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Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the...Tags: Computer Sciences Corporation, Medtronic Incorporated, DirecTV Group Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC, EOG Resources Incorporated
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CBIA Survey: More State Firms Exporting
The Hartford CourantMore Connecticut businesses say they are sending their goods or services to international markets, according to a survey released Wednesday by the state's largest business association. And that share of the state's businesses engaged in international...Tags: Exports, International Trade, Manufacturing and Engineering, Business, Globalization
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Employment, Insurance, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Judges, Religion and Belief, Miami Beach, Interior Policy, Plan B (drug)
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32nd Michigan Growth Capital Symposium aims to connect emerging companies with investors
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — About three dozen companies are expected to present business plans at a two-day venture fair presented by University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium kicks...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Business Enterprises
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Medtronic profit beats estimates as international sales jump
ReutersMay 21 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Medtronic Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit driven by strong international sales. Net earnings were $969 million, or 95 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended April 26, compared with...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Medtronic Incorporated, Earnings Forecasts
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Medtronic Incorporated, Boston Scientific Corporation, U.S. Supreme Court, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the Supreme...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Medtronic Incorporated, Boston Scientific Corporation, U.S. Supreme Court, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Somerset County manufacturer bringing jobs back from China
Daily American Staff Writer @DAPeteBosakA Somerset County-based medical device manufacturer is creating about 20 local jobs by moving operations from China back to the county thanks to a $1.8 million business and industry loan guarantee announced Friday. DeVilbiss Healthcare is returning...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, China
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: National Government, Health Care Reform (2009), Invention and Innovation, Technology, Barack Obama
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Theragenics gets buyout offer from investment firm; shares jump
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Theragenics Corp said it had received a takeover offer of $69.9 million to $71.4 million from Juniper Investment Co, representing a premium of 51-54 percent to its closing stock price on Friday. The company's...Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Manufacturing and Engineering, Stock Market
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C R Bard to pay $48 mln to settle kickback allegations, DOJ says
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - Medical device maker C.R. Bard Inc will pay about $48.3 million to resolve allegations it made illegal payments to hospitals and physicians to entice them to buy its radiation treatment for prostate cancer, the Justice Department said....Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Prostate Cancer
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