C. homes managed to keep above their already low levels in July.

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Over the course of 14 painstaking years the team managed to map the complete nervous system of C. elegans, work for which Dr Brenner, too, won a Nobel prize.

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Another notable was hepatitis C drug developer Pharmasset, which managed to be one of the five biggest gainers in my stock screen despite already having more than quintupled in price over the past 52 weeks.

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Capital Advisors and four hedge funds managed by CR Intrinsic and S.A.C.

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But compared to his peers at Bank of America ( BAC), Citigroup ( C) and Wells Fargo ( WFC), Dimon better managed the risks inherent in banking.

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Palm and Company C engaged in "extensive negotiations" from the 23rd to the 25th, but never managed to work out a compromise.

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