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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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• 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.

• 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...

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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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• 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:...

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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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• 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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• July proves a good month for IBO process index

  - 2005-07-31

  July proved to be a strong month for the major US indexes due to strong half-year earnings reports from numerous large companies. US retail sales rose 1.7% in June, well above the 1.0% analysts anticipated, leading the S&P 500 to close at a four-year high and the NASDAQ to close...

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