Month: February 2014

Google Inc. ( GOOG ) has officially announced its collaboration with comScore, Inc. […]

Chinese oil and gas company, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation ( SNP ) or Sinopec has made a key natural gas discovery in the Sichuan Basin – the largest monomer marine uncompartmentalized carbonate gas find in China to date. The Moxi block of the Anyue field (situated in the paleo uplift of central Sichuan) is said to hold proven reserves of about 440.385 billion cubic meters (bcm), of which 308.2 bcm of technically recoverable resource is available. Test production resulted in average daily production of 1.1 million cubic meters per well […]

In a bid to strengthen its product portfolio further, Gilead Sciences, Inc. ( GILD ) has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market the fixed-dose combination of ledipasvir ( a NS5A inhibitor: 90 mg) and sofosbuvir: 400 mg for treating adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection. […]

Leading U.S. passenger carrier Southwest Airlines Co. ( LUV ) is eyeing those markets in which rival carriers have downsized their operations. […]

Leading Bakken oil producer, Continental Resources Inc. ( CLR ) released its proved reserves and production for 2013. Also presented were the company’s key cost metrics and capital expenditures for the fourth quarter. […]

Electronics company, Generac Holdings Inc. ( GNRC ), is set to report fourth-quarter 2013 results on Feb 13, before the opening bell. In the last quarter, it delivered 27.7% positive earnings surprise. […]

Jazz Pharmaceuticals ( JAZZ ) announced that it has started work on building a manufacturing and development facility in Ireland. The company will invest approximately $60–$68 million (€45–€50 million) on the facility. […]

Despite weakness in the U.S., McDonald’s Corporation ( MCD ) posted better-than-expected comparable sales (comps) for the month of Jan 2014. At its fourth quarter earnings call, the company guided flat year over year comps for the month of January. However, comps increased 1.2% in the month. […]

Finnish handset developer, Nokia Corporation ( NOK ) is set to unveil cost-friendly smartphones on Google Inc.’s. ( GOOG ) Android at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona later this month.The launch is scheduled just prior to Nokia’s planned divestiture of its handset business to Microsoft Corp. ( MSFT ) for $7.2 billion […]