Business
John C.
Oct. 7, 1986
Before being declassified during 1991, the high-tech optical devices that Thermo Electron Technologies Corp. is developing for the Defense Department had a single proposed use: giving earthbound observers a peek at Soviet satellites in orbit around Earth.
April 9, 1992
April 7, 1992
Technology and the Internet
April 4, 1993
The third in a series of partners has dropped out of the controversial San Marcos trash-to-energy plant, leaving North County Resource Recovery Associates scrambling for yet another participant to financially back the beleaguered project.
June 25, 1988
California
“The construction of a privately operated, trash-fired power plant in northern San Diego County was approved Tuesday night by the San Marcos City Council following 27 hours of debate and testimony over seven nights of hearings. . . .
July 8, 1990
Thermo Electron Corp., the biggest maker of measurement instruments for medical and chemical companies, said it will split into three businesses and sell units with $1.2 billion in revenue.
Feb. 1, 2000
Freddie Mac on Sunday named former American Stock Exchange President Richard Syron chairman and chief executive as the No. 2 source of U.S. home financing tries to regain investor confidence after an accounting scandal.
Dec. 8, 2003
Thermo Electron Corp. is paying about $10.6 billion in stock for the larger Fisher Scientific International Inc. in a deal that would create a laboratory supply powerhouse making equipment and materials for the life and health sciences industries.
May 9, 2006
Investors are on the sidelines awaiting the Fed’s move Wednesday. The Dow and other major indexes edge up. Oil slips below $70.