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Cepheid's bacteria infection test gets FDA OK

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved molecular diagnostics company Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD)'s test designed to detect the toxin associated with a common bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea and other serious intestinal conditions and death in severe cases.

How Apple earned the Midas touch

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Speculation abounds as to when Apple's new iPhone will hit shelves, but the company has created such a successful dynamic surrounding its products that timing may be irrelevant.

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Speculation abounds as to when Apple's new iPhone will hit shelves, but the company has created such a successful dynamic surrounding its products that timing may be irrelevant.
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FDA OK's device to treat brain aneurysms

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a new device, manufactured by California-based ev3, to treat brain aneurysms without performing open surgery.
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Broadcom Upgraded at Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer has upgraded shares of Broadcom to outperform from perform citing strong growth profile, management's stated efforts to pursue profitable growth, a more disciplined operating expense and compensation strategy.
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Questcor Pharma Shares Hit Life-Time High

Shares of Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (QCOR) touched a new life-time high of $18.50 on Tuesday. The company issued preliminary metrics for the first quarter, whereby it projects a 115 percent first quarter surge in sales of its main drug H.P. Acthar Gel that is used to treat certain disorders with an inflammatory component.
Charlie seeking trademark on 'Sheen-isms'

Charlie seeking trademark on 'Sheen-isms'

Scandalous star, Charlie Sheen, is reportedly busy in a legal application seeking to trademark 22 of his famous catchphrases, which have also come to be dubbed Sheen-isms.
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Gmail Motion: Researchers make real what Google dubbed as joke

Google’s Gmail Motion prank on April Fool had left many in the tech world wondering why Google, or just anybody else, wouldn’t make it real. Now it has emerged that researchers at the University of Southern California have made it real by using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral. They hacked into the Microsoft Kinect's motion-sensing technology and also used what they have called the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST) to create what Gmail brushed off as a prank.
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Calix Shares to Sell Off Modestly on Tuesday: Analyst

Jefferies & Co. expects that shares of Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) will sell off modestly on Tuesday as investors contemplate another round of very conservative guidance from the company. The brokerage reiterated its buy rating on shares of Calix, while increasing its price target to $24.50 from $16.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back, as The Governator”

The Hollywood Reporter announced that the ex-governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced his return to the big screen Monday saying that a film version of his much-publicized cartoon project The Governator is in the works.

Top 10 Hottest New Restaurants in U.S. (SLIDESHOW)

The restaurant reservation platform OpenTable Inc. announced the list of top 10 hottest new restaurants, which are among the 50 winners of OpenTable's Diners' Choice Awards for the Top Hot Spot Restaurants in the United States.

Tech Companies Unleash April Fool Gags

Witticisms, super pranks, ultimate gags, hoaxes and plain lies are searching for fools this day. People turn the most cynical this day so that they don’t look naive, and turn on their gullibility meter at the highest level of alert. But a lot of us are caught off guard by some comic concoctions that mix contemporary humor with ingenious lies which are sometimes delectable.

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