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Amgen Abandons Alzheimer's Prevention Study

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According to the three, the study of BACE1 inhibitor CNP520 was discontinued, after they concluded the potential benefit for participants in the studies did not outweigh the risk. The companies said that they identified "worsening in some measures of cognitive function" during the Phase 2/3 studies.

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Study Ranks LA As Among Top Cities Prepared For Future

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A study--from company PropTechOS--has ranked Los Angeles as among the top U.S. cities "prepared for the future". According to the company, Los Angeles finished second behind Austin for US cities, based on "11 indicators of how adapted a city is to emerging technologies".

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Cornerstone OnDemand: Time Off To Study Ballot Popular With Employees

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops employee development software, says that a survey it has run has found that 50 percent of employees it surveyed desire time off to study their ballot before they vote. Cornerstone said its survey also found nearly 22% of adult U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Study: Emerging Technology Clusters Complement Silicon Valley, Others

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A new study, which looks at "silicon clusters" of technology companies outside Silicon Valley, finds that those clusters actually stimulate rather than compete with developed market clusters. The study--published by Professor Nukhet Harmancioğlu (Koc University, Turkey) and Gerard J.

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HTT Gets $1.2M Funding For Cleveland-Chicago Hyperloop Study

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million for its feasability study to connect Cleveland to Chicago with its technology. million to finance a study, which it expects to take six to nine months to complete, with the backing of a large number of groups in the region, including Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems, Corp.,

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UCSD, Google Study Finds Many Online Hacking Services Are Frauds

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A new, academic study--conducted by UC San Diego and Google --has jumped into the world of "hacking for profit", running a study on hacking-for-hire services and their charges and success in hacking into a set of Google Gmail accounts. The study , published by UCSD, found that--for the most part-- most hacking services are scams.

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Can you create a great customer case study?

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Studies have shown that attention spans for engaging a reader or listener have fallen from eleven seconds to eight seconds on average. The case study: the best way to reach your target. A good case study quickly lays out the pain, the players, the search, the solution, and the pain-reliving effect after implementing the solution.