Author Bio Eric has been writing about stocks and finance since the mid-1990s, when he lived in Prague, Czech Republic. Over the course of a varied career, he has also been a radio newscaster, an investment banker, and a bass player in a selection of rock and roll bands. A native New Yorker, he currently lives in Los Angeles. What happened Shares of Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics (NYSEMKT:BTX), no stranger to sharp stock price movements lately, zoomed more than 6% higher on Monday. The catalyst was an acquisition announced that morning by the clincial-stage biotech compa...