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PLL | Hot Stocks19:55 EDT Piedmont Lithium Ltd (ADR) trading halted, news pending
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SFUN | Hot Stocks18:02 EDT Fang Holdings announces ADS ratio change - Fang Holdings announced that the ratio of American depositary shares representing its Class A ordinary shares is being amended from one ADS representing one Class A ordinary share to one ADS representing ten Class A ordinary shares, mainly in preparation for the pending spin-off of its internet businesses. There will be no change to Fang's Class A ordinary shares. Furthermore, no physical action by ADS holders will be required to effect the ratio change, as the change will be effected on the books of the depositary. The effect of the ratio change on the ADS trading price on New York Stock Exchange is expected to take place at the open of business on June 19 (U.S. Eastern Time). Any fractional ADSs will be sold and the net proceeds from the sale of fractional ADSs will be distributed to the holders entitled thereto. As a result of the change in the ADS ratio, the ADS price is expected to increase proportionally, although Fang can give no assurance that the ADS price after the change in the ADS ratio will be equal to or greater than ten times the ADS price before the change.
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FB | Hot Stocks18:01 EDT Facebook CEO pledges to review platform's content policies - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his company's platform that, in response to criticism from employees over the company's decision to leave up controversial posts from U.S. President Donald Trump, the social media giant is going to review its policies allowing discussion and threats of state use of force to see if there are any amendments the company should adopt. "There are two specific situations under this policy that we're going to review," Zuckerbereg said. "The first is around instances of excessive use of police or state force. Given the sensitive history in the US, this deserves special consideration. The second case is around when a country has ongoing civil unrest or violent conflicts. We already have precedents for imposing greater restrictions during emergencies and when countries are in ongoing states of conflict, so there may be additional policies or integrity measures to consider around discussion or threats of state use of force when a country is in this state." The CEO added that Facebook will review policies around voter suppresion, as well as potential options for handling violating or partially-violating content aside from the "binary leave-it-up or take-it-down decisions." Zuckerberg also said he will work to establish a clearer and more transparent decision-making proces, as well as review whether the company needs to change anything structurally "to make sure the right groups and voices are at the table." Zuckerberg also said Facebook has started a workstream for building products to advance racial justice and that Facebook is building a voter hub to "double down" on previous "get-out-the-vote efforts." "To members of our Black community: I stand with you. Your lives matter. Black lives matter," he added. Reference Link
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GE | Hot Stocks17:37 EDT General Electric awarded $180.6M Navy procurement contract - General Electric was awarded a $180.6M firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract procures commercial depot level services for the repair and overhaul of T700-GE-401/401C turbo shaft engines, cold section modules and power turbine modules for the Navy H-60 Seahawk helicopter as well as the Marine Corps H-1 Cobra and Bell UH-1 Huey aircraft. Work will be performed in Wingsfield, Kansas and is expected to be complete by June 2025. No funds will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division is the contracting activity.
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FI | Hot Stocks17:18 EDT Frank's International's Mosing sells 236,166 common shares - In a regulatory filing, Frank's International director D. Keith Mosing disclosed the sale of 236,166 common shares of the company on June 3 at a price of $2.1608 per share.
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WORX | Hot Stocks17:14 EDT SCWorx receives notification of deficiency from Nasdaq - SCWorx announced that on June 1 and June 2, 2020, the Nasdaq Stock Market notified the company that it was not in compliance with the Nasdaq's rules for continued listing because the company has not yet filed its 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as required by Nasdaq Rule 5250(c)(1). The Nasdaq notification requires the company to submit its plan to regain compliance, no later than July 3, 2020. In response to the Nasdaq notification, the company intends to file its 2019 10-K during the week ended June 12, 2020, but in any case, before the due date for submitting its compliance plan to Nasdaq, the effect of which will be that the company will have cured the deficiency specified in the notification.
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ONDK | Hot Stocks17:14 EDT On Deck Capital receives noncompliance notice from NYSE - OnDeck Capital announced that it received notice from the NYSE, that the company does not meet an NYSE continued listing standard that requires the company to maintain a minimum average closing price of $1.00 per share over a period of 30 consecutive trading days. The company notified the NYSE of its intent to cure the deficiency and return to compliance with the NYSE continued listing requirements and is evaluating options to do so. Under the NYSE's rules, the cure period traditionally extends for six months following receipt of the notification. However, the NYSE has extended the cure period relating to this listing standard to January 1, 2021, in recognition of unprecedented market declines resulting from COVID-19. The company can regain compliance if, by the end of the cure period, OnDeck common stock has a closing share price of at least $1.00 and an average closing share price of at least $1.00 over the preceding 30 trading-day period. Alternatively, the company can also demonstrate an accelerated cure based on a $1.00 share price on both the last trading day of any calendar month within the cure period and the average share price of the 30-trading days preceding the end of that month. During the cure period, the company's common shares will continue to trade on the NYSE under the symbol (ONDK) but will have an added designation of to indicate the status of the shares as "below compliance" subject to compliance with other continued listing requirements.
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TC | Hot Stocks17:05 EDT TuanChe names Chenxi Yu as deputy CFO - TuanChe Limited announced that the company's board has appointed Mr. Chenxi Yu, the company's current financial controller, to serve as the deputy CFO in charge of corporate finance and financial reporting of the company, effective June 15, 2020. Mr. Yu's appointment follows the resignation of Mr. Troy Mao, the company's current chief financial officer, which will become effective on June 15, 2020. Mr. Mao and Mr. Yu will work together to ensure an orderly transition of duties. Mr. Mao resigned from his current position at the company for "personal reasons, which did not result from any disagreement with the company on any matters relating to the Company's business performance, financial reporting or controls, where the company has built a strong finance function", the company states.
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MAG | Hot Stocks17:03 EDT MAG Silver announces 19.9% interest in Reyna Silver - MAG Silver announces that it has acquired 14.6M common shares of Reyna Silver, formerly known as Century Metals.
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CACI | Hot Stocks16:50 EDT CACI CEO sells over 5,000 common shares - In a regulatory filing, CACI president and CEO John S. Mengucci disclosed the sale of 5,308 common shares of the company on June 4 at a price of $263.27 per share.
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COMM | Hot Stocks16:49 EDT Adage Capial reports 5.64% passive stake in CommScope - Adage Capial disclosed a 5.64% stake in CommScope, which represents over 11.0M shares. The filing does not allow for activism.
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ALGT | Hot Stocks16:45 EDT Allegiant Travel CEO sells 165K shares of common stock - In a regulatory filing, Allegiant Travel disclosed that its CEO Maurice Gallagher sold 165K shares of common stock on June 3-4th in a total transaction size of $20.6M.
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EBS | Hot Stocks16:39 EDT Emergent BioSolutions' Richard sells 6,572 common shares - In a regulatory filing, Emergent BioSolutions director Ronald Richard disclosed the sale of 6,572 common shares of the company on June 3 at a price of $87.514 per share.
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EVA | Hot Stocks16:36 EDT ValueAct reports 7.5% stake in Enviva Partners, says shares undervalued - In a regulatory filing, ValueAct disclosed a 7.5% stake in Enviva Partners, representing 2.53M shares. The firm said it acquired the securities of the company based on the belief that the securities were undervalued and represented an attractive investment opportunity. ValueAct added that it has had and anticipates having further discussions with officers and directors of the company's general partner, in connection with ValueAct's investment in the Enviva. The topics of these conversations have covered or may cover a range of issues, including those relating to the business of the Issuer, management, board composition, investor communications, operations, capital allocation, dividend policy, financial condition, mergers and acquisitions strategy, overall business strategy, executive compensation, and corporate governance.
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GVP | Hot Stocks16:33 EDT GSE Systems discloses notice of Nasdaq listing non-compliance - GSE Systems announced that it received a notice letter dated June 1, 2020 from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq Stock Market LLC stating, that as a result of the company's failure to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for FY19, the company is not in compliance with Nasdaq's Listing Rule 5220(c)(1). The company states: "As previously disclosed, due to circumstances primarily stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the company did not timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 by the extended due date of May 29, 2020. The company continues to work diligently with its auditors to complete its annual filing with the SEC as soon as reasonably practical and is targeting submission of this filing by June 15, 2020."
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BLD | Hot Stocks16:33 EDT TopBuild CEO sells 50,000 common shares - In a regulatory filing, TopBuild CEO Gerald Volas disclosed the sale of 50,000 common shares of the company on June 3 at a price of $125.087 per share.
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YTRA EBIX | Hot Stocks16:33 EDT Yatra terminates merger agreement with Ebix, files litigation - Yatra (YTRA) announced that it has provided notice of termination of its pending merger agreement with Ebix (EBIX) and filed litigation in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware over Ebix's breaches of the merger agreement. The complaint seeks to hold Ebix accountable for breaches of its representations, warranties and covenants in the merger agreement and an ancillary extension agreement and seeks substantial damages. Yatra said, "As detailed in the complaint, Ebix's conduct breached material terms of the agreements and frustrated Yatra's ability to close the transaction and obtain the benefit of Yatra's bargain for Yatra's stockholders."
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GCAP | Hot Stocks16:31 EDT GAIN Capital stockholders approver merger with INTL FCStone - GAIN Capital Holdings announced that at a special meeting of its stockholders held earlier today, the company's stockholders voted to approve the adoption of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 26, 2020, by and among the Company, INTL FCStone Inc., a Delaware corporation and Golf Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of INTL, providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into GAIN, with GAIN surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of INTL. Approximately 83.2 percent of the company's shares issued and outstanding as of the close of business on April 23, 2020, the record date for the special meeting, were present in person or by proxy at the meeting. Holders of approximately 71.2 percent of the company's shares issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the record date voted in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement, representing approximately 85.7 percent of votes cast, excluding abstentions. Also at the special meeting, the Company's stockholders approved, by a non-binding, advisory basis, certain compensation that will or may be paid by GAIN to its named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger. The company anticipates that the merger will be completed during the third quarter of 2020, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining customary conditions to closing, including among other things, receipt of other required regulatory approvals.
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DTEA | Hot Stocks16:19 EDT DavidsTea extends filing deadline for Q1 results to 'no later than July 31st' - DAVIDsTEA announces that it will avail itself of a 45-day blanket extension granted by the securities regulatory authorities in the United States and Canada and file by no later than July 31, 2020 its financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for its first quarter, ended May 2, 2020. The filing was originally due by June 16, 2020. In connection with the 45-day extension, the company "confirms that its management and other insiders are subject to an insider trading black-out policy that reflects the principles in section 9 of Canadian National Policy 11-207 Failure-to-File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions. The company confirms that the only material business developments since November 2, 2019, being the date of the last interim financial statements filed by the company, are as set out in the company's material change report filed on SEDAR on March 24, 2020 and in the company's news release dated April 27, 2020 providing a detailed business and financial performance update in light of the coronavirus pandemic."
