Other competitors in the technology sector include: Waters (WAT), Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (HBIO), and Agilent Technologies (A).

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Agilent Technologies (A) reports its third quarter earnings on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.

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The information was sent to Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif.

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Besides the reductions, Vanguard also added Agilent Technologies ( A) to its portfolio, and increased its shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ( TEVA).

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Hilliard Terry , director of investor relations for Agilent Technologies (nyse: A - news - people ) in Palo Alto, Calif.

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Using a device made by Agilent Technologies, he selected only for the genes that coded for proteins on the X chromosomes of each person.

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This week, analysts are also looking for earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) and NetEast.com (NASDAQ: NTES).

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