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Even the mid-cap or small-cap stocks file data and information with the SEC which are also available to the public.

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Perkin-Elmer, for years an also-ran instrument maker, last month raised its visibility (and market cap) by forming a spinout company to generate genomic information.

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But Labour have accused ministers of failing to "disclose crucial material information" to MPs about the impact on homelessness when they were asked to debate the cap policy.

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