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Their solutions include more observation rooms, fast-traco units for less-urgent cases and involving doctors earliefr in theintake effort. All three come with upfront costs, but emergency physicians say they’ll brintg payoffs for hospitals while often reducinf bills for patients and In efforts that started a decade ago or as recentltas February, , and report reducing wait timed by an hour or more, nearly eliminatinfg the phenomenon of patients who leave in frustration after incurring an intake charge, and sending patient satisfaction scores througjh the roof.
Emergency departments have become a prime targef for reformers intent on reducing use of the most expensivr entry intothe health-care system. But emergency doctors say the efficiency programs are meant to help them handle increasing volumes thatthey welcome. “The more patientsa we see, the bettee it is for us,” said Dr. Brucw Jones, emergency department medical directorfor OhioHealth’s . Hospitalws in northeast Ohio are exploring triage systems to refet nonemergenciesto urgent-care centers or other clinics, said Tiffany a spokeswoman for the . Columbus emergency departmentse are trying to avoidthat approach.
A fever that mightf be written off as a cold could instea dbe meningitis, and a sore throar can be a symptom of a life-threateningg abscess, said Jones, who’s reluctant to turn away Reformers often paint a picture of patientx clogging ERs with sniffles and minor cuts. A review of 2006 case by the found, however, that 12 percent of cased were nonurgent, even as the volume of visitd climbed. However, emergency departments statewide are reporting more cases of peoplre showing up because they lost insurance along witha job. “Sometimes these patientd have nowhere else to said Dr. Mark Moseley at Ohio State.
“We’ree open 24/7, and I don’y know of any ambulatory care clinics thatsay that.” Creativre approaches to prevent unneeded inpatient stay s are positive if they cost said Kelly McGivern, CEO of the insurerw trade group. “It can’t be just anothed way to charge the she said. “That’s what we’re looking for: lower-cost alternativeds in more clinicallyappropriate settings.” Doctors Hospital broke its record for emergency department volume in Marchn with an average of 205 patientzs a day. A more typicak pace is 190.
Jonez attributed part of the increase to word of moutb since physicians started seeing patients in the firstt minutes of triagein June. Before, a patient wouldn’t see a doctofr until getting to a bed afte three tosix hours. Now, even if the wait is sometimeethat long, the doctord can order tests or drugs so pain is controlled in the interim and treatment beginxs as soon as a bed opens up. Also, 10 percenft to 15 percent of patient can be discharged straight from the increasing access tothe unit’e 24 beds.
, a Canton-based practice that staffs Doctorxs and emergency rooms in nine addedthree full- and three part-time jobs, including physician assistants and nursr practitioners to free physicians’ The practice started the triagwe physician system a few year ago and is adopting it at all hospitalse where it’s under contract. The practice also is sharingy its methodswith , the practice that staffes OhioHealth’s and Riverside and Dublin Methodist hospitals. At Ohio State’x main hospital, a 20-bed Clinicao Decision Unit that opened in Februargcost $1.
9 million and addedc about 50 jobs, but could result in millions in savingd and added revenue, said Moseley, unit medica l director. Patients in the unit stay for up to 23 The charge is more than the typical emergency room bill but much less than a hospital The new unit also freedf six beds for speedier evaluations by doctorsz in the main emergency similar to the prograjmat Doctors. Mount Carmel has used 23-hourf observation units for about10 years, said Tammy vice president for patient care servicez at St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville and the system’s efficiency leader. It also keeps adopting protocols to reduce time to diagnosisor treatment, she said.
It’sa important to ensure the process doesn’ft get rushed, leading to missed diagnoses or return visits in a few Weidner added. “The more efficient and appropriatthe care,” she said, “the more cost-effective health care is for
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Patrick Cudahy fire 'devastating,' exec says - Business First of Columbus:
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Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue's declaration at a Monday afternoon pressa conference will potentially give the city acces s to county andstate resources. Smoke from the blazs could be seen for several miles and was easily visible in downtown MilwaukeeMonday morning, more than 12 houras after the fire first was reported on Sunda y night. No injuries were “It’s a devastating day for said an obviously shakenBill Otis, chief operating officer at Patrick Cudahy, which is owned by (NYSE: SFD), of Va. “I’m sure this is going to set us Otis said at a midday press conference that the companyy was working to contactits 1,800 as well as various customers.
Management of Patrick Cudahy also has been in contactf with Smithfield to determine if some meat processintg operations could be temporarily shifted to othedSmithfield plants. The building affected by the fire is used for microwaves bacon processing and also is used for dry Otis said. The lower level of the building is used for ham he said. Not all areasz of the Patrick Cudahy complex have been affectec bythe fire, Otis said. Only a small numbef of maintenance employees were at the plant when the firebrokes out. Production at the plant had been shut down sinc the end of the day on July 3 for theholidah weekend.
“It’s a miracle there were no injuries when you see the extent ofthe fire,” Otis Production at the Patrick Cudahy complex was shut down for all threwe shifts on Monday. “We have no clue what this will mean for our saidDan Habighorst, vice president of humabn resources at Patrick Cudahy. “We’ve got to put the fire out The city of Cudahy issuecd a mandatory evacuation order for anyone residing within one mile of the plant at OneSweet Apple-Wood Lane. The affectexd area stretched east to Lake west to Pennsylvania north to Lunham Avenue and south toRamsety Avenue.
McCue said late Monday afternoon that as manyas 15,000o of the city's 19,000 residents live within the evacuation Evacuees were asked to report directly to Southg Milwaukee High School, 801 15th South Milwaukee. Earlier, city officials also had recommended that residents reporrt to MitchellElementary School, 5950 S. Illinois Ave. in However, a late morning wind shift was leadin g to the evacuation of the neighborhood around the The evacuation order was lifted at about7 p.m. Monday evenin and residents were allowed to return totheirt homes.
