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Article: FOR LOCAL JOBS, RAT CONTROL TRUMPS BIOTECH.(NEWS)(BUSINESS BEAT)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
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- October 27, 2009
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Byline: MIKE IVEY mivey@madison.com
Gov. Doyle last week touted five biotech companies relocating to Madison, although the firms combined will bring fewer than two dozen jobs here initially.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims it has won a fight with a Madison company over assertions that its glue traps don't cause ensnared rodents to suffer.
Motomco Ltd., a division of Bell Laboratories, disputes PETA's version of events and says the animal rights group is way off base.
But if nothing else, thank PETA for introducing me to Bell Laboratories, which employs some 300 people at its three east side facilities near the ...