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Sector Snap: Quest and LabCorp downgraded

Sep. 16, 2009
A Credit Suisse analyst downgraded shares of medical laboratory operators Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings Wednesday, predicting slower growth and smaller profits in 2010. Analyst Ralph Giacobe downgraded the two stocks to "...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler