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Article: Teterboro, N.J.-Based Lab Testing Firm Benefits from Industry Shift.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- June 20, 2001
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By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 20--If you have recently had a cholesterol exam, Pap smear, or workplace drug test, you may know of Quest Diagnostics Inc.
If you're an avid stock-watcher, you have definitely heard of the Teterboro company.
Amid last year's bleak market, Quest's share price exploded 360 percent. The laboratory testing company leaped into the Fortune 500 in 2000, and has met or beaten Wall Street earnings expectations for 15 consecutive quarters.
A benefactor of a turnaround in the fortunes of the entire lab testing industry, Quest won accolades and recognition ...