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		<title><![CDATA[HepaLife&#153; Acquires Liver Support Technology, Tested in America's Largest-Ever Human Clinical Trial for Bioartificial Liver Assist Devices]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HepaLife Bolsters Development and Strengthens Its IP Portfolio Through Acquisition of Bioartificial Liver Technology: Clinically Evaluated in over 170 Human Patients, with 12 Additional Patents and Licenses, and FDA's 'Orphan Drug' and 'Fast-Track' Designation  BOSTON -- HepaLife Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: HPLF) (FWB: HL1) (WKN: 500625), developers of the first-of-its-kind...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Q & A with Cynthia Gonsalves acting director office of Technology Transition Office of the Deputy under Secretary of Defense]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Acting Director for the Office of Technology Transition OTT, Ms. Cynthia Gonsalves is responsible for formulating policies and establishing and managing programs that transition advanced technologies from research and development (R&D) to weapons systems in an affordable manner to assist in the commercialization of defense technologies. OTT is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION - Final Results.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for 2007 Fourth Quarter, Full Year    Company Records Strong Performance in 2007 and Notes Achievements over 4-year    Period, Progressing with Integration of Organon BioSciences, Preparing for              ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stock News Updates For February 5, 2008.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-5 February 2008-Stock Profiler.US: Stock News Updates  For February 5, 2008C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD     RDATE:05022008     New York, NY -- StockProfilers' "Stock News" For  this Tuesday:     Clear Choice Health Plans, Inc. (OTCBB: CCHN); The Tootie Pie...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bowne & Co. Reports 2006 Results]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE: BNE), a leader in financial, marketing and business communications services, today announced strong operating results for 2006, representing significant improvement over 2005 results.  For the year ended December 31, 2006, revenue was $832.2 million, up 24.8% from $666.9 million in 2005.   Income...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daily Market Movers Digest Report for Tuesday, January 23rd, CSBR, YTBL, TAKDF, AQUA, RHGP.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-23 January 2007-OTCPicks.com: Daily Market Movers  Digest Report for Tuesday, January 23rd, CSBR, YTBL, TAKDF, AQUA,  RHGPC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:23012007    Our Stocks to Watch today include Champion Sports Inc (OTCBB:  CSBR), YTB International, Inc. (OTC: YTBL), Transakt Ltd (OTCBB:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forbes Medi-Tech to Acquire San Diego Based TheraPei Pharmaceuticals and Appoint Dr. John Nestor as Chief Scientific Officer; Acquisition will diversify the Company's Drug development pipeline; R&D to be consolidated under the direction of new CSO.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 25, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX  -- Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. (TSX:FMI)(NASDAQ:FMTI) today announced that it  has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of TheraPei Pharmaceuticals,  Inc.TheraPei of San Diego, California. TheraPei is a privately held  company formed with technology 'spun-out' of Sequenom, Inc....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Octillion Enhances Management Team with Appointment of Dr. Kaiyo Nedd to Board of Directors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Octillion Corp. (Pink Sheet: OCTL), a technology incubator focused on the identification, acquisition, development and eventual commercialization of emerging technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kaiyo Nedd to its Board of Directors.  Dr. Nedd is a regarded speaker for the pharmaceutical industry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In-Process R&D in Business Acquisitions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Disclosure Needed for Transparency and Comparability   In a September 1998 speech at the NYU Center for Law and Business, then-sec chairman Arthur Levitt brought attention to practices of earnings management that he considered to be abuses of accounting judgment. One of the abuses Levitt spoke about was...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Acquisition Strengthens BASF's Leading Position in Plant Biotechnology Research and Development]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany -- BASF Plant Science:]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merck & Co., Inc. to Acquire GlycoFi, Inc.; Acquisition Enhances Merck Capabilities in Biologics Research and Development]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & LEBANON, N.H. -- Merck & Co., Inc., one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical companies, and GlycoFi, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company that is a leader in the field of yeast glycoengineering and optimization of biologic drug molecules, today announced that they have entered into a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merck & Co., Inc. to Acquire Abmaxis, Inc.; Acquisition Further Enhances Merck Commitment and Capabilities in Biologics Research and Development]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. and SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Merck & Co., Inc., one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical companies, and Abmaxis, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and optimization of monoclonal antibody MAb products for human therapeutics and diagnostics, today announced that they have entered into...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wavecom to Acquire Sony Ericsson's M2M Business; Acquisition Significantly Expands Wavecom's Global Footprint &#151; Combined R&D Team to Be the Largest for Wireless M2M Technology]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France & LONDON -- Wavecom SA (NASDAQ: WVCM; Euronext Eurolist compartment B: AVM; ISIN: FR0000073066), a leader in embedded wireless communications platforms for automotive, industrial (machine-to-machine) and mobile professional applications and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, (a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson), announced today...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nine technology insertion programs that can speed acquisition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA["Americans have consistently led in innovation," states a CEO in Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat. But times change, writes Friedman. A convergence of technologies and events is leveling the playing field, and "it is open to more people in more places on more days than anything like it ever...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global support to the joint warfighter: the right supplies to the right place at the right time]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QMG/is_6_34/ai_n16107411]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin assumed the duties of commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, on Nov. 5, 2004. If a soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, or eats it, AMC provides it. Every year, AMC overhauls and upgrades thousands of pieces of Army equipment, produces and provides...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[International Armaments Cooperation: a key to coalition interoperability]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAJ/is_1_28/ai_n27866100]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What is International Armaments Cooperation? The Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force/International Affairs (SAF/IA) has a number of programs for building relationships with friendly and allied air forces around the world. Sales of weapon systems and training via foreign military sales FMS help achieve commonality in equipment, support and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blurring the line between R & D and operations: the Missile Defense Agency's acquisition approach]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QMG/is_4_34/ai_n14812602]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dramatic changes have been made in the way in which the Department of Defense develops and procures weapon systems. There is a movement away from the strict requirements-based approach that emphasized a formalized identification of deficiencies, an identifiable and predictable threat, and strict system performance parameters. In the vanguard of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment Under R&D Competition]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317662]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We consider the preferences of a foreign firm and a welfare maximizing host country government for foreign direct investment through direct entry and acquisition in presence of innovation by the firms. We find that relatively superior technology is always used under acquisition. Though profits are higher under acquisition, consumers are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Logistics transformation: does industry have the answer?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction  One of the favorite buzz words for the last several years has been the idea of transformation. The term has found its way into every major Department of Defense DoD planning document and continues to receive more than its share of air time in virtually every periodical that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surmet Announces Composite Development Program.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 16, 2004 - Surmet Ceramics Corp., a wholly owned  subsidiary of Surmet Corp., received a new $1.25 million program for  composite development with the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments  Command TACOM with work to be done by Surmet's Buffalo, N.Y.,  facility.    Surmet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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