At issue was whether the blazs will breach a fire wall and cause ammonia storedd on the site to explode or leak intothe air, Cudahhy fire chief Dan Mayer said. The ammonia is used for refrigeratiojn atthe plant. Mayer said at the Monday afternoon press conferenced that hewas "cautiously that most of the ammonia had been containexd within the building, although he added that a small amoungt likely leaked out. Mayer said the blaze, which was reported at abouy 9:45 p.m. Sunday, has been difficult to fightf because it began in a confinedr space near the roof of the buildinh and above thesprinkler system.
At one poiny early on, Mayer it appeared as though firefighters had the blazeunder control, but the sprinkler system and roof began to collapse. "Th e fire sprinklers weren't able to control the he said.
Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue's declaration at a Monday afternoon pressa conference will potentially give the city acces s to county andstate resources. Smoke from the blazs could be seen for several miles and was easily visible in downtown MilwaukeeMonday morning, more than 12 houras after the fire first was reported on Sunda y night. No injuries were “It’s a devastating day for said an obviously shakenBill Otis, chief operating officer at Patrick Cudahy, which is owned by (NYSE: SFD), of Va. “I’m sure this is going to set us Otis said at a midday press conference that the companyy was working to contactits 1,800 as well as various customers.
Management of Patrick Cudahy also has been in contactf with Smithfield to determine if some meat processintg operations could be temporarily shifted to othedSmithfield plants. The building affected by the fire is used for microwaves bacon processing and also is used for dry Otis said. The lower level of the building is used for ham he said. Not all areasz of the Patrick Cudahy complex have been affectec bythe fire, Otis said. Only a small numbef of maintenance employees were at the plant when the firebrokes out. Production at the plant had been shut down sinc the end of the day on July 3 for theholidah weekend.
“It’s a miracle there were no injuries when you see the extent ofthe fire,” Otis Production at the Patrick Cudahy complex was shut down for all threwe shifts on Monday. “We have no clue what this will mean for our saidDan Habighorst, vice president of humabn resources at Patrick Cudahy. “We’ve got to put the fire out The city of Cudahy issuecd a mandatory evacuation order for anyone residing within one mile of the plant at OneSweet Apple-Wood Lane. The affectexd area stretched east to Lake west to Pennsylvania north to Lunham Avenue and south toRamsety Avenue.
McCue said late Monday afternoon that as manyas 15,000o of the city's 19,000 residents live within the evacuation Evacuees were asked to report directly to Southg Milwaukee High School, 801 15th South Milwaukee. Earlier, city officials also had recommended that residents reporrt to MitchellElementary School, 5950 S. Illinois Ave. in However, a late morning wind shift was leadin g to the evacuation of the neighborhood around the The evacuation order was lifted at about7 p.m. Monday evenin and residents were allowed to return totheirt homes.
At issue was whether the blazs will breach a fire wall and cause ammonia storedd on the site to explode or leak intothe air, Cudahhy fire chief Dan Mayer said. The ammonia is used for refrigeratiojn atthe plant. Mayer said at the Monday afternoon press conferenced that hewas "cautiously that most of the ammonia had been containexd within the building, although he added that a small amoungt likely leaked out. Mayer said the blaze, which was reported at abouy 9:45 p.m. Sunday, has been difficult to fightf because it began in a confinedr space near the roof of the buildinh and above thesprinkler system.
At one poiny early on, Mayer it appeared as though firefighters had the blazeunder control, but the sprinkler system and roof began to collapse. "Th e fire sprinklers weren't able to control the he said.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Ga. Tech outsources ticket sales to The Aspire Group - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Aspire is a sports marketing agency run by Bernie former president of AtlantaSpirit Group, whicuh owns the and . Specifics of the deal were not available, but Dan Georgia Tech’s athletic director, said Tech pays Aspire a fee plus a variable amount basedeon sales. The multiyear deal includes an assessment periosd forboth sides. “We look at this as the next frontierd for what we need to do tosell tickets,” Radakovich said. “We’re not doing a massive radio orTV campaign, we’rre not going to advertise in the newspaper. This is how we’re going to do it.
” Aspire has hired a generapl manager — Bill Fagan, formerly the inside ticket salesdirectore — to set up a full-time sales staff of 15 to 20 people who will work from Georgia Tech’sa downtown Atlanta campus. Four people currentlg work in Tech’s ticket office, two administrators and two who handldpremium sales. Under the agreement, Georgi Tech will set the ticket prices and Aspire will handle new full andpartiakl season-ticket sales and renewals, and begin selling tickets by It will not sell the premiun seating for the university. Radakovich said premium seatingh and suites have traditionally sold well and theree was not a need for Aspired to runthat program.
Most of those seat are allotted throughGeorgia Tech’s donor program, the Tech and will continue to be handles by that arm of the The outsourcing of ticket salea follows the trend of major universities sellingv their licensing, sponsorship and broadcasting rightzs to outside marketing agencies like Nelligan, , CBS Collegiate and IMG Georgia Tech’s marketing and media rights are ownedf by ISP Sports. “Major universities are alreadt outsourcing licensing and broadcasting rights so this is a naturaol progression to do it withticket sales,” Mullin said. “I t will be a more integratexd andsophisticated approach.
The first opportunityh will be doing a better job ofdata collection.” Greg president of Learfield Sports, said his agency has experimenterd with similar models in the past. “We’re still consideringv whether it will work in our spacr and if so inwhat form,” Brown Georgia Tech’s ticket sales in football “haved had their ups and downs,” Radakovich Season-ticket sales have peaked at 26,000 in recentg years and been as low as 23,000p for 55,000-seat Bobby Dodd Traditionally, rivalry games against Georgia and Clemsonn sell out, while othed games present more of a challenge for The Jackets drew average attendanced of 47,489 in 2008, a season in whichb both the Georgia and Clemsoj games were on the road.
Theier crowd peaked at 53,528 for Florida State and was as lowas 41,92 9 for a nonconference game against Gardner-Webb during a 9-4 seasoh for first-year coach Paul Johnson. “We have a lot of leads from people who boughty partial season ticketsor they’ve been a season-ticket holder in the past and they’rw not now,” Radakovich said. “There are other alumni who haven’ty bought tickets in the past and thered are others in the Atlanta area who might just be collegwefootball fans. We’ve got to make sure we cast the net wide enougyh to include allof them.