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AGE | Hot Stocks16:18 EDT AgeX Therapeutics receives noncompliance notification from NYSE - AgeX Therapeutics announced that on AgeX received a deficiency letter from the staff of the NYSE indicating that AgeX does not meet certain of the exchange's continued listing standards as set forth in Section 1003 of the exchange company guide in that AgeX has stockholders equity of less than $2M and has incurred losses from continuing operations and/or net losses during its two most recent fiscal years. Pursuant to Section 1009 of the exchange company guide and as provided in the deficiency letter AgeX intends to provide the exchange staff with a plan by July 1 advising the exchange staff of action AgeX has taken and will take that would bring AgeX into compliance with the Exchange's continued listing standards by December 1, 2021. There is no assurance that the exchange staff will accept AgeX's plan. If the exchange staff accepts AgeX's plan, the exchange staff will review AgeX's compliance with the plan on a quarterly basis and if AgeX does not show progress consistent with the plan or is not in compliance with the exchange's continued listing standards by December 1, 2021, the exchange will commence delisting procedures. If the exchange staff does not accept AgeX's plan, the exchange staff will promptly initiate delisting proceedings. AgeX intends to make arrangements to have its common stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board if its common stock is delisted from the NYSE American.
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GLPG GILD | Hot Stocks16:15 EDT Filgotinib showed higher patient proportion with ACR20 response in PsA - In their joint press release, Gilead (GILD) and Galapagos (GLPG) also announced that "Filgotinib consistently demonstrated a statistically significant higher proportion of patients achieving ACR20 response compared with placebo across all subgroups. Similarly, filgotinib achieved a higher proportion of ACR50 response and Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score low disease activity, compared with placebo, reaching statistical significance in most subgroups. Treatment differences for Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis consistently favored filgotinib, reaching statistical significance in most subgroups, as well. There were no clinically relevant differences when comparing response to filgotinib across subgroups. Filgotinib demonstrated a consistent safety profile, and no new safety signals were identified in this study. The median exposure to filgotinib in both EQUATOR and the OLE study was 66 weeks. An interim analysis at Week 52 demonstrated sustained efficacy with filgotinib across several measures of disease activity and treatment response in patients with active psoriatic arthritis, or PsA."
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SRCE | Hot Stocks16:13 EDT 1st Source names Andrea Short president, Jim Seitz vice chairman - 1st Source Bank announced the Board of Directors' election of Jim Seitz as the Vice Chairman of the 1st Source Bank Board of Directors and the election of Ms. Andrea Short to President of 1st Source Bank. Short replaces Jim Seitz as president starting July 1, 2020. Seitz was elected President of 1st Source Bank in 2012, and President of 1st Source Corporation in 2014. Short was elected Chief Financial Officer of 1st Source Bank in 2013, and will continue in this capacity.
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OMAB | Hot Stocks16:11 EDT OMA reports May terminal passenger traffic down 93.5% from last year - Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte reports that terminal passenger traffic at its 13 airports decreased 93.5% in May 2020, as compared to May 2019. Domestic traffic decreased 93.1%, and international traffic decreased 96.4%.
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TSLX | Hot Stocks16:10 EDT TPG Specialty Lending to change name to Sixth Street Specialty Lending - TPG Specialty Lending announced that it will change its name to Sixth Street Specialty Lending, effective June 15. The new name reflects the previously announced completion of an agreement between Sixth Street Partners and TPG to become independent, unaffiliated businesses. Sixth Street is a global investment business with approximately $34B in assets under management and more than 275 team members including over 140 investment professionals globally. Sixth Street is the parent of the company's adviser, which also recently renamed from TSL Advisers to Sixth Street Specialty Lending Advisers. The company's common stock will continue to trade under the same ticker on the New York Stock Exchange.
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QFIN | Hot Stocks16:07 EDT 360 Finance affiliate acquires 30% stake in Kincheng Bank of Tianjin - 360 Finance announced that 360 Group, one of its affiliates, acquired a 30% stake in Kincheng Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. making 360 Group the biggest shareholder of the bank. Upon completion of the deal, Kincheng Bank will become the third Chinese digital bank to be backed by an internet giant. Kincheng Bank has long been a strategic partner of 360 Finance and the two companies have collaborated in areas such as technology and customer service. The deal will allow both parties to collaborate and realize greater synergies. 360 Finance's leading technology in the fintech sector will be further bolstered by the comprehensive financial service offerings of Kincheng Bank, which has specific expertise and extensive experience serving medium, small and micro-sized companies. The collaboration should help 360 Finance to further lower funding costs, expand the customer base and increase the loans facilitated through the company's platform services. As a result of the deal, 360 Finance continues to accomplish its goal of minimizing regulatory uncertainties by obtaining a comprehensive set of financial licenses, including for online micro-lending, financing guarantees, consumer finance, insurance brokerage and fund sales. The acquisition of Kincheng Bank also provides the company with a banking license, which is one of the most difficult and valuable financial licenses in China to obtain.
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CHEK | Hot Stocks16:06 EDT Check-Cap receives Nasdaq minimum bid price notification - Check-Cap announced that the company received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications, indicating that the company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing set forth in Listing Rule 5550a2, which requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share. Further, on April 16, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting related market conditions, Nasdaq has elected to provide temporary relief from the bid price requirements by tolling compliance through June 30, 2020. As a result of the tolling of the bid price requirements, according to the Letter, the company has 180 calendar days from July 1, 2020, or until December 28, 2020, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. The company can regain compliance, if at any time during this 180 day period, the closing bid price of its ordinary shares is at least $1 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, in which case the company will be provided with a written confirmation of compliance and this matter will be closed. The company may then be eligible for an additional 180 day grace period if it meets the Nasdaq Capital Market's initial listing standards with the exception of the minimum bid price requirement.
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GILD GLPG | Hot Stocks16:04 EDT Efficacy of Gilead/Galapagos's Filgotinib supported in new phase 2 data - Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Galapagos NV (GLPG) announced new analyses from two clinical trials evaluating filgotinib, an investigational, oral, selective JAK1 inhibitor, in adults with psoriatic arthritis. The data from the double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 EQUATOR study and the EQUATOR-2 open-label extension study demonstrate filgotinib's durable efficacy and consistent safety profile in people with active PsA, and showed rapid and sustained reductions in inflammatory biomarkers in patients with moderate to severe PsA. The new analyses were presented at the European League Against Rheumatism, EULAR, European E-Congress of Rheumatology 2020. In a new subgroup analysis of patients with active PsA in the 16-week EQUATOR Phase 2 trial, the effects of filgotinib on key efficacy endpoints were generally consistent across a range of patient subgroups, including sex, body mass index, disease duration, baseline disease severity, concurrent use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and prior exposure to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.
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ROLL | Hot Stocks16:03 EDT RBC Bearings' Crowell sells 5,000 common shares - In a regulatory filing, RBC Bearings director Richard R. Crowell disclosed the sale of 5,000 common shares of the company on June 3 at a price of $141.298 per share.
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HSKA | Hot Stocks15:39 EDT Heska CEO sells 19.7K shares of common stock - In a regulatory filing, Heska disclosed that its CEO Kevin Wilson sold 19.7K shares of common stock on June 3-5th in a transaction size of $1.77M.
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LQDA UTHR | Hot Stocks15:34 EDT Liquidia to 'vigorously defend' against United Therapeutics patent suit - Liquidia Technologies (LQDA) announced that United Therapeutics (UTHR) filed a patent infringement action under the Hatch-Waxman Act against the company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,604,901 and 9,593,066 relating to UTC's Tyvaso, a nebulized treprostinil solution for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH. This lawsuit is in response to the New Drug Application the company filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting approval to market LIQ861, a dry powder inhalation of treprostinil for the treatment of PAH. The LIQ861 NDA was filed under the 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway with Tyvaso as the reference listed drug. Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the FDA is automatically precluded from approving the LIQ861 NDA for up to 30 months or until resolution of the lawsuit, absent an earlier judgment unfavorable to UTC by the court. "We believe these patents to be invalid and/or not infringed by the practice of LIQ861 and we will vigorously defend the suit and our freedom to pursue the commercialization of LIQ861. We are acutely aware of the need that exists among PAH patients to have access to treatments beyond those which are currently available and are dedicated to addressing that need in the most expedient way possible," stated Neal Fowler, CEO at Liquidia.
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DAL | Hot Stocks15:24 EDT Delta Air Lines to suspend service in 11 U.S. markets - Delta announced in a blog post that it will suspend operations in 11 U.S. markets beginning July 8 "while customer volume is significantly reduced to help lower costs as we mitigate the crisis due to COVID-19." The company said: "As permitted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, which has instituted a process for airlines to adjust service where it is 'reasonable and practicable,' Delta will suspend operations to the 11 airports, which make up approximately 5% of the domestic airports Delta serves. All of these airports will continue to receive service from at least one other carrier after Delta suspends its operations." Reference Link
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APRN | Hot Stocks14:58 EDT DPH Holdings reports 15.6% passive stake in Blue Apron - In a regulatory filing, DPH Holdings disclosed a 15.6% stake in Blue Apron, which represents 1.52M shares. The filing does not allow for activism.
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AZN | Hot Stocks14:34 EDT AstraZeneca says Calquence 'promising' in treating hospitalized COVID patients - Results published in Science Immunology showed that Calquence reduced markers of inflammation and improved clinical outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 disease, reported AstraZeneca. Jose Baselga, Executive Vice President, Oncology R&D, said: "The science supporting investigation of the use of Calquence in patients with severe COVID-19 is strong. The encouraging preliminary data in this case series has informed the initiation of global phase II trials, notably the CALAVI programme. We look forward to completing recruitment and obtaining data in these trials as soon as possible to further our understanding of what this potential treatment could mean for patients." Calquence is currently approved in the U.S. for the treatment of certain hematological malignancies. Calquence is not currently approved in any country to treat patients with illnesses related to SARS-CoV-2. Reference Link
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VYGVF | Hot Stocks14:00 EDT Voyager Digital sees 'no material change' to account for recent trading activity - Voyager Digital issued a press release in response to a request by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, or "IIROC," to comment on recent trading activity of its stock. "The company announces that it is not aware of any material, undisclosed corporate developments and has no material change to report at this time. On May 13, 2020, the Company submitted its application to the Canadian Securities Exchange for price protection in connection with a proposed non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of up to $3,000,000. The Canadian Securities Exchange confirmed such price protection on the same day. The company will keep the market informed as required," Voyager stated.
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PCG | Hot Stocks13:36 EDT PG&E jumps 10% to $13 after Bloomberg report of $11B debt deal
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PCG | Hot Stocks13:32 EDT PG&E trading resumes
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PCG | Hot Stocks13:27 EDT PG&E trading halted, volatility trading pause
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GRUB UBER | Hot Stocks13:20 EDT GrubHub jumps 7% to $61.30 after CNBC says two more suitors interested
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SNE | Hot Stocks13:07 EDT Sony to pay A$3.5M fine for misleading PlayStation players about refunds - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said that the Federal Court has ordered Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Limited to pay A$3.5M in penalties for making false and misleading representations on its website and in dealings with Australian consumers about their Australian Consumer Law rights. Sony Europe made misleading representations to four consumers who believed they had purchased faulty PlayStation games, the ACCC said. This occurred when Sony's customer service representatives told them over the phone Sony Europe was not required to refund the game once it had been downloaded, or if 14 days had passed since it was purchased. "Consumer guarantee rights do not expire after a digital product has been downloaded and certainly do not disappear after 14 days or any other arbitrary date claimed by a game store or developer," ACCC Chair Rod Sims said. The Court also declared Sony Europe breached the ACL by telling one of the four consumers it did not have to provide a refund unless the game developer authorised it, and by telling a fifth consumer that Sony Europe could provide a refund using virtual PlayStation currency instead of money. Reference Link
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BKR | Hot Stocks13:03 EDT Baker Hughes reports U.S. rig count down 17 to 284 rigs - Baker Hughes reports that the U.S. rig count is down 17 rigs from last week to 284 with oil rigs down 16 to 206, gas rigs down 1 to 76, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 2. The U.S. Rig Count is down 691 rigs from last year's count of 975, with oil rigs down 583, gas rigs down 110, and miscellaneous rigs up 2 to 2. The U.S. Offshore Rig Count is up 1 to 13 and down 10 year-over-year. The Canada Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 21, with oil rigs unchanged at 7 and gas rigs up 1 to 14. The Canada Rig Count is down 82 rigs from last year's count of 103, with oil rigs down 52 and gas rigs down 30.
