Real Estate (Mondaq)
Many public companies, including REITs, are facing unprecedented liquidity and capital resource constraints. The continuing market turmoil has resulted in substantially increased market volatility, which in turn has nearly shut down traditional methods of raising capital.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-02 23:50 UPDATE 2-Private equity group buying IndyMac assets (Interactive Investor)
By Karey Wutkowski and Megan Davies
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Brinker announces completion of Romano's Macaroni Grill sale (Food Business Review)
Brinker International, a casual dining restaurant company, and Mac Acquisition, an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital, have closed the previously announced transaction for the sale of a majority interest in Romanos Macaroni Grill.
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Moffitt Cancer Center Receives Award For Lung Cancer Research (Medical News Today)
Dr. Eric Haura, newly appointed program leader of Experimental Therapeutics at Moffitt Cancer Center, has received the 2008 Caine Halter Hope Now Award for Lung Cancer Research.
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IMBA - California Single Track News (Daily Peloton)
International Mountain Bike Association - California Singletrack News Forest Service Partners Conference, IMBA Gears up for 2009 and more...
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15:58 (BST), 16/12/2008 Autodesk/Epic Games deal Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS CARY, NC, December 16, 2008 — ... (gamesindustry.biz)
CARY, NC, December 16, 2008 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that Autodesk has become a member of Epic Games’ Integrated Partners Program (IPP). This has allowed Autodesk to integrate its Autodesk HumanIK animation middleware with Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 (UE3).
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Napo licenses diarrhea drug to Salix Pharmaceuticals (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Napo Pharmaceuticals has formed a collaboration with Salix Pharmaceuticals for the license of crofelemer for all indications in North America, Europe, excluding certain smaller countries, and Japan, and certain indications worldwide.
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Corporate/Company Law (Mondaq)
In a down market, a public company may seek to take advantage of depressed stock prices by implementing a stock repurchase program or by deciding to "go private" through the purchase of all its stock.
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Banking and Financial (Mondaq)
The FDIC announced its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (the "TLG") on October 14, 2008. The TLG consists of (i) a temporary guarantee of noninterest-bearing transaction accounts maintained at eligible FDIC-insured depository institutions (the "Transaction Account Guarantee Program") and (ii) a temporary guarantee of newly issued unsecured senior eligible debt issued by eligible entities ...
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National Association Of School Nurses (NASN) Partners With Healthy Interactions To Advance Childhood Health Education (Medical News Today)
The National Association of School Nurses (NASN), the leader in advocacy for student health and the professional development of school nurses, and Healthy Interactions, a global leader in health education, today announced the beginning of a 5-year partnership.
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