March 4, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Vermillion, Inc. (OTC: VRML), a molecular diagnostics company, has appointed Carl Severinghaus to its board of directors.  Severinghaus currently serves as president of Tecan Americas, a provider of laboratory instruments and solutions in biopharmaceuticals, forensics, and clinical diagnostics.

Severinghaus, who has held the position of president of Tecan Americas since 2009, is responsible for the sales and operations for the Americas Sales Regions, including U.S., Canada, and South America. From 2007 to 2008, he was senior vice president of International Sales, responsible for the worldwide sales and operations of the direct and OEM sales channels.

California-based Vermillion is engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel diagnostic tests that help physicians diagnose and treat patients.

Vermillion, along with its scientific collaborators, has diagnostic programs in oncology, hematology, cardiology and women’s health.

FinancialWire(tm) is committed to serving the financial community through true journalism and providing relevant resources to investors. Standards-based, independent equity research on numerous public companies is available through the Investrend Research Syndicate (http://www.investrend.com/reports) written by FIRST Research Consortium (http://www.investrend.com/FIRST) member-providers. Free annual reports and company filings for companies mentioned in the news are available through the Investrend Information Syndicate (at http://investrend.ar.wilink.com/?level=279). FinancialWire(tm), in cooperation with the Investrend Broadcast Syndicate, also provides complete, daily conference call and webcast schedules as a service to shareholders and investors via the FirstAlert(tm) Network’s “FirstAlert(tm) Daily” (http://www.financialwire.net/news-alerts/).

FinancialWire(tm) is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service. FinancialWire(tm) is not a press release service, and receives no compensation for its news, opinions or distributions. Further disclosure is at the FinancialWire(tm) website (http://www.financialwire.net/disclosures.php). Contact FinancialWire(tm) directly via inquiries@financialwire.net

Big Star Media, Vincent Productions Ink Content Agreement

March 4, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Big Star Media Group, Inc. (OTC: BMGI), an entertainment and information distribution firm, said it has executed a binding letter of intent with Gary and Carol Vincent of Vincent Productions to secure ongoing media content including the transfer of media assets and intellectual property rights from their ongoing joint venture with Morgan Freeman and Bill Luckett to Big Star Media.

As part of the agreement, Vincent will transfer all ownership in the music and film series entitled ‘Down to the Crossroads’ hosted by Morgan Freeman, into a newly formed entity that will be a subsidiary of Big Star Media.

The new entity will provide ongoing content to Big Star Media for distribution to film, television, mobile and internet platforms.

Big Star said it is formalizing debt relationships with Vincent in consideration of the transfer of the assets into Big Star Media.

Additionally, Mississippi-based Big Star has also agreed to create a jointly owned record company with Vincent to provide music content and the ongoing usage of the Clarksdale sound stage production and recording studio located in Clarksdale, Mississippi for the purposes of film and media production as well as artist development for the company.

FinancialWire(tm) is committed to serving the financial community through true journalism and providing relevant resources to investors. Standards-based, independent equity research on numerous public companies is available through the Investrend Research Syndicate (http://www.investrend.com/reports) written by FIRST Research Consortium (http://www.investrend.com/FIRST) member-providers. Free annual reports and company filings for companies mentioned in the news are available through the Investrend Information Syndicate (at http://investrend.ar.wilink.com/?level=279). FinancialWire(tm), in cooperation with the Investrend Broadcast Syndicate, also provides complete, daily conference call and webcast schedules as a service to shareholders and investors via the FirstAlert(tm) Network’s “FirstAlert(tm) Daily” (http://www.financialwire.net/news-alerts/).

FinancialWire(tm) is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service. FinancialWire(tm) is not a press release service, and receives no compensation for its news, opinions or distributions. Further disclosure is at the FinancialWire(tm) website (http://www.financialwire.net/disclosures.php). Contact FinancialWire(tm) directly via inquiries@financialwire.net.

Legal Disclaimer:

EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.