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Thermo Fisher to buy Dionex for about $2.1 bln

Thermo Fisher to buy Dionex
Scientific instruments maker Thermo Fisher Scientific said it agreed to acquire chromatography systems maker Dionex Corp. for about $2.1 billion to expand in Asia-Pacific regions such as China.
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Bayer headquarters in Leverkusen Germany.

Bayer seeks to more than double Chinese sales by 2015

German pharmaceuticals and chemical giant Bayer AG said it plans to invest 1-billion euros ($1.3-billion) in China in efforts to more than double sales in the country by 2015, as part of the company’s greater push into the Asia-Pacific region.
Ubisoft fights piracy with vuvuzelas

Ubisoft fights piracy with vuvuzelas

In its war against rampant piracy, Ubisoft has chosen an unusual weapon. The French game publisher has installed the sound of ear-splitting vuvuzela horns, which was popularized at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, to annoy away the pirates.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at a conference in San Francisco.

Netflix downgraded at Jefferies

Jefferies & Co. downgraded rating of online DVD rental company Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) to 'hold' from 'buy' given the 270 percent run-up in the stock since January 2010, with a price target of $195.
Boxes of Kellogg's cereal are seen stacked in a supermarket in New York

Kellogg CEO Mackay to retire, COO Bryant to succeed

Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) said chief executive David Mackay announced his plans to step down, and he will be succeeded by chief operating officer John Bryant, effective January 2, 2011. The cereal giant also reaffirmed its 2010 and 2011 sales and profit forecasts.

Glass ceiling intact in California

The sixth annual UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders, compiled by the University's Graduate School of Management, shows that men still hold roughly nine out of every 10 highest-paid management and board positions in 400 of California's largest public companies.
The War of Attrition: Wikileaks vs. USA

The War of Attrition: Wikileaks vs. USA

US Administration, by all means, is trying to win over Wikileaks, firstly by ousting it from the servers and now by blocking its transaction by Paypal. But the whistle-blower group is highly unlikely to accept defeat. In possession of over 25,0000 United States diplomatic cables, the group would only force the Government worldwide into a war of attrition.

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