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Author's Note: I know it's been over a week since I posted anything new. Sorry! I've been busy working on several new stories. In fact, I was in the middle of a very nice Dramione story when Severus butted in and demanded that I write this. Pushy git.
We all know that I am not JK Rowling…that's why we call it 'fan fiction'.
Genetic Obsession
Chapter One:
Severus Snape was no longer accustomed to running from danger. He was a war hero, a former head of Hogwarts, and now the major shareholder of an international apothecary conglomerate. And yet, tonight, when he saw what he faced, he'd turned on his heel and beat a hasty retreat.
He could hear the noise of his pursuers as he moved noiselessly through the hotel. Thank goodness for his habit of constant vigilance. He ducked into an alcove and cast a quick disillusionment charm. He sighed in relief as the mob that had been pursuing him passed by.
"I saw that."
He turned, fearing the worst…
She raised an eyebrow at him and laughed.
"Did the man who dared to spy on Lord Voldemort actually just run from a gaggle of rabid fan girls?"
"The Dark Lord would be preferable."
Granger had the decency to laugh. Enough years had passed to joke about the war...at least among those who fought in it.
"Oh yeah, signing autographs is a fate worse than an unspeakable curse…Poor things, I think they all had copies of that cover story that hack at Witch Weekly put together."
Severus sighed loudly. "Autographs were hardly what those females had in mind. I have to carry a hip flask like Moody. I don't have to worry about Dark Wizards anymore; it's the damn love potions…"
The cheeky girl bit back a laugh.
He looked around and removed the spell.
"Congratulations on being invited as the keynote speaker."
Hermione blushed with pleasure.
"Thank you."
Ah…simple thanks. No giggling, no false modesty…
This was a woman who had accomplished a major magical feat, and she was proud of it…and rightly so.
He offered her his arm. She hesitated for an instant but took it gratefully.
"I must warn you, walking in tandem with me might be a bit… "
He smirked. "Dangerous?" Did she have her own mob to run from?
She nodded without a hint of humor.
"I've been getting a lot more hate mail than usual since I published my work…and…well…."
Snape wrinkled his nose in disgust. "And Golden Trio Groupies?"
She gave him a half-grin. "Are they still called groupies if they're men…well mostly men?"
Severus shook his head. "I have no idea my dear. Surely your famous wit can discourage those who press their advantage…?"
She cast a periscope charm as they neared the corner, to check for hidden fans. "If that worked I imagine that a few well-placed words would discourage your fan base." She gave him a look that reminded him that she remembered his biting wit, even if some others were trying to forget. "Unfortunately, I have one…admirer in particular who has made a bit of a pest of himself lately…keeps sending me freshly butchered hearts…Harry's gone mad about the whole thing. I'm surprised that anyone can sneeze with all the added security at this conference." She sighed sadly as she peeked into the dining room. She was scheduled to speak in half an hour. "It's rather annoying."
Snape kept her hand on his arm when she would have disengaged. "Allow me to escort you to your table. It will not, of course, deter the most ardent of our 'fans' but it might make some of them less bold."
She nodded. "Less bold is a fair way to put it. Harry doesn't have this problem anymore…of course, he's married to Ginny, who can and does hex the living daylights out off anyone who looks at him twice."
"The former Miss Weasley is a formidable witch."
Hermione hung her head for a moment. He assumed that she was thinking about the unfortunate death of Ronald Weasley, almost ten years prior, at the battle of Hogwarts. The boy had shown unexpected talent (which was certainly never present in his school work) but killing curses did not differentiate. Severus himself had been nearly dead from snake venom at the time the boy had died.
Severus latched on to the first suitable subject that crossed his mind. "I saw that you were able to patent your Squib enhancement potion." He pulled her chair out and seated her before taking a seat next to her.
Hermione made a rude noise. "After three years of paperwork. The Ministry actively blocked something that was beneficial to hundreds of Squibs in Great Brittan, just because they didn't like my methods."
He liked the fire in her eyes when she talked about those fools.
"I imagine the pure blood families are more inclined to accept you now at any rate…?"
She snorted.
"Have you read my latest research?"
He shrugged. "No, since your latest research seemed to be aimed at foolish wand waving rather than potions…"
She grinned.
"Oh well, you'll love this. I perfected a few new spells for my latest work. One of them was a spell that accurately traces the magical lineage of a witch or wizard."
"Oh my." His smile was evil. "That's going to bring a few chickens home to roost. I assume that it threatened to expose any number of affairs?"
She nodded. "Not just that…I won't announce this until tonight, but my research clearly shows that most "muggle-borns" are anything but…most of them are half-bloods."
He held his breath for a moment. The ramifications of that were manifold. Of course, it meant what many had known all their lives…pureblooded wizards tended to…roam. Although it was an open secret that many had affairs with (and then obliviated) muggles, it was never discussed in a public forum. The pure blood dogma of not wedding Muggle-borns seemed much less prejudiced when one had to consider that a pure-blood might have many siblings about whom they knew little or nothing. Severus looked around the room.
"I think I'm pleased that Potter has assigned more security to you."
"It gets better…"
"What, do you have pictures of the Minister in his unmentionables that you are also planning to share?"
Her eyes narrowed.
"Oh no, I'm saving those for a special occasion." She laughed. He wondered if she really had gotten blackmail material on the new Minister of magic…considering that her Squib potion was finally available…
The lights dimmed. The room had filled while they had been lost in conversation.
Severus berated himself. He'd been so engrossed with what the younger witch he hadn't noticed the room filling with gests. No one had seen fit to disturb them. He wondered what they'd looked like during the intense discussion of her work.
Hermione leaned closer to him. "Well, you'll hear about it in a moment I suppose…wish me luck."
A paunchy wizard with a comb-over rambled on for several minutes while Hermione fidgeted with her napkin. He reached over and stilled her fingers. She smiled tentatively at him, and he felt the corner of his mouth tip up in response. A spotlight flared as they sat that way. She rose from her seat gracefully, and no one else was seated close enough to see her blush. He cringed internally when he considered what it must have looked like.
She reached the podium and did a non-verbal sonorous charm.
"Thank you Spell Master Wissler for that rousing introduction." Severus grinned and covered it by pretending to take a sip of the water on the table. His well-trained nose could not detect any potions or spells, so he allowed himself a small sip.
Hermione quickly launched into a presentation concerning her earlier work on the so-called magic gene…the single protein that determined whether a human was magical or muggle…
His jaw dropped as revelation after revelation was laid out in her precise prose…as she used her wand to project 3D images of the DNA sequences.
Several dozen reporters practically stampeded to the stage at the lights came back up.
"Spell Mistress Granger, if your research is viable…"
Hermione gave the reporter a hard look. "It is, and my experiments have been replicated by experts in the US and Russia respectively, a fact that was mentioned in your welcome packets."
The man continued like he didn't hear the derision in her voice. "Yes, well if your research is viable, will it lead to a cure for Muggles?"
Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Do you have any idea of the chaos that would ensue if magical ability were released on the non-magical population? Much less the lengths you would have to go to initiate a project like that?"
The reporter smiled fiendishly. "So you have considered the possibility…"
"I'm considering the possibility of hexing you for deliberately misunderstanding me…"
Severus rose from his seat and offered Hermione his arm once more.
"I think that we all know that Spell Mistress Granger would never allow her research to be used for anything less than pristine purposes. Now, ladies, gentlemen, I believe that the bar is finally open…and I find that my glass is regrettably empty." His silken words attracted the notice of every reporter, and Hermione felt a stab of raw envy. She just didn't have the presence to bully the reporters properly.
The reporter from Witch Weekly elbowed several of her colleges out of the way. "Spell Mistress Granger…care to tell my readers how you landed a date with Potion master Snape? And is he as good in bed as previous occupants have claimed?"
Severus saw several shades of red. Anyone who was less oblivious than the reporter in front of him would have backed away at the look on his face, but the witch was too focused on Hermione (who was doing an excellent impression of a mute in a full body bind curse.)
The remaining reporters (who clearly had much better self-preservation instincts than the unfortunate reporter from the notorious gossip rag) cleared away like Snape had vanished them.
Snape finally got the reporter's attention.
"What was your name young woman?"
She sniffed. "Philomena Douglas-Dean, Witch Weekly."
He noted the name and continued in the dangerous purring voice that he'd used during his death-eater days. "Unless you have been living under a rock, as a reporter you can hardly expect us to believe that you do not realize that Spell-Mistress Granger and myself have known one another for many years."
His voice was lovely, dark and deep…
Hermione laughed at herself when she realized she was quoting poetry in her head in regard to Severus Snape's verbal decapitation of a member of the fourth estate. But if a panther could speak, she would imagine it would speak with his voice…the rich rolling syllables were so erotic that the content of his speech was hardly worth listening to. He could read a grocery list and get the same reaction from a woman. There must be something wrong with her…his voice couldn't be that sexy. Could it?
The reporter was a quivering mass of specialty robes and broken pride when her former Professor offered Hermione his arm once more.
She took the proffered arm, not sure where they were going, and unwilling to question it.
Expect the next chapter in 24 hrs. I have about 14,000 words on this so far, I'm expecting it to run around 25,000 (don't quote me on that! We all know that length is subject to change.).


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MANHATTAN, KAS. — Brian Strouts has been named vice-president of Baking and Food Technology at AIB International. He most recently had been the interim vice-president of the newly combined divisions of Baking Education and Research and Technical Services since August 2013. After a national search, Andre Biane, president and chief executive officer of AIB International, named Mr. Strouts as the permanent leader of Baking and Food Technology.
"I am pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Brian Strouts will serve as the permanent vice-president," Mr. Biane said. "Strouts' leadership over the past several months has proven that he is the right person to lead the Baking and Food Technical Service organization."
Mr. Strouts said it is an "exciting time at AIB" as the Institute focuses on how to better serve its customers.
"Our baking services staff has made great strides in updating some of our core offerings over the last six months, and we continue to move programs forward," he said. "My goals for the future include building on the accomplishments to date and looking at new areas to improve programs and develop staff capabilities."

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Kathy Black of La Casa de las Madres, said "It is a true irony that the person in charge of imprisoning criminals and overseeing rehabilitation programs in our local jails is guilty of false imprisonment. This is a national embarrassment. That Sheriff Mirkarimi thinks he can plead guilty one minute and swear to 'move forward' as sheriff in the next is simply unacceptable. If Mirkarimi will not do the right thing, then the mayor and supervisors must. I don't see how he can 'move forward' without first taking real responsibility. "
District Attorney George Gascon said today he will request that the court ask Mirkarimi at the Monday sentencing hearing if he really believes he is guilty of false imprisonment, and if not, the case should go to jury trial. "The judge must be certain before he accepts the plea deal," he said.
"We're not in the custom, not in the habit, of taking a guilty plea from someone who is not guilty," Gascon added.
As part of his guilty plea, Mirkarimi agreed to several conditions of punishment: He must attend l 52 weeks of domestic violence intervention classes, and if ordered by probation, attend parenting classes. "This whole process requires acceptance of responsibility," Gascon said. "It's very important to have a guilty plea."


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It could be said that Bob Lutz is the Will Rogers of the auto industry, a source of pithy witticisms that often contain a core of unvarnished truth. One of the quotable quotes attributed to him that has been making the rounds lately is an analogy that CAFE standards are like trying to fight obesity by requiring tailors to make only small-sized clothes. With interest in the subject sparked by the recent release of new CAFE standards, versions of Lutz's 2007 comment can be found everywhere from auto blogs to Tom Friedman's column in the New York Times. It's an amusing analogy, but it might not be quite as apt in the future.


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Gotta say, I am pretty impressed with this move from MS. Here is a taste:
Some of you have expressed frustration with the customer experiences you have had with Xbox 360; frustration with having to return your console for service after receiving the general hardware error message on the console.
The majority of customers who own Xbox 360 consoles have had a terrific experience from their first day, and continue to, day in and day out. But when anyone questions the reliability of our product, or our commitment to our customers, it's something I take very seriously.
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People that suck at driving, and people who have a sudden urge to text in the middle of a doorway or walkway.
People that suck at driving, and people who have a sudden urge to text in the middle of a doorway or walkway.
You know what really grinds my gears, people who use "plox" in place of please. Why not just use "pls" or even "plz", shorter to type and you wont look as dumb. Or better yet just type out the whole word especially if you have a full keyboard in front of you.
