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Vertex Pharma plans to sell 11.5M shares

Dec. 2, 2009
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. late Wednesday expanded its public stock offering to 11.5 million shares from 10 million, priced at $38.50 each for gross proceeds of $442.8 million. The underwriters will have an option to buy another 1.5 million shares, Vertex...
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo