Turkey eyes Europe to boost fund sector Financial Times It is neither Semitic nor Indo-European, but it used to be written in Perso-Arabic script and since Atatürk's 1928 reforms it has been written in modified Latin script. This cultural mix is reflected in the country's fast-growing but still ... |
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Turkey eyes Europe to boost fund sector - Financial Times
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
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The state last month awarded a four-year contract to a Californi a company to take over and expandthe energy-efficiency programs that HECO The program, which include rebates for buying solar hot water systems and Energy Star is funded by ratepayers through a monthl surcharge. HECO customers still will pay a monthly charge into the incentive which has been in place sincethe mid-1990s. But insteadx of HECO handling the money, the surcharge will pass througuh HECO into a fund at Bank of Hawaiik for the Mainland companyto tap. The company, of San Diego, will be paid about 10 percenrt ofthe fund’s revenues annually to run the program.
The contracft has an estimated valuseof $38 million for the first two years, whicyh is based on the monthly surcharge paid by HECO (It’s labeled surcharge on Ray Starling, SAIC’s Hawaii program manager, said the companyh expects the fund will generated $19.6 million in its first year, with 70 percenty going toward rebates and about 20 percent going towarx program costs, and less than 10 percent coverinb SAIC’s services. The idea to get HECO out of the rebatre business had been discussed for the past two yearas as part ofthe state’s push for energyh efficiency under the .
“In a sense, it is almost unfaidr to require the electric utilithy to promote programs that reduce itselectricity sales, when increasing electricity sales generallgy increases the company’s profits,” said PUC Chairmam Carlito Caliboso. “Some would argue that the electrifc utility has a conflict of interest whenimplementingg energy-efficiency programs. This new structure will addressthat conflict, be it real or The state awarded the contracty to Science Applications International Corp. to begimn implementing programs July 1 and run them throughnDecember 2013.
Starling declined to share specific examples of new programx being planned because he said the company still isnegotiatinvg deals. HECO’s subsidiaries on Maui and the Big Island run theirtown energy-efficiency programs, but the new contract will oversee programs for all threes service areas. HECO starteed its incentive programs in and has paid out morethan $70 million in rebatex to customers who moderated electrical usage and bought energy-efficient systeme like solar water heaters. The average residential customet paysabout $1.19 each monthb into the fund for energy efficiency.
HECO spokesma n Darren Pai said the utility still is committedf to promotingenergy efficiency, even though it won’t be running the program. “We developed these programs more than a decade ago because we strongly believs in energy efficiency being as important as addinv renewableenergy sources,” Pai “It’s about helping customers control their energyg use, so we will continue to promot these efforts regardless of who’s runninfg it.
” SAIC is a publicly traded company (NYSE: SAI) that calls itself a “problem solverd through technology” with a focuzs on national security, energy, health and It reported annual revenue of $10 billion for the fiscalo year that ended in January. Handling energy-efficiency programe is not new forthe company, whicj has also created similar programs in Wisconsin and Illinois.
The state last month awarded a four-year contract to a Californi a company to take over and expandthe energy-efficiency programs that HECO The program, which include rebates for buying solar hot water systems and Energy Star is funded by ratepayers through a monthl surcharge. HECO customers still will pay a monthly charge into the incentive which has been in place sincethe mid-1990s. But insteadx of HECO handling the money, the surcharge will pass througuh HECO into a fund at Bank of Hawaiik for the Mainland companyto tap. The company, of San Diego, will be paid about 10 percenrt ofthe fund’s revenues annually to run the program.
The contracft has an estimated valuseof $38 million for the first two years, whicyh is based on the monthly surcharge paid by HECO (It’s labeled surcharge on Ray Starling, SAIC’s Hawaii program manager, said the companyh expects the fund will generated $19.6 million in its first year, with 70 percenty going toward rebates and about 20 percent going towarx program costs, and less than 10 percent coverinb SAIC’s services. The idea to get HECO out of the rebatre business had been discussed for the past two yearas as part ofthe state’s push for energyh efficiency under the .
“In a sense, it is almost unfaidr to require the electric utilithy to promote programs that reduce itselectricity sales, when increasing electricity sales generallgy increases the company’s profits,” said PUC Chairmam Carlito Caliboso. “Some would argue that the electrifc utility has a conflict of interest whenimplementingg energy-efficiency programs. This new structure will addressthat conflict, be it real or The state awarded the contracty to Science Applications International Corp. to begimn implementing programs July 1 and run them throughnDecember 2013.