Also people who ask for a summon as soon as they join a group. It could be only one other person in the group and they'll still ask for it. Don't even give a hello or how are doing, they just pop in and say "summon plox ". And they have the audacity to put a damn simile face at the end, like that's going to make me want to give them a summon even more. I wish I could punch them in their little simile face.
And that is what grinds my gears.
Spot the one problem in that statement : )
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When you're watching some tutorial on youtube and the presenter keeps saying "So.. I'm just gonna go ahead and..". Why?
So I'm just gonna gonna go ahead and click this button. I'm gonna go ahead drag a box around this selection. I'm just gonna go ahead and create a new class.
Once I watched someone almost get stuck in a infinite recursive "I'm just gonna go and.. go ahead and.." loop.
Oh yeah, and people who say they hate bus drivers.
People who think the maximum penalty someone can get in Norway is 21 years in jail.
People who will argue about things that they do not have knowledge about.
People who work against science.
Religion/new age hippie shit (think homeopathy).
Slow internet connection.
Slow computers.
People who take up the entire breadth of an escalator and just stand there.
Internet memes.
People who use internet acronyms like "lol" in real life.
People who brag about how much alcohol they drink.
People who spam My Little Pony all over the place. As much as I like the show, keep that stuff to yourself unless it is on a forum made for that purpose.
People who do not use grammar when typing. I know that not everyone has English as their mother tongue, but people from the USA and other English speaking countries do not have an excuse.
People who chew loudly.
The fact that I have to see Justin Bieber posters around and that he gets attention in the news.
When it is slippery outside.
When my dog wants to go out on the porch, and then she wants to go back inside 3 seconds later.
People who do not care about politics.
People who do not follow news.
People who think they know all about weapons because they play a lot of shooting games.
People who are not interested in history.
People from random organizations who stop people in the middle of the street trying to get them to donate to a worthy cause like hunger. I am not against these organizations, but I'd much rather donate to a well-known organization where I know that the money I donate ends up in the right hands.
People who are slow when they are paying in stores.
People who only listen to one kind of music.
People who use their phones when driving.
People who will follow a person, not their ideas.
People who use English words and expressions when speaking, like saying "tank" instead of "stridsvogn".
People who make no effort to learn something like counting when visiting another country that speaks another language than your own.
People who spoil movies or TV shows that I am going to watch.
People who confuse rock with black metal.
People who think "alot" is a word.
I probably have a lot more, but that is all I can think of at the moment.
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KV-1's, they're beyond annoying.
Oh, and people that love to throw the word civilized around.
Nothing else makes me rage except when I'm behind the wheel. I will admit half of it is my fault, I actively hunt for things to critique, but on the other hand if people were not fucking stupid I wouldn't be the way I am. On my way to work, there is a stretch of busy road in my city that ends at the interstate. Cool design by the city, they make the road three lanes across, 1 turns left going west, 1 goes right leading right, the middle one ends. The people who stay in the middle lane until the very end and then try to slip in make me rage beyond comprehension, i will ride the ass of the person in front of me and I will not ever let them over. They can go fuck themselves.
1. People who answer with "^^" instead of a full Sentence or even a single Word. GAH! I always feel they don't read what i write and just casually look at the Chat, type those stupid things and continue to do whatever
2. People walking around with unnessecary huge Headphones, you are listening to Music, i got it.
3. People walking around with loud Music playing from ther iPhone. Yes, your Musical Taste is superior to mine, please play some more i-dont-even-know-what-the-hell-that-is
4. People that think that RP is all about talking like youre wiping your ass with Silk
5. Those were the Droids i was looking for, god damnit.
6. People walking behind me, almost kissing my Neck while wearing high heels.
7. Teenagers in front or behind of me talking needlessy loud
8. Mistfall Village
Well, working as a member of a retail chain, there's a LOT that grinds my gears. I'll organize and start off with a few personal pet peeves.
1: Sitting in a chair, tapping your leg, and causing the chair to squeak in a high pitched tone. This drives me up the wall, because it gives me some seriously bad headaches.
2: Sticky floors.
3: Overly-clean homes/rooms: a little dirt doesn't hurt anyone.
4: People who feel the necessity to nit-pick your art work, while they lack art skills of their own, simply because they are jealous.
5: Socks that like to turn sideways, so you're walking on the seam and it's killing your toes.
6: Hang-nails.
7: Waiting for hours because your ride forgets to come pick you up, ... Consistently.
8: People who shower once every three months. ... Long story.
9: Wet pant legs, which is funny to me even if it does bother me to hell and back-- because I live in Oregon where it rains all seasons.
10: Oatmeal Raisin cookies that look like Chocolate chip cookies. Angryfaec.
11: People who work with you on something, get your hopes up, then change their mind/withdraw help at the last moment.
Now to move on to retail annoyances.
1: Customers who fill their shopping cart with a bunch of stuff and then leave stuff on the floor beside your register because they "changed their mind".
2: Customers who say "No, no I don't want this" when you ask them to hand them their unwanted items to you, so you can put them in a bin to 'go back'.
3: Customers who sneeze/cough all over their hands/money/items right in front of you.
4: Customers that don't respond when you're giving them a sincere 'HI! How are you?'. ... Especially when you mean it, and aren't saying it like a robot. I personally go out of my way to ask every person how they are.
5: Customers that demand a bag for one small item that could fit in their bag they're already carrying. Wasting stuff just bothers the hell out of me.
6: Customers who feel the need to ask "how much something is" when you're in a store known for ... Everything being ONE dollar. You'd be surprised how often people ask me how much something is. I work at a Dollar Tree.
7: Customers that refuse to donate a dollar for a tragedy/children's fund, then go "oh wait, I want this pack of gum" or what have you, off your impulse counter. I've had to survive off of donations, and I know how hard it is for people who are in need.
8: Customers that are, in general, rude and foul for no reason at all.
9: Customers who skip the person who is in front of the line saying "I'm in a hurry, can I just hand you a dollar?" No. No you can't. Get back to your spot, wait a few damned moments. It's not going to hurt you. If you're in THAT much of a hurry, you shouldn't have decided to stop and shop.
10: Customers who don't wait for you to finish scanning their items, then at the end tell you that they want to pay two different ways and they've already scanned their EBT card and it's already paid for things. ( You can't cancel a food card payment... )
11: Customers who let their children scream at the top of their lungs because they want this, or that. Take them out of the store and take them home. Come back later without them.
