Laboratory Industry Report

With an increase of one percent over the past five weeks for the week ended April 18, 2008, the G-2 Laboratory Stock Index rebounded slightly after months of posting losses. But the economic downturn continues to impact the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 this year, although both are down less than they were in March. The Nasdaq is down 10.15 percent and the S&P 500 is down 5.96 percent so far in 2008.