The Internet software maker and consultant divine Inc. said yesterday that it was acquiring a marketing company, the Delano Technology Corporation, for about $31.4 million in stock.
Meanwhile, Mr. Porsche's son, known as Ferry, bolted a streamlined aluminum body to what was essentially a Beetle chassis and engine to create the first mass-produced Porsche sports car, the 356, which went on sale in 1948 and marked the transition of the Porsche company from an engineering consultant and maker of one-off racers to a full-fledged car producer.
The New York Times has also reported that recent ads in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline were produced by a former Obama consultant, ad maker Jim Margolis.
His father works there as a consultant to makers of nuclear fuel rods.
He moved on to the United States to develop a pilot brewing program for Stroh and, as his reputation grew, became an independent consultant for makers like Anheuser-Busch and the Australian brewer Foster's.
Technology consultants and makers of semiconductor equipment, by contrast, were the two worst sectors, showing losses of 31.4percentand25percentcomparedmpared with a gain of 8.99percentt for S.&P.'s 500-stock index for the year.
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Loren Thompson, a consultant for Lockheed Martin, maker of the F-22, had another view.
He is a consultant to Pfizer, maker of Viagra, which he has promoted in commercials.
For five decades, Mr. Price was a sought-after independent consultant to the makers of theme parks, amusement parks, zoos, museums and other large-scale spectacles.