12: Customers who let their children terrorize the aisle you JUST cleaned up, then don't bother to correct them or clean it up.
13: Customers who break something, then hide the pieces behind something so they don't have to pay for it.
14: Customers who pick up refrigerated/frozen food, and decide later that they don't want it ... So they place it behind something that's not refrigerated/frozen.
15: Customers that leave carts out in the parking lot when they're RIGHT next to a cart hold.
16: Customers who pay with 100$ bills for a transaction of less then 10$, especially at the start of your shift and your till almost nothing in it.
17: When your replacement is late, consistently.
18: When you are the only person who does their job, leaving you to do theirs and your own.
19: Bosses that schedule you on days you're unable to make, which was stated clearly (and okayed) when you were first hired.
20: Bosses who forget that you're not available and schedule you anyway.
21: Bosses who call and ask if you're available to come in the next day, while the current time of the call is 10:30 PM and they want you in at 8:30.
22: Bosses who call, like in 21, then write you up as a no-show, when you don't show up.
23: Regional managers who OK your promotion, you go through training, and out of nowhere hire someone else.
24: Knowing that, no matter what you do, a cashier can never win. You're always in the wrong because the customer is always right, even if they were the unreasonable one.
... The list goes on, and on, and on.
Rap, rap, rap, rap ,rap, pop, rap, rap.
Any who's overzealous about anything.
Religion. See people being overzealous here, if you keep it to yourself i don't care, but if you rub in your beliefs in my face prepare to be violently attacked.
The morons on the internet that thinks that saying something stupid and the screaming "HAR HAR U g0t TRLL3d bad" after other people correct their stupidity is funny. Seriously, don't make yourself look like more of an idiot than you already are, and BTW that's not trolling.
Anyone that listens to LMFAO and say "Herp derp I canz shuffle liek dem". Again, that's not shuffling, trust me.
Stupidity in general when you're above age 15. Call me a stuck up asshole, but stop acting like a freaking monkey that was hit in the head too many times.
Erm... Lets see... I guess Apple computer users that think of themselves better than PC users. It's a nice paperweight you have.
Is that it? I think so...
EDIT: Wait no it's not.
People that use the word "Swag" or "YOLO"... You have no idea how much it makes me want to rip your head off.
Also Conservatives.
Last edited by Belize; 2012-11-16 at 11:19 PM.
Insufficient lubrication.
Fienden sitt våpen kastet, opp visiret for,
vi med undren mot ham hastet, ti han var vår bror.
Drevne frem på stand av skammen gikk vi søderpå;
nu vi står tre brødre sammen,
og skal sådan stå!


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I've never known if the saying is 'old wise tales' or 'old wives' tales'. I think I always said 'wise' but apparently the saying comes from old woman in villages that knew everything about everything (know the type?).
Anyway those old wise wives sure do have a lot of tales about babies. Most of the stories are pertinent during a woman's pregnancy. You've probably heard them before. If the woman has heartburn, it will be a girl or the baby will have lots of hair. If the woman carries the baby more in front (like a basketball) it's a boy, more spread out and it's a girl.
One of my favorite pieces information in this arena of ridiculousness is the dangling string theory. See, supposedly if you dangle a string over a pregnant woman's belly, the string will determine the baby's gender. If the string swings in a clockwise direction it's one thing and if it goes counter-clockwise, it's the other. I can't remember which direction is which. I always thought that a string's swaying direction was like the way water goes down the drain differently in the northern hemisphere than it does in the southern.
I used to make things up to share with the believers of these tales. Things like "It's Tuesday and I put my left shoe on first so it must be a boy." This only resulted in lots of furrowed brows and hand waving denoting they had brushed my idea aside.
When our little girl was born, all of the theorists that thought 'boy' had to go back to the drawing board or re-check the recipe in their magic stew pot. I thought once Abbi was here, we were done with all of this foolishness. I was wrong.
Abbi is starting to say something that sounds an awful lot like "Da-Da". We're not convinced she knows what she is saying yet but those syllables are definitely new to her. I haven't been able to capture it on video because, of course, as soon as you bring out the camera, Abbi stops.
The other day, Em was outside with Abbi talking to our 89 year old neighbor (nicest lady in the world). Abbi began with her "Da-Da" ramblings and our neighbor said, "If a baby says "dad" first, the next child will be a boy. If they say "mom" then the next child will be a girl". Then she asked when we were going to have more kids. Apparently, our baby-making pace is a little slow for the neighbor's liking. "Not yet. We're not ready yet" is our canned response that Em shared with her which is 100% accurate.
So that I can have an entire chapter on this subject in my memoir, what other old wise/wives tales to do you know related to kids? Are you a believer or do you find them as humorous as I do?


