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| Human Capital: People on the Move, Aug. 28 A daily roundup of senior-level executive hires and board appointments: Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 feeds.bizjournals.com |
Firms Are Reducing Health Benefits More companies are reducing health benefits or passing rising health-care costs onto employees, say findings from two surveys. online.wsj.com |
Medical Devices Boost J&J's Net Johnson & Johnson's profit rose 1.1% despite competition from generic drugs. The weakness was partially offset by medical devices. online.wsj.com |
PPD Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend (Business Wire) WILMINGTON, N.C.----PPD, Inc. today announced its board of directors declared a cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2009 under its annual cash dividend policy. The quarterly cash dividend will equal $0.15 per share. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Nanotech ETF: Will Small Science Lead to Big Gains? ETF Database submits: In much the same way that the rise of the Internet has changed the world over the past two decades, nanotechnology may shape the way we live over the next twenty years. Nanotechnology, technically speaking, is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale, the study of matter that is roughly 100 nanometers or smaller (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter). With countless possible applications in other words, nanotechnology has the potential to drive tremendous technological innovation in coming decades. The question is not if nanotechnology will change our lives but by how much and, perhaps more importantly, how soon. Multitude of Applications Nanotech is already appearing in more household products than most consumers realize. It is currently estimated that there are more than 1,000 products that use nanotechnology, including flash drives, air purifiers, and makeup. There are vast applications beyond everyday household uses for this science as well. One of the most interesting is that of carbon-nanotubes, products made from densely packed carbon that possess unique strength, water absorption, and conductivity properties. Due to these properties, carbon-nanotubes are being developed for filtration devices, circuits and computer chips as well as reinforced plastics and energy storage systems.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |