Unisys said April 16 that Hewlett-Packard Co. stopped selling its servers but that new agreements with Dell Computer Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. would offset the loss. The job cuts, scheduled for midsummer, include about 520 company employees plus another 300 contract workers. Epson had been one of the last holdouts still building inkjet printers using U.S. workers. The deal, announced last December, is still subject to regulatory approval, but would give the nation's second biggest soft drink concern the leading brand in the fast-growing sports beverage category, Gatorade. PepsiCo has offered 2.3 shares of its stock for each share of Chicago-based Quaker Oats.
Customers can determine their blood-alcohol level by placing a test strip on their tongues.
U.S. Senators John McCain and Charles Schumer today introduced a bill to close two loopholes in U.S. regulations that some brand-name drug makers can use to delay introducing generic versions of their medicines. The bill would alter a provision that allows the first company that wins approval of a generic drug to keep generic rivals off the market for 180 days. Orion Power Holdings Inc., which holds stakes in 80 North American power plants, had an 82 percent gain in first-quarter profit as higher demand for electricity more than doubled sales.