Enzyme commercialization company Verenium Corp. (NASDAQ: VRNM) has announced the sale of several of its assets to Dutch firm DSM Food Specialties B.V., a business group of Royal DSM. The sale...
A lot of companies are working on developing microbes to eat something ordinary and expel something extraordinary, like diesel fuel or methane or butanol. Laboratory scale projects have all proved...
Source: Jon OggThe environment of ‘exceptionally low interest rates’ may help borrowers, but it has the unintended consequences of bringing real returns to zero or even negative if you consider...
If you’re self-employed or a small-business owner and your spouse is your only employee, you may be interested in a Schwab 401(k).Officially called the Schwab Individual 401(k) plan or I401(k),...
Preliminary results of today’s auction on credit default swaps (CDS) on defaulted Greek debt indicate that CDS holders will receive 78.25 eurocents for each euro of face value. The auction has set...
There has been talk of creating a central exchange and clearing mechanism for the widely unknown and illiquid Credit Default Swaps, and now that talk has materialized into an actual effort.  The...
Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday proposed new rules and percentage standards for 2013 biofuel consumption. The agency wants U.S. drivers to use 16.55 billion...
Solazyme, Inc. has filed a Form S-1 with the SEC announcing its plans for an IPO. This is the first filing for the company and does not include any pricing or share information. Like other biofuels...
The test of time has proven that big and healthy banks have been able to overcome many of the challenges thrown at them over time. 24/7 Wall St. has laid out the case for each major bank stock and...
Pfizer, in collaboration with Bain Capital, announced the creation of Cerevel Therapeutics, a new biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drug candidates to treat disorders of the central...
We are mostly in a world where many investors are now just willing to settle for a “return of capital” rather than a “return on capital.”  Still, retirees and investors who rely upon income...
The ever-entertaining solar PV sector provides more than its share of fun today. First, Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ:SOLF), a Chinese solar PV company making crystalline wafers, cells,...