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High resolution DNA analysis with the DNA 500 and DNA 1000 LabChip kits

....All separated bands were wellwithin the specified margin of70 % accuracy, with a standarddeviation of 10 % or less.The DNA 500 assay relies, like theother DNA assays, on an intercalatingdye for fluorescence detection.The dye incorporationdepends on the basepair composition and the secondary structureof the...

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CIOs focus on the business case while facing 'authority erosion'

...ant to be, Hearn said. We have to accept a certain margin of error. Once the business case is made, an important evaluation should occur. What if the savings are less than half of what was projected? Is the software application still worth the investment? The evaluation of the business case doesn't stop ...

In a fast-paced economy, lawmakers must pick up speed

...ies to the market, passed the Assembly by a wide margin earlier this spring. Since then, however, it has been gathering dust in the Senate . Meanwhile, Illinois, Iowa, Georgia, Florida and Michigan are moving ahead with similar legislation - and the leading proponent of the bill, AT&T , is getting a bi...

Doyle wants sales tax applied to digital downloads

... company's administrative costs. With a low profit margin on each download, the application of the sales tax would negatively impact the business, she said. Tim Reiland, chairman and chief financial officer of Musicnotes, deferred comment until he has a chance to assess the proposal. Reiland, whose company...

The deconstruction of Big Pharma

...on-strategic divisions to focus only on the higher margin ethical (prescription-based) products. These are products that yield gross margins of 90 to 95 percent (meaning the cost of goods is only 5 to 10 percent). Only Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Labs , never really strong Big Pharma players, have buck...

The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006

...ry. Just a few years after jettisoning off its low margin hospital products, Hospira , 2006 saw an aggressive winning bid not only for a significant piece of Guidant's cardiovascular device business, but also an equity piece of Boston Scientific - all in the same deal. Abbott topped off the year with a...

Sonic Foundry reports first cash-positive quarter

... the quarter of $436,000. Through continued gross margin improvements and a renewed focus on project consulting, Sonic Foundry anticipates more than $20 million in revenues with full year profitability in 2007. A glimpse into future revenue drivers came during the webcast of financial results , which fea...

Careful with that electronic health record, Mr. Leavitt

...re will also become very sophisticated. The profit margin and lack of risk will naturally attract organized crime. The value of Social Security numbers to identity thieves is well known. Less publicized, so far, is the fact that medical and dental insurance identification can be worth thousands of dollars t...

Risks and returns: Building a search engine marketing portfolio

...ompares the amount spent on PPC against the profit margin of each item. The sign of a good baseline PPC campaign is when the ROI and CPA numbers show consistent, sustainable profitability. Risking and reaping Changes made to a search engine marketing campaign are immediate. This makes it possible to t...

Rexnord to slash debt after quarterly loss

...reduce our leverage by focusing on driving growth, margin expansion, and generating cash to reduce our debt." Rexnord has approximately 5,800 employees worldwide, and total company assets are valued at approximately $1.6 billion....

Sonic closer to turning profit corner

...ching, and I think exceeding, the 80 percent gross margin level," he said. In addition to experiencing $1.2 million more in sales than in the same quarter of 2005, Sonic reported improvements in operating efficiency - while sales grew 64 percent, operating costs grew by 36 percent - and continued growth in...

Midwest retains dominant role in 2005 world medical device market

...businesses. All of this while setting free its low margin hospital products business, now called Hospira, which has prospered since gaining its independence from Abbott. The above list doesn't reflect a whole group of smaller medical device companies headquartered in the Midwest which are also flourishing....

Doyle vetoes cloning ban

...t is unlikely to become law, however, as its 21-12 margin in the Senate and 59-38 margin in the Assembly were both short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the governor's veto. ...

ZoomAlbum operates virtually

...s inventory. Rowan claims a very attractive gross margin on the product and projects profitability in the near term. Rowan was smart to bypass traditional computer stores as the first retail partners, and strike the deal with Micheals stores. By doing so, he reaches the demographic women who are the pho...

