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Sanofi Mum on Genzyme Bid as It Reports Higher Profit
The French pharmaceutical company is said to be considering an $18.6 billion bid for the U.S. biotechnology firm Genzyme.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:50:26 -0700
Sanofi Mum on Genzyme as It Posts Higher Profit
Sanofi-Aventis , the French pharmaceutical company considering an $18.6 billion bid for the U.S. biotechnology firm Genzyme , said profits jumped in the second quarter due to strong sales of its diabetes drugs and the weaker euro, Chris V. Nicholson and Michael J. de la Merced report in The New York Times.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:42:58 -0700
Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000
New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The decline is a sign that the economy added jobs in July, still not enough to lower the nation's high unemployment rate.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:57:42 -0700
Merchant extension brings 80 jobs
Eighty jobs are to be created through a £16m extension at the Merchant Hotel in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:55:16 -0700
N.J. biotech industry continues growth, survey finds
As the recession took hold, biotechnology gave New Jersey’s economy a shot in the arm. The state’s nascent industry — there are slightly more than 300 companies — continued to grow over the past three years, adding thousands of jobs...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:09:58 -0700
Bayer quarterly earnings fall to 525m euros
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer said Thursday that its second quarter net profit fell to 525 million euros (680 million dollars), well below market expectations.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:24:30 -0700
Cooking fries? Cleaning hospitals? Executives reflect on their first job
Decades before becoming president of McDonald's USA, Jan Fields cooked French fries at one of the fast-food franchise's restaurants.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:00:07 -0700
Desperately seeking math and science majors
Applied Materials had to fly in 100 interviewers just to screen all the job applicants for its new Solar Technology Center in Xi'an, China, last year. The company wanted to fill 260 high-tech jobs. It got 26,000 resumes. A fraction of those applicants were invited to interview. The final selectees, board member Andy Karsner tells me, "were top-of-their-class, English-speaking engineers. They're ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:32:04 -0700
Employment at NJ Biotechnology Companies Growing
TRENTON, N.J.----The number of employees working at New Jersey biotechnology companies increased by 50 percent in the last three years, growing from 10,000 employees in 2007 to an estimated 15,000 in 2010, according to the results of an industry survey conducted by BioNJ, the trade association for the biotechnology industry in New Jersey, and Ernst &Young.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:38:00 -0700
Obama, Congress on different planets
It's not easy being a Democrat these days.
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:14:03 -0700
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