Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), and Zi Corporation (NASDAQ: ZICA) announced an agreement under which Nuance will acquire Zi for US$0.69 per share in a cash and stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, consideration for the transaction is approximately US$35 million, comprising approximately US$17 million in cash and US$18 m...

Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTD) 15.5% HIGHER; reports Q4 EPS of $0.02, 3 cents lower than the analyst estimate of $0.05. Revenues for the quarter were $14.4 million, versus the consensus of $14.20 million. The company also announced today that its board of directors has authorized a stock buyback program to repurchase up to an aggrega...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before Market Opens: Economics: 8:30am ET Final GDP for Q4 - Street expects down 5.4% Chain Deflator for Q4 - Street expects down 0.1% Earnings: ACCO Brands (NYSE: ABD) - consensus EPS $0.34 Aircastle (NYSE: AYR) - consensus EPS $0.39 Calpi...

US stocks plummeted again on Friday to levels not seen since 1996 economic data ...

Lloyds leads fallers amid concern over participation in Asset Protection Scheme with RBS and Barclays taking heavy knocks, but Xstrata bucks trend following positive broker upgrades ...

Japanese shares rose 1.5 per cent as businesses anticipated higher production next month and exporters benefited from the yen’s decline this week ...

Sweden is in the middle of a much more serious recession than previously thought, according to official figures for the fourth quarter of last year which reveal the economy contracted by nearly 10 per cent on an annualised basis ...

US stocks fell after a bright start was wiped out by the news that President Barack Obama intends to cut subsidies in the healthcare sector as part of his reform plan ...

Drug stocks were left behind as defensive sectors missed out on a FTSE 100 rebound. ...

neither are Mifid-compliant, casting a cloud over their continued viability. The move is part of what the FSA has said is a routine examination of Mifid compliance across the industry ...