Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC) , a leading provider of products that simplify, automate and innovate biomedical testing, today announced first quarter ended March 31, 2008 results. Total revenue of $730.5 million rose 19.1% over first quarter 2007. In constant currency, revenue rose 14.5%. Net earnings grew 15.6% to $42.9 million, or $0.67 per fully diluted [...]

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Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT) today announced that board member D. Scott Mercer has been named chief executive officer.

The company also announced that Christian Scherp, senior vice president of Worldwide Sales, has been promoted to president, and that Sailesh Chittipeddi, senior vice president of Global Operations, has been promoted to executive vice president of Global [...]

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Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) issued its first branded payment cards with MasterCard Worldwide today. This suite of payment cards includes the Ameriprise World Elite MasterCard, Ameriprise World MasterCard and Ameriprise MasterCard cards as well as the Ameriprise Bank Debit MasterCard.

The World and World Elite MasterCard cards offer the ability to earn points towards numerous rewards, [...]

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