--- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) opened Friday at $24.17 per share on trading volume of 1,620,000 shares.
In a press release out on June 26, 2009 -- Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) as a once-monthly, subcutaneous therapy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe, active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), active and progressive psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and severe, active ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
About Schering-Plough
Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global health care company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription and consumer products as well as to animal health products. Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earn Trust, Every Day" with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its colleagues around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., and its Web site is www.schering-plough.com.
--- Whitney Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:WTNY) opened Friday at $9.00 per share on trading volume of 253,766 shares.
In a press release out on Jun 26, 2009 -- Whitney National Bank announces that David Frady has joined the Bank as Senior Vice President to lead the Commercial Banking Division.
About Whitney Holding Corporation
Whitney Holding Corporation (Nasdaq:WTNY), through its banking subsidiary Whitney National Bank, serves the five-state Gulf Coast region stretching from Houston, Texas; across southern Louisiana and the coastal region of Mississippi; to central and south Alabama; the panhandle of Florida; and the Tampa Bay metropolitan area of Florida. (WTNY-G)
--- Toronto-Dominion Bank (USA) (NYSE:TD) opened Friday at $50.80 per share on trading volume of 428,942 shares.
In a press release out on Jun 26, 2009 -- Just weeks after the May 25th launch of Simply Save, TD Canada Trust's popular new automatic savings program, the total amount saved by customers who have signed up has already hit $5 million and counting.
About TD Bank Financial Group
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Financial Group. TD Bank Financial Group is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches and serves approximately 17 million customers in four key businesses operating in a number of locations in key financial centres around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, including TD Canada Trust and TD Insurance; Wealth Management, including TD Waterhouse and an investment in TD Ameritrade; U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking through TD Banknorth and TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank; and Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities. TD Bank Financial Group also ranks among the world's leading online financial services firms, with more than 5.5 million online customers. TD Bank Financial Group had $575 billion in assets on April 30, 2009. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades under the symbol "TD" on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
--- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) opened Friday at $9.19 per share on trading volume of 185,022 shares.
In a press release out on June 26, 2009 -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW), the global leader in active and passive safety systems, today announced it has finalized an agreement with its lenders of its senior secured credit agreement. The amended $2.5 billion credit agreement is effective June 24, 2009 and includes revised financial covenant ratios beginning with the second quarter of 2009 and continuing through the third quarter of 2011. The Company sought the amendment in response to the current industry conditions including the unprecedented decline in global vehicle production.
About TRW
With 2008 sales of $15.0 billion, TRW Automotive ranks among the world's leading automotive suppliers. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, USA, the Company, through its subsidiaries, operates in 26 countries and employs approximately 61,000 people worldwide. TRW Automotive products include integrated vehicle control and driver assist systems, braking systems, steering systems, suspension systems, occupant safety systems (seat belts and airbags), electronics, engine components, fastening systems and aftermarket replacement parts and services. All references to "TRW Automotive", "TRW" or the "Company" in this press release refer to TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated. TRW Automotive news is available on the internet at www.trw.com.
--- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq:GNBT) opened Friday at $0.57 per share on trading volume of 11,830,000 shares.
In a press release out on Jun 26, 2009 -- Antigen Express Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq:GNBT), has developed new vaccine technology that "could rapidly lead to safe, effective flu vaccines," according to a June 23, 2009 article in the Worcester, Massachusetts Telegram & Gazette.
About Generex Biotechnology Corporation
Generex is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of drug delivery systems and technologies. Generex has developed a proprietary platform technology for the delivery of drugs into the human body through the oral cavity (with no deposit in the lungs). The Company's proprietary liquid formulations allow drugs typically administered by injection to be absorbed into the body by the lining of the inner mouth using the Company's proprietary RapidMist(tm) device. The Company's flagship product, oral insulin (Generex Oral-lyn(tm)), which is available for sale in India and Ecuador for the treatment of subjects with Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, is in Phase III clinical trials at several sites around the world. For more information, visit the Generex website at http://www.generex.com.
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