VRNM news with BP Verenium shares rocket on BP partnership By Val Brickates Kennedy, MarketWatch Last update: 1:22 p.m. EDT Aug. 6, 2008Comments: 1BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Verenium Corp. bounded upward by 50% in midday trading, fueled by news that the biotech-based biofuels group has entered into a partnership with U.K.-based energy giant BP Plc to accelerate the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/verenium-shares-rocket-bp-deal/story.aspx?guid=%7BF61614BA%2D50BC%2D41C1%2DA77F%2D821EDE986EAE" target="_blank">http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/verenium-shares-rocket-bp-deal/story.aspx?guid=%7BF61614BA%2D50BC%2D41C1%2DA77F%2D821EDE986EAE</a>%