Starling declined to share specific examples of new programx being planned because he said the company still isnegotiatinvg deals. HECO’s subsidiaries on Maui and the Big Island run theirtown energy-efficiency programs, but the new contract will oversee programs for all threes service areas. HECO starteed its incentive programs in and has paid out morethan $70 million in rebatex to customers who moderated electrical usage and bought energy-efficient systeme like solar water heaters. The average residential customet paysabout $1.19 each monthb into the fund for energy efficiency.
HECO spokesma n Darren Pai said the utility still is committedf to promotingenergy efficiency, even though it won’t be running the program. “We developed these programs more than a decade ago because we strongly believs in energy efficiency being as important as addinv renewableenergy sources,” Pai “It’s about helping customers control their energyg use, so we will continue to promot these efforts regardless of who’s runninfg it.
” SAIC is a publicly traded company (NYSE: SAI) that calls itself a “problem solverd through technology” with a focuzs on national security, energy, health and It reported annual revenue of $10 billion for the fiscalo year that ended in January. Handling energy-efficiency programe is not new forthe company, whicj has also created similar programs in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
CALMING DOWN: Australian golder Steve Bowditch. Picture: Getty Images Source ... - Courier Mail
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Senior March Against Government 'Gobbling Up' Social Security, Medicare - Patch.com
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Washington Times | Senior March Against Government 'Gobbling Up' Social Security, Medicare Patch.com Mary Gorman says that "without medicaid, medicare, I wouldn't have any hope." In response to Congress' failure to reach a deal on how to balance the budget, about 50 senior citizens dressed as turkeys r » |
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Hill-Rom grapples with harsh market - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Declining patient volumes and risingv bad debt have caused a major slowdown inhospital spending. That, in turn, led to a 26 percentt decrease in capital sales to the NortuhAmerican acute-care market in Hill-Rom’s most recent quarter. But ultimately, Hill-Rojm CEO Peter Soderberg said, the recession won’t change the basicc truth that health care is agrowtuh industry. And he still believea splitting from in April 2008 was the bestthinb Hill-Rom could have done. The move made it easier for investord to evaluate thecompany – and hold managemeng accountable. “This business isn’t going he said.
“It’s being Beds and surfaces continueto age, and the gap betweenh what’s in hospitals today and the technology that’sa available is getting wider.” But the current marker is rough. Nearly 80 percent of hospitalse across the country have put off or scaled back on facilitty upgrades andtechnology purchases, according to an survey in Sixty percent are seeing more uninsured patients, and nearlhy half have cut staff. Ohio hospitals are no said Tiffany Himmelreich, spokeswomahn for the .
“Therw is a misconception that hospitals are she said, “which is being provenb false by the multitude of recent hospitakl layoffs, delays in necessary facility improvementas and other cuts.” She said they’re “expectesd to continue making the tough choice to reduces their work force and services as patients opt out of electives procedures and uninsured patients continue seeking free care from the safetyy net providers – Hill-Rom’s North American acute-care segment posted second-quarter revenue of $188.6 million, down 18 percenrt from the year-before quarter. The company did, show growth in other areas, including North Americahn post-acute care (1.
9 percent) and international and surgicap (4 percent). Even in the downturn, Hill-Rok – which closed at $14.62 per sharwe May 13 – is getting a lot more attentionn from Wall Street than itused to. Abouf 850,000 shares of the company’s stock are traded per day. That’z versus 250,000 of Hillenbrande Industries, which the combined Hill-Ro and Batesville Casket were called before the splitg onApril 1, 2008. Five analysts now covere Hill-Rom. Only two covered the combined “It creates more accountability,” Soderberg said. “It’e much easier to benchmark us againsfother med-tech companies. We move faster. There’s less planninbg and more doing.
” The company spun off Batesvillre Casket under pressure from shareholderas who saw no synergy betweemthe businesses. Four analysts – from , and give Hill-Rom a “hold” or rating. Louisville-based rates it a “long-term with a two- to three-yeadr price target of $30. In the last 52 weeks, Hill-Rom’ws share price has ranged from $8.57 to When the hospital industry will pick back up is hardto say, but some healthh care capital spending “ultimately becomes nondiscretionart due to infrastructure and technologyu considerations,” Stephen O’Neil of Hilliard Lyons wrotw in a May 5 “Delaying capital spending,” he said, “could creates pent-up demand that could result in a strongere rebound, once it occurs.
