The estimate is derived from the trend line shown in Exhibit 3.(4) Subtracting a 3.0% inflation rate would net a respectable 5.92% annual rate of real wealth increase.
In 2004 biotech firm Amgen (nasdaq: AMGN - news - people ) began trials of a Parkinson's drug called glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, or GDNF.
The wide-ranging probe described by the Journal appears to target networks of traders who paid certain consultants for information, some of it derived from people like technology resellers who can offer their insights into how a particular line of products is selling.