Archive for November, 2007
Celgene Picks Up Pharmion For A Cool $2.9 Bill
0 Comments Published by Robert Staehlin November 19th, 2007 in Health, Science, Business.Celgene Corporation and Pharmion Corporation today jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Celgene has agreed to acquire Pharmion. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Celgene will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Pharmion common stock for $72.00 per share payable in a combination of cash and shares […]
AMD acquired ATI Technologies for a reason, and the first major offspring from the acquisition comes in the form of Spider.
Straight from the mouths of AMD:
Rewriting the rules for enthusiast computing, AMD today unveiled its new platform codenamed “Spider”, with the first true quad-core processor supporting scalable graphics for The Ultimate Visual Experience. The AMD […]
Consumers Union: Prepare For Medicare Drug Plan Hikes
0 Comments Published by Staff November 12th, 2007 in Health.Halloween may be over, but Medicare Part D beneficiaries shopping during open enrollment could be in for a nasty scare, with up to $1,915 in cost increases next year for premiums and five commonly used prescriptions — the equivalent of about two month’s worth of Social Security checks.
“Anyone currently enrolled in the Medicare drug program […]
Rein: PS3 UT III Beats Xbox 360 Gears Of War Graphics
7 Comments Published by John Phillips November 10th, 2007 in Gaming, Xbox 360, Sony, PlayStation 3.Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, is so impressed with his company’s Unreal Tournament III for PS3 that he has gone on the record saying that the graphics will surpass Gears Of War on Xbox 360.
“People are going to be pleasantly surprised,” he said of the PlayStation 3 title to website Pro-G. “It’s a really high end experience that […]