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BKR | Hot Stocks13:02 EDT Baker Hughes reports U.S. rig count down 17 to 284 rigs
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CLI | Hot Stocks12:45 EDT Mack-Cali Realty modifies slate of director nominees in response to feedback - Mack-Cali Realty announced that based on the guidance of shareholders, the company has modified its slate of candidates standing for election to the Board of Directors at the company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, scheduled for June 10. The company's slate now includes eight nominees, only three of whom have previously served on the Mack-Cali Board. Additionally, each of the Mack-Cali Board's incumbent director nominees - Lisa Myers, Laura Pomerantz and Rebecca Robertson - was elected in the last four years. The company's CEO, Michael J. DeMarco, Alan S. Bernikow, and Dr. Irvin D. Reid, each of whom is an incumbent Mack-Cali director, will not seek reelection at the 2020 Annual Meeting. Mr. DeMarco will remain as the company's CEO. The current Mack-Cali Board Chair, Governance Committee Chair and Audit Committee Chair are not standing for election, ensuring significant change in the Board's leadership."Mack-Cali is open-minded and responsive to feedback, and this new slate is reflective of shareholders' desire for continued and accelerated Board refreshment," said Lisa Myers, Independent Director of the Mack-Cali Board, on behalf of the Board. "We believe that shareholders wanted confidence that the Board would comprise fresh faces and be fully independent of management and our revised slate reflects the feedback we have heard. Our shareholders have also highlighted the importance of preserving the independence of the Board, preventing a change of control, and allowing for new perspectives while maintaining important continuity of experience. We are focused on ensuring that the Board includes truly independent directors who are committed to advancing the interests of all shareholders, so that the Company can continue to successfully execute its strategy to maximize value for all investors." Mack-Cali's slate of eight candidates includes five new nominees with experience in the public REIT space, and public company experience from across various industries. All of Mack-Cali's eight nominees are independent of the company's management, directors and the Mack family.
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TNDM | Hot Stocks12:13 EDT FDA MAUDE database shows death reported for Tandem Diabetes pump user - According to a post to the FDA's MAUDE adverse event database, an event dated April 28 was reported that resulted in the death of someone who was said to be a user of the Tandem Diabetes T:Slim X2 insulin pump. The post to the FDA database states: "Suspected cause of event was due to possible intentional self-harm by user delivering multiple boluses via the pump and over-riding the max bolus alerts declared by the pump." Reference Link
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KR | Hot Stocks11:18 EDT Kroger, Ocado expand partnership with customer fulfillment centers - The Kroger Family of Companies and Ocado announced the continued expansion of their partnership with plans to construct three new Customer Fulfillment Centers in the Great Lakes, Pacific Northwest and West regions. Kroger has partnered with Ocado to accelerate its ability to provide customers with anything, anytime, anywhere. The CFC model - incorporating state-of-the-art automation and AI - will be used to expand Kroger products to a larger footprint. The new facility in the West will measure 300,000 square feet, the new facility in the Pacific Northwest will measure 200,000 square feet, and the facility in the Great Lakes region will measure 150,000 square feet. The varying sizes demonstrate the flexibility of the Ocado fulfillment ecosystem to best serve the respective markets. When operational, the facilities will collectively create more than 1,000 new jobs, with the potential for hundreds of additional career opportunities. The exact locations of the new facilities will soon be announced. The newly named locations will complement the retailer's previously announced CFC sites in Monroe, OH; Groveland, FL; Fredericksburg, MD; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; and Pleasant Prairie, WI. Kroger plans to open the country's first CFC in Monroe, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati, in early 2021.
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MYL... | Hot Stocks11:07 EDT Oxford study shows hydroxychloroquine had no benefit in COVID-19 patients - Professor Peter Horby and Professor Martin Landray, chief investigators of the Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY Trial on hydroxychloroquine, said in a statement: "On Thursday 4 June, in response to a request from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the independent Data Monitoring Committee conducted a further review of the data. Last night, the Committee recommended the chief investigators review the unblinded data on the hydroxychloroquine arm of the trial. We have concluded that there is no beneficial effect of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised with COVID-19. We have therefore decided to stop enrolling participants to the hydroxychloroquine arm of the RECOVERY trial with immediate effect. We are now releasing the preliminary results as they have important implications for patient care and public health. A total of 1542 patients were randomised to hydroxychloroquine and compared with 3132 patients randomised to usual care alone. There was no significant difference in the primary endpoint of 28-day mortality (25.7% hydroxychloroquine vs. 23.5% usual care; hazard ratio 1.11 ; p=0.10). There was also no evidence of beneficial effects on hospital stay duration or other outcomes. These data convincingly rule out any meaningful mortality benefit of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised with COVID-19." Mylan (MYL), Teva (TEVA), Novartis (NVS), and Bayer (BAYRY) are among companies that had announced efforts to increase hydroxychloroquine production early in the COVID-19 outbreak. Reference Link
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TGT | Hot Stocks11:01 EDT Target commits $10M, ongoing resources for advancing social justice - Target announced a $10M commitment in addition to ongoing resources to advance social justice and support rebuilding and recovery efforts in local communities. "Target stands with black families, communities and team members. As we face an inflection point in Minneapolis and across the country, we're listening to our team, guests and communities, committed to using our size, scale and resources to help heal and create lasting change," said Brian Cornell, chairman and CEO, Target. Initial efforts include: A $10M investment from Target and the Target Foundation to support long-standing partners such as the National Urban League and the African American Leadership Forum in addition to adding new partners in Minneapolis-St. Paul and across the country. 10,000 hours of pro-bono consulting services for black- and people-of-color-owned small businesses in the Twin Cities, helping with rebuilding efforts. Continuing to provide essentials such as baby formula, diapers, medicine and more to communities most in need. Target Circle, the company's loyalty program, will offer guests the option to direct Target funds to local nonprofits and include organizations supporting social justice. In addition, Target has established an internal task force comprised of senior leaders from across the company. This task force will partner with Target's team members, guests and members of the community to chart the company's path forward and determine its next steps.
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LQDA UTHR | Hot Stocks10:38 EDT Liquidia drops after United Therapeutics files patent infringement lawsuit - Shares of Liquidia Technologies (LQDA) fell on Friday morning after United Therapeutics (UTHR) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware for infringement of patents related to United Therapeutics' Tyvaso. United Therapeutics said in a statement earlier that the lawsuit is based on a New Drug Application filed by Liquidia with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting approval to market LIQ861, a dry powder inhalation formulation of treprostinil. In April, United Therapeutics said it received a Paragraph IV notification letter from Liquidia indicating that Liquidia's NDA contains a certification alleging that LIQ861 will not infringe any of the patents then listed in the Orange Book for Tyvaso because those patents are not valid, not enforceable, and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use, or sale of LIQ861. United Therapeutics said it filed its lawsuit within 45 days of receipt of notice from Liquidia of its NDA filing, and that as a result, under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the FDA is automatically precluded from approving Liquidia's NDA for up to 30 months or until the resolution of the litigation, whichever occurs first. United Therapeutics said it intends to "vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights relating to Tyvaso." Shares of Liquidia are down 17.2% to $7.83, while United Therapeutics shares are fractionally higher at $122.59.
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CNTY | Hot Stocks10:32 EDT Century Casinos reopens Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort - Century Casinos announced that operations at its Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort resumed on June 5, 2020. Thoroughbred horse racing at Mountaineer's renowned racetrack already resumed on May 31, 2020 with record breaking betting handle. Mountaineer has also reopened its popular hotel along with the casino and F&B offerings on June 5, 2020. Prior to reopening, Mountaineer implemented comprehensive and state-specific safety and social distancing protocols as directed by the West Virginia Lottery.
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GNUS | Hot Stocks10:24 EDT Genius Brands CEO urges shareholders 'to measure expectations' - Genius Brands released a letter to shareholders from Chairman and CEO Andy Heyward, which states in part: "As we run up to the launch of Kartoon Channel! on June 15, we are all excited about the unprecedented carriage and launch footprint, which covers more than 100 million U.S. TV households and 200 million mobile devices, across cable, satellite, digital, and OTT platforms, including Comcast, COX, Dish, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Amazon Fire, Roku, and Tubi, among them...Kartoon Channel! will launch with a number of 'programming events', which we believe will be extremely compelling for kids, and which we will announce for you the week before launch. Having said the above, we want our shareholders to measure expectations. We will start providing projections beginning Q4, at which point we will have visibility on viewing patterns and advertising. (In the kid's media business, the 'hard 8', those weeks leading up to Christmas is where 50% of the year's advertising revenue is typically generated.) While turning the channel on is not a 'light switch,' in Margaret and David, we have two of the smartest most proven programmers in the business, and we are going to succeed and take share from a multi-billion-dollar kid's advertising pie. We are committed to ensure that the team of Margaret, David, and General Manager, Caroline Tyre, have the resources they need to acquire the most competitive children's product, and the marketing to drive the channel forward."
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GNUS | Hot Stocks10:22 EDT Genius Brands names Margaret Loesch as Executive Chairman of Kartoon Channel - Genius Brands released a letter to shareholders from Chairman and CEO Andy Heyward, which states in part: "In these unprecedented times where we are all looking for healing and positivity, there is nothing more important than a smile, and that smile is the core of our product at Genius Brands...To that end, I am proud to share that this morning we announced the engagement of the most successful programming executive in the history of children's television, Margaret Loesch, as Executive Chairman of Kartoon Channel! Loesch was the founding president and CEO of Fox Kids Networks Worldwide, growing the channels across all metrics, where it was eventually sold to the Walt Disney Company for $5.5 billion. Joining Margaret will be the former President of Walt Disney Television, David Neuman, who will become Kartoon Channel!, Chief Content Officer. David, among other things, oversaw the Wonderful World of Disney and the then #1 sitcom on television, Home Improvement, and earned over 100 Emmys on his watch, while there and previously as Head of Comedy Development at NBC. It would be impossible for me to adequately sing their praises and the impact these two extraordinarily talented and accomplished people can bring to bear upon Kartoon Channel!, our new kids program service."