text: Praxair (NYSE:PX) Stock Price, News, Analysis & History $142.55 -3.54 (-2.42 %) (As of 03/23/2018 04:00 PM ET)Previous Close$142.55Today's Range$142.14 - $147.8152-Week Range$115.67 - $166.95Volume1.23 million shsAverage Volume1.57 million shsMarket Capitalization$41.95 billionP/E Ratio33.00Dividend Yield2.26%Beta1.06 Company Profile Financials Analyst Ratings Dividend History Earnings History Earnings Estimates Insider Trades Headlines SEC Filings Social Media Chart About Praxair (NYSE:PX) Praxair, Inc. is an industrial gas company. The Company's operations are organized into five segments, four of which have been determined on a geographic basis of segmentation: North America, Europe, South America and Asia. In addition, it operates its surface technologies business through its subsidiary, Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., which represents the fifth segment. Its operations consist of two product lines: industrial gases and surface technologies. Its industrial gases product line centers on the manufacturing and distribution of atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases). It also designs, engineers and builds equipment that produces industrial gases primarily for internal use. Its Surface Technologies segment, operated through Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders. Receive PX News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Industry, Sector and Symbol Industry CHEMICALS Sub-IndustryIndustrial Gases SectorBasic Materials SymbolNYSE:PX CUSIP74005P10 Webwww.praxair.com Phone203-837-2000 Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.20% Current Ratio0.99% Quick Ratio0.81% Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio32.9976851851852 Forward P/E Ratio21.47 P/E Growth1.9 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$11.44 billion Price / Sales3.58 Cash Flow$9.80 per share Price / Cash14.55 Book Value$22.74 per share Price / Book6.27 Profitability Trailing EPS$4.32 Net Income$1.25 billion Net Margins10.90% Return on Equity26.54% Return on Assets8.40% Miscellaneous Employees26,461 Outstanding Shares287,140,000 Praxair (NYSE:PX) Frequently Asked Questions What is Praxair's stock symbol? Praxair trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PX." How often does Praxair pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Praxair? Praxair declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.825 per share on Thursday, March 15th. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 6th. This is an increase from Praxair's previous quarterly dividend of $0.79. View Praxair's Dividend History. How were Praxair's earnings last quarter? Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The basic materials company reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.48 by $0.04. The basic materials company earned $2.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.85 billion. Praxair had a return on equity of 26.54% and a net margin of 10.90%. View Praxair's Earnings History. When will Praxair make its next earnings announcement? Praxair is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Praxair. What guidance has Praxair issued on next quarter's earnings? Praxair updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.53-1.58 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.55. Where is Praxair's stock going? Where will Praxair's stock price be in 2018? 14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Praxair's stock. Their predictions range from $127.00 to $188.00. On average, they anticipate Praxair's stock price to reach $165.92 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Praxair. Who are some of Praxair's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Praxair include Showa Denko K.K. (SHWDY), Air Liquide (AIQUY), SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL (SHECY), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Ecolab (ECL), Air Products & Chemicals (APD), PPG Industries (PPG), Akzo Nobel (AKZOY), Asahi Kasei (AHKSY), DSM (RDSMY), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Mitsubishi Chemical (MTLHY), Westlake Chemical (WLK), Celanese (CE), Novozymes A/S (NVZMY), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Albemarle (ALB) and FMC (FMC). Who are Praxair's key executives? Praxair's management team includes the folowing people: Stephen F. Angel, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer (Age 61)Matthew J. White, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President (Age 44)Eduardo F. Menezes, Executive Vice President (Age 53)Scott E. Telesz, Executive Vice President (Age 49)Anne K. Roby, Senior Vice President (Age 52)Guillermo Bichara, Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary (Age 42)Kelcey E. Hoyt, Vice President, Controller (Age 47)Robert L. Wood, Lead Independent Director (Age 63)Oscar De Paula Bernardes, Independent Director (Age 70)Nance K. Dicciani, Independent Director (Age 69) Has Praxair been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about PX stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Praxair earned a news sentiment score of -0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.65 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. Who are Praxair's major shareholders? Praxair's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.21%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.56%), Parnassus Investments CA (2.24%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.92%), Egerton Capital UK LLP (1.47%) and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.36%). Company insiders that own Praxair stock include Anne K Roby, Raymond W Leboeuf and Robert L Wood. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Praxair. Which institutional investors are selling Praxair stock? PX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, St. James Investment Company LLC, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Shell Asset Management Co., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. NY. View Insider Buying and Selling for Praxair. Which institutional investors are buying Praxair stock? 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The basic materials company earns $1.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.32 on an earnings per share basis. Praxair employs 26,461 workers across the globe. How can I contact Praxair? Praxair's mailing address is 10 Riverview Drive, DANBURY CT, 06810. