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Biomed Realty Trust Exploring Sale

Biomed Realty Trust Exploring Sale

Biomed Realty Trust (BMR) is trading more than 9% higher in pre-market in reaction to a report from Bloomberg that the company is exploring a sale, and has retained Morgan

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Amyris Seals Deal Worth Up to $35 Mln With DARPA

Amyris Seals Deal Worth Up to $35 Mln With DARPA

Amyris Inc. (AMRS) reported Wednesday morning it sealed a multi-year agreement worth up to $35 million with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new technologies that will

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GE Healthcare Commits $300 Mln to Create New Business Unit

GE Healthcare Commits $300 Mln to Create New Business Unit

GE Healthcare, the healthcare technology division of GE (GE), said it has created a new business unit, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, that will develop high-value, low-cost technologies and healthcare delivery solutions

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TeleCommunication Systems Awarded $68 Mln Contract for Department of Defense Cybersecurity Training

TeleCommunication Systems Awarded $68 Mln Contract for Department of Defense Cybersecurity Training

TeleCommunication Systems (TSYS) said Wednesday it has been awarded a five-year contract extension (a base plus five option periods) valued at approximately $68 million to provide the Department of Defense

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Auto-Parts Suppliers Option Implied Volatility Increases on Volkswagen Probe

Auto-Parts Suppliers Option Implied Volatility Increases on Volkswagen Probe

Auto-parts suppliers option implied volatility increases on Volkswagen probe over emissions issue: BorgWarner (BWA) 30 day option implied volatility is at 37; compared to its 52-week range of 19 to

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Yogi Berra Remembered: Notable Figures on Hall of Fame Catcher

Yogi Berra Remembered: Notable Figures on Hall of Fame Catcher

NEW YORK — Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his lovable, linguistically dizzying “Yogi-isms” as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York

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Oil Prices Slip on Gasoline Build

Oil Prices Slip on Gasoline Build

Global oil markets fell on Wednesday after the bullish impact from a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories was offset by large builds in gasoline that raised concerns about high

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‘Empire’ Spoilers: What Happened In The Season 1 Finale? Recap Before The Season 2 Premiere

‘Empire’ Spoilers: What Happened In The Season 1 Finale? Recap Before The Season 2 Premiere

The Lyon family will return to the small screen when “Empire” premieres on Fox. There will be plenty of fighting, new music, guest stars and drama just as there was

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Stocks Waver in Early Trade; Oil Recovers

Stocks Waver in Early Trade; Oil Recovers

Major stock indexes drifted in early Wednesday trading, while the price of crude oil recovered after a big drop the day before. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slipped

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US: Princeton Didn’t Discriminate Against Asian Applicants

US: Princeton Didn’t Discriminate Against Asian Applicants

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — The federal Department of Education has declared that Princeton University does not discriminate against Asian and Asian-American applicants. The university on Wednesday released a letter dated

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Kenyan’s albinos moved away from Tanzania border amid witch doctor threat

Kenyan’s albinos moved away from Tanzania border amid witch doctor threat

Albinos living in Kenya have been evacuated from areas bordering Tanzania for fear they will be targeted by witch doctors as the country approaches elections next month. So far, 35

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Why Now Is Not the Time to Buy a Huge SUV

Why Now Is Not the Time to Buy a Huge SUV

I always used to think it was strange when I’d hear things like, “Only 20 percent of people are successful.” I always thought, “Why is it such a small number?

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