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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” may be the best maxim to explain why travel companies are getting into the virtual meeting business, actually helping clients avoid flying halfway around the globe. Two of the world’s biggest hotel companies,...

PacketMotion Inc. said Monday it closed a third round of funding with $5 million. San Jose-based PacketMotion said the round was led by Columbus, Ohio-based Reservoir Venture Partners . Also participating were all the company’s existing investors, including Intel Capital...

Secures Critical Patent Rights to Develop Theragnostic Product, Lupus Therasight U.S...Lupus Therasight TM , a novel theragnostic product that will eventually help guide the drug development process and patient treatment protocols in the areas of lupus and lupus nephritis. “We...

Depomed Inc. on Monday reported a successful late stage clinical trial of a drug intended to treat pain following the viral infection shingles, and its shares soared on the news. The company said its DM-1796 significantly reduced post-shingles pain compared...

Metaphors are a characteristic of human language and cognition. When we are unaware of how to describe a peculiar object or sensation, we compare it to something else that we are familiar with. A jeweler might describe his lover’s eyes...