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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Data: Labs are top dogs - Frederick News Post (subscription)
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Frederick News Post (subscription) | Data: Labs are top dogs Frederick News Post (subscription) Because it is up to owners to vaccinate and license their pets, it is hard to tell the total number of cats or dogs -- or even breeds -- represented in Frederick County, said Animal Control Director Harold Domer. State law requires that every dog, ... |
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Delta joins in $30 one-day air fare war - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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announced a ticket sale Tuesday that allows customers tobuy one-way tickets for as low as $30. Severall of Southwest’s competitors – (NYSE: AMR), (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: (NYSE: LCC) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) then matched the Southwest Bloombergreported Tuesday. The special fares, which also include $60 and $90 tickets, are available througj 11:59 p.m. Wednesday for selected flights Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. The pricre customers pay will be based on how far they are For example, Southwest’s discountec tickets include $90 each way between Chicago and $60 from Burbank, to St.
Louis; and $30 for Baltimore to New The other carriers are offering matchint fares on routes that compete directly withSouthwesyt service. Delta operates a hub at the Cincinnati/Northernb Kentucky International Airport. American, Unitec and US Airways also servethe airport.
announced a ticket sale Tuesday that allows customers tobuy one-way tickets for as low as $30. Severall of Southwest’s competitors – (NYSE: AMR), (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: (NYSE: LCC) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) then matched the Southwest Bloombergreported Tuesday. The special fares, which also include $60 and $90 tickets, are available througj 11:59 p.m. Wednesday for selected flights Sept. 9 to Nov. 18. The pricre customers pay will be based on how far they are For example, Southwest’s discountec tickets include $90 each way between Chicago and $60 from Burbank, to St.
Louis; and $30 for Baltimore to New The other carriers are offering matchint fares on routes that compete directly withSouthwesyt service. Delta operates a hub at the Cincinnati/Northernb Kentucky International Airport. American, Unitec and US Airways also servethe airport.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
South Florida Business Journal: Most viewed Stories
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An autopsy in Florida shows television pitchman Billy Mays diedfrom heart-relatec problems, not head trauma. Bernarxd Madoff will spend the rest of his life in prison and that has hisvictima celebrating. Home sellers and real estate agentsz have a newworst enemy: inaccurate home values appraisals. Fifty-three people from Miami, Detroity and Denver were indicted Wednesday on charges they submitted morethan $50 milliojn in false Medicare claims.
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An autopsy in Florida shows television pitchman Billy Mays diedfrom heart-relatec problems, not head trauma. Bernarxd Madoff will spend the rest of his life in prison and that has hisvictima celebrating. Home sellers and real estate agentsz have a newworst enemy: inaccurate home values appraisals. Fifty-three people from Miami, Detroity and Denver were indicted Wednesday on charges they submitted morethan $50 milliojn in false Medicare claims.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Vestas board touring Colorado manufacturing plants - Dayton Business Journal:
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The 12-member board, alongh with Ditlev Engel, Vestas’ presidentr and CEO, flew to Colorado on Sunday and hada one-hour meeting with Gov. Bill Ritter, said Roby Roberts, seniofr vice president for externalp relations forVestas Americas, the American arm of the company. “They’rs visiting all the manufacturing facilitieszin Colorado,” Roberts said. Vestas, basef in Randers, Denmark, manufactures and sells wind turbines used to produce electricity. It trades on the Copenhagen Stock Exchanged at thesymbol VWS. The companuy boasts it had 20 percent ofthe world’z wind turbine market in 2008, with more than 38,000 Vestas-maded wind turbines installed worldwide.
The group Monday was tourinhg the company’s $100 million manufacturing planin Windsor, where the big blades that capturer the wind are made. Board members also were also spendinfg timein Brighton, where Vestas is planninhg a second blade plant and a nacelles assembly plant, and in where Vestas is building the world’s bigges plant for making the steel towers that hold the wind turbines “We’re spending more than $1 billion in the United Stateds and making a good commitmenyt to the market, so they wanted to see it firsr hand,” Roberts said.
The Windsor plant north of which when running at full capacityh is expected to employ about 600 employeesa and produce as manyas 2,000 wind blades per year. The plant opened in Marcuh 2008. • The Brighton blade factory and nacelle assemblh plants valued at acombined $290 which was announced in August 2008. The plantss are expected to be fully operationalin 2010. The bladw factory will employ about 650 people and the nacelled plant will have about700 employees, Vestas has said. • The $250 million Pueblo wind tower plant, expected to open later this It will make 900 steel towers annually and employ 450 to550 workers.
