Business Planning
The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has renewed its funding commitment to the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, a collaboration of Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago.
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Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) pursuant to which Danaher will acquire Beckman Coulter by making a cash tender offer to acquire all of the..
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By using metrics effectively, laboratory managers can better focus their R&D efforts and be more effective in improving their firms' sales and profitability. This is essential, now more than ever, given the slow recovery from the "Great Recession."
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Listening to President Obama's State of the Union speech last night prompted me to think about leadership and laboratory management. I found his theme of support for American innovation encouraging but without offering specifics. "The first
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The Laboratory Products Association has announced the release of its 2011 North American Survey of Laboratory Purchasing Trends.
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Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions, has acquired American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories Corp (AACL), a testing, analytics and research company focusing on food, cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals.
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“Maximizing profits” and “competing for market share” are not typical phrases most people associate with laboratories. Right? Well, maybe they should be.
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Nearly 900 new jobs; university collaborations including the Center for Advanced Energy Studies; more than $50 million in laboratory investments; business volume nearly doubling to $1 billion; unprecedented input for the nation's energy agenda. After
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A talk on Intellectual Property What It Is and How to Protect It will be featured at an Entrepreneurs Foundation Workshop to be held at the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory on Monday, January 24, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
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Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced December 30 that it has acquired all outstanding shares of Cerilliant Corporation of Round Rock, Texas to strengthen the Companys analytical chemistry product portfolio and to continue to deliver on
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced on December 21, 2010 that it has completed the acquisition of TKA Wasseraufbereitungssysteme GmbH, a European provider of laboratory water purification systems. Based in Ni
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Universities Report Startup Creation, Licensing Activity and License Income Strong Despite Recession
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