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 Cancer products firm DARA BioSciences at risk of delisting

The Nasdaq has notified DARA BioSciences that the company's stock price is too low for listing requirements. Learn what DARA's options are.

 Health care software firm Axial Exchange raising $2M

Axial has developed software that enables hospitals and other health care facilities communicate in real time. Learn how the company aims to use it to improve health care.

 Raleigh-based PRA International eyes public offering

Another life science services firm in the Triangle, PRA International, may follow in the footsteps of a bigger rival - Quintiles - by offering stock in order to raise capital. Just two years ago, PRA was at the center of takeover rumors in the range of $1 billion.

PRA's corporate timeline

 Triangulate, the 'digital doorway' for Triangle, goes live

"Triangulate will help us better organize the entrepreneurial network," says Joan Siefert Rose, president of the CED. "It helps us find each other, and it also helps people outside of the region look at the Triangle."

A sample from Triangulate

Syngenta unveils $72M Advanced Crop Lab in RTP

Built around 30 climate-controlled "environments" contained in all-glass greenhouses, the new 136,000 square foot facility had been under construction for nearly two years.

Growing better corn at Syngenta's new lab

Tryton Medical gets European O.K. on new stent

OxyBio gets more time to show it meets NASDAQ listing rules

The Nasdaq, which had sent Oxygen Biotherapeutics, a delisting notice in March, gives the company more time to show it meets listing requirements.

 Photos come into focus as center of SnappforGood's new crowdsourcing model

Digital technology has made it easier than ever to take and share photographs. Now Raleigh venture SnappforGood aims to turn those pictures into fundraising opportunities for nonprofits and social causes.

SnappforGood

NeoNova expansion means move to Raleigh

Over the last two years, NeoNova has added more than 40 Internet service providers to its list of customers along with hundreds of value added resellers, who resell NeoNova's services.

 SAS pounces on 'big data' opportunities in health analytics

New SAS software cuts "big data" analysis from days, even hours, down to seconds. Learn why SAS sees big opportunity in the health care space.

SAS health analytics software

 New drug model? Quintiles to develop compounds with Merck Serono

Fresh off an IPO that produced $1 billion for investors and the company, Quintiles on Wednesday announced a drug development deal in which it will work with Germany-based Merck Serono. But this contract is much different from others in which Quintiles shared some of the financial risk for new drug development. WRALTechWire Insiders get the story beyond the press release.

Drug development

 Compuware, a subject of hostile takeover talk, spinning off cloud computing subsidiary

The Detroit-based technology firm, which was founded by Carolina Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos, is looking to spin off a company to give it "greater flexibility" through an IPO.

 A PC as designer furniture? Yes, thanks to designers and Lenovo's new Table PC

The wizards of technology smart at the world's No. 2 PC manufacturer came up with the idea of a touch-screen PC big enough for a family or design team to enjoy at the same time. Now, some designers show how a PC can be a piece of art, too.

The Table PC as centerpiece in a high-tech "Treehouse"

 Quintiles IPO tops $1 billion, including overallotment

Quintiles completes its IPO selling 27.2 million shares, including the overallotment sold by investors who took stakes in Quintiles when it was private. Read just how much they stand to gain from the additional sale.

 Quintiles made plans to cut 400 jobs as it geared up for IPO

With its stock trading at a new high on Tuesday, Quintiles disclosed before the markets opened in a regulatory filing that it set aside $15 million to cover the costs of "restructuring" 400 workers.

The New Bull City: An in-depth series coming to WRALTechWire

From a tobacco town to a city of medicine to a technology hub - that's the saga of Durham. Beginning next week, WRALTechWire will launch a multi-day, in-depth report titled "The New Bull City" that will tell the stories behind Durham's rebirth and what's coming next.

New Bull City series coming from WRALTechWire

 HyperBranch Medical raising $1M; surgical sealant is in clinical trials

HyperBranch Medical Technology's surgical sealant is in clinical trials. Learn more about the sealant and its potential surgical applications.

Work in the Triangle turns to social media to match job seekers, 'hottest' jobs

The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Wake County Economic Development and Work in the Triangle launch a social media campaign in the latest evolution of its talent recruitment efforts for the region.

 Analyst hails BlackBerry's new low-cost phone; CEO says firm has 'reached solid ground'

The Q5 device, a producted targeted for emerging markets, will be available this summer. It is the firm's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 system. Research firm Ovum says the phone could be a major boost for BlackBerry. And BlackBerry's CEO says the company has "reached solid ground."

 Chapel Hill drug startup Cempra lands $70M licensing deal

Cemrpa is a long way yet from proving its new antibiotic compound will be an effective, FDA-approved drug, but the compound has already delivered the company a $10 million payday with millions more possibly to come. WRALTechWire Insiders get the details.