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Re: 3xBuBu post# 70229

Friday, 05/31/2013 2:08:12 PM

Friday, May 31, 2013 2:08:12 PM

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National Bank of Greece (ADR)(NYSE:NBG) shares declined 479.51% to $7.07. The company, on May 24, reported a profit for the second consecutive quarter, helped by its Turkish subsidiary Finansbank, as well as lower funding costs and provisions for bad debt. The bank posted net profit of 27 million euros in the first quarter compared to a loss of 731 million in the same period last year. NBG said loan-loss provisions fell to 428 million euros from 505 million euros.

EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ:ETRM) stock jumped 30.77% to $1.36. The company, on May 17, announced that the Company completed a pre-PMA (Premarket Approval) application meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 15, 2013 regarding the Maestro® Rechargeable System’s VBLOC® vagal blocking therapy as a treatment for obesity. In the meeting, the FDA indicated that, subject to acceptance of the application and validation and detailed review of the submitted data by the FDA, the Company can anticipate presenting the PMA before a future FDA Advisory Committee panel. The Company expects to submit a PMA for the Maestro Rechargeable System, based on the ReCharge Pivotal Trial, in the second quarter of 2013.

NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NVE) stock climbed 22.51% to $23.62. The electric and gas company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB) on May 29 agreed to buy NV Energy Inc. ( NVE ), an energy company with about 1.3 million customers in Nevada.

Berkshire’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. will pay $23.75 per share, or about $5.59 billion, based on shares outstanding as of May 7. The price is a 23% premium over NV Energy’s closing price Wednesday, when the company had a market capitalization of $4.54 billion.

The Goldfield Corporation (NYSEAMEX:GV) shares increased 21.26% to $2.51. The company, on May 30, released the comments to be made by Mr. John H. Sottile, President and Chief Executive Officer, at The Goldfield Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders. The Goldfield Corporation headquartered in Florida, through its subsidiary, Southeast Power Corporation, is a leading provider of construction services to electric utilities, with operations primarily in the southeastern, mid-Atlantic, and western regions of the United States.






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