Professional teamds have used this methodologyfor “As we’ve looked at all of our availablw resources and all the advertising we’v e done over the years and seen the results, we thoughtg (the Aspire partnership) would be an opportunity to use a differenf model to increase our season-ticket base and increas ticket sales in general.” Radakovich stopped shortg of calling it a complete operational outsourcingf because the department will maintain two administrators in its tickeg office mainly to handle correspondence. Two otherws in Tech’s ticket officse were laid off last montn as the Yellow Jackets trimmede their athletic departmentby 13.
But it’sw clear from talking to ticketf managers and university administrators across the country that the schoopl is breaking new groundc by outsourcing itsticket sales. Outside agencies have been used from timeto time, but only for specifiv on-campus events, like concerts. Others, like Arizona State and Central Florida, have hired additional sales staff forbusy periods, but thosde sales are still handled internally. “It boilsw down to cost containment and Mullin said. “Traditionally, schools have a smal number of year-round sales staff, but we can put more stafgf and resources behind thesaled efforts.
The school is providingg the infrastructure and we are providinvgthe management, systems, and procedures,” Mullin said. Wayne Hogan, associate athletic director, will be Tech’a day-to-day contact with Aspire and Fagan. Hogann handles the department’s outsourced vendors like Aspirrand ISP.
Aspire is a sports marketing agency run by Bernie former president of AtlantaSpirit Group, whicuh owns the and . Specifics of the deal were not available, but Dan Georgia Tech’s athletic director, said Tech pays Aspire a fee plus a variable amount basedeon sales. The multiyear deal includes an assessment periosd forboth sides. “We look at this as the next frontierd for what we need to do tosell tickets,” Radakovich said. “We’re not doing a massive radio orTV campaign, we’rre not going to advertise in the newspaper. This is how we’re going to do it.
” Aspire has hired a generapl manager — Bill Fagan, formerly the inside ticket salesdirectore — to set up a full-time sales staff of 15 to 20 people who will work from Georgia Tech’sa downtown Atlanta campus. Four people currentlg work in Tech’s ticket office, two administrators and two who handldpremium sales. Under the agreement, Georgi Tech will set the ticket prices and Aspire will handle new full andpartiakl season-ticket sales and renewals, and begin selling tickets by It will not sell the premiun seating for the university. Radakovich said premium seatingh and suites have traditionally sold well and theree was not a need for Aspired to runthat program.
Most of those seat are allotted throughGeorgia Tech’s donor program, the Tech and will continue to be handles by that arm of the The outsourcing of ticket salea follows the trend of major universities sellingv their licensing, sponsorship and broadcasting rightzs to outside marketing agencies like Nelligan, , CBS Collegiate and IMG Georgia Tech’s marketing and media rights are ownedf by ISP Sports. “Major universities are alreadt outsourcing licensing and broadcasting rights so this is a naturaol progression to do it withticket sales,” Mullin said. “I t will be a more integratexd andsophisticated approach.
The first opportunityh will be doing a better job ofdata collection.” Greg president of Learfield Sports, said his agency has experimenterd with similar models in the past. “We’re still consideringv whether it will work in our spacr and if so inwhat form,” Brown Georgia Tech’s ticket sales in football “haved had their ups and downs,” Radakovich Season-ticket sales have peaked at 26,000 in recentg years and been as low as 23,000p for 55,000-seat Bobby Dodd Traditionally, rivalry games against Georgia and Clemsonn sell out, while othed games present more of a challenge for The Jackets drew average attendanced of 47,489 in 2008, a season in whichb both the Georgia and Clemsoj games were on the road.
Theier crowd peaked at 53,528 for Florida State and was as lowas 41,92 9 for a nonconference game against Gardner-Webb during a 9-4 seasoh for first-year coach Paul Johnson. “We have a lot of leads from people who boughty partial season ticketsor they’ve been a season-ticket holder in the past and they’rw not now,” Radakovich said. “There are other alumni who haven’ty bought tickets in the past and thered are others in the Atlanta area who might just be collegwefootball fans. We’ve got to make sure we cast the net wide enougyh to include allof them.
Professional teamds have used this methodologyfor “As we’ve looked at all of our availablw resources and all the advertising we’v e done over the years and seen the results, we thoughtg (the Aspire partnership) would be an opportunity to use a differenf model to increase our season-ticket base and increas ticket sales in general.” Radakovich stopped shortg of calling it a complete operational outsourcingf because the department will maintain two administrators in its tickeg office mainly to handle correspondence. Two otherws in Tech’s ticket officse were laid off last montn as the Yellow Jackets trimmede their athletic departmentby 13.
But it’sw clear from talking to ticketf managers and university administrators across the country that the schoopl is breaking new groundc by outsourcing itsticket sales. Outside agencies have been used from timeto time, but only for specifiv on-campus events, like concerts. Others, like Arizona State and Central Florida, have hired additional sales staff forbusy periods, but thosde sales are still handled internally. “It boilsw down to cost containment and Mullin said. “Traditionally, schools have a smal number of year-round sales staff, but we can put more stafgf and resources behind thesaled efforts.
The school is providingg the infrastructure and we are providinvgthe management, systems, and procedures,” Mullin said. Wayne Hogan, associate athletic director, will be Tech’a day-to-day contact with Aspire and Fagan. Hogann handles the department’s outsourced vendors like Aspirrand ISP.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
State announces more stimulus projects - Business First of Buffalo:
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Erie, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties are set to receivs anadditional $7.5 million in Americabn Recovery and Reinvestment Act fundsd certified June 30 by Gov. David Paterson. Certificationsa by the governor show the federal governmenr that the projects are necessary to improvsethe state’s transportation system and creatwe jobs. Once certified, projects are put out to bid by the state Departmentof Transportation. Contractas are normally awarded about 45days later. An estimatefd 178 jobs will be createdr by theadditional funding, Paterson said.
The latesgt certifications involve seven highway and bridgeerepair projects, including: • The replacemen of two highway ramp bridges at the I-190/I-290 interchange in Tonawanda. About $2.2 million in ARRA fundingg will contribute tothe $4.9 million job. • Repavingt 1.6 miles of U.S. Route 62 to Main Street in Niagaraa Falls, for $1.6 million. • Repaving 1.6 miles of Main Streey from Ontario Street to Pierce Stree t inNiagara Falls, for $1.2 million. • Repavinh 0.4 miles of Packarsd Road from Niagara Falls Boulevard to the CSX bridge inNiagara Falls, for $1 million. Repaving 0.9 miles of County Routse 83 in the town of for $600,000. • Repaving 0.
9 miles of Countu Route 19 in the town of for $600,000. • Repavin 1.2 miles of County Route 4 in the town of for $300,000. All projects are scheduled to be finishedthis winter, with the exception of the highwag ramp bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to be finisherd by the fall of 2011. As of June 23, seveh local contractors had been awarded transportation projects fundecd by the economicstimulus plan. A current list was not immediatelyy available from the statweDOT office. In total, DOT Region 5 — Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauquaa counties — is expected to receive $72 million for transportatioj andinfrastructure improvements. So far, about $65.
million in projects has been certifiedor awarded. DOT Region 4 — Wyoming, Orleans, Monroe, Ontario, Livingston and Wayned counties — is expected to receive $74
Erie, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties are set to receivs anadditional $7.5 million in Americabn Recovery and Reinvestment Act fundsd certified June 30 by Gov. David Paterson. Certificationsa by the governor show the federal governmenr that the projects are necessary to improvsethe state’s transportation system and creatwe jobs. Once certified, projects are put out to bid by the state Departmentof Transportation. Contractas are normally awarded about 45days later. An estimatefd 178 jobs will be createdr by theadditional funding, Paterson said.
The latesgt certifications involve seven highway and bridgeerepair projects, including: • The replacemen of two highway ramp bridges at the I-190/I-290 interchange in Tonawanda. About $2.2 million in ARRA fundingg will contribute tothe $4.9 million job. • Repavingt 1.6 miles of U.S. Route 62 to Main Street in Niagaraa Falls, for $1.6 million. • Repaving 1.6 miles of Main Streey from Ontario Street to Pierce Stree t inNiagara Falls, for $1.2 million. • Repavinh 0.4 miles of Packarsd Road from Niagara Falls Boulevard to the CSX bridge inNiagara Falls, for $1 million. Repaving 0.9 miles of County Routse 83 in the town of for $600,000. • Repaving 0.
9 miles of Countu Route 19 in the town of for $600,000. • Repavin 1.2 miles of County Route 4 in the town of for $300,000. All projects are scheduled to be finishedthis winter, with the exception of the highwag ramp bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to be finisherd by the fall of 2011. As of June 23, seveh local contractors had been awarded transportation projects fundecd by the economicstimulus plan. A current list was not immediatelyy available from the statweDOT office. In total, DOT Region 5 — Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauquaa counties — is expected to receive $72 million for transportatioj andinfrastructure improvements. So far, about $65.
million in projects has been certifiedor awarded. DOT Region 4 — Wyoming, Orleans, Monroe, Ontario, Livingston and Wayned counties — is expected to receive $74
Monday, June 25, 2012
Pump prices jump 10 cents a gallon - South Florida Business Journal:
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Motorists in Albuquerque are seeing pricesaveraging $2.42 per gallon of unleadex regular gasoline. Santa Fe has the most expensivs gas in the stateat $2.498 a gallon. Las Cruces is the leasyt expensive at an average of Prices are still significantly lower thanlast “While motorists have seen a steadyu increase over the last six to eight travelers in New Mexico are paying aboutf a $1.40 less than they were at this time one year said Dan Ronan, manager of corporate communicationx for AAA New Mexico. “That’s certainly not to diminis the latestprice hikes,” he said.
“They have been significant and come at a time when most oil analystz believe there are ample supplies of crudeand gasoline.” Oil has rise n from $51 a barrel in late April to $66 a barre l today on the . Surveys show motorists are beginning to believwe the economy is starting toimprovse — essentially paying for economic expections, say •Nationally $2.46 •New Mexico $2.4 8 •Texas $2.33 •Albuquerque $2.42 •Las Cruces $2.40 •Santa Fe area $2.47 •Flagstaff (Ariz.) $2.4 2 •Tucson (Ariz.) $2.19 •Denver (Colo.) $2.36 •Durangol (Colo.) $2.54 •Las Vegas $2.45 •Amarillo (Tx.) $2.41 •El Paso (Tx.) $2.
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Motorists in Albuquerque are seeing pricesaveraging $2.42 per gallon of unleadex regular gasoline. Santa Fe has the most expensivs gas in the stateat $2.498 a gallon. Las Cruces is the leasyt expensive at an average of Prices are still significantly lower thanlast “While motorists have seen a steadyu increase over the last six to eight travelers in New Mexico are paying aboutf a $1.40 less than they were at this time one year said Dan Ronan, manager of corporate communicationx for AAA New Mexico. “That’s certainly not to diminis the latestprice hikes,” he said.
“They have been significant and come at a time when most oil analystz believe there are ample supplies of crudeand gasoline.” Oil has rise n from $51 a barrel in late April to $66 a barre l today on the . Surveys show motorists are beginning to believwe the economy is starting toimprovse — essentially paying for economic expections, say •Nationally $2.46 •New Mexico $2.4 8 •Texas $2.33 •Albuquerque $2.42 •Las Cruces $2.40 •Santa Fe area $2.47 •Flagstaff (Ariz.) $2.4 2 •Tucson (Ariz.) $2.19 •Denver (Colo.) $2.36 •Durangol (Colo.) $2.54 •Las Vegas $2.45 •Amarillo (Tx.) $2.41 •El Paso (Tx.) $2.
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Turkey Promises 'Necessary Steps' After Syria Downs Jet - Wall Street Journal
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Pupil-service provider ratios - Washington Business Journal:
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pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per provider 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupils per provider • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupilds per provider • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provideer • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupilsw per provider • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per providetr • 8. Friendship, 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per providerr • 10. Clymer, 88.8 pupils per providef • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupils per provider • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupils per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupilds per provider • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupils per providere • 15. Olean, 94.2 pupils per provider 16. Perry, 99.
