Following the 2008 recession and heightened scrutiny over executive rewards, there is little surprise that total executive compensation for the executives in IBO’s annual executive compensation tables declined last year. In fiscal 2009, total average compensation for the 57 executives at 42 analytical instrument and laboratory product companies in IBO’s three Stock Indexes (see IBO […]

Santa Clara, CA 5/14/10—Agilent Technologies has finalized its purchase of Varian for $1.5 billion in cash (see IBO 7/31/09). “The Varian acquisition—the largest in our company’s history—furthers our evolution toward becoming a global leader in bio-analytical measurement,” stated Agilent President and CEO Bill Sullivan. “We’re gaining tremendous talent and technology. And for our customers, this […]

Hercules, CA 5/4/10—Bio-Rad Laboratories has announced that as a result of an internal review it has identified conduct in certain overseas operations that may have violated the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’s (FCPA) antibribery provisions, books records and internal controls of the FCPA, and the company’s internal policies. Bio-Rad voluntarily disclosed these matters to the […]