“Who is Michael Smith?”

In reply to Tony Abbott's Slush Fund : “ Who is Michael Smith?” – I’m one of us, and we are legion! Fabian socialism would be something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Society you’ll have more joy with Libertarianism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism_(book) etc. It’s way off topic for the article. Continue reading

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Experiences Big Outflow

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (AMEX: XLV) where we have detected an approximate $219.0 million dollar outflow — that's a 4.5% decrease week over week (from 125,515,324 to 119,865,324). Among the largest underlying components of XLV, in trading today Abbott … Continue reading

BG Medicine, Inc. Announces 510(k) Filing for the ARCHITECT Galectin-3 Assay on the Abbott ARCHITECT Automated Platform

WALTHAM, Mass, July 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BG Medicine, Inc. (BGMD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular diagnostics, today announced the filing of a 510(k) Premarket Notification with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for regulatory clearance for the ARCHITECT Galectin-3 assay, which is used with Abbott’s fully automated ARCHITECT immunochemistry instrument platform Continue reading