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WTER | Hot Stocks10:08 EDT Alkaline Water regains compliance with Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement - The Alkaline Water Company announced that it has received a letter from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Staff notifying the company that it has regained compliance with NASDAQ's minimum bid price requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The letter noted that as a result of the closing bid price of the company's common stock having been at $1.00 per share or greater for at least ten consecutive business days, from May 19, 2020 to June 02, 2020, the company has regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and the matter is now closed.
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FAZ | Hot Stocks10:00 EDT Direxion Financial Bear 3x falls -11.2% - Direxion Financial Bear 3x is down -11.2%, or -$1.83 to $14.54.
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TZA | Hot Stocks10:00 EDT Small Cap Bear 3x falls -14.0% - Small Cap Bear 3x is down -14.0%, or -$3.15 to $19.40.
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WORK | Hot Stocks10:00 EDT Slack Technologies falls -18.5% - Slack Technologies is down -18.5%, or -$7.02 to $30.92.
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MFA | Hot Stocks10:00 EDT MFA Financial rises 31.5% - MFA Financial is up 31.5%, or 73c to $3.05.
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SMHI | Hot Stocks10:00 EDT SEACOR Marine Holdings rises 35.7% - SEACOR Marine Holdings is up 35.7%, or 88c to $3.33.
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HTZ | Hot Stocks10:00 EDT Hertz rises 115.7% - Hertz is up 115.7%, or $1.73 to $3.23.
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TZA | Hot Stocks09:47 EDT Small Cap Bear 3x falls -12.5% - Small Cap Bear 3x is down -12.5%, or -$2.82 to $19.73.
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FAZ | Hot Stocks09:47 EDT Direxion Financial Bear 3x falls -13.7% - Direxion Financial Bear 3x is down -13.7%, or -$2.25 to $14.12.
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WORK | Hot Stocks09:47 EDT Slack Technologies falls -17.6% - Slack Technologies is down -17.6%, or -$6.68 to $31.26.
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IVR | Hot Stocks09:47 EDT Invesco Mortgage rises 31.2% - Invesco Mortgage is up 31.2%, or $1.12 to $4.70.
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WMC | Hot Stocks09:47 EDT Western Asset Mortgage rises 32.7% - Western Asset Mortgage is up 32.7%, or 84c to $3.41.
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MFA | Hot Stocks09:47 EDT MFA Financial rises 39.4% - MFA Financial is up 39.4%, or 92c to $3.23.
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ABMD | Hot Stocks09:43 EDT Abiomed receives FDA approval for first-in-human trial of Impella ECP - Abiomed announces the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's investigational device exemption application to start an early feasibility study with a first-in-human trial of the 9 French Impella ECP heart pump. Impella ECP, which stands for expandable cardiac power, will be studied in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention patients. The prospective, multi-center, non-randomized early feasibility study will allow Abiomed, the study investigators, and the FDA to make qualitative assessments about the safety and feasibility of Impella ECP use in high-risk patients. The primary endpoint of the study is successful delivery, initiation and maintenance of adequate hemodynamic support and a composite rate of major device-related adverse events during high-risk PCI. The study protocol will enroll and treat up to five U.S. patients who require revascularization. If successful, enrollment will be expanded to additional patients, pending FDA approval. Study investigators will begin patient enrollment later this calendar year for the first-in-human trial. Impella ECP is available for investigational use only and is not approved for use outside of clinical studies.
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GNUS | Hot Stocks09:39 EDT Genius Brands trading resumes
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REZI | Hot Stocks09:36 EDT Resideo Technologies trading resumes
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CHX | Hot Stocks09:35 EDT ChampionX Corporation trading resumes
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SRNE | Hot Stocks09:35 EDT Sorrento: COVIDTRAP demonstrates ability to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in vitro - Sorrento Therapeutics announced it has completed a preclinical batch of the STI-4398 protein and is reporting the results from preclinical testing of its ability to neutralize and inhibit SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting ACE2-expressing cells, VERO/E6. Sorrento previously announced on May 15, 2020 that it had identified a neutralizing antibody, STI-1499, that demonstrated 100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in an in vitro infection experiment at a low concentration. Sorrento believes STI-1499 could be a potent antidote for COVID-19 pending successful demonstration of its safety and efficacy in pre-clinical and clinical studies. Consistent with the ambition outlined above in searching for and developing potential COVID-19 antidotes, Sorrento previously announced on March 20, 2020 that it had designed and produced its STI-4398 product candidate, a proprietary ACE2-Fc fusion protein, as a binding protein to the spike protein of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. The goal of STI-4398 is to produce a soluble SARS-CoV-2 virus-binding decoy receptor protein that binds to the spike protein and blocks the interaction of the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with the ACE2 receptors present on the target respiratory epithelial cells. Sorrento is now reporting that in an in vitro assay, STI-4398 completely inhibited the ability of SARS-CoV-2 virus to infect VERO/E6 cells at a low concentration. Sorrento has discussed with the Food and Drug Administration the development of this drug candidate and has received guidance on the path forward to a clinical trial for STI-4398, COVIDTRAP, for both the potential treatment of infected patients and as a potential prophylactic treatment to COVID-19.
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GNUS | Hot Stocks09:34 EDT Genius Brands trading halted, volatility trading pause
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REZI | Hot Stocks09:31 EDT Resideo Technologies trading halted, volatility trading pause
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CHX | Hot Stocks09:30 EDT ChampionX Corporation trading halted, volatility trading pause
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BSGM | Hot Stocks09:16 EDT ViralClear adds St. David's HealthCare to planned Phase II trial of merimepodib - BioSig Technologies and its majority owned subsidiary, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, announced that it has expanded its patient enrollment centers to include St. David's South Austin Medical Center in Austin. The hospital is part of St. David's HealthCare, one of the largest healthcare systems in Texas. The Company intends to commence its Phase II clinical trial for merimepodib, its broad-spectrum oral anti-viral candidate for the treatment of COVID-19 in adult patients in the coming weeks. The clinical trial team consists of Brian Metzger, M.D., MPH, Medical Director of Infectious Diseases at St. David's Medical Center, who is is the principal investigator, as well as Andrea Natale, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, and Matthew Robinson, M.D., Medical Director of Infectious Diseases at St. David's South Austin Medical Center, who are co-investigators for the study. The Phase II randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study is designed to enroll adult patients with advanced Coronavirus Disease 2019. Preclinical in vitro laboratory studies performed by the Galveston National Laboratory at The University of Texas Medical Branch demonstrated that merimepodib, provided in combination with remdesivir, showed reduction in SARS-CoV-2 replication to undetectable levels.
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DSX | Hot Stocks09:14 EDT Diana Shipping announces direct continuation of contract for m/v Atalandi - Diana Shipping announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Uniper Global Commodities SE, Dusseldorf, for one of its Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Atalandi. The gross charter rate is $9,300 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period of minimum thirteen months to maximum sixteen months. The new charter period is expected to commence on June 9, 2020. The "Atalandi" is a 77,529 dwt Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2014. This employment is anticipated to generate approximately $3.63M of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charter.
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DCI | Hot Stocks09:05 EDT Donaldson announces termination of purchase offer for E&E business - Donaldson announced that it has reached a mutual agreement with Nelson Global Products to terminate Nelson's previously disclosed purchase offer for Donaldson's Exhaust and Emissions, or E&E, business. "While we are disappointed the acquisition of our E&E business by Nelson will not be completed, we remain focused on our employees, customers and suppliers," said Tod Carpenter, chairman, president and CEO. "Our E&E business is defined by an incredibly talented team, robust engineering capabilities and strong customer relationships. We remain committed to delivering quality emissions products in parallel with ongoing optimization efforts to ensure our business portfolio creates long-term value for our stakeholders." Donaldson announced Nelson's purchase offer for its Exhaust and Emissions business on February 24.
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INTT | Hot Stocks09:04 EDT inTEST announces change of location for Annual Meeting - inTEST Corporation announced a change in the location for the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders by the filing of additional proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In order to mitigate potential risks to the health and safety of the Company's stockholders, employees, Board of Directors and surrounding communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, inTEST will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, as previously scheduled, in a virtual-only format, via live audio webcast.
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MDT | Hot Stocks09:03 EDT Medtronic recieves CE Mark for one-month DAPT indication for Resolute Onyx DES - Medtronic announced it has received CE Mark for a one-month dual antiplatelet therapy indication for high bleeding risk (HBR) patients implanted with the Resolute Onyx Drug-Eluting Stent. For HBR patients, whose bleeding risk may be increased by taking longer DAPT regimens, this new, first-of-its-kind indication allows physicians to recommend a shorter, one-month regimen of DAPT, following a percutaneous coronary intervention with Resolute Onyx. The approval is the first of its kind globally. Resolute Onyx DES is available for use in the United States, as well as in Europe and other countries that recognize the CE Mark. Resolute Onyx DES is not currently indicated for HBR patients with one-month DAPT in the United States. Data have been submitted to the FDA with the intent of obtaining a one-month DAPT US Indication for Resolute Onyx DES. The indication is based on results from the Onyx ONE Global Study, the first prospective, randomized, one-month DAPT trial comparing Resolute Onyx to a competitive DES in nearly 2,000 HBR patients. In the study, Resolute Onyx met its primary composite endpoint of cardiac death, myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis at one-year showing non-inferiority versus BioFreedom DCS. Results from the global study were shared during a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial session at the 31st Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference in September 2019 and were also published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Onyx ONE Global Study, together with the Onyx ONE Clear Study, a study that evaluated Resolute Onyx DES in HBR patients with one-month DAPT in the United States and Japan, make up the robust Medtronic Onyx ONE Month DAPT Program that has enrolled approximately 2,700 patients at up to 130 sites worldwide. To date, more than 22,000 patients have been studied in Medtronic sponsored and funded clinical trials that have addressed DAPT duration.
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NLSN DIS | Hot Stocks09:01 EDT Disney joins Nielsen Addressable TV beta program - Nielsen (NLSN) announced that Disney Media Networks (DIS) is the latest U.S. programmer to join in the company's Addressable TV beta program. By participating in the program, Disney will be able to test, evaluate and experience Nielsen's addressable TV advertising capabilities and technology first-hand and prepare for its commercial launch. This collaboration is part of Disney's approach to being 'Addressable First' and offering advertisers innovative ad solutions at the audience level. With the addition of Disney, the nine participating programmers in the beta program represent 75% of linear TV impressions in the U.S.
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GOL | Hot Stocks08:55 EDT Gol Linhas announces preliminary traffic figures for May - In the domestic market in May, demand was up by 5.0% over April and supply increased by 12.1% in relation to the previous month. GOL's domestic load factor was 74.8% in May. GOL did not operate regular international flights during the month.
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XSPA | Hot Stocks08:44 EDT XpresSpa sigs contract with HyperPointe for COVID-19 screening, testing - XpresSpa Group announced that it has partnered with HyperPointe in connection with, XpresCheck, its newly formed business unit that will provide COVID-19 screening and testing in U.S. airports. In addition, the robust set of blind data generated by the testing program can be used to inform COVID-19 surveillance programs and drive future measures that will help ensure the safety of U.S. borders. Based on the development of the partnership with HyperPointe, the Company has decided not to move forward with any further engagements with Relevant Cost Containment Healthcare and Healthalytica. XpresCheck has begun construction and intends to start a pilot program at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4 by the end of June, offering testing for airline employees, contractors and workers, airport concessionaires and their employees, TSA officers, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. XpresCheck also plans to expand with locations in additional airports to serve travelers as well as industry personnel.
