 20% more fuel efficient and reducing aircraft carbon emissions intensity to 30% by 2020. In its recently released fourth annual Global...

Boardwalk Pipelines Holding Corp., a wholly owned unit of Loews Corporation (L) and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP (BWP) have formed an alliance to acquire PL Midstream LLC., as per media reports. The purchase consideration of...

Sonic Corp. (SONC) recently approved of a new stock repurchase program, thereby maintaining the trend of returning wealth to its shareholders from time to time, depending on market conditions. Under this program, the company is...

After several attempts in the past few weeks, U.S. air carriers finally succeeded in raising fares to offset steeper fuel prices. This time, the low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) led the way for the board-based...

Dental technology leader Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (SIRO) recently introduced its latest intraoral camera, CEREC Omnicam. This new product is slated to enhance the company’s leading-edge CEREC CAD/CAM systems. CEREC...

Liberty Media Corp. (LMCA) recently filed a new application to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, stating its intention to acquire more than 50% of SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (SIRI) so that it can take full control of the...

Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (OCLS) recently announced the commencement of patient enrolment for its double-blind, randomized clinical study on Microcyn hydrogel. The study will be evaluating advanced Microcyn hydrogel for...

Recently, JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) completed the acquisition of South Korea-based GenComm for an undisclosed amount. JDSU declared its intention to acquire GenComm, the wireless test and measurement solution provider, on August...

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (WPI) recently announced the launch of an authorized generic version of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Xopenex (levalbuterol HCl) inhalation solution. Xopenex is used for the treatment or...

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) has won the patent for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) methods in the U.S. CGH methods facilitate the basic and clinical study of genetics and cancer. Being a method of studying genes, it...