Orbotech Ltd. ( ORBK) is a leading global provider of production solutions for the printed circuit board (PCB) and flat panel display (FPD) markets.
As a colonel leading a unit of (horseless) cavalry volunteers, known as the Rough Riders, he turned a relatively minor role in the San Juan battle into a national legend powerful enough to sweep him to the presidency.
But Millennium (nasdaq: MLNM - news - people ), a leading genomics firm, bought COR Therapeutics (nasdaq: CORR - news - people ) only a few weeks before that big deal went down, for similar reasons: Millennium wanted COR's cardiovascular drug, Integrilin.
Christopher Remondi, a partner at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) a leading custodian, which participated in the DTCC pilot along with BNY Mellon, JPMorgan Chase and National Financial Services, wrote that the DTCC effort will transform U.S. corporate action processing.
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Doerge has been leading a team investigating the pharmacokinetics (PK) of BPA, a term which refers to the way the chemical passes through and interacts with the body and its tissues.
Eyetech shares soared last year based on the success of Macugen, a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness.
Still, that team was outscored by 24 runs for the season, leading to a final Pythagorean (expected) record of 78-84.
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Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who are leading a bi-partisan fight in Congress to block passage of dangerous new copyright legislation (SOPA and PIPA).
Carriers such as United would be happy with more flights and Japanese destinations, linked to permission to sign a code-sharing (joint marketing) deal with a leading Japanese carrier.
Like all of us, she has humorous idiosyncrasies (leading a technology firm while still using a pen and paper notebook), she has felt like a failure (divorce at a young age) and success has not always come easily (arriving at Harvard feeling woefully unprepared relative to her peers).
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According to these criteria, Vtech, an electronics maker in Hong Kong (FORBES GLOBAL, May 28), and Chartered Semiconductor, a leading semiconductor maker in Singapore, are on the endangered list (see table).
As a leading global payments company, MasterCard (NYSE: MA) serves as a franchisor, processor and advisor to the payments industry, and makes commerce happen by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, governments, businesses, merchants and cardholders worldwide in more than 210 countries and territories.
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Charterhouse Residents Association claims that too many homes of multi occupancy (HMO) were leading to a "breakdown in communities".
In mid-September, Russian President Boris Yeltsin proposed that the United States and Russia initiate negotiations leading toward a series of antisatellite (ASAT) bans.
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Consider the (former) leading salesman for a fast growing technology firm.
If Amazon decides to release its own smartphone, it could wind up competing against a host of other new players, including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), leading to a brutal battle for smartphone dominance.
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This bout arose ahead of a by-election necessitated by the murder of a leading provincial lawmaker, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
The clash happened when soldiers tried to stop suspect vehicles and the occupants opened fire, leading to a chase for 50km (31 miles).
Cloud Peak Energy ( CLD) is a leading domestic coal producer.
Myriad Genetics (MYGN), a leading developer of molecular diagnostic and therapeutic products, is predictably on track to expand its pipeline and broaden its markets in the U.S. and overseas.
Earlier this week, a leading South African FA (Safa) official cited 'the big embarrassment' of having to change training venues with less than four months to go until the finals.
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With the world economy and stock markets working against them, we saw great results over several years from the merger of two centuries-old tobacco companies in Europe (Altadis), an Indian soap-and-cooking-oils maker that has become of the world's leading software services providers (Wipro) and a for-profit school system that owns an incredibly successful dot.com (Apollo Group).
His top choices in the group are Hartford Financial Services (HIG), one of the largest U.S. multi-line insurance holding companies and a leading property-and-casualty insurer, and Prudential Financial (PRU), which provides a wide range of insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services.
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Publicly traded alternative investment and capital management firm (formerly a private equity shop) Blackstone Group (BX) has been leading the charge.
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Enter the Apollo Group, aka University of Phoenix, (ticker APOL), a leading provider of private, online education.
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Slowing the economy, such a trend could increase the share of the population relying on government transfers, leading to a vicious cycle (Alesina and Wacziarg 1998).
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Each has its own rules and administrative requirements, leading to a confusing spaghetti (or perhaps noodle soup) of preferential agreements, instead of the predictability that multilateralism promises.
His contribution to the Commons discussion on changes to safeguard the funding of British embassies - that the policy of the previous Labour Government (of which he was a leading member) was "mad" - suggested that he will be offering up some pretty candid thoughts in future.
Working with U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) sponsors and partners, BlackBerry 7 smartphones have undergone successful testing through Army labs leading to a subsequent listing on DISA's Unified Communications Approved Product List (UCAPL).
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Apple has a leading market position by a wide margin with its iPad and others, like Microsoft (MSFT) and several mobile phone manufacturers, like Samsung, are trying to catch up.
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