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STAAR Surgical surges as Canaccord Genuity raises to Buy on Q1 sales

STAAR Surgical (STAA) shares rose on Thursday after the company issued preliminary results for Q1 2026 net sales that topped the consensus, prompting Canaccord Genuity to upgrade the medical supplier ...
Healio

Alcon, STAAR Surgical terminate merger agreement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . STAAR Surgical did not receive the necessary stockholder votes to move forward with the merger. STAAR will ...
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STAAR Surgical vote on Alcon may be delayed again - report

A STAAR Surgical (STAA) holder vote on Alcon's (ALC) planned purchase may be delayed as the companies are contractually obligated to delay while Alcon considers raising its offer again, according to a ...
MD&M East

STAAR, Alcon Merger Drama Continues

In August, Geneva, Switzerland-based eye care company Alcon agreed to buy Staar Surgical in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, but STAAR has faced opposition to the deal, including from its largest ...
Reuters

Staar Surgical's top investor calls shareholder meeting to remove directors

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Medtech firm Staar Surgical's (STAA.O), opens new tab biggest investor, Broadwood Partners, is planning to call a shareholder meeting to remove several directors, it said on ...
San Antonio Express-News

Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.

Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s widely unpopular state standardized test, to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Once Abbott signs House Bill 8, Texas will swap the State of ...
Reuters

STAAR shareholder Broadwood says it opposes Alcon's proposed takeover

Broadwood said that the Swiss eye care group's offer did not reflect STAAR's recent financial improvements. Sign up here. Alcon said in early August that the boards of both companies had approved its ...
KDFW

3 new exams would replace STAAR under bill passed by Texas House

The Texas House of Representatives has passed House Bill 8, which aims to eliminate the end-of-year STAAR test in public schools. The bill would replace the current high-stakes exam with three shorter ...
KSAT

Texas students’ STAAR scores for this year are out. Here’s how your school or district did.

Austin Voices for Education and Youth, hosts a summer camp at the Dobie Middle School for students that attend the three Austin ISD schools at risk of closure. (Ilana Panich-Linsman For The Texas ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas students’ STAAR scores for this year are out. Here’s how your school or district did.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

AI scoring errors on STAAR exams lead Arlington ISD to appeal school A-F ratings

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas schools to assess a student's achievements and knowledge. Diane ...