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Financeen-usThu, 17 Dec 2009 03:27:34 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=12iuomv6i/*http%3A//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004574600580239803294.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hsyahoo_finance/3537202327Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:27:34 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091216/20091216006254.html?.v=1BEDFORD, Mass.----Spire Corporation , a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules, turnkey manufacturing lines and solar PV systems, today reported that it has completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of its hemodialysis catheter business to Bard Access Systems, Inc.yahoo_finance/1085618808Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:47:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=132udvqfh/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10647657/1/ims-health-4-billion-deal-back-from-dead.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NAyahoo_finance/3106005550Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:02:21 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091216/ukw034.html?.v=13Scientists at deCODE genetics, Inc. publish in the journal Nature the discovery of a version of a common single-letter variant in the sequence of the human genome with a major impact on susceptibility to type 2 diabetes .yahoo_finance/562005869Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:57:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/xbwsj/rss/SIG=138mflbl7/*http%3A//blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/12/16/importing-drugs-is-out-mining-docs-prescriptions-is-still-in/?mod=yahoo_hsyahoo_finance/31845212Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:40:10 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091216/20091216005161.html?.v=1NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its Lighting Ballast Control LLC subsidiary has entered into a license agreement with Fulham Co., Inc. covering patents relating to lighting ballasts.yahoo_finance/3265740138Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:01:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091216/20091216005214.html?.v=1NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that a subsidiary has acquired patents for software installation technology.yahoo_finance/1570070177Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/nytimes/rss/SIG=121649ema/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/media/16radio.html?partner=yahoofinanceyahoo_finance/929268305Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:13:03 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091215/us_ims_health_buyout_meeting.html?.v=5Health care data company IMS Health Inc. said Tuesday it will hold a special meeting Feb. 8 to vote on a $4 billion buyout offer.yahoo_finance/3888242705Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:33:20 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091215/20091215006394.html?.v=1NORWALK, Conn.----IMS Health Incorporated , the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today announced that it has established a record date and a meeting date for a special meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon a proposal to adopt the previously announced merger agreement, dated as of November 5, 2009, providing for the acquisition of IMS by Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., an entity created by certain affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.yahoo_finance/2513381803Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:54:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091215/20091215005121.html?.v=1yahoo_finance/2795547568Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091215/20091215005313.html?.v=1CARLSBAD, Calif.----Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. , an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, today highlighted the rapid achievements accomplished in 2009.yahoo_finance/931016933Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:30:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/091215/180320.html?.v=1yahoo_finance/3789848632Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:50:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/pssa/rss/SIG=12h0fufkt/*http%3A//seekingalpha.com/article/178222-ims-health-oversold-on-senate-proposal?source=yahooyahoo_finance/3544944709Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:12:32 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091215/20091215005338.html?.v=1NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation’s subsidiary, DNT LLC, received a jury verdict on December 14, 2009, in its patent infringement trial with Cellco Partnership, et al., in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia .yahoo_finance/1406530964Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/nytimes/rss/SIG=12s98d4oe/*http%3A//dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/ims-and-the-struggle-to-redefine-a-mac-hfo/?partner=yahoofinanceyahoo_finance/343401787Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:34:22 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091214/la25265.html?.v=1Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced the expansion of the company's board of directors with the addition of Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, DO, U.S. Army . Dr. Blanck is chairman of Martin, Blanck & Associates, a federal health services consulting firm based in Falls Church, Virginia.yahoo_finance/3974212175Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:30:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/091214/0568529.html?.v=1yahoo_finance/2753875998Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091214/20091214005361.html?.v=1Sunnyvale, CA----Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation , announced today that it has entered into a joint development agreement with a major liquid crystal display manufacturer.yahoo_finance/1235076996Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091214/la25292.html?.v=1National Technical Systems, Inc. today announced results for its fiscal 2010 third quarter and nine months ended October 31, 2009.  Revenues for the 2010 fiscal year's third quarter and first nine months were driven by increases in revenues in the aerospace and defense sectors, which were partially offset by the completion of a major contract in its power products market and business slowdowns in managed services and the telecommunications and automotive markets.yahoo_finance/1518077041Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:00 Etc/GMT