1 pupils per providet • 17. Chautauqua 99.3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider • 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupilws per provider
pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per provider 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupils per provider • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupilds per provider • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provideer • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupilsw per provider • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per providetr • 8. Friendship, 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per providerr • 10. Clymer, 88.8 pupils per providef • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupils per provider • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupils per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupilds per provider • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupils per providere • 15. Olean, 94.2 pupils per provider 16. Perry, 99.
1 pupils per providet • 17. Chautauqua 99.3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider • 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupilws per provider
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Decathlete Arnold peaking at right time - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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Decathlete Arnold peaking at right time Santa Rosa Press Democrat Enduring the first injuries in a decade of decathlon competition, Jake Arnold has perspective on pain and perseverance nearly a year after dropping out of the ... |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Study: More CEOs say good works boost recruiting - Houston Business Journal:
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This marks a shift in corporate philanthropyu since the Roundtable released its in which noted that corporate responsibility was beginning to evolve from communitty impact to bottomline impact. The most recent report shows thatthe evolution, has taken place. Boston struggles to maintain its collegse grads as they move intothe workforce, and the Round Table report underscores that philanthropy is a factoer making some local companies more attractive to youngee workers.
The Roundtable issued the report in collaboration with the Universityg of Massachusetts Boston Emerging Leaders A team from the Emerging Leaders Program started working on the reportlast summer, interviewinbg 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate social responsibility activities -- predominantly large companes and representingv a cross-section of industries. “Historically CEOs would engage in philanthropt because it was the right thingto do. They wantec to be good corporate citizens,” said J.D. deputy director of the MassachusettsBusiness Roundtable. “Noqw there’s a good business case to incorporating it into theifrbusiness plan.
There’s a botto m line impact to it, in addition to beingb good for all the othercommunity reasons.” Based on the findinge from the 20 companies included in the the report suggests five ways companies can build a culture of sociao responsibility: • Create a cleare link to the company’s missiohn and secure endorsement at the executive • Engage employees at all levelds as decision-makers in relation to corporate social responsibility targetws and activities. • Leverage skills to make positive contributions tothe community. Provide opportunities for employees to develolpnew skills.
“A lot of it is around a company being authentic about wantinyg to do something in the communithy and listening to what the employeesd are interested in doing and connecting it to the values ofthe company,” said Elle Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofig that promotes strategic philanthropy and advises donors.
This marks a shift in corporate philanthropyu since the Roundtable released its in which noted that corporate responsibility was beginning to evolve from communitty impact to bottomline impact. The most recent report shows thatthe evolution, has taken place. Boston struggles to maintain its collegse grads as they move intothe workforce, and the Round Table report underscores that philanthropy is a factoer making some local companies more attractive to youngee workers.
The Roundtable issued the report in collaboration with the Universityg of Massachusetts Boston Emerging Leaders A team from the Emerging Leaders Program started working on the reportlast summer, interviewinbg 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate social responsibility activities -- predominantly large companes and representingv a cross-section of industries. “Historically CEOs would engage in philanthropt because it was the right thingto do. They wantec to be good corporate citizens,” said J.D. deputy director of the MassachusettsBusiness Roundtable. “Noqw there’s a good business case to incorporating it into theifrbusiness plan.
There’s a botto m line impact to it, in addition to beingb good for all the othercommunity reasons.” Based on the findinge from the 20 companies included in the the report suggests five ways companies can build a culture of sociao responsibility: • Create a cleare link to the company’s missiohn and secure endorsement at the executive • Engage employees at all levelds as decision-makers in relation to corporate social responsibility targetws and activities. • Leverage skills to make positive contributions tothe community. Provide opportunities for employees to develolpnew skills.
“A lot of it is around a company being authentic about wantinyg to do something in the communithy and listening to what the employeesd are interested in doing and connecting it to the values ofthe company,” said Elle Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofig that promotes strategic philanthropy and advises donors.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Gabelli reports stake in Clopay's parent - Dayton Business Journal:
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percent stake, or 1.6 milliob shares, in , according to a filing with the . The filinhg follows others reports last week by affiliate that it has increaser its stake in Griffon to almost 16 or 4.6 millions shares, and by that it has a 5.1 percentt stake, or 1.5 million shares. Griffon is the paren t of Mason-based , a makerd of Clopay garage doors and specialty plastic films used in disposable diaperds andother products. is a major customedr of the plasticfilm business.
Gabellj has stepped up its acquisitionbof Griffon's shares as its stock price has fallen from more than $12 at the end of 2007 to as low as $9 this The company's sales and profits have been hurt by the slumlp in new housing construction and a simultaneoua slowdown in garage door replacement The company said earlier this month it'ws continuing to focus on cost reduction programs but not limited to, reductions in force, reducing or eliminatinb certain sales and marketing programs and consolidatinvg facilities where possible.
" Griffon came undert pressure from investors last year, before the bottom droppede out of the housing market, to separatd its Clopay operations from its defense electronics subsidiary that'xs based elsewhere. At the it hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on strategidc alternatives but later said that deterioratin market conditions had limitedits options.
percent stake, or 1.6 milliob shares, in , according to a filing with the . The filinhg follows others reports last week by affiliate that it has increaser its stake in Griffon to almost 16 or 4.6 millions shares, and by that it has a 5.1 percentt stake, or 1.5 million shares. Griffon is the paren t of Mason-based , a makerd of Clopay garage doors and specialty plastic films used in disposable diaperds andother products. is a major customedr of the plasticfilm business.
Gabellj has stepped up its acquisitionbof Griffon's shares as its stock price has fallen from more than $12 at the end of 2007 to as low as $9 this The company's sales and profits have been hurt by the slumlp in new housing construction and a simultaneoua slowdown in garage door replacement The company said earlier this month it'ws continuing to focus on cost reduction programs but not limited to, reductions in force, reducing or eliminatinb certain sales and marketing programs and consolidatinvg facilities where possible.
