He claims he can be at once the dispassionate analyst in his books and the passionate polemicist in his rabbinical role, and he pretty much pulls it off.

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Now the nutritional supplement maker says it will host an analyst day January 7 to address his claims.

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"With the benefit of hindsight, they may have wanted to grow their business, beucase they were afraid of claims catching up with them, " the city analyst said.

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"The Rambus claims are so broad they will have to be decided in court, " says Bob Merritt, an analyst at Semico Research, a Scottsdale, Ariz.

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