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Quest Diagnostics Pricing Spineometer: 4 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD November 7, 2025

Quest Diagnostics, a U.S. healthcare diagnostic company, had a positive FY 2024. Revenue rose 6.7% to $9.87 billion, and earnings before interest and taxes rose 6.7% to $1.34 billion over the last year. A review of Quest Diagnostics’ 30 January 2025 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. FACTS FROM EARNINGS CALL AND ANNUAL REPORT Pricing was not a topic discussed in their earnings…

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Attacking Markets: Agent Based Systems, Energy Markets, and Adica

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 31, 2002

When new ventures begin, they take one of two courses. Along one path, the venture identifies a promising market opportunity then builds…

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Mobile Telephony and Computing: Moving Down the Product Lifecycle

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 29, 2002

At the Mobile Wednesday event last week, the speakers approached at mobile telephony and computing with distinctly different viewpoints yet both were…

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Advanced Computing, Part 2: Markets and Cash

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 23, 2002

If there is anything this economic downturn has taught me, it is the importance of cash. Businesses rush to cash opportunities and…

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Advanced Computing, Part 1: Markets and Skill Sets

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 22, 2002

For years, the major advance of corporate computing has been the dissemination of OO programming or ERD and relational databases. When it…

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