" Griffon came undert pressure from investors last year, before the bottom droppede out of the housing market, to separatd its Clopay operations from its defense electronics subsidiary that'xs based elsewhere. At the it hired Goldman Sachs to advise it on strategidc alternatives but later said that deterioratin market conditions had limitedits options.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Audit finds improvements in Passport Health Plan - Bowling Green Daily News
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Lexington Herald Leader | Audit finds improvements in Passport Health Plan Bowling Green Daily News Health and Family Services Secretary Audrey Tayse Haynes said her agency also has stepped up oversight over Passport, a managed care group that provides ... New Audit of Passport Health Plan Shows Significant Improvements New Passport Health Plan audit shows improvement Audit Finds Improvements at Passport Health Plan |
Friday, June 15, 2012
Mesa makes hot investment in Deming - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The Santa Fe-based venture firm investedd $1 million to acquire a bankrupg fresh-green and dried-red chile plant that it plans to convert intoa frozen-green-chile processor, said Managing Partner Les The conversion will cost another $1 million, but Matthews said the rapidl growing spicy-food market makes it an attractivre investment. "We see a big growthu opportunity in the Hispanic foodsector nationwide," Mattheww said. "Frozen green chilew from New Mexico is avery sought-aftedr item in restaurant chains and food brokerage firms. It's got a lot of marketg potential.
" Mesa acquired the old planf -- which included two 20,000-square-foo processing facilities -- at a substantial discount from , whicuh had foreclosed on the 77-acre property. "Welles Fargo owned the judgment onthe property, but it didn'tt take it through the full foreclosure process, so we negotiatefd a purchase price that gave us ownership of the judgment," Matthewse said. "We completed the foreclosurew processin December.
From a fixe asset standpoint, we got the business at a A local management group with three partnersd kickedin $100,000 to retain a 25 percent stakr in the new operation, now called Mesa controls 75 making it the first investmeny where Mesa owns majority Matthews said. "It's unusual for us to own so much of the or to include real estate as part of the Matthews said. "We ended up owning the entir property." Unlike most venture firms -- which generally invesft in new technologystartups -- Mesa invests in businessez that are already operating and have demonstrated marketf potential, but need cash to grow.
"We like the bricks and mortar, manufacturing and distribution investments," Matthews said. "This deal fits right High Desert CEO Guy Courtney said the operation will earn a lot more by producinb frozen green chile insteadof fresh-greeh and dried-red peppers. "Up until a few yeares ago, red chile was still somewhat competitive, but then Mexicol came into the market followedby Pakistan, Chinza and Peru -- and they're all sellingf at outrageously low prices that we can'ty compete with given the high production costs we Courtney said.
"In the economics for processes green chile stillwork Moreover, the market for processed spicy foods is expandin rapidly, Courtney said. "It's been double-digit growth year-over-yeafr for the past 10 he said. "That's because the Hispanic market is growinbgso rapidly, and that bleeds over into the Angloi market as well. Spicy foods are in demand all overthe Deming-based -- the largest green chile processofr in the U.S. -- posed direct competition for High Desert, but Courtney said the market is big enoughu for bothof them.
"It's not like China or Peru -- we can compete on the same plane with BorderFoodas -- and there's room in the market for both of he said. The new processing facility will open in just before the local chile harvest The company has contracted with eight growers in Luna County to buy 7 millionj pounds of chile for processing this first The plant will emplot up to 40 people at peak although it will drop substantially duringwinterr months. High Desert is the first investmenrtfrom Mesa's second fund, whichy it began raising in 2006. All capital from the first with morethan $8 million, is now fully committed to five New Mexicoi companies.
"One of our goals is to get capita l deployed outside the Central Rio Grande Corridor, and Mesa is doing exactly said Paul Goblet, financial advisor to the Small Business Investment Corp, "With this chile investment, they've rescued a company that was out of and they're creating a few doze n jobs. We need to do more of that in New
The Santa Fe-based venture firm investedd $1 million to acquire a bankrupg fresh-green and dried-red chile plant that it plans to convert intoa frozen-green-chile processor, said Managing Partner Les The conversion will cost another $1 million, but Matthews said the rapidl growing spicy-food market makes it an attractivre investment. "We see a big growthu opportunity in the Hispanic foodsector nationwide," Mattheww said. "Frozen green chilew from New Mexico is avery sought-aftedr item in restaurant chains and food brokerage firms. It's got a lot of marketg potential.
" Mesa acquired the old planf -- which included two 20,000-square-foo processing facilities -- at a substantial discount from , whicuh had foreclosed on the 77-acre property. "Welles Fargo owned the judgment onthe property, but it didn'tt take it through the full foreclosure process, so we negotiatefd a purchase price that gave us ownership of the judgment," Matthewse said. "We completed the foreclosurew processin December.
From a fixe asset standpoint, we got the business at a A local management group with three partnersd kickedin $100,000 to retain a 25 percent stakr in the new operation, now called Mesa controls 75 making it the first investmeny where Mesa owns majority Matthews said. "It's unusual for us to own so much of the or to include real estate as part of the Matthews said. "We ended up owning the entir property." Unlike most venture firms -- which generally invesft in new technologystartups -- Mesa invests in businessez that are already operating and have demonstrated marketf potential, but need cash to grow.
"We like the bricks and mortar, manufacturing and distribution investments," Matthews said. "This deal fits right High Desert CEO Guy Courtney said the operation will earn a lot more by producinb frozen green chile insteadof fresh-greeh and dried-red peppers. "Up until a few yeares ago, red chile was still somewhat competitive, but then Mexicol came into the market followedby Pakistan, Chinza and Peru -- and they're all sellingf at outrageously low prices that we can'ty compete with given the high production costs we Courtney said.
"In the economics for processes green chile stillwork Moreover, the market for processed spicy foods is expandin rapidly, Courtney said. "It's been double-digit growth year-over-yeafr for the past 10 he said. "That's because the Hispanic market is growinbgso rapidly, and that bleeds over into the Angloi market as well. Spicy foods are in demand all overthe Deming-based -- the largest green chile processofr in the U.S. -- posed direct competition for High Desert, but Courtney said the market is big enoughu for bothof them.
