MetroPCS Communications Inc., the pay-as-you-go mobile-phone carrier, should purchase Leap Wireless International Inc. (Nasdaq: LEAP) to "unlock" $2 billion of value, according to analysts at Pali Capital Inc.
Inovio Biomedical Corp. (NYSE Amex: INO) rose more than 25 percent on slightly higher volume Friday after the vaccine developer said its flu vaccine candidates -- including one for swine flu -- produced antibody responses in ferrets.
The city of San Diego received a rare dose of good financial news Friday, when Standard & Poor’s upgraded the ratings for several redevelopment bonds.
The county unemployment rate moved back up in October to 10.5 percent from a revised 10.4 percent in September, despite a gain in jobs from month to month. (
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Bridgepoint Education Inc.'s (NYSE: BPI) Iowa campus, Ashford University, has added a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communications and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Human Services to its online offering.