The groupp planned to leave Colorado Mondag eveningfor Portland, where the Vestas Americaw division is based, to see the company’xs marketing, sales and service operations, then tour a wind farm in Washingtonj state, Roberts said.
The 12-member board, alongh with Ditlev Engel, Vestas’ presidentr and CEO, flew to Colorado on Sunday and hada one-hour meeting with Gov. Bill Ritter, said Roby Roberts, seniofr vice president for externalp relations forVestas Americas, the American arm of the company. “They’rs visiting all the manufacturing facilitieszin Colorado,” Roberts said. Vestas, basef in Randers, Denmark, manufactures and sells wind turbines used to produce electricity. It trades on the Copenhagen Stock Exchanged at thesymbol VWS. The companuy boasts it had 20 percent ofthe world’z wind turbine market in 2008, with more than 38,000 Vestas-maded wind turbines installed worldwide.
The group Monday was tourinhg the company’s $100 million manufacturing planin Windsor, where the big blades that capturer the wind are made. Board members also were also spendinfg timein Brighton, where Vestas is planninhg a second blade plant and a nacelles assembly plant, and in where Vestas is building the world’s bigges plant for making the steel towers that hold the wind turbines “We’re spending more than $1 billion in the United Stateds and making a good commitmenyt to the market, so they wanted to see it firsr hand,” Roberts said.
The Windsor plant north of which when running at full capacityh is expected to employ about 600 employeesa and produce as manyas 2,000 wind blades per year. The plant opened in Marcuh 2008. • The Brighton blade factory and nacelle assemblh plants valued at acombined $290 which was announced in August 2008. The plantss are expected to be fully operationalin 2010. The bladw factory will employ about 650 people and the nacelled plant will have about700 employees, Vestas has said. • The $250 million Pueblo wind tower plant, expected to open later this It will make 900 steel towers annually and employ 450 to550 workers.
The groupp planned to leave Colorado Mondag eveningfor Portland, where the Vestas Americaw division is based, to see the company’xs marketing, sales and service operations, then tour a wind farm in Washingtonj state, Roberts said.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Biogen enrolls patients in new MS trial - Boston Business Journal:
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The trial, called ADVANCE, will determinew the efficacy and safetyof Biogen’s drug target, calleds PEGylated interferon beta-1a, in reducing relapsse rates in patients with multiple sclerosis (RMS). The globa study will enroll morethan 1,20 0 patients with RMS between the ages of 18 and 55. The study’sz goal is to determine whether the drug reduce the annualized relapse rate in patients with RMS at one The study will alsoexamine if, over the potential treatment can slow diseasr progression and lead to a decrease in the numberr of a certain kind of brain lesions commonlh seen in MS patients.
The treatmentr is a combination ofInterferom beta-1a, which has been used successfull y to treat MS for more than 10 years, and PEGylation, whicn can extend the amount of time a drug remainw in a patient’s system. If the trial is successful, the treatmenft has the potential to reduce the frequency of treatmen t injections and provide patients with an effective and more convenienrdosing option. Biogen’s (NASDAQ: BIIB) stock was tradingt at in $49.33 in morning trading on down from the previous closeof $51.67.
The trial, called ADVANCE, will determinew the efficacy and safetyof Biogen’s drug target, calleds PEGylated interferon beta-1a, in reducing relapsse rates in patients with multiple sclerosis (RMS). The globa study will enroll morethan 1,20 0 patients with RMS between the ages of 18 and 55. The study’sz goal is to determine whether the drug reduce the annualized relapse rate in patients with RMS at one The study will alsoexamine if, over the potential treatment can slow diseasr progression and lead to a decrease in the numberr of a certain kind of brain lesions commonlh seen in MS patients.