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ATXI | Hot Stocks08:42 EDT Avenue Therapeutics announces publications in peer-reviewed journals - Avenue Therapeutics announced the following publications in peer-reviewed journals. The publication titled "Intravenous Tramadol is Effective in the Management of Postoperative Pain Following Abdominoplasty: A Three-Arm Randomized Placebo- and Active-Controlled Trial" has been published in Drugs in R&D. The objective of this Phase 3 study was to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of IV tramadol 50 mg versus placebo in patients following abdominoplasty surgery, a soft-tissue surgical model. The study included an active comparator arm, IV morphine 4mg. While the study was not powered to provide statistical comparison of the two active arms, its sample size allowed for assessment of the general comparability of the treatment regimens. The results of the study demonstrated that IV tramadol was statistically superior to placebo and comparable to IV morphine for the primary and all key secondary efficacy outcomes. IV tramadol also demonstrated numerically lower rates of incidence of the most common treatment-emergent adverse events than IV morphine. The publication titled "IV Tramadol - A New Treatment Option for Management of Post-Operative Pain in the U.S.: An Open-Label, Single-Arm, Safety Trial Including Various Types of Surgery" has been published in Journal of Pain Research. This safety study was a Phase 3, single-arm, open-label safety study performed in patients undergoing a variety of elective bone and soft tissue surgeries to evaluate the safety and tolerability of IV tramadol 50 mg. The study enrolled 251 patients with both orthopedic and soft tissue surgeries well represented. Dosing was completed in 95% of the patients. IV tramadol was well tolerated, and the adverse events were consistent with known tramadol pharmacology. At the end of treatment, approximately 95% of the patients reported that study medication was good, very good, or excellent for controlling pain. The publication titled "Misuse of Tramadol in the United States: An Analysis of the National Survey of Drug Use and Health 2002-2017" has been published in Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. The objective of the study was to analyze the rates of misuse - use in any way not directed by a doctor - of products containing oral tramadol, a Schedule IV opioid, as compared to comparator Schedule II opioids and alprazolam, a commonly prescribed Schedule IV controlled substance in the U.S. from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. NSDUH is an annual, congressionally mandated household survey of self-reported alcohol, drug and tobacco use among non-institutionalized persons in the U.S. The study showed a low prevalence of oral tramadol misuse as compared to other commonly prescribed opioids when adjusted for prescription volume. Estimates of reported oral tramadol misuse remained relatively stable over time. Reports of oral tramadol misuse were also much less than alprazolam, another Schedule IV drug.
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MCF MCEP | Hot Stocks08:40 EDT Contango announces Management Services Agreement with Mid-Con Energy - Contango Oil & Gas Company (MCF) announced that it will offer a cost-effective "fee for service" property management option to companies with distressed or stranded assets, or companies with a desire to reduce administrative costs, while providing Contango a new avenue for growth that aligns with the Company's own business strategy. Contango also announced that it has entered into a Management Services Agreement with Mid-Con Energy Partners (MCEP) to provide operational services as operator of record on Mid-Con's oil and gas properties. Under the Management Services Agreement, Contango will take over the operations of Mid-Con's oil and gas assets in exchange for a services fee plus reimbursement of certain costs and expenses, an annual deferred fee component, and warrants to purchase common units in Mid-Con at $4.00 per unit. Contango anticipates hiring several key employees from Mid-Con's technical team to expand Contango's expertise with enhanced oil recovery operations and enhance the Company's fee for service capability for other similar fee for service opportunities.
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MGTA | Hot Stocks08:40 EDT Magenta Therapeutics presents preclinical CD45-ADC data at EULAR meeting - Magenta Therapeutics reported the presentation of preclinical data showing immune reset with a single dose of its CD45-ADC in models of three autoimmune diseases. Magenta also highlighted data from its Phase 1 study of first-line stem cell mobilization therapy MGTA-145. These results were presented this week at the European League Against Rheumatism, or EULAR, annual meeting. Current standard treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis involves years of chronic dosing of medications that do not halt the progression of the disease and have significant side effects. For patients with systemic sclerosis, a potentially fatal disease, there are no approved therapies. Immune reset through stem cell transplant has demonstrated remissions in thousands of patients with autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and systemic sclerosis, and it is recommended by EULAR in treatment guidelines for systemic sclerosis. A pair of comprehensive reviews published in 2017 in Nature journals summarized the clinical transplant results in multiple sclerosis and broader rheumatic autoimmune diseases. The main conclusions from this combined experience in more than 3,000 patients during the past 20 years were that the therapeutic benefit of stem cell transplant is significant across multiple trials in severe autoimmune diseases: Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, or RRMS, and systemic sclerosis have the most clinical evidence using stringent disease endpoints. The process for immune reset through transplant involves two main steps: removing the disease-causing cells and replacing them with healthy cells to rebuild the immune system to a healthy state. Results showed that a single dose of CD45-ADC removed disease-causing reactive T cells, enabled successful immune reset and rebuild of the immune system and was well tolerated in a reliable murine model of autoimmune disease, the EAE model. Further, a single dose of CD45-ADC significantly reduced disease incidence and delayed disease onset in this model that has successfully provided preclinical proof of concept for many clinically validated standard-of-care therapies. Data showed that a single dose of CD45-ADC eliminated disease-causing effector cells and ameliorated disease in a humanized murine model of systemic sclerosis with skin involvement. Mice treated with CD45-ADC showed clear resolution of skin lesions and regrowth of hair, while animals treated with an isotype ADC showed no improvement. Data showed that a single dose of CD45-ADC enabled immune reset and rebuild and halted disease progression in a murine model of inflammatory arthritis. The disease-modifying effects of this well-tolerated one-time approach were equivalent to multiple doses of a neutralizing anti-TNFa antibody, which replicates a clinically validated approach to treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Magenta has identified a lead antibody for the CD45-ADC and is progressing through IND-enabling studies in 2020.
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MCEP MCF | Hot Stocks08:39 EDT Mid-Con Energy enters Management Services Agreement with Contango - The Partnership (MCEP) has entered into a Management Services Agreement with Contango Resources (MCF) effective as of July 1, 2020, under which Contango Resources will serve as operator of the Partnership's assets for a flat fee arrangement, which is expected to generate pro forma annual cash savings of approximately $6.5 million compared with 2019. Contango will also receive warrants to acquire common units of the Partnership, further aligning it with equityholders. "The Partnership continues to focus on managing operational costs and the shift of operations will allow us to leverage the larger scale of Contango to ultimately reduce cost," said Mr. Roller. "Contango has existing production in our core areas and an operations team with a proven track record, who will be joined by key members of the Partnership's existing operations team." Contango Resources will take over operations in the third quarter of 2020, replacing Mid-Con Energy Operating.
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MCEP | Hot Stocks08:37 EDT Mid-Con Energy announces redetermination of borrowing base - The Partnership also announced the spring determination of the borrowing base under its senior bank debt. The new borrowing base is set at $64 million and is a reduction from the previous borrowing base of $95 million. The reduction in the borrowing base is a result of the unprecedented downturn in the oil markets. In addition, the Partnership announced the 15th Amendment to the Credit Facility, effective as of June 1, 2020. The Amendment aims to achieve $10 million in debt reduction through the next regularly scheduled redetermination of the borrowing base on or around November 2020. In addition, the Partnership will cease capital expenditures for the remainder of 2020 and look to divest non-core assets to accelerate debt repayment.
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MCEP | Hot Stocks08:37 EDT Mid-Con Energy chairman, CEO Randy Olmstead resigns - The Partnership announced the resignation of Randy Olmstead from his current positions as CEO and Chairman of the Board.
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MCEP | Hot Stocks08:35 EDT Mid-Con Energy appoints Robert Boulware, Travis Goff, Fred Reynolds to board - The Partnership announced that Robert Boulware, Travis Goff and Fred Reynolds have been elected to constitute the Board of Directors of the General Partner. Robert Boulware served as President and CEO of ING Funds Distributor. Travis Goff is President of Goff Capital, a Fort Worth, Texas-based family office. Fred N. Reynolds is the principal owner of Fred S. Reynolds & Associates, a petroleum engineering consulting firm located in Fort Worth, Texas. Departing Board members include Charles R. "Randy" Olmstead, Fred Ball Jr., JohnBrown, and Peter A. Leidel, who resigned in connection with the reported transactions. Wilkie S. Colyer, Jr., the President and CEO of Contango, the parent of the new operator of the Partnership's properties, also has resigned from the Board.
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BOXL | Hot Stocks08:34 EDT Boxlight expands partnership with Clayton County Public Schools - Boxlight announced that Clayton County Public Schools, or CCPS, Georgia's fifth-largest school district, will continue to work with the company's professional services division, Boxlight-EOS Education. The partnership will provide expanded professional training services and programs to the district during the 2020-21 academic year. Boxlight-EOS' online, onsite and consultancy training for CCPS educators within its Mimio whole-class learning solution will expand to include integration with G-Suite, the district's extending learning beyond the classroom, or ELBC, platform. Additionally, Boxlight-EOS will support CCPS in preparing teachers for the district-wide Chromebook deployment.
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MCEP MCF | Hot Stocks08:33 EDT Mid-Con Energy completes strategic recapitalization - Mid-Con Energy Partners (MCEP) has entered into a strategic recapitalization transaction with its preferred equity holders, providing for the conversion of all Series A and B Preferred Units into common units at an average conversion price of $3.12/unit. In connection with the recapitalization, ownership of the Partnership's general partner, Mid-Con GP, has been transferred to the Partnership, resulting in strengthened corporate governance, and a new Board of Directors has been elected by written consent of the holders of a majority of the common unitholders. The Partnership also announced today the close of the spring redetermination of the borrowing base under its senior secured revolving credit facility and an amendment of the Credit Facility. The borrowing base is now set at $64M. The Partnership also announced that Contango Resources (MCF), a subsidiary of Contango Oil & Gas Company will be the new operator of the Partnership's properties, replacing Mid-Con Energy Operating, LLC. The move is expected to generate pro-forma annual cash savings of approximately $6.5 million compared to 2019. Mid-Con an upstream production company focused on conventional assets in Oklahoma and Wyoming, today announced that it has completed a strategic recapitalization transaction, resulting in significant changes to its capital structure and governance to strengthen its balance sheet, create alignment across all unit holders, reduce costs and streamline operations, thereby creating immediate and sustainable value for all unit holders. The holders of all of the Partnership's Class A and B preferred units, led by Goff Capital have agreed to convert their Preferred Units to common units at an average conversion price of $3.12/unit. In addition, the equity holders of the General Partner have agreed to contribute the ownership of the General Partner to the Partnership in exchange for common units. In connection with these transactions, the limited partnership agreement of the Partnership has been amended, the directors of the General Partner have resigned, and a new Board of Directors has been elected by written consent of affiliates of Goff Capital that now hold a majority of the outstanding common units. Following these transactions, the Partnership will have 14,311,522 common units outstanding.
