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Exact Sciences Colon Cancer Test Awaits The Money Man

For a biotech startup, getting a product approved is the main hurdle. But then the company faces another one: getting paid. That’s where Exact Sciences (EXAS) finds itself. On Aug. 11, the FDA approved Cologuard, an innovative, noninvasive DNA screening test for colon cancer. Since doctors recommend colon screening for people over 50, Medicare figures to be a major payer for Cologuard. Exact Sciences is still waiting for the Center for Medicare &

Rambus CEO Gets Chip Designer Back In High Gear

When Ron Black joined Rambus as president and chief executive in June 2012, the company’s earnings and revenue were falling, and the next month, Rambus stock would touch a 10-year low below 4. Black’s task: refocus Rambus (RMBS). The company, which licenses its designs for memory and application-specific chips, began working more closely with customers after ending long-running patent feuds with chip companies, including SK Hynix and Micron

Baidu Computer Research Rockstar Building AI Lab

In 2011, pioneering artificial intelligence researcher Andrew Ng led the “Google Brain” initiative, which developed a sophisticated computer system that on its own learned to distinguish thousands of objects after analyzing millions of YouTube videos. Ng also teaches machine learning and robotics classes at Stanford University and, in 2012, co-founded the online education company Coursera. But U.K. native Ng took on a new challenge in May after