Former finance minister Jim Flaherty has died. He was 64.

Emergency crews were called to his Ottawa home Thursday afternoon. The cause of death has not been released.

He was one of the longest serving finance ministers Canada has ever had and until he left politics, was the only one to ever serve under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He stepped down on March 18.

A Conservative MP for the Toronto-area riding of Whitby-Oshawa, Flahery was first elected in 2006.

[ Read Whole Article ]

Senomyx Enters Into Research Agreement With PepsiCo To Identify New Salt Flavor Modifiers

Partnership Focused on New Ingredients to Reduce Salt in Products

April 9, 2014 - Senomyx, Inc. (SNMX), a leading company in using proprietary taste science technologies to discover, develop and commercialize novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage and flavor industries, announced today that it has entered into a new collaborative agreement with PepsiCo, Inc. related to Senomyx's Salt Taste Program.  The new collaboration will support Senomyx's continued work to identify flavors with modifying properties intended to restore the desired salty taste in products with reduced salt (sodium chloride).

Tarena International, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

Tarena International, Inc. (TEDU) ("Tarena" or the "Company"), a leading provider of professional education services in China, today announced that it has priced its initial public offering of 15,300,000 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") at US$9.00 per ADS, for a total offering size of US$137.7 million, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional ADSs. Each ADS represents one Class A ordinary share of the Company. The Company's ADSs are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on April 3, 2014 under the ticker symbol "TEDU."

Of the 15,300,000 ADSs being offered, 11,500,000 ADSs are offered by Tarena and 3,800,000 ADSs are being offered by the selling shareholders. One of the selling shareholders has granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to 2,295,000 additional ADSs at the initial public offering price within 30 days from the date of final prospectus.

Fuwei Films Learns Result of Auction of Controlling Interest

 Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: FFHL, "Fuwei Films" or the "Company") announced today that the Company has become aware that the fifth public auction by which the Company's controlling shareholder, the Weifang State-owned Assets Operation Administration Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weifang State-owned Asset Management and Supervision Committee (collectively, the "Administration Company") sought to sell control over 6,912,503 (or 52.9%) of its outstanding ordinary shares, resulted in the acceptance of a successful bid. It is learned that the bidder is expected to receive control over 6,912,503 (or 52.9%) of the Company's outstanding ordinary shares at a price of RMB101, 800,000 (approximately US$16,572,787) or approximately US$2.40 per ordinary share. Additional information regarding the bidder will be disclosed in a separate press release as soon as the information is available.