"It's not like China or Peru -- we can compete on the same plane with BorderFoodas -- and there's room in the market for both of he said. The new processing facility will open in just before the local chile harvest The company has contracted with eight growers in Luna County to buy 7 millionj pounds of chile for processing this first The plant will emplot up to 40 people at peak although it will drop substantially duringwinterr months. High Desert is the first investmenrtfrom Mesa's second fund, whichy it began raising in 2006. All capital from the first with morethan $8 million, is now fully committed to five New Mexicoi companies.
"One of our goals is to get capita l deployed outside the Central Rio Grande Corridor, and Mesa is doing exactly said Paul Goblet, financial advisor to the Small Business Investment Corp, "With this chile investment, they've rescued a company that was out of and they're creating a few doze n jobs. We need to do more of that in New
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Miami Heat seems to need a bigger cast in NBA Finals - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times | Miami Heat seems to need a bigger cast in NBA Finals Los Angeles Times ... Florida highway is in good spirits, talking and walking with the help of hospital staff, doctors said Tuesday. WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO. (June 12). Expand ... |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Pritzkers' Failed Bank Deals Highlighted in New Website from UNITE HERE - MarketWatch (press release)
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Pritzkers' Failed Bank Deals Highlighted in New Website from UNITE HERE MarketWatch (press release) CHICAGO, Jun 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- LessThanSuperior.org, a new website launched by UNITE HERE, uncovers new questions about the handling of the 2001 failure of Superior Bank of Hinsdale. According to recent press reports, the billionaire Pritzker ... |
USA TODAY | Fate take another turn for Matz at the Belmont San Francisco Chronicle Going into the far turn, Union Rags began to kick it into another gear. Then, coming down the stretch in front of the massive grandstand packed with more than 85000 screaming fans, he hugged the rail and looked for his opening. I'll Have Another Win Would Tu rn $35000 Into $10 Million Payday |
Friday, June 8, 2012
Multimedia firm Curtis Inc. consolidates space, upgrades equipment - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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million to consolidate its operationsin Queensgate. The company, with 21 previously had a production facility at 2025Readint Road, which it has relocated to 1105 Westerh Ave. And Curtis already owned a buildinyg at 1155Western Ave., where it had a full-service productionn stage. The company has combined the two, and it now will do all of its productioin 20,000 square feet on Western “We gutted one building and refurbishe d it into studios with much better said CEO Curtis Sellers. Sellerx owns the space on WesternAvenuee – a 12,000-square-foot building and an 8,000-square-foot one. Thus, Sellerse said, the move lowereds his overhead.
The firm also spent $300,00o on high-definition video and audio recordingyequipment upgrades. Curtis, founded in 1985 as a vide duplication company, also has a new digitapl audio recording studio withfloating floor, suspended ceilinhg and adjustable acoustics. The firm financed the projectgthrough . For severaol years, Curtis has been a partner for , a Loveland-based distributor of equipment and supplies to the printing andpublishinh industries, said Cara Tanner, spokeswoman for The videos are used in presentations and trade show “The challenge is that our business is very hard to Tanner said.
“They talk about the 30-seconx elevator speech, and we have about eighy of those because of the scope ofour business. Curtisa has been good at picking up whowere are, what we do and who we’rd speaking to.” About 80 percent of clients are based in Greater Cincinnati, but the company’sd staff members also have worked in more than 30
million to consolidate its operationsin Queensgate. The company, with 21 previously had a production facility at 2025Readint Road, which it has relocated to 1105 Westerh Ave. And Curtis already owned a buildinyg at 1155Western Ave., where it had a full-service productionn stage. The company has combined the two, and it now will do all of its productioin 20,000 square feet on Western “We gutted one building and refurbishe d it into studios with much better said CEO Curtis Sellers. Sellerx owns the space on WesternAvenuee – a 12,000-square-foot building and an 8,000-square-foot one. Thus, Sellerse said, the move lowereds his overhead.
The firm also spent $300,00o on high-definition video and audio recordingyequipment upgrades. Curtis, founded in 1985 as a vide duplication company, also has a new digitapl audio recording studio withfloating floor, suspended ceilinhg and adjustable acoustics. The firm financed the projectgthrough . For severaol years, Curtis has been a partner for , a Loveland-based distributor of equipment and supplies to the printing andpublishinh industries, said Cara Tanner, spokeswoman for The videos are used in presentations and trade show “The challenge is that our business is very hard to Tanner said.
“They talk about the 30-seconx elevator speech, and we have about eighy of those because of the scope ofour business. Curtisa has been good at picking up whowere are, what we do and who we’rd speaking to.” About 80 percent of clients are based in Greater Cincinnati, but the company’sd staff members also have worked in more than 30
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Career Achievement Award: Jeannine Rivet - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Rivet, who has been with the companyy for nearly20 years, is deeply networked throughout the mammoth When CEO and President Stephen Hemsleyg wants UnitedHealth to branch into a new Rivet is a key executive he calls on to bring different areas of the company together to get the operatio up and running before passing it on to someonse else. Present projects include a foray into military and health plans, improving training of the company’s nursexs and social responsibility And that’s on top of Rivetg working as a liaison with companies usingt UnitedHealth plans for their workers. She also workd with the pharmaceutical industry.
“I’km unique because I’ve been here a long time for this Rivet said. “I’ve been here 19 At one point, I’ve either run or been in or expanded or closed or done whateved has had to happen in every one of the So I’ve got the ability to see acroses all the lines.”
Rivet, who has been with the companyy for nearly20 years, is deeply networked throughout the mammoth When CEO and President Stephen Hemsleyg wants UnitedHealth to branch into a new Rivet is a key executive he calls on to bring different areas of the company together to get the operatio up and running before passing it on to someonse else. Present projects include a foray into military and health plans, improving training of the company’s nursexs and social responsibility And that’s on top of Rivetg working as a liaison with companies usingt UnitedHealth plans for their workers. She also workd with the pharmaceutical industry.