” Another factodr analysts like: Hill-Rom’s recent and planned expense Gregory Williams of New York-based Sidoti & Co. lauded the firm’zs “impressive ability to maintain sales on lowedroperating costs.” But he noted that he sees “no signx of a recovery” in hospital Hill-Rom said in January it wouldx cut about 450 positions in its U.S. operations and also offedr a voluntary earlyretirement option. Hill-Rom employs 6,800 worldwide. The layoffs and other cuts resulted in a specia l charge ofnearly $18 million but were expected to mean savingx of $12 million to $14 million a year. The company posted a second-quartefr net loss of $465.
8 million, or $7.4 4 per share, and revenues of $337.3 The quarter included a $470 million chargr for impairmentof goodwill, severanc expenses and the integration of Liko Vardlyfr AB, the Swedish medical equipment firm Hill-Rom acquired in Minus the charges, adjusted earnings per share were 27 Analysts, on average, had expected revenues of $333.i8 million and earnings per sharr of 15 cents. North American which makes up morethan one-third of Hill-Rom’xs business, might not improve this year nor get the seasonalk bulge it typically gets in the latter part of the But the market will come Soderberg said; inquiries are up now, even if salex are more erratic.
“They are he said of hospitals. “They’rd just being more conservative, challenging every expenditure.”
Declining patient volumes and risingv bad debt have caused a major slowdown inhospital spending. That, in turn, led to a 26 percentt decrease in capital sales to the NortuhAmerican acute-care market in Hill-Rom’s most recent quarter. But ultimately, Hill-Rojm CEO Peter Soderberg said, the recession won’t change the basicc truth that health care is agrowtuh industry. And he still believea splitting from in April 2008 was the bestthinb Hill-Rom could have done. The move made it easier for investord to evaluate thecompany – and hold managemeng accountable. “This business isn’t going he said.
“It’s being Beds and surfaces continueto age, and the gap betweenh what’s in hospitals today and the technology that’sa available is getting wider.” But the current marker is rough. Nearly 80 percent of hospitalse across the country have put off or scaled back on facilitty upgrades andtechnology purchases, according to an survey in Sixty percent are seeing more uninsured patients, and nearlhy half have cut staff. Ohio hospitals are no said Tiffany Himmelreich, spokeswomahn for the .
“Therw is a misconception that hospitals are she said, “which is being provenb false by the multitude of recent hospitakl layoffs, delays in necessary facility improvementas and other cuts.” She said they’re “expectesd to continue making the tough choice to reduces their work force and services as patients opt out of electives procedures and uninsured patients continue seeking free care from the safetyy net providers – Hill-Rom’s North American acute-care segment posted second-quarter revenue of $188.6 million, down 18 percenrt from the year-before quarter. The company did, show growth in other areas, including North Americahn post-acute care (1.
9 percent) and international and surgicap (4 percent). Even in the downturn, Hill-Rok – which closed at $14.62 per sharwe May 13 – is getting a lot more attentionn from Wall Street than itused to. Abouf 850,000 shares of the company’s stock are traded per day. That’z versus 250,000 of Hillenbrande Industries, which the combined Hill-Ro and Batesville Casket were called before the splitg onApril 1, 2008. Five analysts now covere Hill-Rom. Only two covered the combined “It creates more accountability,” Soderberg said. “It’e much easier to benchmark us againsfother med-tech companies. We move faster. There’s less planninbg and more doing.
” The company spun off Batesvillre Casket under pressure from shareholderas who saw no synergy betweemthe businesses. Four analysts – from , and give Hill-Rom a “hold” or rating. Louisville-based rates it a “long-term with a two- to three-yeadr price target of $30. In the last 52 weeks, Hill-Rom’ws share price has ranged from $8.57 to When the hospital industry will pick back up is hardto say, but some healthh care capital spending “ultimately becomes nondiscretionart due to infrastructure and technologyu considerations,” Stephen O’Neil of Hilliard Lyons wrotw in a May 5 “Delaying capital spending,” he said, “could creates pent-up demand that could result in a strongere rebound, once it occurs.
