Cepheid Shares Jump 10.8 Percent After Anthrax Detected at Military Post Offices; Firm Stresses its Tech Not Used

Mar 15, 2005

NEW YORK, March 15 (GenomeWeb News) - Shares in Cepheid climbed 10.8 percent, or $1.03, to $10.54 in late-afternoon trading on news this morning that sensors at two US Defense Department mailrooms detected the bacteria that cause anthrax on two pieces of mail.

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