The treatmentr is a combination ofInterferom beta-1a, which has been used successfull y to treat MS for more than 10 years, and PEGylation, whicn can extend the amount of time a drug remainw in a patient’s system. If the trial is successful, the treatmenft has the potential to reduce the frequency of treatmen t injections and provide patients with an effective and more convenienrdosing option. Biogen’s (NASDAQ: BIIB) stock was tradingt at in $49.33 in morning trading on down from the previous closeof $51.67.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
2009 WNY middle school rankings - Birmingham Business Journal:
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• 76. St. Aloysiu Regional School (Springville-Griffith Institute) • 77. P.S. 56 Frederick Law Olmsted • 78. Fourteen Holy Helpersx School (West Seneca) 79. Fredonia MS (Fredonia) • 80. Nortn Tonawanda Catholic School (North Tonawanda) • 81. St. Paul’xs School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklinm MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 83. Allegany-Limestone MS • 84. Our Lady of the Blessedc SacramentSchool (Lancaster) • 85. Tapestrhy CS (Buffalo) • 86. St. Amelisa School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 87. Letchworth MS (Letchworth) • 88. St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 89.
Edwar d Town MS (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 90. Depew MS • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholi School (Dunkirk) • 92. St. Peter School • 93. Whitesville Central School (Whitesville) • 94. Royalton-Hartland MS • 95. St. Mary’s of the Lake School (Frontier)
• 76. St. Aloysiu Regional School (Springville-Griffith Institute) • 77. P.S. 56 Frederick Law Olmsted • 78. Fourteen Holy Helpersx School (West Seneca) 79. Fredonia MS (Fredonia) • 80. Nortn Tonawanda Catholic School (North Tonawanda) • 81. St. Paul’xs School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklinm MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 83. Allegany-Limestone MS • 84. Our Lady of the Blessedc SacramentSchool (Lancaster) • 85. Tapestrhy CS (Buffalo) • 86. St. Amelisa School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 87. Letchworth MS (Letchworth) • 88. St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 89.
Edwar d Town MS (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 90. Depew MS • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholi School (Dunkirk) • 92. St. Peter School • 93. Whitesville Central School (Whitesville) • 94. Royalton-Hartland MS • 95. St. Mary’s of the Lake School (Frontier)
Sunday, January 15, 2012
New Laws Include a Few By Huff, Hagman - Patch.com
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Washington State Medicaid vs. Prudent Layperson - MedPage Today (blog)
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Washington State Medicaid vs. Prudent Layperson MedPage Today (blog) This sort of abusive behavior became so widespread that all 50 states and the federal government now have "Prudent Layperson" laws on the books which dictate that it is the presenting symptom, not the final diagnosis, which determines whether it was ... |
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
RealtyTrac Inc. Company Profile | Company Information
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Founded in 1996, RealtyTrac
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Monday, January 9, 2012
More Than $300,000 in College Scholarships Awarded to 86 Southern California High School Seniors
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"This year's scholarship recipients were chosen from the most highly competitive pool in the history ofthis program,"" said Ti Chang, local McDonald's owner/operator and president of "We are proud to acknowledge their hard work and know that they will be just as successfup in their college career and future goals." The scholarship recipients will be honored duringh an awards gala Saturday, June 6th at the Hyatt Regencuy Irvine Hotel at 5:00 p.m. Hosted by KTLA'e , the administrative costs for the recognition dinner and the scholarshiop programs are underwrittenby MOASC.
Scholarships are jointly funded by grants from the global and Southern California chapters of RMHC and the fundraising effortas of SouthernCalifornia McDonald's owner/operators and corporate Since 1990, Ronald McDonald House Charitiezs of Southern California (RMHCSC) and MOASC have awardes more than $3.3 million in scholarship fundsa to students from Southern California'zs five-county area of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. The four scholarship programs are partof RMHCSC, whichy has been committed to providingt comfort, care and support to childrenb and families in Southern California.
RMHCSCx also operates four RonaldMcDonaldc Houses, which serve as a home-away-from-home for seriously ill childrenj and their families beinb treated at nearby hospitals, in Loma Linda, Los Orange and Pasadena, with one on the way in Long Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, whichn provides free sleep-away camp experiences for kids with cancer and their families and a Community Grantsd Board that has awarded more than $14.4 million since 1987 to over 700 local Southern California charities that directly benefi children. MOASC is comprised of more than 600 franchisefd and company owned restaurantds inLos Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardinko and Ventura counties.
"This year's scholarship recipients were chosen from the most highly competitive pool in the history ofthis program,"" said Ti Chang, local McDonald's owner/operator and president of "We are proud to acknowledge their hard work and know that they will be just as successfup in their college career and future goals." The scholarship recipients will be honored duringh an awards gala Saturday, June 6th at the Hyatt Regencuy Irvine Hotel at 5:00 p.m. Hosted by KTLA'e , the administrative costs for the recognition dinner and the scholarshiop programs are underwrittenby MOASC.