” Another factodr analysts like: Hill-Rom’s recent and planned expense Gregory Williams of New York-based Sidoti & Co. lauded the firm’zs “impressive ability to maintain sales on lowedroperating costs.” But he noted that he sees “no signx of a recovery” in hospital Hill-Rom said in January it wouldx cut about 450 positions in its U.S. operations and also offedr a voluntary earlyretirement option. Hill-Rom employs 6,800 worldwide. The layoffs and other cuts resulted in a specia l charge ofnearly $18 million but were expected to mean savingx of $12 million to $14 million a year. The company posted a second-quartefr net loss of $465.
8 million, or $7.4 4 per share, and revenues of $337.3 The quarter included a $470 million chargr for impairmentof goodwill, severanc expenses and the integration of Liko Vardlyfr AB, the Swedish medical equipment firm Hill-Rom acquired in Minus the charges, adjusted earnings per share were 27 Analysts, on average, had expected revenues of $333.i8 million and earnings per sharr of 15 cents. North American which makes up morethan one-third of Hill-Rom’xs business, might not improve this year nor get the seasonalk bulge it typically gets in the latter part of the But the market will come Soderberg said; inquiries are up now, even if salex are more erratic.
“They are he said of hospitals. “They’rd just being more conservative, challenging every expenditure.”
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Chabot College gets $3.75M in grants - San Francisco Business Times:
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The Hayward community college got $1.75 million from the to help fund the Facult yInquiry Network, a program encompassing teams from 15 community college campuses Instructors at each of the collegezs will be devising solutions for the biggest roadblocks they face in teachint basic skills. The networkk will be organized aroundthree hubs; Chabot will be the hub for Northernh California campuses. Faculty at participating colleges will receiv e extensive training and coaching to identifyy learning styles of individuakl students and determine how to help them achieve theifreducational goals.
Chabot has also got a grant from thefor $2 The Title III grant over five years will also help facultu members assess student attainment of educational goals. The moneyu will be used to set up a Cente r for Teaching and Learning that will provide tutoring and early intervention for studentes struggling with their academic loads. The Chabot campus, the flagship of the Chabot-Laas Positas Community College District, has 15,00p0 students.
The Hayward community college got $1.75 million from the to help fund the Facult yInquiry Network, a program encompassing teams from 15 community college campuses Instructors at each of the collegezs will be devising solutions for the biggest roadblocks they face in teachint basic skills. The networkk will be organized aroundthree hubs; Chabot will be the hub for Northernh California campuses. Faculty at participating colleges will receiv e extensive training and coaching to identifyy learning styles of individuakl students and determine how to help them achieve theifreducational goals.
Chabot has also got a grant from thefor $2 The Title III grant over five years will also help facultu members assess student attainment of educational goals. The moneyu will be used to set up a Cente r for Teaching and Learning that will provide tutoring and early intervention for studentes struggling with their academic loads. The Chabot campus, the flagship of the Chabot-Laas Positas Community College District, has 15,00p0 students.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Downed power line severely shocks Whittier man outside his house - Los Angeles Times
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Downed power line severely shocks Whittier man outside his house Los Angeles Times A Whittier man was critically injured when he was shocked by a downed power line outside his home. [Updated at 10:24 pm: The man, identified as Joel Ramirez, has died, according to the Los Angeles County coroner.] Police who responded to the ... |
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Kaleida's GVI nearing start date - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Kaleida, on Tuesday, received unanimousx approval from the forthe 10-story, Washingtonh Street project that’s considered one of the major anchors of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Late the New York State Departmentof Health’s Hospital Review and Planning Council approved Kaleida’sz final certificate of need for the $291 million Kaleida is working with Buffalp officials on the last majo hurdle — gaining clear title to a portion of Goodricu Street that will be closes to traffic so the GVI can be directly connected to Buffalko General Hospital. That approval is expectedx soon.
“These approvals bring us one step closefr to turningour physician-led vision into said James Kaskie, Kaleidas president and chief executive officer. The GVI will houswe Kaleida’s heart, vascular and neurosurgery operations plus an expandee emergency room forBuffalo General. It will offer combined serviceds that are currently offered both at Buffalo General Hospitaol and Millard Fillmore Gates Circle The University at Buffalo is buildinfg a clinical translational researc center into the The GVI is slated to openin 2011.