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NUVA | Hot Stocks08:32 EDT NuVasive says case volumes started to rebound first week of May - NuVasive said in presentation slides, "Deferrals of elective surgeries persisted throughout April, resulting in ~70% case volume decline over prior year; Case volumes started to rebound the first week of May; Further acceleration of volumes seen throughout the month of May."
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IDEX | Hot Stocks08:31 EDT Ideanomics enters 50/50 JV with BBD to establish investment company - Ideanomics is pleased to announce that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Business Big Data PTE, Ltd./Seasail Ventures to create an investment company focused on new infrastructure projects in China. The investment company will develop an AI-enhanced China New Infrastructure bond product, introduce capital, and fund advisory. The investment company will utilize BBD's leading AI intelligence technology to provide risk management and selection models for equity and fixed-income products. Its bond product will be the first fund of its kind that enables investors to access value in China's new infrastructure growth. The seven key development areas for new infrastructure construction are: 5G, UHV, intercity highways and intercity rail transit, new energy vehicle charging stations, big data centers, artificial intelligence, and the industrial Internet. The joint venture company has plans to create an offshore fund that invests in Chinese bonds and equities that are focused on the New Infrastructure initiative. It will be the first of its kind to take advantage of cross border financial market opportunities and AI. This fund will capture two significant emerging trends: the application of AI in traditional financial services and China's next economic upturn.
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RESI | Hot Stocks08:30 EDT Front Yard reports 3.9% blended rent growth for April, May - Front Yard Residential Corporation reported the following operating metrics for April and May 2020: May collections at 30 days were 99% of the trailing 12-month historical average and April collections at 60 days were slightly ahead of the trailing 12-month historical average. Stabilized Rental leased percentage as of May 31, 2020 continued its positive trend at 98.2%, compared with 97.7% at April 30, 2020 and 97.0% at March 31, 2020. Stabilized Rental April average occupied days were 95.5% compared to 93.5% a year ago, and May average occupied days were 96.1% compared to 92.7% a year ago. Blended rent growth for both April and May was 3.9%. "Our primary concern has been and continues to be our residents, our employees and the communities we are committed to, and we have implemented measures to protect our people while maintaining the excellent service our residents have come to expect," stated George Ellison, CEO. "Thanks to the hard work and tireless efforts of our team members, we have been able to operate smoothly, provide services to prospective and current residents and deliver on our promise of providing quality affordable housing. With strong and improving occupancy and collections that are in line with historical trends, we are also pleased with the resiliency of our business to weather the current situation."
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NUVA | Hot Stocks08:29 EDT NuVasive says many hospitals have restarted elective procedures - In an investor presentation, NuVasive said the impacts trends of COVID-19 are "taking shape" but that there are still "many unknowns." The company explained, "The In the U.S. and globally, many hospitals have restarted elective procedures in a measured way; The recovery of volumes lacks uniformity and highly variable by geography; Hospitals implementing new protocols and procedures within their facilities; Hospitals resuming spine surgeries may have capacity constraints as they manage the ongoing effort against COVID-19; Patient sentiment and willingness to return to both clinic and hospital settings remains unpredictable; Uncertain how unemployment or a patient's change in coverage may impact surgery postponement or cancellation trends."
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RYAM | Hot Stocks08:17 EDT Rayonier Advanced Materials announces amendment to credit agreement - Rayonier Advanced Materials announced that, in working with its lenders under its senior secured credit agreement, it has entered into an amendment under which, among other changes, the lenders have agreed to relax the financial covenants through 2022. In addition, the amendment provides additional liquidity to the company by reducing the minimum availability the company is required to maintain under its revolving credit facility. The amendment added a 1% LIBOR floor and lenders were paid a customary fee as consideration for their consent to the amendment.
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BIOC | Hot Stocks08:08 EDT Biocept to relocate corporate offices, CLIA-certified laboratory to San Diego - Biocept announces that it is relocating its corporate offices and CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited high complexity laboratory to a new location in San Diego. The move is expected to be completed by 2020 year end. The company's new 39,000-square-foot headquarters, manufacturing and lab facility will be located at 9955 Mesa Rim Road, San Diego, CA 92121.
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AGFAF ZBISF | Hot Stocks08:04 EDT Agraflora's Farmako enters supply term sheet with Zenabis Global subsidiary - AgraFlora Organics (AGFAF) announced that on June 3, 2020, its wholly owned subsidiary Farmako has entered into a binding supply term sheet with ZenPharm, a subsidiary of Zenabis Global (ZBISF). The Term Sheet serves as the basis to enter into a supply agreement which is expected to be completed in the coming weeks. Under the conditions of the Term Sheet, ZenPharm will supply EU-GMP quality medical cannabis flower cultivated by Zenabis to Farmako for distribution to medical cannabis patients in Germany. The agreement is intended to facilitate the distribution of 1,500 kilograms of cannabis flower by Farmako in Germany over a 3 year term, with options for the parties to extend the supply relationship. Farmako will receive the products in Germany and distribute them nationally under its own brand to its roster of German pharmacies and doctors. The products provided by ZenPharm, initially including high potency THC flower and balanced THC and CBD flower, two product categories that management believes are in highest demand in Germany. Shipments to Farmako are expected to start in Q4 2020. The parties have further agreed to work collaboratively on additional product formulations to be added to the contemplated agreement in 2021, including cannabis oils and other novel dosage forms.
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LGF.A LGF.B | Hot Stocks08:03 EDT Lionsgate announces June 24 re-opening for 'vertical' theme park in China - Lionsgate announced a June 24 re-opening of its critically-acclaimed world's first "vertical" theme park in Novotown on China's Henqin Island near Hong Kong and Macau. The park features one-of-a-kind immersive attractions based on such motion picture blockbusters as The Hunger Games, The Twilight Saga, Now You See Me and more. The date coincides with China's popular "Dragon Boat" long holiday weekend celebration.
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PSMT | Hot Stocks08:02 EDT PriceSmart announces May net merchandise sales down 1.9% to $246.3M - PriceSmart announced that for the month of May, net merchandise sales decreased 1.9% to $246.3M from $251M in May a year earlier. Foreign currency exchange fluctuations impacted net merchandise sales negatively by $6.1M or 2.5% versus the same one-month period in the prior year. There were 45 warehouse clubs in operation at the end of May 2020 and 42 warehouse clubs in operation at the end of May 2019. For the five weeks ended May 31, comparable net merchandise sales for the 41 warehouse clubs open at least 13 1/2 full months decreased 6.7% when compared to the same five-week period last year. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted comparable net merchandise sales negatively by $6.7M or 2.4% versus the same period in the prior year.
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ARCT | Hot Stocks08:01 EDT Arcturus Therapeutics doses first healthy volunteer in Phase 1 study of ARCT-810 - Arcturus Therapeutics announced that it has dosed the first healthy volunteer in a Phase 1 study with ARCT-810, the Company's messenger RNA-based therapeutic candidate for Ornithine Transcarbamylase deficiency. ARCT-810 utilizes Arcturus' LUNAR lipid-mediated delivery platform to effectively deliver OTC messenger RNA to liver cells. Expression of ornithine transcarbamylase enzyme in the liver of patients with OTC deficiency has the potential to restore normal urea cycle activity, preventing neurological damage and the need for liver transplantation. The ARCT-810 program is supported by preclinical data in OTC deficiency murine models demonstrating that dosing of LUNAR-OTC results in robust ornithine transcarbamylase protein expression and activity resulting in improvements in ureagenesis and plasma ammonia, and increased survival. Worldwide development and commercialization rights to ARCT-810 are entirely held by Arcturus. The ARCT-810 Phase 1 study is a double blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation trial in healthy adult volunteers. The study will evaluate five cohorts, each with six subjects. In each cohort, four subjects receive ARCT-810 and two receive placebo. The study will evaluate safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamic biomarkers.
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DTMXF | Hot Stocks07:55 EDT Datametrex awarded tender for COVID-19 test kits from Canadian mining company - Datametrex AI announce that it has been awarded a tender for COVID-19 test kits from a Quebec based mining company; the Supply Arrangement. Under the SA, the mining company will order an initial 2,000 units of Health Canada authorized COVID-19 qPCR Detection Kits manufactured by 1drop Inc. with testing being conducted by Transpharm Canada. The Company has secured all testing kits from the manufacturer required to fulfill the order. All of the items will be shipped directly from manufacturer to the TCI lab. Datametrex anticipates that it will have little or no upfront costs associated with the sale of these test kits.
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MGNX | Hot Stocks07:32 EDT MacroGenics granted Orphan Drug designation in the U.S. for margetuximab - MacroGenics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation to margetuximab, an investigational, Fc-engineered monoclonal antibody targeting HER2 for the treatment of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer. Margetuximab is currently being evaluated in the Phase 2/3 MAHOGANY clinical trial in combination with checkpoint inhibition, with or without chemotherapy, as a potential first-line treatment for patients with HER2-positive gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer. The MAHOGANY study is based on results from an ongoing Phase 2 study of margetuximab plus pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, for patients with advanced HER2-positive GC or GEJ cancer who have previously been treated with chemotherapy and trastuzumab in the metastatic setting. Data were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Annual Congress in September 2019.
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FRSX | Hot Stocks07:29 EDT Foresight submits patent application to USPTO for COVID-19 detection - Foresight Autonomous announced that it has started developing a mass screening solution for the detection of COVID-19 symptoms based on visible-light and thermal cameras. Foresight said in a release, "In addition, the Company has submitted a patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a system and method for detection of people infected with the COVID-19 virus. Based on the Company's extensive knowledge using FLIR thermal cameras, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced algorithms, the system is designed to rapidly and accurately detect some of the main symptoms associated with the COVID-19 virus. Foresight's expertise in automotive vision systems and advanced algorithms will be applied to detect symptoms of COVID-19 including cough and signs of fatigue, in addition to high body temperature, thus increasing the likelihood of accurate detection and potentially eliminating false positive results. These symptoms can be identified by using the Company's intellectual property that combines both visible-light and thermal cameras."
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AUPH | Hot Stocks07:16 EDT Aurinia Pharmaceuticals presents new subgroup analyses from AURORA trial - Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced that new subgroup analyses from the completed AURORA pivotal trial of voclosporin were presented. The data were shared at the European League Against Rheumatism, or EULAR, 2020 E-Congress in an oral presentation. The presented data demonstrated clinically meaningful benefits of voclosporin for trial participants across ethnicities and self-reported race. Significant renal response rates were seen for Hispanic/Latino patients in the voclosporin arm versus control arm, as well as for non-Hispanic/Latino patients in the voclosporin arm versus the control arm. Furthermore, all other pre-specified subgroup analyses favored voclosporin.
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ABMD | Hot Stocks07:13 EDT Abiomed receives FDA approval for Impella ECP trial - Abiomed announced the FDA has approved the company's investigational device exemption application to start an early feasibility study with a first-in-human trial of the 9 French Impella ECP heart pump. Impella ECP, which stands for expandable cardiac power, will be studied in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, patients. The prospective, multi-center, non-randomized early feasibility study will allow Abiomed, the study investigators, and the FDA to make qualitative assessments about the safety and feasibility of Impella ECP use in high-risk patients. The primary endpoint of the study is successful delivery, initiation and maintenance of adequate hemodynamic support and a composite rate of major device-related adverse events during high-risk PCI. The study protocol will enroll and treat up to five U.S. patients who require revascularization. If successful, enrollment will be expanded to additional patients, pending FDA approval. Study investigators will begin patient enrollment later this calendar year for the first-in-human trial.
