reported third quarter net earnings of $26.1 million or $0.41 per share, compared to $60.0 million or $0.93 per share in the prior year quarter. Adjusted net earnings rose to $50.0 million or $0.78 per share from $49.5 million or...
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The San Diego-based company said the deal, awarded by the National Institutes of Health, calls for one year of service with the option to extend the contract on an annual basis for the next four years. The software involved will...
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HIV rebounds rapidly without drugs Zurich University Hospital scientists have discovered that the HIV virus survives antiretroviral medicine and can spread from a single infected cell. Antiretroviral medication suppressed HIV so well that no traces of it appeared in laboratory...
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The findings, published in the journal Nature , double the number of genes already linked with lung adenocarcinoma, a type of non-small cell lung cancer that accounts for 40 per cent of the more than 1 million lung cancer deaths...
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The federal government is preparing to take tens of billions of dollars in ownership stakes in an array of companies outside the banking sector, dramatically widening the scope of the Treasury Department 's rescue effort beyond the $250 billion set...
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Md., Nov. 28, 2008-Patterns of gene activity in a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma has given researchers a better understanding of factors that contribute to the survival of patients treated for the disease. Gene activity, or expression, is a measure of...
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The possible replacement of Sir Win comes as the New York company's board is adopting an increasingly assertive stance toward overseeing Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit and his tightknit team of executives. Those executives took power last December after Citigroup's...
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November 17, 2008, the stockholders authorized the Board of Directors to effect a reverse split of its common stock at any time within the next twelve (12) months at a ratio ranging from 1:5 to 1:20. The Board of Directors...
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November 28, 2008 at 9:34 AM EST There may be some truth to the old saying, "It's better to give than receive." A new study shows that elderly people who care for a disabled or dying spouse appear to live...
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