Kaleida, on Tuesday, received unanimousx approval from the forthe 10-story, Washingtonh Street project that’s considered one of the major anchors of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Late the New York State Departmentof Health’s Hospital Review and Planning Council approved Kaleida’sz final certificate of need for the $291 million Kaleida is working with Buffalp officials on the last majo hurdle — gaining clear title to a portion of Goodricu Street that will be closes to traffic so the GVI can be directly connected to Buffalko General Hospital. That approval is expectedx soon.
“These approvals bring us one step closefr to turningour physician-led vision into said James Kaskie, Kaleidas president and chief executive officer. The GVI will houswe Kaleida’s heart, vascular and neurosurgery operations plus an expandee emergency room forBuffalo General. It will offer combined serviceds that are currently offered both at Buffalo General Hospitaol and Millard Fillmore Gates Circle The University at Buffalo is buildinfg a clinical translational researc center into the The GVI is slated to openin 2011.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
St. Louis No. 46 top tech center; San Jose No. 1 - St. Louis Business Journal:
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are just 78 miles from each yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech San Jose — epicenter of internationally renownedf SiliconValley — is the nation’s most technologicalluy adept metropolitan area, according to a new bizjournals studyy of 100 U.S. markets. Stockton ranks dead St. Louis ranks No. 46, just behind Sacramento and ahead of Portland, Maine. The St. Louis region has 41,62q2 high-tech jobs and 2,525 high-tecbh companies, according to census data used to compile the In addition, the region has nearly 33 high-tech jobs per 1,009 private sector jobs and 8.6 percent of thoss 25 or older have a master’s degreew and/or doctoral degree.
The employmentf figure used in the report is lowe r thanthe 44,070 IT employees identified by Greater St. Louisx Works, a public private partnership administered by theand . “Ifr it weren’t for computinh power and IT specialists, we wouldn’t have advancementds in much of ourbiotech areas,” said Jay vice president for new ventures and capital formation with the DeLong said most of St.
Louis’ large companiesa — from pharmacy benefits manager , to investment firms such as Edward and other largecompaniee here, including , could not operatew as efficiently as they currently do without their IT At Enterprise, for example, 1,300 of the company’s 4,265 St. Louisa area employees are in IT. Bizjournals creates a five-part formula to identify metrod with the highest concentrationsof high-tech companies, technology-oriented and workers with advanced degrees. San Jose standxs out as the clearleade — no real given its preeminence in the fieldsz of computer and semiconductor manufacturing. One-sixth of all adultz in the SanJose area, 16.
9 percent, hold master’s or doctoral Washington, D.C., is the only market with a higher Washington, in fact, ranks second in bizjournals’ overall high-tech followed by Boston, San Francisco-Oakland and Seattle. Each of these areaw has more than 160,000 high-tecbh jobs, and at least 10 perceny of all local workerws holdadvanced degrees. Bizjournals used raw data from two recen t reports by the to analyzethe high-tech capabilities of everty market with more than 500,00 0 residents.
The study focusedf on so-called Level I high-tech industries, a grou defined by the as businesses where at leasy a quarter of all employeess are directly involvedin technology-oriented That includes the aerospace, computer, control-instruments, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industriesd and scientific research-and-development services. This definition of high-tecnh jobs is more restrictive than others used by some private yet it still encompasses more than 4 millionn positions in the 100 Last in the overall rankingsis Stockton, whichh has just 1,540 high-tech jobs, which translates to 8.6 per 1,00o0 private-sector positions.
are just 78 miles from each yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech San Jose — epicenter of internationally renownedf SiliconValley — is the nation’s most technologicalluy adept metropolitan area, according to a new bizjournals studyy of 100 U.S. markets. Stockton ranks dead St. Louis ranks No. 46, just behind Sacramento and ahead of Portland, Maine. The St. Louis region has 41,62q2 high-tech jobs and 2,525 high-tecbh companies, according to census data used to compile the In addition, the region has nearly 33 high-tech jobs per 1,009 private sector jobs and 8.6 percent of thoss 25 or older have a master’s degreew and/or doctoral degree.