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 203-837-2000 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for Praxair (PX)Community Ranking: 2.2 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 316 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 417 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 733MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Praxair and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Analyst Ratings Praxair (NYSE:PX) Analysts' Consensus Rating (How are Consensus Ratings Calculated?) 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MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.Today30 Days Ago90 Days Ago180 Days AgoConsensus Rating: BuyBuyBuyHoldConsensus Rating Score: 2.642.642.502.17Ratings Breakdown: 0 Sell Rating(s)5 Hold Rating(s)9 Buy Rating(s)0 Strong Buy Rating(s)0 Sell Rating(s)5 Hold Rating(s)9 Buy Rating(s)0 Strong Buy Rating(s)1 Sell Rating(s)5 Hold Rating(s)8 Buy Rating(s)0 Strong Buy Rating(s)2 Sell Rating(s)6 Hold Rating(s)4 Buy Rating(s)0 Strong Buy Rating(s)Consensus Price Target: $165.92$165.92$156.67$139.88Price Target Upside: 16.39% upside2.74% upside2.18% upside6.15% upsidePraxair (NYSE:PX) Consensus Price Target History Praxair (NYSE:PX) Analyst Ratings History Show: Only the Most Recent Rating From Each Brokerage All Ratings For This Stock DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetImpact on Share PriceDetails1/31/2018Seaport Global SecuritiesReiterated RatingHold$165.00Low1/26/2018SunTrust BanksBoost Price TargetBuy$185.00Medium1/26/2018BarclaysBoost Price TargetEqual Weight -> Equal Weight$160.00 -> $170.00Low1/26/2018CitigroupReiterated RatingBuy -> Buy$188.00Medium1/23/2018Raymond James FinancialReiterated RatingStrong-Buy -> OutperformLow12/19/2017Deutsche BankUpgradeHold -> Buy$155.00 -> $175.00Low12/11/2017Jefferies GroupSet Price TargetBuy$186.00Low11/17/2017JPMorgan Chase & Co.Boost Price TargetOverweight$145.00 -> $172.00N/A11/13/2017ArgusUpgradeHold -> Buy$171.00N/A11/7/2017Susquehanna BancsharesBoost Price Target$155.00 -> $175.00N/A9/3/2017KeyCorpReiterated RatingHoldLow6/7/2017Vertical ResearchUpgradeHold$123.00 -> $127.00Low6/7/2017Bank of AmericaUpgradeNeutral -> Buy$140.00 -> $150.00Medium6/7/2017Vertical GroupUpgradeHold$123.00 -> $127.00Medium2/13/2017Evercore ISIInitiated CoverageSell$107.00N/A12/22/2016CLSADowngradeOutperform -> UnderperformN/A9/13/2016Morgan StanleyInitiated CoverageNeutral -> Equal Weight$125.00N/A7/29/2016Credit Suisse GroupReiterated RatingHold$117.00N/A4/12/2016Goldman SachsBoost Price Target$97.00 -> $102.00N/A(Data available from 3/24/2016 forward) Earnings Praxair (NYSE:PX) Earnings History and Estimates ChartPraxair (NYSE PX) Earnings History by QuarterDateQuarterConsensus EstimateActual EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueRelease LinkConference CallDetails4/25/2018$1.55N/A1/25/2018Q4 2017$1.48$1.52$2.85 billion$2.95 billionViewN/A10/26/2017Q3 2017$1.44$1.50$2.84 billion$2.92 billionViewN/A7/27/2017Q2 2017$1.43$1.46$2.80 billion$2.83 billionViewN/A4/27/2017Q1 2017$1.33$1.37$2.62 billion$2.73 billionViewN/A1/26/2017Q416$1.41$1.41$2.66 billion$2.60 billionViewN/A10/27/2016Q316$1.40$1.41$2.70 billion$2.70 billionViewListen7/28/2016Q216$1.36$1.39$2.60 billion$2.70 billionViewListen4/29/2016Q116$1.27$1.28$2.49 billion$2.51 billionViewListen1/29/2016Q415$1.47$1.47$2.67 billion$2.60 billionViewListen10/29/2015Q315$1.45$1.46$2.78 billion$2.70 billionViewListen7/29/2015Q215$1.45$1.45$2.86 billion$2.70 billionViewListen4/29/2015Q115$1.44$1.43$2.96 billion$2.80 billionViewN/A1/28/2015Q414$1.57$1.57$3.08 billion$3.00 billionViewListen10/29/2014Q314$1.63$1.62$3.17 billion$3.10 billionViewListen7/23/2014Q214$1.59$1.58$3.16 billion$3.11 billionViewN/A4/23/2014Q114$1.51$1.51$3.06 billion$3.00 billionViewListen1/29/2014Q413$1.55$1.59$3.05 billion$3.00 billionViewListen10/30/2013Q313$1.52$1.51$3.03 billion$3.00 billionViewListen7/24/2013Q2 2013$1.49$1.49$3.00 billion$3.01 billionViewListen4/24/2013Q1 2013$1.38$1.38$2.89 billion$2.89 billionViewListen1/23/2013Q4 2012$1.38$1.38$2.78 billion$2.80 billionViewListen10/24/2012$1.39$1.39ViewN/A7/25/2012$1.42$1.42ViewN/A4/25/2012$1.36$1.38ViewN/A1/25/2012$1.37$1.36ViewN/A10/26/2011$1.39$1.40ViewN/A7/27/2011$1.37$1.38ViewN/A4/27/2011$1.26$1.29ViewN/A1/26/2011$1.23$1.25ViewN/A10/27/2010Q3 2010$1.20$1.21ViewN/A7/28/2010Q2 2010$1.14$1.19ViewN/A4/28/2010Q1 2010$1.09$1.09ViewN/A1/27/2010Q4 2009$1.09$1.09ViewN/A10/28/2009Q3 2009$1.00$1.02ViewN/A7/29/2009Q2 2009$0.99$0.96ViewN/A4/29/2009Q1 2009$0.92$0.93ViewN/A1/28/2009Q4 2008$0.96$1.01ViewN/A10/29/2008Q3 2008$1.07$1.11ViewN/A7/23/2008Q2 2008$1.06$1.08ViewN/A4/23/2008Q1 2008$0.95$0.99ViewN/A(Earnings results data provided by Zacks Investment Research) Estimates Praxair (NYSE:PX) Earnings Estimates2018 EPS Consensus Estimate: $6.422019 EPS Consensus Estimate: $7.40QuarterNumber of EstimatesLow EstimateHigh EstimateAverage EstimateQ1 20183$1.44$1.56$1.52Q2 20183$1.52$1.67$1.61Q3 20183$1.59$1.79$1.69Q4 20182$1.45$1.74$1.60Q1 20191$1.74$1.74$1.74Q2 20191$1.83$1.83$1.83Q3 20191$1.94$1.94$1.94Q4 20191$1.89$1.89$1.89(Earnings estimates data provided by Zacks Investment Research) Dividends Praxair (NYSE:PX) Dividend InformationMost Recent Dividend:3/15/2018Annual Dividend:$3.30Dividend Yield:2.31%Dividend Growth:6.60% (3 Year Average)Payout Ratio:76.39% (Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 49.70% (Based on This Year's Estimates)45.83% (Based on Next Year's Estimates)Track Record:13 Years of Consecutive Dividend GrowthFrequency:Quarterly DividendPraxair (NYSE:PX) Dividend History by QuarterAnnouncedPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable 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available from 1/1/2013 forward) Insider Trades Praxair (NYSE PX) Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership HistoryInsider Ownership Percentage: 0.23%Institutional Ownership Percentage: 86.17%Praxair (NYSE PX) Insider Trades by QuarterTransaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails11/7/2017Raymond W LeboeufDirectorSell6,550$117.26$768,053.0016,697 11/7/2016Raymond W LeboeufDirectorSell6,550$117.26$768,053.0016,697 10/31/2016Anne K RobyInsiderSell17,103$117.40$2,007,892.2019,337 5/6/2016Robert L WoodDirectorSell6,550$114.34$748,927.0021,018 1/7/2016Stephen F AngelCEOBuy5,000$97.80$489,000.00133,748 9/23/2015Stephen F AngelCEOBuy5,000$101.54$507,700.00128,748 9/8/2015Stephen F AngelCEOBuy5,000$103.56$517,800.00123,748 5/8/2015Robert L WoodDirectorSell7,620$121.68$927,201.60 3/2/2015Stephen F AngelCEOSell182,028$129.10$23,499,814.80 2/25/2015Stephen F AngelCEOSell5,472$129.00$705,888.00 2/3/2015Elizabeth T HirschVPSell16,000$122.56$1,960,960.00 2/3/2015Raymond W LeboeufDirectorSell7,620$123.05$937,641.00 11/6/2014Ira D HallDirectorSell3,900$126.46$493,194.00 11/6/2014James T