In a sign of the increasing hunger among drug giants to get in on the potentially lucrative market for copycats of expensive biotechnology drug, Amgen, the largest standalone biotechnology company, and generic firm Watson Pharmaceuticals will collaborate on developing copycate medicines for cancer.

FORBES: Amgen And Watson Join Forces To Develop Generic Cancer Drugs

That blowup in market value was potentially the largest single private claim stemming from the accident.

FORBES: Money & Investing

But buying the Dodgers now comes with a unique opportunity to launch a potentially lucrative regional sports network in the country's second-largest market, or sign a new local broadcast deal with the current broadcaster, News Corp.

WSJ: Dodgers Sold for $2.15 Billion

Dr. Stacy provided a detailed technical presentation of the physical location, size and geo-political complexities associated with bringing to market what he characterized as potentially the world's second-largest oil reserves -- and a key energy resource for the industrialized nations in the 21st Century .

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