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Findings from M. Broadie and co-authors provide new insights into financial studies.
Investment Weekly News; 12/5/2009; 562 words; ...based on the high average returns, CAPM alphas, and Sharpe ratios of various put selling...portfolios can be explained by jump risk premiums and estimation risk. (JEL C12, G13...Financial Studies is: Oxford University Press Inc., Journals Dept., 2001 Evans Rd...

GenVec Plans Merger With Diacrin Through $40M Stock Transaction.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/4/2009; 1469 words; ...environment if you look around. GenVec Inc. and Diacrin Inc. think so. The companies agreed...deal and they are getting a nice premium to their stock price." On the...deliver the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene into a tumor and there interacts...

Other News To Note.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/4/2009; 3680 words; ...tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonist approved with...Advanced Life Sciences Inc., of Woodbridge, Ill...Synbiotics Corporation Inc., of San Diego, and...o Atrix Laboratories Inc., of Fort Collins...represents a 35 percent premium to Wednesday's closing...

MGI Pharma Buys Out Guilford For $177.5M In Cash, Stock.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 1015 words; ...625, and amounts to a premium of 55.6 percent over...has N-acetylated(alpha)-linked acidic dipeptidase...marketing deal with SuperGen Inc., of Dublin, Calif...J.-based Aesgen Inc. for $32 million and Zycos Inc., of Lexington, Mass...

Memory Replenishes Coffers And Alters Deals with Roche.
BIOWORLD Today; 11/3/2009; 812 words; ...share of $2.88, a 17 percent premium over the average closing sale...will be priced at a 17 percent premium over the average closing sale...Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc., garnering an extra $5 million...It expanded its nicotinic alpha-7 receptor agonist agreement...