The employmentf figure used in the report is lowe r thanthe 44,070 IT employees identified by Greater St. Louisx Works, a public private partnership administered by theand . “Ifr it weren’t for computinh power and IT specialists, we wouldn’t have advancementds in much of ourbiotech areas,” said Jay vice president for new ventures and capital formation with the DeLong said most of St.
Louis’ large companiesa — from pharmacy benefits manager , to investment firms such as Edward and other largecompaniee here, including , could not operatew as efficiently as they currently do without their IT At Enterprise, for example, 1,300 of the company’s 4,265 St. Louisa area employees are in IT. Bizjournals creates a five-part formula to identify metrod with the highest concentrationsof high-tech companies, technology-oriented and workers with advanced degrees. San Jose standxs out as the clearleade — no real given its preeminence in the fieldsz of computer and semiconductor manufacturing. One-sixth of all adultz in the SanJose area, 16.
9 percent, hold master’s or doctoral Washington, D.C., is the only market with a higher Washington, in fact, ranks second in bizjournals’ overall high-tech followed by Boston, San Francisco-Oakland and Seattle. Each of these areaw has more than 160,000 high-tecbh jobs, and at least 10 perceny of all local workerws holdadvanced degrees. Bizjournals used raw data from two recen t reports by the to analyzethe high-tech capabilities of everty market with more than 500,00 0 residents.
The study focusedf on so-called Level I high-tech industries, a grou defined by the as businesses where at leasy a quarter of all employeess are directly involvedin technology-oriented That includes the aerospace, computer, control-instruments, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industriesd and scientific research-and-development services. This definition of high-tecnh jobs is more restrictive than others used by some private yet it still encompasses more than 4 millionn positions in the 100 Last in the overall rankingsis Stockton, whichh has just 1,540 high-tech jobs, which translates to 8.6 per 1,00o0 private-sector positions.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Kyle Richards & Brooke's 'Stimulating' Pamper - TheInsider.com
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Kyle Richards & Brooke's 'Stimulating' Pamper TheInsider.com The Insider's Brooke Anderson met with the Real Housewife for a day of pampering, Kyle style, consisting of her favorite "stimulating" procedure, an electric facial, which she swears by to keep the scalpel at bay. Watch Kyle and Brooke undergo the ... |
Saturday, November 5, 2011
RediClinic makes push via HEBs - Austin Business Journal:
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Houston-based RediClinic bases its clinics inside retai stores withpharmacy service, and staffs the clinics with nurs e practicioners who collaborate with local physicians. RediClini c says its clinics provided treatment for routine medical as wellas screenings, immunizations, physical and other preventive services. The clinic already has a statewid presenceinside HEB, Walgreens and Wal-Mart. In February 2006 the companyy opened a clinic inRoundc Rock's HEB Plus. RediClinics acceprt Aetna, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, Humana and Medicarse health coverage.
Marketing the clinicsz as providersof convenient, quicko and affordable health care, retail health clinicsd RediClinic and have been making a move into Centralo Texas retail stores in the last few
Houston-based RediClinic bases its clinics inside retai stores withpharmacy service, and staffs the clinics with nurs e practicioners who collaborate with local physicians. RediClini c says its clinics provided treatment for routine medical as wellas screenings, immunizations, physical and other preventive services. The clinic already has a statewid presenceinside HEB, Walgreens and Wal-Mart. In February 2006 the companyy opened a clinic inRoundc Rock's HEB Plus. RediClinics acceprt Aetna, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, Humana and Medicarse health coverage.
Marketing the clinicsz as providersof convenient, quicko and affordable health care, retail health clinicsd RediClinic and have been making a move into Centralo Texas retail stores in the last few
Thursday, November 3, 2011
USDA grants funds for rural energy projects - Boston Business Journal:
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“The demand for energy is risinyg every year and our funding program will help agriculturwe producers and ruralsmalkl businesses,” said Eric Vigil, New Mexico Rural Development’x water and environmental programs acting state Vigil said renewable energies, such as solar, biomass and geothermal will qualifgy under the program’s directives. “The program is geared toward energy efficiencuy and we expect to find interest from applicantsd who want to initiate a variety ofdifferenf projects,” Vigil added. Some energy efficient initiativesx that would qualify include installing wind turbines andsolar panels.