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ACTG | Hot Stocks07:11 EDT Acacia Research to acquire portfolio of life sciences assets for GBP 223.9M - Acacia Research announced that it had entered into an agreement with Link Fund Solutions Limited, or LFS, to purchase shares in up to 19 public and private life sciences companies from LF Equity Income Fund for a total consideration of up to GBP 223.9 million. Acacia said in a release, "The acquisition of the private companies is subject to the waiver or completion of customary pre-emption processes of such companies. The transaction will be financed with $35 million in cash currently in escrow; the issuance of $115 million in new Starboard Notes; and cash on hand. Given the unique nature of this transaction, we have amended our agreement with Starboard to allow the Company to reduce its dividend and interest expense to the extent that the full proceeds of the financing are not needed in the near term, while maintaining the ability to deploy the full $400 million in Starboard capital into new investments."
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LOAN | Hot Stocks07:08 EDT Manhattan Bridge Capital announces change in location of Annual Meeting - Manhattan Bridge Capital announced a change in the location of the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for Friday, June 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. local time. The meeting will now be held at the Company's office located at 60 Cutter Mill Rd., Suite 205, Great Neck, NY 11021 on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. local time. As a result of the public health crisis presented by coronavirus and the State of New York Governor's Executive Orders, the prior designated location of the Company's Annual Meeting is no longer available, and the Company is required to change the location of its Annual Meeting.
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CRDNF | Hot Stocks07:06 EDT Cardinal Resources debt purchase by Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund - Cardinal Resources announcef that the senior secured credit facility has been assigned from Sprott Private Resource Lending to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund, a Ghana Government owned infrastructure investment vehicle. The Company has been informed that completion of the acquisition by GIIF occurred on 4 June 2020. As a result of the acquisition, Cardinal's senior debt facility provider is now GIIF. The balance of the Facility is approximately $23.8M and Cardinal has also been provided with further funding totaling an additional $3.1M which now forms part of Cardinal's working capital. As part of the transaction, Cardinal has agreed to amend and restate the Facility under Ghanaian law. A Feasibility Study released in Q4 -2019 demonstrated that Cardinal's flagship Namdini Gold Project in Ghana's Northern District has the potential to be a low capital cost, high-margin development opportunity at a $1,350 per ounce gold price. The material commercial terms of the Facility remain unchanged or are otherwise more favourable for Cardinal, as set out below: 24-month repayment term; Interest rate of 7.75% + the greater of 3 months LIBOR or 1% per annum; Early repayment flexibility is continued and as per the arrangements with Sprott, a 5% redemption premium applies to all future repayments of the Facility; Secured against the assets of Cardinal and its wholly owned subsidiaries in Ghana; Upon a change of control of Cardinal, GIIF may require repayment of the Facility. Please refer to the Company's announcements of 16 March 2020 and 30 March 2020 in relation to the approach from Nord Gold. The Company continues to work with the Special Purpose Committee and its advisors, Maxit Capital, Hartleys Limited, BMO Capital Markets and Cannacord Genuity, to review all strategic alternatives.
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IDXX | Hot Stocks07:03 EDT OPTI Medical Systems receives CE mark for OPTI SARS-CoV-2 RNA PCR test kit - OPTI Medical Systems, a subsidiary of IDEXX Laboratories, announced that it has received the CE mark certification in the European Union for its OPTI SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR laboratory test kit for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This announcement follows earlier validation of the test by the Institut Pasteur of France as well as Emergency Use Authorization by the United States FDA. Additionally, the FDA has granted EUA for the new OPTI DNA/RNA Magnetic Bead Kit for nucleic acid extraction from respiratory samples to be used with the OPTI SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test kit, which enables OPTI Medical Systems to provide laboratories with a complete OPTI Medical Systems-manufactured workflow solution for COVID-19 testing.
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SMTS | Hot Stocks07:01 EDT Sierra Metals restarts operations in Peru - Sierra Metals announces that the Peruvian Government has activated phase two of its economic recovery plan effective June 5. Phase two includes mining and mining-related activities in Peru. The company will begin to recall required furloughed employees and contractors and will start to progressively ramp the mine operations back up to full capacity. In Mexico, the Government deemed mining an essential service effective June 1, as previously discussed in the May 25 press release. The company has recalled employees from the Bolivar Mines to enter a COVID-19 screening process, allowing the company to control the risk of new infections and contamination at the mine. The Cusi Mine remains in care and maintenance for the time being, and management continues to evaluate the best path forward to complete needed development and to reach throughput targets.
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MD | Hot Stocks06:59 EDT Mednax says operations 'began to normalize in accelerating fashion' in May - As previously disclosed, during the second quarter to date, MEDNAX's operations have been significantly impacted by reductions in patient volumes and revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the company's operations began to normalize in an accelerating fashion during the month of May. In the company's radiology services medical group, during the month of April, study volumes declined by approximately 50% versus the prior year. On a preliminary basis, the company estimates that study volumes declined by approximately 30%-35% during the month of May, with those declines lessening to approximately 25% by the end of the month. In the company's office-based women's and children's medical groups, during the month of April, patient volumes declined by approximately 25% versus the prior year. On a preliminary basis, the company estimates that during the month of May, patient volumes declined by approximately 10%-15% versus the prior year, with those declines lessening to approximately 10% by the end of the month. Finally, the company estimates that aggregate patient volumes in its hospital-based pediatric medical groups, including neonatology and neonatology-related services, pediatric intensive care, and other pediatric services, experienced only minor, single-digit percentage declines through the months of April and May. In total, the company estimates that the reduction to consolidated revenue as a result of these declines in patient volume during the month of May, as compared to the prior year, was in the range of approximately 10%-15%. During the month of April, the company estimates that this impact was approximately 25%. As previously announced, MEDNAX implemented a number of actions to preserve its financial flexibility and partially mitigate the significant impact of COVID-19 on the company. MEDNAX and its affiliated practices have also received, and expect to receive, certain funds available to healthcare providers under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Additionally, in recent weeks, following the divestiture of American Anesthesiology on May 6, 2020, MEDNAX has taken action to remove approximately $10M in annualized expenses, and the company believes there are significant additional opportunities to reshape the cost structure of its support services to affiliated practices. Finally, during the month of May, MEDNAX repaid all borrowings on its revolving credit facility. As of May 31, the company's debt consisted solely of $1.75B in senior notes, and MEDNAX had total cash on hand of $90M, resulting in net debt of $1.66B.
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MD | Hot Stocks06:55 EDT Mednax intends to sell Mednax Radiology Solutions - MEDNAX confirmed that it has been reviewing strategic alternatives for its radiology medical group, MEDNAX Radiology Solutions. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, MEDNAX had been in advanced discussions to divest this organization and plans to move forward with a divestiture, when market conditions are appropriate. MEDNAX intends to apply the proceeds from a sale of MEDNAX Radiology Solutions towards debt reduction. As part of the company's 2020 financial expectations that MEDNAX provided prior to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, MEDNAX Radiology Solutions was expected to contribute approximately $550M and $90M in revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, respectively, to the Company's operating results for the year. In accordance with GAAP accounting, operating results for MEDNAX Radiology Solutions will continue to be reported as part of MEDNAX's continuing operations at this time. MEDNAX does not intend to provide further public comments on this strategic alternatives process.
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MD | Hot Stocks06:54 EDT Mednax plans to return to original company name, Pediatrix Medical Group - MEDNAX announced a number of further steps it is taking as part of its aggressive transformational activity to position the Company for long-term, sustainable growth. As previously announced, since 2018 MEDNAX has been conducting a comprehensive review of its businesses. In that time, the MEDNAX Board of Directors and management team have taken decisive strategic and financial actions to position the company for the future, including implementing significant operational improvements and efficiencies; leveraging the insights of leading consultants; selling MedData; selling its American Anesthesiology medical group; and enhancing its organizational and leadership structure to align with a refocused business model. The MEDNAX Board of Directors and management believe that continuing to implement the company's strategic priorities and reorienting the company as a dedicated, streamlined pediatrics and obstetrics business will provide the greatest near- and long-term benefits for all of its stakeholders. Accordingly, MEDNAX intends to return to its original company name, Pediatrix Medical Group, pending approval by the company's shareholders at its 2020 annual meeting in August. The company will continue trading under its current ticker symbol "MD."
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MRK | Hot Stocks06:52 EDT Merck announces FDA approval of RECARBRIO - Merck announced that the U.S. FDA has approved a supplemental New Drug Application for RECARBRIO for the treatment of patients 18 years of age and older with hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia, caused by the following susceptible Gram-negative microorganisms: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella aerogenes, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens.
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PAE | Hot Stocks06:46 EDT PAE awarded task order by U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency - PAE was awarded a task order by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Integration Contract III to support the International Counterproliferation Program and Proliferation Security Initiative. The new business award has a potential value of more than $16.6M over three years.
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CCH | Hot Stocks06:11 EDT Collier Creek to combine with Utz Quality Foods, list 'Utz Brands' on NYSE - Utz Quality Foods and Collier Creek Holdings announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine and form Utz Brands. The companies said in a release, "Utz Brands will be a leading pure-play snack food platform in the U.S. Upon the closing of the transaction, it is expected that Utz Brands will trade under the ticker symbol "UTZ" on the New York Stock Exchange. After nearly a century as a family-owned business, this transaction will introduce Utz as a publicly listed company, with an anticipated initial enterprise value of approximately $1.56 billion or 11.6x its estimated 2021 Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA of $134 million. Roger Deromedi, who was Chairman of Pinnacle Foods and, prior to that, as CEO of Kraft Foods, will become Chairman of Utz Brands. Utz Brands' board will be composed of a majority of independent directors under the applicable listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange. Dylan Lissette, who has served as Utz's CEO since 2013 and has worked at the Company for almost 25 years, will continue to lead the business along with the existing management team. Utz Brands will remain headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Proceeds from the transaction are expected to be used primarily to repay existing borrowings at Utz. The Rice and Lissette family, the founding family and owners of Utz, will retain more than 90% of its existing equity stake, which will represent more than 50% ownership in Utz Brands upon completion of the transaction. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of Collier Creek, as well as the board of managers of Utz. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the approval of the shareholders of Collier Creek. Upon the closing of the transaction, Collier Creek will become a Delaware corporation and the name of Collier Creek will be changed to Utz Brands. The Rice and Lissette family is retaining more than 90% of its existing equity stake, which will represent more than 50% ownership in Utz Brands upon closing of the transaction. The remaining ownership will be held by the public shareholders and sponsor of Collier Creek. In connection with the transaction, Collier Creek's sponsor and directors will invest approximately $35 million alongside public investors via a private placement pursuant to the forward purchase agreements entered into concurrent with Collier Creek's initial public offering. Assuming no redemptions by the public shareholders of Collier Creek, the approximately $453 million in cash held in Collier Creek's trust account, together with the $35 million private placement, will be used to pay cash consideration to the current Utz owners, pay transaction expenses, and reduce the Company's existing indebtedness to approximately 3.1x estimated 2020 Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA."
