
The headquarters building of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. stands in Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, March, 1, 2010. Merck KGaA agreed to buy Millipore Corp., a supplier of drug-development equipment for biotechnology companies, for about $6 billion in cash, beating a rival offer from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Photographer: Michael Fein/Bloomberg
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