But its maker, Cephalon (nasdaq: CEPH - news - people ), says that 80% of prescriptions are probably written out to people who are tired for other reasons, not narcoleptics.
When an object is handmade, you can't help but commune with its maker, a phenomenon Maloof reveled in.
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Iressa's bad clinical results hit not only its maker, but also other firms developing targeted cancer drugs.
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Joy Global reported a 12 percent increase in third quarter earnings but the mining equipment maker cut its full-year profit and sales forecasts.
In a bid to win back market share in its crucial but declining printing and imaging business, computer maker Hewlett-Packard is introducing new technology in its inkjet printers that should help the company and consumers save time and money.
Not surprisingly given its designer, Carton is a shot-maker's course with its fairways not overly tight but rewarding of well-shaped shots which demand accuracy.
This will not only affect Intel, but also its rival Advanced Micro Devices and graphics processor maker Nvidia.
Energizer hasn't exactly been keeping this one much of a secret, but the battery maker has now finally gotten official with its much-vaunted Zinc Air Prismatic battery technology, which it says will allow electronics manufacturers to make devices that last longer and are smaller and lighters.
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The Swedish equipment maker says its key market is still shrinking but will stabilize in 2003.
Probably not, but the plane is under a serious cloud and so is its maker.
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But the computer-games maker is dominated by Isao Okawa, its chairman and biggest shareholder.
But the airplane maker now has some exciting new products to offer its customers: wide-bodied jets built by its arch-rival, Airbus.
Crocs slid 1.01, or 5%, to 19.41, after the shoe maker's fourth-quarter earnings topped expectations but its first-quarter earnings outlook was below forecasts.
Tax advantages helped, but so did the government's urging that each chip maker find its own niche, in stark contrast to the South Korean conglomerates' march from scarcity to glut.
But it is about an inch thick at its thinnest, a point the PC maker is pleased as punch about.
But I also ran into a bunch of annoying bugs and limitations, problems its maker readily acknowledges and says it is working on solving.
But if it takes off, the computer maker may be forced to respond with its own subscription service.
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Moogfest isn't happening for another week, but the synth-maker couldn't wait to take the wraps off of its latest bit of technology.
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But its real coup was its work with Daimler-Benz, which helped the car maker to gain the upper hand in its 1998 merger with Chrysler.
In earnings news, mining equipment maker Joy Global (JOY) beat earnings expectations but the company said its fiscal 2013 forecast would not meet estimates, sending shares lower today.
Q-Cells ( QCLSF - news - people ), the world's largest maker of solar cells, beat first-quarter profit expectations but lowered its 2009 profit forecast for the third time since December.
But Google recently bought handset maker Motorola Mobility and has embarked on an effort to build its own mobile devices.
Advanced Micro Devices , another chip maker, announced a bigger than expected loss in its first quarter, but promised things will improve.
Merck did fine here, with many years as the only maker of an integrase inhibitor, but it does seem the companies following in its wake may have an easier time.
Corporate earnings have been mostly better than anticipated this quarter, but that was not the case for Whirlpool Friday and the home appliance maker is slashing its workforce as a result.
Plantronics, in Santa Cruz, California (No. 43), a telephone headset maker, had its eye on Clearvox, which produces cellular headsets, but it wanted to make sure that its target shared its obsession with customer service.
But while Dell may or may not impress design snobs with its pink and yellow machines, the computer maker is reading its market right, if a little late.
Earlier this month the mobile device maker INQ brought out its first smartphone featuring not only a comprehensive integration with Facebook, but Spotify as a default music player, accessible with its own hardware button as well as a homescreen icon.
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