Staar Surgical will remain independent after a bitter shareholder battle that has raged for the past several months has now ended the attempted buyout of the company by Alcon. Alcon announced its ...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- STAAR Surgical Company (STAA) (“STAAR”), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer® Lenses (EVO ICL™) for vision correction, ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Broadwood Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (“Broadwood” or “we”), which together own 30.2% of the outstanding common stock of STAAR Surgical Company (“STAAR” or the ...

Shareholders of Staar Surgical, a manufacturer of the Implantable Collamer Lens, have likely definitively voted against Alcon’s $1.6 billion buyout offer. Broadwood Partners, which holds 30.2% of ...

Staar Surgical Co. said it plans to terminate its proposed $1.6 billion sale to Alcon Inc. based on preliminary results from today’s shareholder vote. As a result, Staar will remain a standalone, ...

When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas’ end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted to reduce the amount of time students spend taking ...

In August, the eye care company Alcon agreed to acquire STAAR Surgical, the manufacturer of the implantable collamer lens, for a total equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. On Tuesday, Alcon ...

Broadwood Partners said it is continuing to oppose Alcon's proposed acquisition of Staar Surgical, despite the prospective buyer increasing its offer. The activist investor Broadwood, which owns 30.2% ...

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Swiss eyecare giant Alcon (ALCC.S), opens new tab has made a new offer for Staar Surgical (STAA.O), opens new tab worth $1.6 billion, it said on Tuesday, as it seeks to clinch a deal ...

STAAR Surgical (STAA) said it received no takeover offers during its go-shop period that expired on Saturday. STAAR (STAA) said 21 parties were contacted during its go-shop period, through none of the ...

After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...

The STAAR test is nearing its end for students across Texas. The new format for the revamped statewide standardized testing officially became law on Thursday; however, it will not be implemented until ...