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ChangeQuakes Of The Week

March 27, 2006

TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK

** Antigen And FDA Fast-Track Flu Vaccine
** Storage Goes Mainstream As Memory-Hungry Gadgets Grow
** FCC Inaction Deregulates Verizon High-Speed Services
** Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

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TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK

Antigen And FDA Fast-Track Flu Vaccine

(FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Antigen Express hopes to begin early-stage clinical trials as early as this fall on a synthetic peptide vaccine that could be made simply, quickly and in large quantities to help prepare for a possible Avian Flu pandemic.
boston.bizjournals.com

Storage Goes Mainstream As Memory-Hungry Gadgets Grow

(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Faster speed was once was the biggest obstacle for tech products, but now as consumers fill gadgets to bursting with digital photos and music, storage is becoming a selling point for new products.

www.usatoday.com

FCC Inaction Deregulates Verizon High-Speed Services

(REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKE) -- The FCC has deregulated Verizon Communications' broadband service for large companies, freeing the company to raise prices for the service. The decision could have broad implications, as it may also apply to other carriers.

www.redherring.com

Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

(DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKE) -- Human testes could be a source of embryonic-like stem cells, providing a way to grow tissue to repair the body without having to destroy or create embryos.

www.cnn.com

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKES

Carbon Nanotube TV Technology To Become Cheap Alternative

Applied Nanotech, along with Taiwanese manufacturer Da Ling, plans to make carbon nanotube TVs similar in function to traditional cathode-ray tube televisions, but slim, like LCD televisions.

news.com.com

IEEE Sets Nanoelectronics Standards

The IEEE has launched a Nanoelectronics Standards Roadmap initiative to forge industry standards for nanotechnology in an effort to move nanoelectronics innovations from laboratory to the marketplace.

www.eetimes.com

Web Phone Service Gets Two New Competitors

Two Internet telephone services debut this week with unusual business approaches, hoping to stand out in an increasingly crowded market with intense price competition.

news.yahoo.com

Networks Investigate Instant Reruns Channel

Time Warner Cable has begun talks with the four biggest U.S. broadcast networks about testing a service that would offer viewers instant reruns of the most popular television programs.

news.yahoo.com

Related story: Cablevision Plans 'Remote Storage' DVR
www.usatoday.com


CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKES

Google Rolls Out Finance Site

Google has introduced a financial news, stock quote and chat service that seeks to shake up the online finance information market now dominated by Internet media rivals and online brokers.

today.reuters.co.uk

Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft Sign IPTV Deal

Deutsche Telekom has inked an agreement with Microsoft to deliver next-generation television to consumers across Germany. Under the agreement, Telekom will use Microsoft Internet Protocol Television software to deliver TV on the network.

www.forbes.com

GM Offers Workers Severance Package, Cuts Deal With Delphi

General Motors has offered its 113,000 U.S. hourly employees as much as $140,000 each to leave the company as the embattled automaker made its latest effort to cut labor costs and end billions of dollars in losses.

money.cnn.com


ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKES

Airline Stocks Appear Ready For Take Off

Airline stocks gained some momentum during the past week, bolstered by early indications of strong summer demand and signs that carriers might be able to help offset high fuel costs with fare hikes.

www.rockymountainnews.com

Gas Jumps Nearly 15 Cents A Gallon In Two Weeks

Retail gas prices across the country climbed an average of nearly 15 cents in the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.

news.yahoo.com


FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKES

FDA Bans Use Of Flu Drugs In Poultry

The FDA has banned the use of anti-viral influenza drugs in chickens, turkeys and ducks in order to keep the drugs effective for use in humans.

today.reuters.com


DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKES

Gene Discovery Offers Hope For Eczema And Asthma Sufferers

Experts have discovered the gene that causes dry skin, leading to eczema and asthma, and which they hope will lead to more effective therapies to tackle the root causes of the conditions, rather than simply treating the symptoms.

news.bbc.co.uk

U.S. Plans Moon Base As Layover To Mars

For the first time since 1972, the U.S. is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in history -- putting human beings on Mars.

www.msnbc.msn.com

Llama DNA Key To New Wave In Antibody-Based Medicine

By cloning DNA sequences from llamas, scientists can produce protein fragments, or nanobodies, that do the work of a normal antibody, despite being one-tenth the size.

money.cnn.com

Healthier Bacon Thanks To Biotech

A team of scientists says it has genetically engineered pigs to produce higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, normally found in fish, which has been shown to help process cholesterol, stop blood vessels from clogging and prevent inflammation.

news.yahoo.com

Special Report: Obesity -- A Looming Epidemic

An estimated two out of every three American adults, and more than one in six children and adolescents, are considered overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.cnn.com