World Gaming ups stakes October 26, 2005 World Gaming is to expand its online gaming business through the acquisition of the Sportsbetting.com Group for up to $98m (£54m). The AIM-quoted company, which is also listed on New York’s Nasdaq, is a software provider for some of the largest e-gaming sites, including Sportsbetting. It also provides software to rival sportsbook.com, the world’s seventh [...]
The new drug habits October 21, 2005 Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to biotechnology ventures to help them rescue their flagging profits. Investors are looking at biotechnology companies to reinvigorate a moribund drug industry in a way the big pharmaceutical giants have failed to do over the last two years. Observers say companies such as America’s Pfizer or Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline, known as [...]