Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing new and more effective therapies to treat cancer, today announced that it has raised $32.5 million in the final closing of a private placement of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock. ... read more

Neutral Tandem, Inc. d/b/a Inteliquent (NASDAQ: IQNT) announced today that it has sold its global data services business to GTT (OTCQB: GTLT) for $54.5 million. The transaction consideration includes $52.5 million of cash and $2.0 million of commercial services that GTT will provide to Inteliquent over ... read more

Lumos Networks Corp. (“Lumos Networks” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: LMOS), a fiber-based service provider of data, voice and IP-based telecommunication services in the Mid-Atlantic region, today announced it has successfully refinanced its prior senior credit facility with a new $425 Million Credit Facility, consisting of a ... read more

BlueWaters Investment Group (BWG), a new Atlanta-based private equity fund, announces the appointments of Andrew Schroer and Keith Berger, both to the position of managing director. BWG actively seeks to acquire or invest in founder- and family-owned businesses with up to $25 million in ... read more

Skytree® The Machine Learning Company® today announced that it has closed $18 million in Series A funding with U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) as the lead investor. USVP was joined by a new investor syndicate that includes: UPS (NYSE: UPS), the ... read more

IMS Health today announced the acquisition of Semantelli Corporation, a Bridgewater, N.J.-based social media analytics company, to extend its marketing and consumer engagement capabilities for healthcare organizations around the world. Semantelli offers clients a robust set of cloud-based tools that automate the collection of healthcare-specific ... read more

Robots, lasers, acrobatics, and cotton candy cooked up by seasoned inventors are just some of what will make up the STEAM Carnival, whose Kickstarter campaign launched today. This traveling high-tech amusement event will visit select U.S. cities starting Spring 2014 if it reaches its goal of ... read more

Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc. (EEO) and LightWorks Optics, Inc. (LWO) today announced the companies have merged operations and are now operating under the name LightWorks Optical Systems, Inc. A subsidiary of II-VI Incorporated, LightWorks Optical Systems is a leading provider of high precision integrated optical systems and ... read more

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) will convene policymakers, regulators, consumer advocates, and others to highlight innovative approaches to building financial capability across the United States. Congressmen Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) and Steve Stivers (R-OH), the co-chairs of the Congressional ... read more

The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by global cloud-based talent management leader Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD), announced today recipients of its 2013 Impact Grant Program. The Impact Grant program helps a select ... read more

Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), the leading manufacturer and digital retailer of high-quality personalized products and services, announced today that it has acquired MyPublisher, one of the pioneers in the photo book industry and creator of easy-to-use photo book-making software. The acquisition ... read more

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR), a targeted therapeutics company, today announced that it has priced a private offering with gross proceeds expected to be $36 million. The offering was priced at $1.83 per common share. Approximately 14.3 million shares ... read more

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DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced that it has received a non-disclosure agreement from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) ("Sprint"), requesting DISH’s agreement for the purpose of clarifying and providing further information to Sprint regarding its proposal made on April 15, 2013. Additionally, as stated ... read more

Madison Color, a San Francisco-based company that is reinventing the home hair care market, focusing first on home hair color, through superior products and consumer-facing technology, today announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A funding round led by True Ventures, a ... read more

Quality Products, Inc. (Pink Sheets: QPDC), a manufacturer and distributor of aircraft ground support equipment (“Columbus Jack & Regent Manufacturing”) and hydraulic press machine tools (“Multipress”), today announced an acquisition, through a newly formed subsidiary, PPT Industrial Machines Inc. (“PPT”). ... read more

Global diversified manufacturer Handy & Harman Ltd. (NASDAQ(CM): HNH) announced today that Lucas-Milhaupt, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of HNH, has acquired the assets of Wolverine Joining Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolverine Tube. The acquisition of ... read more

The Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by Len Blavatnik (M.B.A. ’89), has donated $50 million to Harvard University. The gift will launch a major initiative to expedite the development of basic science discoveries into new breakthrough therapies for patients and cures for disease. The gift underpins Harvard’s ... read more

KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: KMG), a global provider of specialty chemicals to select markets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Ultra Pure Chemicals subsidiaries of OM Group (NYSE: OMG) located in the United States, England and Singapore, and has ... read more

Acorio, an IT innovator providing ServiceNow planning, implementation, integration, and optimization services for Fortune 2000 companies, today announced an initial round of venture funding from Momentum Equity Partners and the appointment of Jim Lampert as president and chief executive officer. ... read more