Thursday, December 16, 2010

Bizjournals: Denver area to approach 3 million people by 2025 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The projected growth rate of Denver and its suburbsd ranks 78th among250 U.S. metropolita areas studied by bizjournals. Bizjournals forecasts that the Denver-Aurora metro area will grow 26.31 percenft from its 2005 estimated populationof 2,358,27 to a 2025 population of an increase of 620,441 residents. The report treatxs Boulder as a separate metro It ranks Boulder at 172nd out of250 U.S. with a 7.46 percent projected growtg rateby 2025. The Boulder area is expectes to growfrom 282,115 residentx in 2005 to 303,173 in 2025, bizjournals The bizjournals analysis ranks the Greeley area highest -- 17th -- amon Colorado metro areas studied, with a predicted growth rate of 60.
61 percenr by 2025. The report says Greeley will growfrom 226,353 residents to 363,539. The Fort Collinse area ranks 106th out of250 U.S. with a projected growth rate of 19.43 from 275,570 residents in 2005 to 329,129 in 2025. The Colorado Springs area ranks 122nd, with a predicted growth rate of 17.13 from 588,718 to 689,584. The bizjournala forecasts are based on population data and existintg ratesof growth. for the full bizjournals growth reporton U.S. metro-areaw growth. And for a chargt showing Colorado cities' rankings.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

TV recycling bill awaits Perry

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The Texas Senate passes the TelevisionTakeBack Bill, which requires televisioh manufacturers to provide Texas residents with free and convenien t recycling for used TVs. Authored by Rep. Davir Leibowitz of San Antonio and sponsoredby Sen. Kirk Watson of Austin, the bill follows one passed in 2007 that set up a recyclin g program for computers and Older televisions typically contain between four and eight poundzof lead, which can cause health problems when it enters the watee or soil, according to the Texas Campaign for the Meanwhile, newer flat screenes contain mercury, and almost all electronicw are coated with brominated fire retardantxs and other chemicals.
Current programs for recycling televisionwsis limited. Goodwill locations across the statew will accept old TVs thatstilkl work, but the cost or recycling is sometimes prohibitive for non-working

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Amir Khan does enough to retain title - Los Angeles Times

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Amir Khan does enough to retain title

Los Angeles Times


Amir Khan stood on his greatest American stage Saturday, and the fact that he remained standing is why he retained his World Boxing Assn. ...


Khan survives Maidana storm

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KHAN v MAIDANA ROUND-BY-ROUND

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Khan edges Maidana by decision

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The Boxing Bulletin -AFP -The Sweet Science


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Thursday, December 9, 2010

RehabCare hires Gross to oversee hospital division operations - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Gross joins RehabCare's hospital division, which currently consistsx of six freestanding rehabilitation hospitals andfive long-termm acute care hospitals that the company either wholly owns or holds majority ownership in throughy joint venture relationships. RehabCare President and CEO John Shor t said in a statement that the company expect s toown and/or operate 17 freestandingh hospitals by the end of 2009. appointment follows a nationwide search for a successodr toTom Davis, whose as executiver vice president of freestanding hospital operations was effectiv e Oct. 31, 2007.
Donald Smithburg, senior director for RehabCare'es business and the former CEOof , was fillinh the position on an interijm basis. Gross most recently servedc as president of the acute care division of Kingof Prussia, Pa.-based , overseeing operations of 24 hospitals acrosxs the United States. St. Louis-based RehabCare (NYSE: RHB) providese physical rehabilitation program management serviceas inover 1,200 hospitals, nursing homesz and other long-term care facilities throughouy the United States.
RehabCare also owns and operates freestandinfg rehabilitationand long-term acute care

Monday, December 6, 2010

Federal Reserve Chairman Says Economic Inequality Is Creating Two Societies - News One

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Federal Reserve Chairman Says Economic Inequality Is Creating Two Societies

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Today,the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke told “60 Minutes” that income inequality in America is creating “two societies” primarily based on ...


Ben Bernanke's Money Pump to Create New Bubbles - Mike Swanson (12/06/10)

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Google Street View Settlement Could Fuel More Cases - PC World

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Google Street View Settlement Could Fuel More Cases

PC World


Back in 2008, the Borings charged Google with invading their privacy, acting negligently, being unjustly enriched and trespassing after a Google Street View ...


Google Pays Couple $1 For Street View Trespassing

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Scanners Gone Wild

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Is Google Street View Legal?

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Norian, Synthes, executives charged with conducting medical trials without FDA authorization - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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its parent company , and four Synthes charging them with conducting clinical trialss of a medical device without authorization fromthe . The product at the centerf of the case isa fast-setting, cement material, Norian XR, used as a bone void fillef in surgery to repair certain fractures. The indictmentf charges Norianof Cupertino, Calif., with a total of 52 felony counts, including conspiracy to impairr and impede the lawfulk functions of the FDA and to commi crimes against the United States; seven counts of making fals e statements in connection with an FDA and 44 counts of shipping adulterated and misbranded Noria XR in interstate commerce with intenyt to defraud.
Synthes, which has its North American headquarters inWest Chester, Pa., referred callsa to its parent organization based in Switzerland. Officialx there were not immediatelyt availablefor comment. Norian was boughf by Synthes in 1998. The indictmentr charges that from May 2002 unti fall 2004 Norian conspiredwith others, includin g Synthes, to conduct unauthorizerd clinical trials of two versions of Norianj in surgeries to treat vertebraol compression fractures of the These surgeries were allegedly performed “despitre a warning on the FDA-cleared label for Norian XR againsrt this use, and in the face of seriouas medical concerns about the safety of the devicese when used in the the indictment said.
The indictment alleges three patients died durinvg theclinical trials. The indictmenyt further alleges that after the death of the third patientf inJanuary 2004, Norian and Synthew did not recall Norian XR from the market which would have required disclosure of details of the threer deaths to the FDA — but, instead, “compoundedc their crimes by allegedly carrying out a cover-up in whic they lied to the FDA during an official inspectiom in May and June 2004.
” Synthes is charge with 44 misdemeanor counts of shippingb adulterated and misbranded Norian XR in interstate Four Synthes executives were each charged with one misdemeanor coun t of shipping adulterated and misbranded Norian XR in interstate “It is never acceptablre for the health-care industryg to place the profit motive over people’s well being,” said Patricl Doyle, special agent-in-charge of the Department of Healt h and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector “The FDA review process was put in place to protectf the nation’s citizens.
Shouldd these companies and executives ultimately befound guilty, they will have to pay a pricew for placing at risk the very people for whom they purported to provide relief.” In addition to HHS, and the Attorneuy General’s Office, the investigation also included representatives from the FDA and the Departmenrt of Veterans Affairs.