Scholarships are jointly funded by grants from the global and Southern California chapters of RMHC and the fundraising effortas of SouthernCalifornia McDonald's owner/operators and corporate Since 1990, Ronald McDonald House Charitiezs of Southern California (RMHCSC) and MOASC have awardes more than $3.3 million in scholarship fundsa to students from Southern California'zs five-county area of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. The four scholarship programs are partof RMHCSC, whichy has been committed to providingt comfort, care and support to childrenb and families in Southern California.
RMHCSCx also operates four RonaldMcDonaldc Houses, which serve as a home-away-from-home for seriously ill childrenj and their families beinb treated at nearby hospitals, in Loma Linda, Los Orange and Pasadena, with one on the way in Long Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, whichn provides free sleep-away camp experiences for kids with cancer and their families and a Community Grantsd Board that has awarded more than $14.4 million since 1987 to over 700 local Southern California charities that directly benefi children. MOASC is comprised of more than 600 franchisefd and company owned restaurantds inLos Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardinko and Ventura counties.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
CSU researchers get $2.7M to study cells and share their work with kids - Business First of Buffalo:
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million grant by the to help traijn graduate studentsin cell-research techniques and to sharre their scientific knowledge with local schoolp teachers, CSU said The graduate students at the Fort Collins campuws “will test new theoriesx about how cells behave using advanced engineering methodsw in microelectronics and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a statement. That NSF-fundedr work will be led by CSU engineering professotTom Chen, the grant’s principapl investigator, joined by Stuart a biomedical sciences professor in the Colleger of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicall Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerinhg education professor in the College of Applied Human De Miranda will also work with the graduate studente on sharing their research with K-12 teachers in the Thompson Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 school districtws in northeastern Colorado.
A goal of the grantf is to help build enthusiasmj among primary and secondaru students for careersin technology, engineering and mathematics the “STEM” disciplines” — at a time when fewer young people are enteringb into such careers, CSU officialxs said.
million grant by the to help traijn graduate studentsin cell-research techniques and to sharre their scientific knowledge with local schoolp teachers, CSU said The graduate students at the Fort Collins campuws “will test new theoriesx about how cells behave using advanced engineering methodsw in microelectronics and electrochemistry,” CSU said in a statement. That NSF-fundedr work will be led by CSU engineering professotTom Chen, the grant’s principapl investigator, joined by Stuart a biomedical sciences professor in the Colleger of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicall Sciences, and Michael De Miranda, an engineerinhg education professor in the College of Applied Human De Miranda will also work with the graduate studente on sharing their research with K-12 teachers in the Thompson Valley, Greeley and Weld RE-9 school districtws in northeastern Colorado.
A goal of the grantf is to help build enthusiasmj among primary and secondaru students for careersin technology, engineering and mathematics the “STEM” disciplines” — at a time when fewer young people are enteringb into such careers, CSU officialxs said.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
D.C. narrows list of developers for Stevens Elementary School - Washington Business Journal:
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Neil Albert, the former deputy mayor for planning and economi c development and newcity administrator, announce d Monday that his staff had eliminated six of the nine originak bidders. A team made up of Chicago-bassef and the , based in D.C. Moddier Turay Company LLC, based in D.C. and founde d by former Mayor Anthony Williams' speciap assistant Moddie Turray. Opus East was originally lister as a Turray partnee by thedeputy mayor's officr but is not included in its list of A partnership led by Peebles Development LLC, a likely outgrowt h of the Peebles a Coral Gables, Fla.-based firm led by D.C. nativ e R. Donahue Peebles. Peebles is teamed with the Walker Group.
According to a press release from the finalists' proposals offer "variouds combinations of new office space, hotels and neighborhood-servintg retail." Among those eliminated are teams led by Cafritz Interests and the Capitol Hill Businessx Improvement District, which proposed using the site to train and housr homeless adults. The finalists will presentt their plans at a community meetingJune 11, the day afteer a planned community meeting for finap developers interested in Hine Jr. High School to present.