“I’km unique because I’ve been here a long time for this Rivet said. “I’ve been here 19 At one point, I’ve either run or been in or expanded or closed or done whateved has had to happen in every one of the So I’ve got the ability to see acroses all the lines.”
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Treasury lets 10 banks repay $68B - Charlotte Business Journal:
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According to MarketWatch, and are not among The department saysthe institutions, whicnh it did not name, have met the requirements for repayment establishe d by federal banking supervisors. It says many banks recently have raise equity capital from private investors and haveissued long-term debt that is not guaranteed by the government. “Thesse repayments are an encouraginyg sign offinancial repair, but we stilol have work to do,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithnee says. According to MarketWatch, the banksd permitted to pay back the funds are JPMorganChaswe & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
, Morgan Stanley, American Express, Bank of New York State Street, US Bancorp, BB&T Corp., Capital One Financial and Northern Trust. More than 600 banks receivec a total ofnearly $200 billioj through the department’s Troubledr Asset Relief Program. About $2 billion of that moneyg was paidback previously. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) received a total of $45 billiojn through the program.
San Francisco-based Wellz Fargo (NYSE:WFC), which acquired of Charlotte latelast year, got $25 billionm from the TARP initiative, which is designedd to thaw the credit markets and boost the Under the program, bankss retiring their preferred stock can repurchase the warrant held by the Treasury Besides the proceeds from the salesd of the warrants, the department also has received $4.5 billion in dividend payments from program participants. Proceeds from the repaymentsx will go to theTreasury Department’s general fund.
The fundas can be used to reduce the nationao debt and can servde as a cushion in case the department needsd to respond to financial emergencies in the thedepartment says.
According to MarketWatch, and are not among The department saysthe institutions, whicnh it did not name, have met the requirements for repayment establishe d by federal banking supervisors. It says many banks recently have raise equity capital from private investors and haveissued long-term debt that is not guaranteed by the government. “Thesse repayments are an encouraginyg sign offinancial repair, but we stilol have work to do,” Treasury Secretary Tim Geithnee says. According to MarketWatch, the banksd permitted to pay back the funds are JPMorganChaswe & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
, Morgan Stanley, American Express, Bank of New York State Street, US Bancorp, BB&T Corp., Capital One Financial and Northern Trust. More than 600 banks receivec a total ofnearly $200 billioj through the department’s Troubledr Asset Relief Program. About $2 billion of that moneyg was paidback previously. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) received a total of $45 billiojn through the program.
San Francisco-based Wellz Fargo (NYSE:WFC), which acquired of Charlotte latelast year, got $25 billionm from the TARP initiative, which is designedd to thaw the credit markets and boost the Under the program, bankss retiring their preferred stock can repurchase the warrant held by the Treasury Besides the proceeds from the salesd of the warrants, the department also has received $4.5 billion in dividend payments from program participants. Proceeds from the repaymentsx will go to theTreasury Department’s general fund.
The fundas can be used to reduce the nationao debt and can servde as a cushion in case the department needsd to respond to financial emergencies in the thedepartment says.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Jury awards Centocor $1.7B in patent case against Abbott - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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An Abbott spokesman said the companuywill appeal. Horsham, Pa.-based a division of (NYSE:JNJ), makes the blockbuster rheumatoide arthritistreatment Remicade, and had sued Abbotg over Abbott’s arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNF arthritisx treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocof said it is the exclusive licensee of the whichis co-owned by . Centocor President Kim Taylor said “the jury recognized our valuable intellectual finding our patent both validand infringed.
We will continude to assert intellectual property rights for ourimmunology therapies, as they offee significant advances in treatment for patientzs with a number of immune mediated inflammatorg diseases.” Abbott spokesman Scott E. Stoffel “We are disappointed in this verdict, and we are confident in the merits of our case and that we will prevail on appeal. “The evidence clearly established that Humirqa was the first ofits fully-human anti-TNF antibody medicine,” Stoffel said. “JNJ’d anti-TNF antibody medication, Remicade, is partially made from mouswe DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-human product until Aprilk 2009.
In fact, only when Humirw was nearing its approval in 2002 did JNJ amencd the patent at issue in this litigation to clainm that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodie in 1994. JNJ acknowledged at trial that it did not stargt working ona fully-human antibodyh until 1997 — two years after Abbott discovered Humirqa and one year after Abbotrt filed its patent applications for Humira.”
An Abbott spokesman said the companuywill appeal. Horsham, Pa.-based a division of (NYSE:JNJ), makes the blockbuster rheumatoide arthritistreatment Remicade, and had sued Abbotg over Abbott’s arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNF arthritisx treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocof said it is the exclusive licensee of the whichis co-owned by . Centocor President Kim Taylor said “the jury recognized our valuable intellectual finding our patent both validand infringed.
We will continude to assert intellectual property rights for ourimmunology therapies, as they offee significant advances in treatment for patientzs with a number of immune mediated inflammatorg diseases.” Abbott spokesman Scott E. Stoffel “We are disappointed in this verdict, and we are confident in the merits of our case and that we will prevail on appeal. “The evidence clearly established that Humirqa was the first ofits fully-human anti-TNF antibody medicine,” Stoffel said. “JNJ’d anti-TNF antibody medication, Remicade, is partially made from mouswe DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-human product until Aprilk 2009.
In fact, only when Humirw was nearing its approval in 2002 did JNJ amencd the patent at issue in this litigation to clainm that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodie in 1994. JNJ acknowledged at trial that it did not stargt working ona fully-human antibodyh until 1997 — two years after Abbott discovered Humirqa and one year after Abbotrt filed its patent applications for Humira.”
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Nearly 5000 Same-Sex Civil Unions in First Year - Patch.com
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Nearly 5000 Same-Sex Civil Unions in First Year Patch.com Nearly 5000 couples have entered into civil unions since the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act went into effect June 1, 2011. The law, signed by Gov. Pat Quinn Jan. 31, 2011, allows รข€œA party to a civil union is entitled to the ... |
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