Natural History Museum's Origins of Western Culture hall will close for a 3-year renovation

The mummies at the National Museum of Natural History are going into storage. Their antiquated hall, the Origins of Western Culture, will close Sept. 26 for an extensive three-year renovation, although a few specimens will be viewable next spring. Natural History Museum - Museum - Natural History - United States - California

Hewlett-Packard wins bidding war for 3Par

Tiny 3Par, a data storage company, accepts HP's $2.4-billion offer after Dell drops out. Computer maker Dell Inc. withdrew Thursday from the three-week bidding war over tiny data storage company 3Par Inc., which quickly accepted the latest offer at $33 a share from Dell rival Hewlett-Packard Co.

Ready or not Wizards rookie Kevin Seraphin is coming to the NBA

After 5 years of organized basketball, is the Wizards rookie big man ready for the NBA? We spoke to a French Journalist who has watched him play.

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Pfizer Picking Up FoldRx in Latest Rare Disease Buyout

Just days after Sanofi-Aventis SA's official bid for Genzyme Corp., big pharma's pursuit of orphan drugs continued with Pfizer Inc.'s plan to buy out privately held FoldRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. for rights to a drug for rare neurodegenerative disease transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN).

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