PerkinElmer Shifts Resources, Lays Off Staffers, and Incurs $9M in Charges

Jul 11, 2005

NEW YORK, July 11 (GenomeWeb News) - PerkinElmer has laid off an undisclosed number of employees as it "shifts resources into geographic regions and product lines that are more consistent with [its] growth strategy," the company disclosed in a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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