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FUNC | Hot Stocks06:08 EDT First United Corp receives Glass Lewis recommendation for board nominees - First United Corp announced that proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis recommended shareholders vote on the company's blue proxy card for all of its nominees: John McCullough; John Barr; Brian Boal and Marisa Shockley. First United said, "The Glass Lewis report references an important metric: TSR (Total Shareholder Return), which measures a stock's performance, including stock price appreciation and dividends paid over a given time period, often referenced in one-, three- and five-year holding periods."
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PODD | Hot Stocks06:07 EDT Insulet resumes pivotal study of Omnipod, Powered by Horizon - Insulet announced it has resumed its pivotal study of Omnipod, Powered by Horizon, the company's personal smart-phone controlled automated insulin delivery system. The company paused the study, which was approximately halfway through completion, in March. Insulet expects to commercialize Omnipod, Powered by Horizon, in the U.S. in the first half of 2021, pending clearance by the FDA.
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ACTG | Hot Stocks06:06 EDT Acacia Research names Richard Rosenstein as CFO, effective immediately - Acacia Research announced that it has enhanced and expanded its senior management team with two key appointments. Richard Rosenstein was named CFO and Meredith Simmons was appointed as General Counsel, effective immediately. Rosenstein has served in several CFO roles, most recently as CFO of CLEAR since 2017. Simmons most recently served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Mason Capital Management from 2011 through 2018, as well as a consultant to private equity and hedge funds from 2018-2020.
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ABBV | Hot Stocks06:05 EDT AbbVie, three others to collaborate on antibody therapeutic to treat COVID-19 - AbbVie, Harbour BioMed, or HBM, Utrecht University, or UU, and Erasmus Medical Center, or EMC, announced they have entered into a collaboration to develop a novel antibody therapeutic to prevent and treat COVID-19, the pandemic respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The focus of the collaboration is on advancing the fully human, neutralizing antibody 47D11 discovered by UU, EMC and HBM and recently reported in Nature Communications. This antibody targets the conserved domain of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. Under the terms of the collaboration, AbbVie will support UU, EMC and HBM through the preclinical activities, while simultaneously undertaking preparations for later stage preclinical and clinical development work. AbbVie will receive an option to exclusively license the antibody from the three parties for therapeutic clinical development and commercialization worldwide.
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BDRBF | Hot Stocks06:04 EDT Bombardier to slash workforce by about 2,500 employees - Bombardier Aviation announced that it would adjust its workforce to align with current market conditions reflecting the extraordinary industry interruptions and challenges caused by COVID-19. When the pandemic first arose, Bombardier Aviation responded quickly, suspending manufacturing operations to support local government efforts to slow the spread of the virus and to protect the health and safety of employees, partners and customers. Over the past month, Bombardier Aviation guided by health professionals and industry best practices, implemented comprehensive procedures and safeguards to further protect employees and communities as manufacturing operations resumed. Now with business jet deliveries, industry-wide, forecasted to be down approximately 30% year-over-year due to the pandemic, Bombardier must adjust its operations and workforce to ensure that it emerges from the current crisis on solid footing. Accordingly, Bombardier Aviation has made the difficult decision to reduce its workforce by approximately 2,500 employees. The majority of these reductions will impact manufacturing operations in Canada and will be carried out progressively throughout 2020. Bombardier's worldwide customer service operations have continued to operate largely uninterrupted throughout the pandemic. Bombardier expects to record a special charge of approximately $40M in 2020 for this workforce adjustment and will provide further information on its market outlook when it reports its second quarter financial results on August 6.
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BDRBF | Hot Stocks06:03 EDT Bombardier to slash workforce by about 2,500 employees
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UTHR | Hot Stocks06:03 EDT United Therapeutics files patent infringement lawsuit against Liquidia - United Therapeutics announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Liquidia Technologies for infringement of the following patents relating to United Therapeutics' product Tyvaso Inhalation Solution: U.S. Patent Nos. 9,604,901 and 9,593,066, both of which expire in December 2028. United Therapeutics said in a release, "The lawsuit is based on a New Drug Application, or NDA, filed by Liquidia with the FDA requesting approval to market LIQ861, a dry powder inhalation formulation of treprostinil. The NDA was filed under the 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway with Tyvaso as the reference listed drug. In April 2020, United Therapeutics received a Paragraph IV notification letter from Liquidia indicating that Liquidia's NDA contains a certification alleging that LIQ861 will not infringe any of the patents then listed in the Orange Book for Tyvaso because those patents are not valid, not enforceable, and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use, or sale of LIQ861. In March 2020, Liquidia filed petitions for inter partes review seeking to invalidate the '901 and '066 patents. United Therapeutics filed its lawsuit within 45 days of receipt of notice from Liquidia of its NDA filing. As a result, under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the FDA is automatically precluded from approving Liquidia's NDA for up to 30 months or until the resolution of the litigation, whichever occurs first. United Therapeutics intends to vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights relating to Tyvaso. However, given the unpredictability inherent in litigation, United Therapeutics cannot predict the outcome of this matter or guarantee the outcome of this litigation."
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ABBV | Hot Stocks06:03 EDT AbbVie, UU, EMC and HBM collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine - AbbVie, Harbour BioMed, Utrecht University, and Erasmus Medical Center announced they have entered into a collaboration to develop a novel antibody therapeutic to prevent and treat COVID-19, the pandemic respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The focus of the collaboration is on advancing the fully human, neutralizing antibody 47D11 discovered by UU, EMC and HBM and recently reported in Nature Communications. This antibody targets the conserved domain of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. Under the terms of the collaboration, AbbVie will support UU, EMC and HBM through the preclinical activities, while simultaneously undertaking preparations for later stage preclinical and clinical development work. AbbVie will receive an option to exclusively license the antibody from the three parties for therapeutic clinical development and commercialization worldwide.
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BKR | Hot Stocks06:01 EDT Baker Hughes announces May international rig count of 805, down 110 - Baker Hughes announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for May 2020 was 805 down 110 from the 915 counted in April 2020, and down 321 from the 1,126 counted in May 2019. The international offshore rig count for May 2020 was 195, down 33 from the 228 counted in April 2020, and down 45 from the 240 counted in May 2019. The average U.S. rig count for May 2020 was 348, down 218 from the 566 counted in April 2020, and down 638 from the 986 counted in May 2019. The average Canadian rig count for May 2020 was 23, down 10 from the 33 counted in April 2020, and down 47 from the 60 counted in May 2019. The worldwide rig count for May 2020 was 1,176, down 338 from the 1,514 counted in April 2020, and down 1,006 from the 2,182 counted in May 2019.
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DBVT | Hot Stocks05:55 EDT DBV Technologies says seven abstracts accepted at EAACI meeting - DBV Technologies announced last night that seven abstracts, including four late breakers, highlighting new data from the company's pre-clinical and clinical food allergy programs were accepted at the European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology Digital Congress, June 6-8. The virtual oral and poster presentations will be available on the EAACI website to conference registrants starting Saturday, June 6. "The data we are presenting at this year's digital EAACI congress highlight potential applications of epicutaneous immunotherapy across patient populations as well as new insights into promising cellular pathways for biomarker identification," said Pharis Mohideen, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of DBV. "These presentations highlight the breadth of research DBV is conducting on the science and impact of food allergy as part of our commitment to improving the lives of patients through innovative potential treatments like epicutaneous immunotherapy. Our lead candidate, Viaskin Peanut, is currently under FDA review, and we look forward to making this investigational therapy available for patients as soon as possible, if approved."
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DQ | Hot Stocks05:35 EDT Daqo New Energy plans to list subsidiary Xinjiang Daqo on STAR Market - Daqo New Energy announced "a strategic plan to extend its access to China's capital markets to further strengthen the Company's position in the industry and support its continuous growth over the long run." Daqo New Energy said in a release, "Daqo New Energy is considering the opportunity to list, within the next two years, shares of its principal operating subsidiary Xinjiang Daqo New Energy, or Xinjiang Daqo, on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech innovation board, or the STAR Market, an exchange intended to support innovative companies in China. In order to qualify for a STAR Market listing, Xinjiang Daqo is required by local securities regulations to have multiple shareholders. As a first step, Daqo New Energy entered into an agreement on June 5 to sell 4.4% of Xinjiang Daqo's shares to the following four individual investors: Mr. Guangfu Xu, the Chairman of the board of directors of Daqo New Energy, Mr. Xiang Xu, a director of Daqo New Energy, Mr. Dafeng Shi, a director of Daqo New Energy, and Mr. Longgen Zhang, the CEO and a director of Daqo New Energy. The four individuals will pay an aggregate of approximately $28 million, at current exchange rates to Daqo New Energy at a pre-money valuation of Xinjiang Daqo's equity value at approximately $637 million according to a valuation report issued by an independent third-party firm. Daqo New Energy also has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Chongqing Daqo, with approximately $84.1 million of net assets as of April 30. The total proceeds of approximately $28 million from the investment are due by the end of June 2020, and will be used to fund Xinjiang Daqo's committed registered capital shortfall, which is also a requirement for listing on the STAR Market."
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CMCL | Hot Stocks05:21 EDT Caledonia Mining applies for voluntary delisting from TSX - Caledonia Mining announces that it has applied for a voluntary delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange, or the TSX, effective as of the closing of trading on June 19. Caledonia said in a release, "Following delisting, the Company's shares will continue to be listed and trade on NYSE American under the symbol "CMCL". Depositary interests representing shares will also continue to trade on AIM of the London Stock Exchange plc under the symbol "CMCL". Since the Company's shares were listed on the NYSE American in 2017, trading on that market has become increasingly dominant, and it now provides the most liquid market for Caledonia's shares. Accordingly, the Company believes that the financial and administrative costs associated with maintaining its listing on the TSX are no longer justified. Shareholders holding shares in Canadian brokerage accounts should contact their brokers to confirm how to trade in Caledonia's shares in the future on NYSE American or through depositary interests on AIM."
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CZR | Hot Stocks05:14 EDT Caesars announces Las Vegas openings - In accordance with directives from Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Caesars Entertainment has resumed gaming and hospitality operations in Las Vegas at its Caesars Palace and Flamingo Las Vegas properties on June 4. Caesars said in a release, "Additionally, the Company has reopened selected retail and dining outlets along The LINQ Promenade, as well as the High Roller Observation Wheel. On Friday, June 5, at 11 a.m. Pacific Time, Harrah's Las Vegas will also resume operations. As the Company previously announced, it is suspending fees for paid self-parking in Las Vegas.Harrah's Las Vegas, Caesars Palace and Flamingo Las Vegas will also implement the Company's previously announced health and safety protocols, enhancing existing plans and practices in these areas. The Company is focused on the well-being of team members, guests and the community, and is working to create an environment with enhanced standards of sanitization and physical distancing practices. Health screenings will be conducted on all employees before they return to work and employees will be screened every workday thereafter. Hotel guests will undergo temperature screening immediately prior to check in. Employees will be required to wear masks at work, and guests will be strongly encouraged to wear masks as well."
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