New York, NY - May 2, 2012 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for Tuesday, May 01. The Nasdaq Composite rose 4.08 (0.13%) to close at 3,050.44.

 Central Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEBK) soared $12.60 (69.81%) to close at $30.65 after the company agreed to be acquired by Independent Bank Corp. for $54.8 million in cash. Independent Bank has agreed to exchange its shares for 60% of Central Bancorp's shares, and the balance is payable in cash at $32 per share.

Read more: Tuesday's NASDAQ Top Gainers: CEBK, PLXT, NUVA, CAR

1. Senesco and Celgene Test a Combination Cancer Therapy

We have been following Senesco Technologies (SNT AMEX) for 8 years. Why, you might ask would anyone follow a company for that long without any monetary reward? I think it has to do with the one of the basic tenets of Discovery Investing. That is, that while inordinately risky (no doubt about that) it is, in my mind, a socially responsible investing style. Of course it is not at all like traditional socially responsible investing. There you have to be Green or conscious of the social good even if it disenfranchises people and destroys jobs. It may be traditionally defined as,

Written by Michael A. Berry, Ph.D. - [ Discovery Investing Web Site ]

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New York, NY - May 1, 2012 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, issues a trading alert for this morning’s top percentage gainer on the NASDAQ.com, Imperial Sugar Co. (NasdaqGS: IPSU), trading at $6.37, up 2.32 (57.28%) 11:26AM EDT on over 4.7 Million shares.

 mperial Sugar Company (NASDAQ: IPSU) and Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC today announced a definitive agreement under which a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC will acquire Imperial Sugar through a cash tender offer and second step merger at $6.35 per share.

Read more: Imperial Sugar (NASDAQ:IPSU) Gains over 50% on Acquisition News: Sweet!

New York, NY - May 1, 2012 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in sector research for independent investors issues a trading alert for TSX percentage gainers for April 30, 2012. The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index closed up 54.94 (0.45%) at 12,292.69.

 Scorpio Mining Corporation (TSX:SPM) shares climbed up 0.15 (16.67%) to close at C$1.05 on 807K shares. The company announced the final results from the recently completed 4,068 meter Phase I drill program at its 100% owned La Revancha Project, Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Read more: Monday's TSX Top Percentage Gainers: (TSX: SPM), (TSX: LVN), (TSX: TPL), (TSX:PVG)

New York, NY - May 1, 2012 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for Monday, April 30. The Nasdaq Composite fell 22.84 (-0.74%) to close at 3,046.36.

 Exceed Co Ltd. (NASDAQ:EDS) soared $1.56 (74.89%) to $3.65 after the company said that it earned $79.2 million on revenue of $522.5 million in its full year 2011, compared to analysts estimate of $495.5 million in revenue.

 Books-A-Million, Inc. (NASDAQ:BAMM) moved up $0.64 (25.10%) to close at $3.19 on news the company agreed to be acquired by Clyde B. Anderson for approximately $48.8 million or $3.05 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately 20% over the closing price on April 27, 2012, and 13% over the average closing price of the Company's common stock for the past 90 trading days.

Read more: Monday's NASDAQ % Winners: EDS, BAMM, CPTS, GPRO