International Business News - Quest 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 Shares of Quest Diagnostics Inc. jumped Tuesday after the medical laboratory and research products company's second-quarter profit beat Wall Street expectations and it lifted the lower end of its full-year profit guidance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/quest-shares-rise-on-profit-growth-outlook.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:13:39 EDT Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. raised the low end of its 2008 forecast Tuesday after reporting a larger-than-expected profit in the second quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/quest-diagnostics-raises-low-end-of-profit-outlook.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:11:28 EDT Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit grew 14 percent as the buyout of AmeriPath, a cancer testing firm, helped increase Quest's testing volumes and revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/ameripath-buyout-helps-lift-quest-2q-profit-14-pct.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:09:05 EDT Oil and gas production company Quest Resource Corp. on Tuesday said it began an underwritten public offering of about 8.4 million shares of stock. Underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to about 1.3 million additional shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/quest-resource-will-offer-8-4-million-shares.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:48:43 EDT An executive vice president for oil and gas production company Quest Resource Corp. sold 11,212 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/quest-resource-evp-bolton-sells-shares.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:56:04 EDT Have you ever wished that doctor would appear in a blink of an eye without having to wait or spend thousands of dollars? A new project launched today in Miami offers video medical consultations for $40 with webcams available through MDWebLive.com. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080524/video-medical-consultations-makes-its-way-web.htm Sat, 24 May 2008 00:32:49 EDT 3M Co., which makes Scotch tape, Post-it notes and other products, on Friday said it agreed to acquire Quest Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of environmental monitoring equipment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/3m-to-acquire-quest-technologies-for-undisclosed-sum.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 11:42:23 EDT Oil and gas company Quest Energy Partners LP on Friday raised its quarterly cash distribution by a penny to 41 cents. Annually, the distribution is up 4 cents. The dividend will be payable on May 15 to unitholders of record as of May 5. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/quest-energy-raises-quarterly-distribution-to-41-cents.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:39 EDT Shares of Quest Diagnostics Inc. jumped 8 percent Monday on more than double average volume, after the lab testing service provider reported better-than-expected quarterly results. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/last-call-quest-diagnostics-surges-on-strong-earnings.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:51:10 EDT Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. reaffirmed its full-year profit and revenue outlook, in line with Wall Street forecasts. The company expects profit between $3.00 and $3.20 per share on a revenue boost of about 9 percent, implying just over $7.3 billion. The outlook excludes special charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/quest-diagnostics-reaffirms-2008-profit-revenue-outlook.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:40:17 EDT Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. said Monday first-quarter profit rose 32 percent on a boost in revenue from AmeriPath products and its clinical testing division. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/quests-1q-profit-rises-on-ameripath-clinical-testing.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:36:28 EDT Quest Diagnostics Inc. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Surya N. Mohapatra received a 19 percent cut in executive compensation in 2007, according to a proxy statement filed by the medical test... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/quest-ceos-pay-fell-19-percent-in-2007.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:40:57 EDT Some French citizens held as hostages around the globe have died in captivity, sometimes in total anonymity. President Nicolas Sarkozy doesn't want that to happen with Ingrid Betancourt. If Sarkozy... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/38178-france-colombia-betancourt.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080404/sarkozy-bets-on-getting-betancourt-freed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080404/sarkozy-bets-on-getting-betancourt-freed.htm Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:06:32 EDT Shares of medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. fell Thursday as the company set its 2008 outlook below Wall Street forecasts and set aside more funds to settle an ongoing government investigation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/2008-outlook-sinks-quest-shares.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:46:55 EST Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. forecast 2008 profit below Wall Street expectations Thursday as it continues to discuss a settlement over a government investigation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/quests-2008-outlook-below-wall-street.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:23:52 EST Medical testing services provider Quest Diagnostics Inc. on Tuesday reaffirmed its outlook for 2007 adjusted earnings from continuing operations of $2.84 to $2.91 per share on revenue of $6.6 billion to $6.7 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080129/quest-diagnostics-reaffirms-2007-outlook.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:17:13 EST At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/13684-missing-camera-quest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080125/photo-clues-lead-to-cameras-owner.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080125/photo-clues-lead-to-cameras-owner.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:41:10 EST At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/13609-addition-missing-camera-quest.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080125/can-photo-clues-lead-to-cameras-owner.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080125/can-photo-clues-lead-to-cameras-owner.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:35:32 EST A shareholder of Quest Resource Corp. on Friday called for the oil and gas production company to terminate its planned acquisition of Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc. and instead pursue a possible sale of itself. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86716-military-fathers-mission.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080118/quest-shareholder-opposes-acquisition.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080118/quest-shareholder-opposes-acquisition.htm Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:07:10 EST For 5,000 years, great tongues of ice have spread over the 3-mile-high slopes of Puncak Jaya, in the remotest reaches of this remote tropical island. Now those glaciers are melting, and Lonnie Thompson must get there before they're gone. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/6458-new-guinea-glaciers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080105/ice-pioneer-eyes-farthest-glaciers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080105/ice-pioneer-eyes-farthest-glaciers.htm Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:56:22 EST