To get a little context around this Life Technologies takeover,...

To get a little context around this Life Technologies takeover, that has been speculated to be the reason why the quarterly went from this bullet point in January 2013.

"Commercial negotiations with a global life sciences company for the activation of their products of Mix & Go"

To this bullet point in April 2013

"Commercial negotiations with a global life science company for the activation of their products with Mix&Go have stalled. It has subsequently been announced that the company in question is the subject of a takeover offer."


Here is an interesting article outlining the takeover of Life Technologies

Thanks to GE, Thermo Fisher Will Buy Life Technologies

http://www.thestreet.com/story/12210824/1/thanks-to-ge-thermo-fisher-will-buy-life-technologies.html

"Life Technologies had sales of almost $3.8 billion in 2012. Combined, Thermo Fisher and Life should thus report sales of about $17 billion for 2013. That's still tiny next to GE's annual sales of almost $145 billion last year."

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