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• Process/Metrology/Motion Stock Index up over 6%

  - 2006-11-30

  For the third consecutive month, all three US stock indexes grew, maintaining the Dow Jones' all-time high of above 12,000 on November 17. Early in the month, crude oil prices were impacted by the threat of attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria. Prices fell slightly as the International Energy Agency...

  Tags: Affymetrix, Alpha, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, instrumentation, Investment, Invitrogen Corp., Millipore Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock, Thermo Electron Corp.

• US regulators approve Thermo-Fisher deal

  - 2006-10-31

  Waltham, MA and Hampton, NH 10/17/06; Washington, DC 10/17/06--The US Federal Trade Commission FTC has approved a consent order requiring Fisher Scientific to divest its Genevac business (see IBO 8/31/06) and granted early termination of the waiting period for the pending $12.8 billion merger of the companies. In requiring the...

  Tags: FINANCE, Fisher, FTC, Investment, regulator, Thermo Electron Corp.

• Quarterly earnings result in gains for IBO indexes

  - 2006-10-31

  For the second straight month, all three US stock indexes grew, sending the Dow Jones to an all-time high of above 12,000. Once again, crude oil continued to play a significant role as prices bounced back and forth throughout the month, falling close to this year's low before settling at...

  Tags: Affymetrix, Alpha, DJIA, earnings, FINANCE, Fisher, instrumentation, Invitrogen Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., RAE Systems, Thermo Electron Corp.

• Fisher Scientific Announces Successful Completion of Consent Solicitation

  - 2006-09-21

  HAMPTON, N.H. -- Fisher Scientific International Inc. (NYSE: FSH) today announced that it has received the required consents from note holders to execute supplemental indentures amending the indentures relating to its: --6 3/4 percent Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (CUSIP No: 338032 AZ 8), and --6 1/8 percent...

  Tags: consent, FINANCE, Fisher, Fisher Scientific International Inc., INTERNET, Investment, MARKETING, NYSE Euronext, SEC, solicitation, Thermo Electron Corp.

• IBO Lab Instrument Stock Index rebounds in June

  - 2006-06-30

  June began with alarming news for US stock indexes as the Labor Department reported only 75,000 new non-farm jobs were added in May, approximately 100,000 below analysts' estimates. And the unemployment rate slipped another 10 basis points to 4.6%, its lowest point since July 2001. On June 5, the Dow...

  Tags: Affymetrix, Alpha, DJIA, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation, instrumentation, Investment, Invitrogen Corp., Millipore Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pall Corp., RAE Systems, stock, Thermo Electron Corp., Waters Corp.

• June gloom arrives a month early

  - 2006-05-31

  For the first time in months, crude oil was not the primary focus of US investors. Rather, expectations regarding the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates became the new hot topic in May. On May 25, the Commerce Department revised first quarter GDP growth from 4.8% to 5.3%, the...

  Tags: Affymetrix, Alpha, FINANCE, Fisher, Investment, Invitrogen Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pall Corp., RAE Systems, SALES, Thermo Electron Corp.

• Breaking Market Alert for Friday! April 21, 2006.

  - 2006-04-21

  M2 PRESSWIRE-21 April 2006-Wall Street News Alert: Breaking Market Alert for Friday! April 21, 2006C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21042006 Weston, FLA. - Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this Friday morning are: Universal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UDTT), General Dynamics (NYSE:...

  Tags: Fax, FINANCE, General Dynamics Corp., Government, Investment, investor, Lockheed Martin Corp., NYSE Euronext, stock, Thermo Electron Corp., U.S. General Services Administration

• Memory Firewall Helps Thermo Electron With Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

  BNET - 2006-03-03

  Thermo Electron, the world leader in analytical instruments, gave top priority to devoting key resources solely to compliance issues. Thermo needed to find a solution that would allow their executives to make the guarantee that "Proper controls" had been introduced. The Determina Memory Firewall was the only way to ensure...

  Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Thermo Electron Corp., Determina Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Memory, Firewalls, Sarbanes-Oxley, Network Security, Security, Networking, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance

• IBO stock indexes start off new year strongly

  - 2006-01-31

  In January, crude oil prices continued to impact the US economy as well as stock prices. Oil prices returned to near record highs of around $68 per barrel at the end of the month after concerns about Iran's OPEC output, and kidnappings and attacks on oil lines in the Niger...

  Tags: Affymetrix, Alpha, DJIA, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, instrumentation, Investment, Invitrogen Corp., Millipore Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pall Corp., RAE Systems, stock, Thermo Electron Corp., Waters Corp.

• Hurricanes stir up US indexes but do little damage

  - 2005-09-30

  The end of the third quarter was marked by turbulent times as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita roared through the Gulf Coast. Once again, the most effected area of the market was crude oil prices, as oil futures jumped to over $70 per barrel following Katrina. However, prices dropped to around...

  Tags: Alpha, FINANCE, Fisher, instrumentation, Investment, Invitrogen Corp., Millipore Corp., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pall Corp., stock, Technologies, Thermo Electron Corp., Waters Corp.