BreedloveVPSell4,120$126.52$521,262.40 11/4/2014Claire W GargalliDirectorSell5,000$123.78$618,900.00 5/5/2014James BreedloveVPSell18,000$130.64$2,351,520.0037,824 5/1/2014Claire GargalliDirectorSell2,932$130.09$381,423.884,873 3/4/2014Wayne SmithDirectorSell5,419$131.27$711,352.1317,401 2/28/2014Robert WoodDirectorSell4,600$130.81$601,726.0010,058 2/18/2014Eduardo MenezesEVPSell31,130$129.76$4,039,428.8027,566 2/18/2014James BreedloveVPSell40,000$129.83$5,193,200.0033,614 11/4/2013James T BreedloveVPSell2,000$123.95$247,900.00 7/29/2013Raymond W LeboeufDirectorSell5,275$119.00$627,725.00 7/26/2013James T BreedloveVPSell4,000$118.60$474,400.00 7/26/2013Raymond P RobergeSVPSell3,918$118.38$463,812.84 5/17/2013Ira D HallDirectorSell1,900$115.28$219,032.00 5/15/2013Larry D McvayDirectorSell2,859$114.65$327,784.35 5/13/2013Claire W GargalliDirectorSell1,658$113.12$187,552.96 (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Headlines Praxair (NYSE PX) News Headlines Source: All Sources Trusted Sources MarketBeat.com Bloomberg MarketWatch Motley Fool NASDAQ Reuters Seeking Alpha The Street The Wall Street Journal Yahoo Finance DateHeadlinePX Crosses Below Key Moving Average Level - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - March 24 at 8:35 AMEU antitrust regulators to decide by Aug. 9 on Linde, Praxair tie-upfinance.yahoo.com - March 20 at 8:05 AMEU antitrust regulators to decide by August 9 on Linde, Praxair tie-upfinance.yahoo.com - March 20 at 8:05 AMPraxair Moves Up In Analyst Rankings, Passing Constellation Brands - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - March 17 at 8:04 AMEU suspends Linde-Praxair merger review - MarketWatchwww.marketwatch.com - March 16 at 8:01 AMPraxair (PX) Stock Rating Lowered by ValuEnginewww.americanbankingnews.com - March 11 at 10:34 PMZacks: Brokerages Anticipate Praxair, Inc. (PX) Will Post Quarterly Sales of $2.93 Billionwww.americanbankingnews.com - March 10 at 9:26 AMPraxair, Inc. (PX) Receives Average Rating of "Buy" from Analystswww.americanbankingnews.com - March 10 at 6:15 AMLinde sees lower medical gas prices crimping earningsfinance.yahoo.com - March 8 at 8:01 AMHere's Why You Should Add Praxair (PX) to Your Portfolio - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - March 7 at 8:05 AMHere's Why You Should Add Praxair (PX) to Your Portfoliofinance.yahoo.com - March 6 at 5:49 PM9,461 Shares in Praxair, Inc. (PX) Acquired by Partners Capital Investment Group LLPwww.americanbankingnews.com - March 6 at 2:37 PMTalara Capital Management LLC Sells 4,215 Shares of Praxair, Inc. (PX)www.americanbankingnews.com - March 6 at 10:00 AMPraxair, Inc. (PX) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 06, 2018 - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - March 6 at 8:00 AMPraxair, Inc. (PX) Shares Bought by Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co.www.americanbankingnews.com - March 6 at 4:58 AM23,553 Shares in Praxair, Inc. 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(PX)www.americanbankingnews.com - March 3 at 5:12 AMPraxair, Inc. (PX) Shares Sold by Haverford Trust Co.www.americanbankingnews.com - March 2 at 5:22 PMPraxair Inc (NYSE:PX): What You Have To Know Before Buying For The Upcoming Dividendfinance.yahoo.com - March 2 at 8:00 AMWhy Albemarle's Bromine Specialties Segment's Margin Expandedfinance.yahoo.com - March 2 at 8:00 AMImpax Asset Management LTD Has $39.97 Million Holdings in Praxair, Inc. (PX)www.americanbankingnews.com - March 1 at 5:10 PMCommerce Bank Sells 3,656 Shares of Praxair, Inc. (PX)www.americanbankingnews.com - March 1 at 12:32 PMAmalgamated Bank Acquires 3,289 Shares of Praxair, Inc. (PX)www.americanbankingnews.com - March 1 at 4:22 AMPraxair, Inc. (PX) Shares Bought by Ashfield Capital Partners LLCwww.americanbankingnews.com - February 28 at 4:46 AMPraxair, Inc. (PX) Stake Lowered by Eaton Vance Managementwww.americanbankingnews.com - February 27 at 12:55 PMSei Investments Co. 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Many of us are familiar with the traditional way of running a night at the races, which basically involves showing horse races on a screen and have people bet on them. There are specialist companies that will do all the work for you. They usually charge about $300-$500 for the privilege.
Prior to the night you sell the horses to individuals, as well as getting local businesses to sponsor each race. Races usually have either 8 or 10 horses. About $10-$15 per horse is the normal price and $50-$100 to sponsor a race.
I would recommend selling horses for about 7 races and then have an 8th race on the night where the horses are auctioned off. Create a program, which lists all of the races, horses, owners etc. Give humorous names to the horses and their owners! You can also get program sponsors in addition to the race sponsors. You usually give a small prize to the people whose horse wins the race.
What most community organizations don't realize that there are a couple of alternatives to getting a person from the company to run the night for you!
Like most nonprofit fundraising events you can consider running it yourself. The specialist company will supply you with the materials such as tapes, tickets and projector, but you do all of the work on the night. It's a lot easier than you might imagine. You'll have different colored tickets for each of the horses. Each ticket has a number on there. You sell the tickets at $1 each.
Recording the bets is the most important task. You need one person to take the bets for each horse number. They need to stick with the same colored tickets for each race. The night at the races company usually supplies them numbered as Horse 1, 2, 3 and so on. Each ticket has a sequential serial number. The recorder should write that down before taking any bets for a race and then again when the betting is closed. Subtracting these two numbers will tell you how much has been bet on each horse.
Once all of the bets have been taken for a particular race, then write down the total bet on each horse and the total figure bet on the race. You'll need these to work out the odds. The odds also depend on what percentage you want to pay out. Calculating the odds is best explained by an example:
Let's say the following amounts were bet on the race:
Horse 1 - $54
Total - $346
Now we are going to pay out a maximum of 50% (i.e. $173). The odds for each horse are calculated as follows:
Divide the payout amount by the amount bet on the horse. You're odds are that value - 1. Here they are:
Horse 1 - $173 / $54 = 3 (-1) = 2/1
No matter which horse wins you won't be paying out much more than your set maximum (in some cases considerably less).