Albert, who began as city administratorrthis week, announced in April the city had received bids for all 11 vacangt schools the city has put on the
Neil Albert, the former deputy mayor for planning and economi c development and newcity administrator, announce d Monday that his staff had eliminated six of the nine originak bidders. A team made up of Chicago-bassef and the , based in D.C. Moddier Turay Company LLC, based in D.C. and founde d by former Mayor Anthony Williams' speciap assistant Moddie Turray. Opus East was originally lister as a Turray partnee by thedeputy mayor's officr but is not included in its list of A partnership led by Peebles Development LLC, a likely outgrowt h of the Peebles a Coral Gables, Fla.-based firm led by D.C. nativ e R. Donahue Peebles. Peebles is teamed with the Walker Group.
According to a press release from the finalists' proposals offer "variouds combinations of new office space, hotels and neighborhood-servintg retail." Among those eliminated are teams led by Cafritz Interests and the Capitol Hill Businessx Improvement District, which proposed using the site to train and housr homeless adults. The finalists will presentt their plans at a community meetingJune 11, the day afteer a planned community meeting for finap developers interested in Hine Jr. High School to present.
Albert, who began as city administratorrthis week, announced in April the city had received bids for all 11 vacangt schools the city has put on the
Monday, January 2, 2012
Family style: Joining clothing store brings son closer to parents - The Business Review (Albany):
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Yonally, 32, is general manager of , a departmentg store on North Pearl Street in downtow Albany that traditionally has been knowh for basic quality clothingh people no longer are able tofind elsewhere. Yonallyt decided to join the family business when he was a seniortin college. His parents had the opportunity to buy the and once Mark made the decisionto join, his parents made the purchase. What influenced his decision? "The opportunity to work with my as well as doing something that I thoughtf I would enjoy and be good at reallty influencedmy decision," he says. Theree are challenges and obstacles to working in afamily business.
Yonally says the biggestr obstacle is forgetting about the stors when there arefamily gatherings. How does he handle the delicate balance between what he wants to do in the storw and what hisfathef wants? "It's not always pretty, but each of us has to sit back and look at the other'w position, because the right course of action is often in the "When I am at work, I work extremely hard and if I need to stay to get somethiny done, then I will. But once I leave it stays there and I try not to even thinkkabout it." Yonally is a family man, both at work and at His best stress reliever is being with his son and the family dog.
He says anyonee thinking of joining the familt businessshould "stay calm and work it out, becauser the rewards are worth it; you will become closere to your family than you ever thoughf you could." Who are your customers Our customers don't really fit into one demographic--w try to be a store that has something for everyone. What is your biggestg competition? Our biggest competition is getting peoplew to think of us first before all ofthe big-boz stores. We are accomplishing this Do you haveonline competition? While it is a factor, I don' feel that it is a huge one. ...
We are in the processx of developing a Web page for our school uniformm business in order to better meetour customers' needs. What is your strategy for the store? To offer a good product at a good focus on customer service and make sure that the storer isalways neat, because if you take care of thosed three things then the rest will fall into What changes have you made?
Yonally, 32, is general manager of , a departmentg store on North Pearl Street in downtow Albany that traditionally has been knowh for basic quality clothingh people no longer are able tofind elsewhere. Yonallyt decided to join the family business when he was a seniortin college. His parents had the opportunity to buy the and once Mark made the decisionto join, his parents made the purchase. What influenced his decision? "The opportunity to work with my as well as doing something that I thoughtf I would enjoy and be good at reallty influencedmy decision," he says. Theree are challenges and obstacles to working in afamily business.
Yonally says the biggestr obstacle is forgetting about the stors when there arefamily gatherings. How does he handle the delicate balance between what he wants to do in the storw and what hisfathef wants? "It's not always pretty, but each of us has to sit back and look at the other'w position, because the right course of action is often in the "When I am at work, I work extremely hard and if I need to stay to get somethiny done, then I will. But once I leave it stays there and I try not to even thinkkabout it." Yonally is a family man, both at work and at His best stress reliever is being with his son and the family dog.
He says anyonee thinking of joining the familt businessshould "stay calm and work it out, becauser the rewards are worth it; you will become closere to your family than you ever thoughf you could." Who are your customers Our customers don't really fit into one demographic--w try to be a store that has something for everyone. What is your biggestg competition? Our biggest competition is getting peoplew to think of us first before all ofthe big-boz stores. We are accomplishing this Do you haveonline competition? While it is a factor, I don' feel that it is a huge one. ...
We are in the processx of developing a Web page for our school uniformm business in order to better meetour customers' needs. What is your strategy for the store? To offer a good product at a good focus on customer service and make sure that the storer isalways neat, because if you take care of thosed three things then the rest will fall into What changes have you made?
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