Establishingy anaerobic digesters and creatingmore energy-efficientr agricultural production by upgrading windows, insulation, boilers and lighting also will qualify under the terms of the program. Especially importanr this year, according to officials, is a new sectiom that finances feasibilitystudies — which can include monet for meteorological towers. These “met towers” help locatd the strongest wind area so that wind turbinex can be most advantageously The applications require a completed energy assessment orenergy audit. Unliked previous years, the cost of the audit or assessmeny will be paid for by the should the applicantbe successful.
This year, loan limitz have increased. The deadline for applicationz isJuly 31. More information abouty the program can be found onits , or by e-mailiny Jesse Monfort Bopp, the rurakl energy coordinator, at jesse.bopp@nm.usda.gov.
“The demand for energy is risinyg every year and our funding program will help agriculturwe producers and ruralsmalkl businesses,” said Eric Vigil, New Mexico Rural Development’x water and environmental programs acting state Vigil said renewable energies, such as solar, biomass and geothermal will qualifgy under the program’s directives. “The program is geared toward energy efficiencuy and we expect to find interest from applicantsd who want to initiate a variety ofdifferenf projects,” Vigil added. Some energy efficient initiativesx that would qualify include installing wind turbines andsolar panels.
Establishingy anaerobic digesters and creatingmore energy-efficientr agricultural production by upgrading windows, insulation, boilers and lighting also will qualify under the terms of the program. Especially importanr this year, according to officials, is a new sectiom that finances feasibilitystudies — which can include monet for meteorological towers. These “met towers” help locatd the strongest wind area so that wind turbinex can be most advantageously The applications require a completed energy assessment orenergy audit. Unliked previous years, the cost of the audit or assessmeny will be paid for by the should the applicantbe successful.
This year, loan limitz have increased. The deadline for applicationz isJuly 31. More information abouty the program can be found onits , or by e-mailiny Jesse Monfort Bopp, the rurakl energy coordinator, at jesse.bopp@nm.usda.gov.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Danforth Center sprouts its first spinoff: Agrius - St. Louis Business Journal:
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will commercialize a process that produces enzymes used to make The process was developed here over the past few yearx by scientists Eliot Herman andMonicaz Schmidt. Their work focused on soybeajn seeds, which can produce and stored a large numberof proteins. Herma n and Schmidt figured out how to make soybeans develop the kinds of proteins usefulk as enzymes that break downwood grasses, corn husks and other non-ediblwe plant matter into cellulosic biofuels such as ethanol. GeoSynFuels will invest $1 million over the next threw years to develop the process on a commerciall scale in exchange for a 51 percengt equity stakein Agrius.
The Danforth Centefr will contribute theintellectual property, scientific expertisr and research facilities, and it will hold onto a 49 percen stake. The center has royalty arrangements with Herman and It also has a future revenur agreement withthe , which co-owns the intellectuaol property developed with federal funds. Althougb there is no revenue streamrightf now, the technology could eventuallt help Agrius and GeoSynFuels tap into a domestic cellulosicf ethanol market of more than $2 billion, basedx on federal mandates requiring 36 billionj gallons of annual ethanol productiojn by 2022, said Joshua Sroge, GeoSynFuels’ controller and vice presidentf of finance.
will commercialize a process that produces enzymes used to make The process was developed here over the past few yearx by scientists Eliot Herman andMonicaz Schmidt. Their work focused on soybeajn seeds, which can produce and stored a large numberof proteins. Herma n and Schmidt figured out how to make soybeans develop the kinds of proteins usefulk as enzymes that break downwood grasses, corn husks and other non-ediblwe plant matter into cellulosic biofuels such as ethanol. GeoSynFuels will invest $1 million over the next threw years to develop the process on a commerciall scale in exchange for a 51 percengt equity stakein Agrius.
The Danforth Centefr will contribute theintellectual property, scientific expertisr and research facilities, and it will hold onto a 49 percen stake. The center has royalty arrangements with Herman and It also has a future revenur agreement withthe , which co-owns the intellectuaol property developed with federal funds. Althougb there is no revenue streamrightf now, the technology could eventuallt help Agrius and GeoSynFuels tap into a domestic cellulosicf ethanol market of more than $2 billion, basedx on federal mandates requiring 36 billionj gallons of annual ethanol productiojn by 2022, said Joshua Sroge, GeoSynFuels’ controller and vice presidentf of finance.
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