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...vast majority of the drugs and companies soon failed, and the stocks crashed. Another bubble surfaced in 1999-2000, largely driven by excitement over the mapping of the human genome. In the 18 months before March 2000, the American Stock Exchange's biotech index rose 563% while the nasdaq rose 238%. Both plunged in the next two years. Now biotech is hot again. Since the stock market started to find its footing last July, U.S. biotech shares have risen 57%. Another bubble? Not necessarily. Many of the companies have marched steadily closer to bringing products to market. MedImmune's inhalable...
...While everyone was focused on the run-up in Internet stocks, biotech shares rose twice as fast, largely driven by excitement over the mapping of the human genome. In the 18 months before March 2000, the American Stock Exchange's biotech index rose 563% while the NASDAQ rose 238%. Both plunged in the next two years...
Clarissa's world is narrow, existing within roughly 10 square blocks of West Los Angeles. Try as she might, she cannot remember the state in which her in-laws live (Georgia). She does not know what the NASDAQ is but understands the anthropological significance of floor seats at a Lakers game. Nevertheless, she proves to be a not only likable but also sympathetic character, particularly after her carefully planned march to the altar ends up throwing her for a financial loop...
...million Amount paid in 2002 to Hardwick Simmons, chairman and CEO of the NASDAQ exchange...
After her father died last June, Smolyansky, 28, succeeded him as CEO of NASDAQ-traded Lifeway Foods, whose main product is kefir, a yogurt-like drink. The small firm, based in Morton Grove, Ill., has expanded abroad under Julie Smolyansky, boosting sales 14%, to $12.2 million, in 2002. Lifeway peddles kefir across the U.S., Canada and Eastern Europe, and its powdered kefir starter is popular in Asia, Britain and the Middle East. Smolyansky's next goal is to sell soy-based drinks in Latin America...