The second alternative to the normal way of running a night at the races is not to use tapes at all! You can get little wooden horses made (even blocks of wood) and attach 15 meters of string to each. To run a race you just line up the "horses" with the string fully extended and then the horse owners must wind the string onto a baton until their horse crosses the finish line. Very easy, a lot of fun and very exciting! The betting is the same. You can even make your own tickets.
My community organization regularly raises $2000-$3000 on a night at the races. For the amount of effort that takes very few other nonprofit fundraising events can compete!
A night at the races is one of the most reliable nonprofit fundraising events you can run. When you're compiling your list of nonprofit fundraising events make sure this is one of them!
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Showing Suppliers 1 - 20 of 22
Emerson/Rosemount (4 Products)
Address: 2400 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: Your toughest analytical challenges are solved with Emerson. Whatever your goal – reduce installation and maintenance costs, maximize up-time, protect your plant and personnel, or improve process quality – Emerson offers a complete range of Rosemount innovative... (more)
Myron L Company (1 Products)
Address: 2450 Impala Drive, Carlsbad, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: Since 1957, the Myron L Company has established itself as the leading manufacturer of high quality, simple to operate, yet low cost, water quality instrumentation for municipal, commercial and industrial water quality control, chemical concentration testing and process control. Prior to... (more)
OMEGA Engineering, Inc. (10 Products)
Address: OMEGA Electronics dba Newport Electronics 2229 South Yale Street, Santa Ana, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Distributor
Description: Exceeding Your Expectations: Since its inception in 1962, OMEGA has grown from manufacturing a single product line of thermocouples to being an established global leader in the technical marketplace, offering more than 100,000 state-of-the-art products for measurement and control of... (more)
Electro-Chemical Devices, Inc.
Address: 1681 Kettering, Irvine, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: the liquid analytical instruments experts since 1977. For over 30 years Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) has been providing industry leading liquid analytical instrumentation, Sensors and measurement solutions. Their focus is Product Innovation, Product Reliability, and... (more)
Endress+Hauser, Inc.
Address: 4123 East La Palma Avenue, Suite 200, Anaheim, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Service
Description: Endress+Hauser brought its process instrumentation expertise to the U.S. in 1970, and currently manufactures flow, level, pressure, and temperature measurement products in Greenwood, Indiana, and analytical products in Anaheim, California. More than 90% of all Endress+Hauser instruments... (more)
Address: 4848 Colt Street, Suite 11, Ventura, CA
Business Type: Distributor
B&K Precision
Address: 22820 Savi Ranch Parkway, Yorba Linda, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Service
Description: For more than 60 years B&K Precision has provided test and measurement solutions to customers from wide-ranging fields including research and development, product design, industrial maintenance, electronic field service, production line testing, and the educational community. Universities and... (more)
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Address: 250 South Kraemer Boulevard, Brea, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Finesse Solutions, LLC
Address: 3501 Leonard Court, Santa Clara, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Forbes Marshall, Inc.
Address: 480 California Ave., Suite 102 PO Box 60670, Palo Alto, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Global Water Instrumentation
Address: 11390 Amalgam Way, Gold River, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
HORIBA Instruments, Inc.
Address: 9755 Research Drive, Irvine, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: The HORIBA Group of worldwide companies provides an extensive array of instruments and systems for applications ranging from automotive R&D, process and environmental monitoring, in-vitro medical diagnostics, semiconductor manufacturing and metrology, to a broad range of scientific R&D and... (more)
HORIBA Process & Environmental
Address: 17671 Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Jenco Instruments, Inc.
Address: 7968 Arjons Dr., Suite C, San Diego, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Knick Elektronische Messgeraete GmbH & Co. KG
Address: Knick USA 16120 Caputo Drive, Morgan Hill, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: The name Knick has been recognized for outstanding quality in the manufacture of electronic measuring instruments for more than half a century. In 1945 the company's founder, Ulrich Knick, began with manufacturing high-precision zero-point-stabilized DC amplifiers. These devices enabled the... (more)
Lazar Research Laboratories, Inc.
Address: 509 N. Fairfax Avenue, Suite 219, Los Angeles, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Lightwind Corporation
Address: 621 Second Street, Suite B, Petaluma, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Service
Description: Lightwind was started in 2001 with its first product, the L3, designed to provide critical chemical information about process conditions. Processes such as ALD or ClF3 cleans are examples of environments where the L3 is unaffected by continuous operation, and the L3 is able to provide process... (more)
Newport Electronics, Inc.
Address: 2229 South Yale Street, Santa Ana, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: Build it with NEWPORT® NEWPORT has been a leader in high-precision test, measurement, process control and automation instrumentation for more than three decades. NEWPORT began manufacturing electronic instrumentation in 1965 and quickly earned a reputation for designing and... (more)
Address: PO Box 25905, Los Angeles, CA
Business Type: Distributor
Description: Onlinecomponents.com, founded in 1999, is an authorized e-commerce distributor of electronic components featuring over one million part numbers for purchase exclusively over the Internet. The site features over 350,000 in-stock part numbers from a selection of more than 250 premier brands.... (more)
Pulse Instruments
Address: 943 Flynn Road, Camarillo, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer


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Are banks building an IT services community to support their digital drive?
The big banks are throwing money and advice at small IT firms in the digital financial services start-up sector.
While there is a strong argument that investing in start-ups in the digital sector is savvy investment, with just one Facebook enough to pay huge dividends, the benefit for banks in driving the sector is probably more related to technology strategy than investments.
Every other month a bank seems to throw its weight behind a so called fintech IT start-up incubator. They provide capital and other resources such as premises and mentoring. They usually take a stake in the companies they support.
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Banks cannot spend money developing digital services. These projects do not guarantee success and are often experimental. It is much better to have suppliers do this work for you.
It is even better if these small developers do it with the knowledge that if they get it right banks will buy it. And because banks are advising and funding these companies surely they will develop what the banks need.
I wrote an article yesterday about this, which you can read here.
There could be numerous benefits from banks such as investing in the future Facebooks and having access to digital know-how and products.
Banks are increasingly outsourcing work as internal resources are tied up with maintaining legacy systems. Banks don't want to spend a fortune building up digital teams that create hit and miss services, but want third parties to do it.
This could be the perfect way to build a trusted digital IT services community that can cater to the digital needs of banks in the future.


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