Emerging companies are considered to be the drivers of U.S. economic activity, innovation and job creation. Their ability to survive and prosper depends on ready access to capital, particularly in the private markets. The SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies met to discuss ways in which the secondary trading environment for the securities of small businesses can be improved. It is an issue that needs to be solved quickly in view of a projected increase in those securities. Read More
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) estimates that cancers of the head and neck, a diverse group of tumors that arise in the mouth, nose, throat and larynx, account for about 3 percent of all malignancies in the U.S. Most are squamous cell carcinomas that begin in the flat, squamous cells that make up the epithelium of the head and neck. Read More
