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It was recently the day when California forensic scientists were having a tough time catching a bunch of rogues can now breathe an air of relief as from now on convicts can be detected by the aid of DNA of fellow mates who are a part of crime.

This step might be a revolution in case of forensic science and law enforcement but this policy might have indirect ramifications as stated by New York Times.

Motorola is rejoicing at the moment as it pronounces a 600 percent rise in overall profits coming from Q2, and all credited to network equipment division and smartphone sales.

It has been stated that the main reason of boost were the Droid smartphones that included Droid and new Droid X, both posted a huge rise in sales. And also both devices are traded via Verizon Wireless, the U. S.' largest carrier.

In regard of this matter the large chunk of quarterly profit flew down from the company's networks equipment unit, which Motorola aims to trade with Nokia Siemens for approximately $1.2 bn.

Software exporter HCL Technologies has announced its first quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2010-11 and it has informed that it has managed to register a profit which is better than that of the expected figure.

According to the company, has posted a net profit of Rs 342 crore for the quarter that ended in 30th June, 2010 which is 3.7% of the net profit figure of the similar quarter in the last fiscal. The company has also informed that the increased number of outsourcing work has propelled the net profit rise of the firm.

Pharmaceutical firm Novartis India has declared its first quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2010-11. The company has informed that there has been a marginal decline in its net profit for the June quarter of this year against the similar period last year.

Novartis India has posted a net profit of Rs 31.53 crore for this quarter which was reported to be Rs 31.76 crore for the corresponding quarter last year.

However, there has been a hike in company's net sales during the April-June period of fiscal year 2010 against last year.

It has been found in a research that breast cancer cells control many genes together simultaneously due to the presence of the hormone estrogen in women, which destroys 14 genes at once. The breast cancer cells loop the DNA of the genes and enhance the cancer.

The research used normal human breast epithelial cells along with two animal models. The normal-cell model was used to check if the cells, when exposed to nine chemicals similar to estrogen for a long duration, would start silencing genes.

Virgin Media have reported of 2.33 per cent growth which is stated as the most promising growth figure that has been posted in 16 quarters with Q2 revenues surging by seven percent closing in nearly one billion pounds.

The firm has come up after a merger that occurred between cable giants NTL and Telewest, boasts of a market capitalization of about $6.61 billion and claims to reach great heights claiming the highest amount in value for continuously three years.