Roche: stroke gene deCODEd

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Roche/DeCODE: a long-term challenge for obesity and anxiety

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Pharmacia: seeking to deCODE pharmacogenomics

Pharmacia has followed Roche's example in teaming up with deCODE, in a deal that confirms Pharmacia's developing focus on the potential of pharmacogenomics. The company's many alliances in the field should help it launch new genomics-derived drugs, as well as cutting development costs and improving patient targeting.

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Wincanton: further European momentum required

Wincanton has reported strong revenue and profit growth in its interim results. Operations within continental Europe have continued to prosper, vindicating the company's initially cautious approach to the market. However, faced with ongoing consolidation, Wincanton may need to make further progress in Europe if it is to maintain its competitive position.

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Baugur: another acquisition

Baugur's latest acquisition, through its subsidiary M-Invest, follows the company's strategy of buying up smaller fashion brands with a distinctive style and international growth potential. Its retail interests are providing it with a wide network of interlinking businesses that produce mutual benefits and faster growth opportunities.

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Baugur: tentacles spread to All Saints

Baugur's interests in UK retail, and in particular in clothing retail, expand yet further with the report that it has taken a 40% share in the fashion company All Saints. This is likely to follow the pattern of previous Baugur investments and generate even faster growth for the acquired company.

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Baugur: hits the iceberg

Icelandic investment group Baugur has fallen into administration, casting doubts on the future ownership of much of the UK high street. While there are likely to be opportunities for rival investors and retailers to pick up stakes in some highly covetable assets - other fascias will prove much harder to sell.

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Exports of Iceland's huge geothermal electricity potential back on the agenda

In August 2012, Datamonitor published research on the potential for geothermal energy in Europe, titled "European Deep Geothermal Markets" (EN00037-030). The report looked at how new techniques will help the sector more than double by the end of the decade.

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