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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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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• Thermo Electron Corp.: NITON[R] analyzers--the leader in handheld XRF instrumentation.(2006 CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT)(Advertisement)

  - 2006-01-01

  Thermo Electron's NITON analyzers group is the world's leading manufacturer of X-ray fluorescence XRF instrumentation for nondestructive testing and spectrochemical analysis. The NITON analyzers product line is headquartered in Billerica, Mass., wi Thermo Electron's NITON analyzers group is the world's leading manufacturer of X-ray fluorescence...

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• 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...

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• IBO stock indexes show little change in August

  - 2005-08-31

  August proved to be another period of uncertainty for the three major US indexes, primarily due to continued rising oil prices. Prices for crude oil began the month at around $60 per barrel, but jumped to $71 per barrel by the end of the month partly due to the catastrophic...

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• IBO stock indexes experience mixed results in April

  - 2005-04-30

  Signs of a struggling economy and unstable oil prices sent all three US stock indexes tumbling in April. The first day of the month prices for barrels of crude oil shot to a record high of $58 due to a warning that prices could spike to $100 per barrel. However,...

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• Process stock index leads February growth

  - 2005-02-28

  There were a number of positive macroeconomic events reported in February that pushed stocks higher, but another sharp rise in oil prices to over $52 per barrel sent stocks back down. On a positive note, the US Commerce Department announced that fourth quarter GDP grew at a revised 3.8% annual...

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• Roller coaster month ends on positive note for IBO indexes

  - 2004-10-31

  A barrage of negative macroeconomic events early in October sent all three major US Stock Indexes tumbling, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching an intraday low for the year at 9,708.40. The Labor Department's figures for September job growth came in much weaker than expected, with only 96,000 jobs...

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