By Nick Moyle Published 5:43 pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 Roger Clemens talks with his sons Kacy (center) and Kody after the game as Texas loses to TCU 9-5 in college baseball at Disch-Falk Field in Austin on March 26, 2016. Roger Clemens talks with his sons Kacy (center) and Kody after the game as Texas loses to TCU 9-5 in college baseball at Disch-Falk Field in Austin on March 26, 2016. Photo: Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News Image 2 of 5 Roger Clemens talks with his sons Kacy (right) and Kody after the game … [Read more...] about Roger Clemens donates $1 million to help Texas build new indoor baseball facility
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Siniora Food Industries Distributes USD 7.3 Million in Profits to Its Shareholders, Representing 23.63% of the Company’s Paid-up; 10% as Cash Dividends Amounting to USD 3.1 Million, and 13.63% as Three Million Bonus Shares
[STK] Amman:SNRA Bloomberg:[email protected] RICS:SNRA ISIN:JO4122211017[IN] FOD AGR[SU] ACC-- WITH PHOTO -- TO -- WITH LOGO -- TO BUSINESS, AND FOOD EDITORS:Siniora Food Industries Distributes USD 7.3 Million in Profits to ItsShareholders, Representing 23.63% of the Company's Paid-up; 10% asCash Dividends Amounting to USD 3.1 Million, and 13.63% as ThreeMillion Bonus SharesAMMAN, Jordan, April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Siniora Food Industries held its general assembly on Thursday, April19, 2018, in Amman, Jordan. The general assembly, which was chaired bySiniora Chairman Tarek Omar Aggad, ratified dividend distribution of23.63% of the company's paid-up capital; 10% as cash dividendsamounting to JOD 2.2 million (USD 3.1 million), and 13.63% as threemillion bonus shares, thus increasing Siniora's paid-up capital to JOD25 million (USD 35.3 million). (Logo:http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/492392/Siniora—Food—Industries—Logo.jpg)Siniora's general … [Read more...] about Siniora Food Industries Distributes USD 7.3 Million in Profits to Its Shareholders, Representing 23.63% of the Company’s Paid-up; 10% as Cash Dividends Amounting to USD 3.1 Million, and 13.63% as Three Million Bonus Shares
Ionis to get $1 billion cash in expanded deal with Biogen
Carlsbad’s Ionis Pharmaceuticals will get $1 billion cash to help Biogen of Cambridge, Mass., develop neurological drugs, the companies announced Friday.The payment is the largest amount for a research collaboration in the history of Ionis, said Stanley T. Crooke. M.D., the company’s chairman and CEO. Ionis was founded in 1989.The deal, expected to close in the second quarter, extends and expands upon Biogen’s existing collaboration with Ionis.Ionis gets $375 million upfront. The remaining $675 million comes from a purchase of Ionis stock. Biogen will get just over 11.5 million Ionis shares for $54.34 each. Ionis closed Thursday at $45.85.After the transaction, Biogen will own a little less than 10 percent of Ionis, Crooke said.A wide range of neurological disorders are targeted in the agreement, including dementia, neuromuscular diseases, movement disorders, diseases of the eye, and drugs for mental disorders.Over the agreement’s 10-year span, Biogen will have … [Read more...] about Ionis to get $1 billion cash in expanded deal with Biogen
Backers of ‘Mico’ Rodriguez seek more than $1 million in legal case against noted restaurateur
The top executive with the latest restaurant group founded by Michael "Mico" Rodriguez said Wednesday that Rodriguez has left the growing business and that the company has "determined it is necessary to pursue legal action." The limited partnership that owns the Mesero Restaurant Group is seeking a temporary restraining order, a court-appointed receiver and a judgment of more than $1 million.In the request for a restraining order, the partnership accused Rodriguez of "a campaign of theft, looting, and outright fraud ... with respect to a limited partnership that operates, through the general partner, a restaurant known as 'Mr Mesero.' Through this campaign, Michael Rodriguez has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from his partners and effectively treated the partnership bank account as his personal piggy bank."Larry Friedman, the attorney for Rodriguez, said the case stems from an attempt to fire Rodriguez after he returned from … [Read more...] about Backers of ‘Mico’ Rodriguez seek more than $1 million in legal case against noted restaurateur
Alphabet’s chairman and a Google distinguished engineer won a prestigious $1 million prize
John Hennessy, chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, knew computers were for him when he built one as a teen and used it to win over his high school crush. He and his close David Patterson went on to become fathers of the modern day computer chip architecture. They were just honored by the Association for Computing Machinery with the prestigious Turing award. John Hennessy and David Patterson are legends in Silicon Valley, fathers of the modern-day computer processor. Earlier this week they won the prestigious Turing Award for their decades of work on chips. The Association for Computing Machinery’s Turing award is known as the Nobel Prize of computing and it comes with a sweet $US1 million cash prize. Hennessy, 65, is the former president of Stanford University and the long-serving Google board member who was appointed as chairman of Google parent company Alphabet in January when Eric Schmidt stepped down. Patterson is a famed professor at the University of … [Read more...] about Alphabet’s chairman and a Google distinguished engineer won a prestigious $1 million prize