International Business News - Fisher http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Fisher Investments announced Monday that it has acquired around $460 million in assets from another investment management firm, Lighthouse Capital Management. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/fisher-investments-buys-460m-in-assets.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:55:55 EDT Scientific equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced Friday that it has acquired equipment-maker FiberLite Centrifuge Inc., expanding its product line with FiberLite's patent portfolio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/thermo-fisher-scientific-buys-fiberlite-centrifuge.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:15:49 EDT Laboratory equipment and supply maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said Thursday its profit rose 52 percent in the second quarter on strong demand for scientific instruments and solid performance in Asia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/thermo-fisher-posts-52-pct-increase-in-net-income.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:51:14 EDT Lab supply and scientific instrument maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Thursday said it bought privately held Affinity BioReagents for an undisclosed amount. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/thermo-fisher-buys-affinity-bioreagents.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:10:08 EDT Sarah Fisher plans to drive in two IndyCar Series races after lining up a new primary sponsor. Fisher announced Wednesday that Dollar General would sponsor a car fielded by the team she owns for the Meijer 300 at the Kentucky Speedway on Aug. 9 and the Chicagoland 300 on Sept. 7. In 2002, Fisher became the first woman to start from the pole in a major U.S. open-wheel race at the Kentucky Speedway. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/dollar-general-to-sponsor-irl-driver-sarah-fisher.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:57:16 EDT Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., which makes laboratory supplies and scientific instruments, said Wednesday it will raise prices for certain products by 5.3 percent, on average, to offset higher costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/thermo-raising-prices-to-offset-higher-costs.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:45:38 EDT Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has acquired Open Biosystems Inc., a developer of tools to help scientists learn how to shut off genes that trigger disease. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/thermo-fisher-scientific-acquires-open-biosystems.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:11:27 EDT The Seattle broadcasting company Fisher Communications says it has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid worth about $384 million. The company said Monday that its decided the bid last April was not in the best interest of shareholders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/fisher-board-rejected-384-million-takeover-bid.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:03:11 EDT Television and radio station owner Fisher Communications Inc. on Monday made permanent Joseph L. Lovejoy as its chief financial officer. Lovejoy, 39, who also gets the title of senior vice president, was acting CFO since S. Mae Fujita Numata resigned in April. He began working for the company in 2004. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/fisher-communications-names-new-finance-chief.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:36:57 EDT Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., which makes of laboratory supplies and scientific instruments, said Friday it has named group President Marc N. Casper to the newly created post of chief operating officer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/thermo-fisher-taps-division-president-as-coo.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 11:18:38 EDT Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s first-quarter profit rose sharply, and the maker of laboratory supplies and scientific instruments on Thursday slightly raised full-year expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/thermo-fisher-1q-profit-jumps-68-pct-free-from-buyout-costs.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:57:55 EDT The CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. received total compensation valued at $3.3 million in 2007, down sharply from the nearly $20 million he earned in 2006, a year when he was granted large stock... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/thermo-fisher-ceo-07-pay-package-drops.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:52:36 EDT The chief financial officer of instrument and laboratory supplies maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. exercised options for 54,744 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according t... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080404/thermo-fisher-scientific-cfo-sells-stock.htm Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:52:26 EDT Instrument and laboratory supplies maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said Thursday the Food and Drug Administration approved its test for antibiotic-resistant strains of staph in patients. The tes... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/thermo-fisher-gets-fda-test-approval.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:37:37 EDT Television and radio station owner Fisher Communications Inc. said Wednesday that its chief financial officer, corporate secretary and senior vice president S. Mae Fujita Numata, has resigned. She h... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/fisher-communications-cfo-resigns.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:49:15 EDT A large shareholder of Fisher Communications Inc. called the media company's new equity incentive plan "egregious" and plans to vote against it at the upcoming annual meeting, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/fisher-investor-opposes-incentive-plan.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:19:59 EDT Standard & Poor's Ratings Services boosted the corporate debt ratings on Fisher Communications Inc. after the television station operator reported higher revenue in 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/s-p-hikes-fisher-communications-ratings.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:57:20 EST Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. rose more than 8 percent Wednesday after the maker of scientific instruments and laboratory supplies reported fourth-quarter results and a 2008 forecast that surpassed Wall Street expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080206/acquisition-boosts-thermo-fisher-profit.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:01:44 EST Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Feb. 6, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080206/earnings-roundup-thermo-fisher-apria.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:32:24 EST Shares of scientific instrument and laboratory supplies maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. climbed Wednesday after the company reported a strong fourth quarter, and forecast a better-than-expected 2008. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080206/forecast-and-4q-earns-lift-thermo-fisher.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:20:06 EST