Process or practice - Choosing a path to innovation

...r $39 billion in revenue. That's a nice 33% profit margin -- most of it generated by its legacy Windows platform and Office products suite. Radical change seems hardly necessary when youre making these awesome numbers. But dark clouds are on the horizon. Growth has slowed to single digits for the first time...

Amendment on cloning ban rejected; vote on bill set for Wednesday

... the bill in its current form, and she expects its margin of victory to be significantly higher. "I don't want to take away the options for them [medical researchers] when it comes to being at the top of the line for finding the solutions to human tragedies," Darling said during the debate, noting the impo...

Budget axe could cut SE Wisconsin tech alliance funding

...eviously approved the Joint Finance Committee by a margin of 15-1, and endorsed by the Doyle administration, but is in danger of being cut as the governor makes changes to the state budget that is expected to be delivered to him within the next several days, said State Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield), who i...

Stem cell debate in Washington grows hotter as summer recess nears

...idential veto, it doesn't appear that a two-thirds margin is realistic in the 435-member House. More important, the time is right for a lasting solution that could help align public sentiment about the medical promise of stem-cell research with the ethical concerns of those who believe federal dollars shou...

IBM takes one direction, Milwaukee entrepreneurs the other

...rgin tiers of services like data centers to higher margin tiers like technology-driven business-performance enhancement. They're trying to get more revenue from the same stable of effort. The cynical will say, "Here we go again. Increase profitability by expecting more of fewer people." Cutting costs is th...

Got Game makes big claims; can 90 million people think the same?

...ke even differences that must be easily within the margin of error look significant. This is a small failing as long as the reader is aware of it. That the margin of error does not appear to be given at all is a larger one. At least, Im still looking for it, whil...

Cray reports $54.5 million loss, plans layoff in Chippewa Falls

...e expected to be deferred. We expect overall gross margin percentage to be in the low to mid 30s. With our new cost structure, we are positioned for solid profitability in 2005 and expect further growth in revenue and profit in subsequent years." The company intends to lay off over 100 employees worldwide...

Sonic Foundry Reports Fiscal 2003 Results

...4. Together with anticipated improvements in gross margin and a continued decline in operating expenses, it expects to report a net loss of approximately 5 cents per share for the first quarter 2004 period....

The Top 10 Musts That Should Be in Your Business Survival Kit

...evelopment not paid for by your customer Negative margin customers More than one person in charge Debt Undercapitalization Mark Achler, a well-known venture capitalist at Kettle Partners in Chicago and now CEO of Rightfield Solutions, also believes in the very brightest and most experienced advisors/b...

Two Cool Products Advance Printing Capabilities

...sembles a three-dimensional barcode printed in the margin of the page - is a hidden image. Place a special credit card-sized clear plastic decoder over the seal to reveal the image. If the document has been scanned and reprinted or photocopied, the image is not preserved and cannot be decoded by the plastic...

Detecting Your Companys Early Trouble Signs

...oss profit. Software sales may have a higher gross margin than support revenues. Are your product prices based on their value to the customer, competitive pressures or historical trends? You can do a sensitivity analysis to find out how much flexibility there is to charge more for the same products or serv...

The Generic Drug Industry in Illinois

... into the pharmacys hands and is a more attractive margin than what Big Pharma might pay (hence the pharmacist generic substitution of the product). The pharmacist makes more money and the patient is satisfied because medication is costing substantially less. While Big Pharma generally is more profitable ...

Merge has 87% Increase in Net Income

...ted EPS in the quarter ended March 31, 2002. Gross margin in the quarter ended March 31, 2003, was 66%, compared to 61% in the quarter ended March 31, 2002. TheCompany's operating margin, defined as operating income divided by net sales,was 24% in the quarter ended March 31, 2003, compared to 16% in the qua...