As a software and hardware designer specializing in embedded control systems I found that the classic USA cubicle office arrangement generated intense stress due to the almost continual hubbub, noise and other interruptive mechanisms.

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Just behind MicroStrategy is newcomer Intuitive Surgical, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of robotic systems for performing surgery.

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It works to smooth power demand on the grid and effectively lowers electricity costs to the customer, says Schmitz, who was formerly Chief Operating Officer of UltraLife (ULBI), a worldwide designer and manufacrturer of power and communictions systems.

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Two other designer drugs, AstraZeneca's Iressa (for lung cancer) and ImClone Systems' Erbitux (for colon cancer), are showing far more modest results.

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