Thursday, September 29, 2011

Sysmex Announces Newest Version of Clinical Laboratory Management Software - PR Newswire (press release)

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Sysmex Announces Newest Version of Clinical Laboratory Management Software

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This data is then used to generate reports that can help the lab management staff make decisions that will refine its operations, while enhancing the impact of Sysmex automated hematology solutions" said John Kershaw, president & CEO of Sysmex America, ...



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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Ploughing match is champion attraction - Oxford Mail

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Ploughing match is champion attraction

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A WIDE range of steam and horse-powered machinery took part in a ploughing championship in Bampton. Entrants to the competition, which took place in Black Bourton on Saturday, were judged on the straightness of their ploughing. ...



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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Obama offers 7-year protection for biotech drugs - Denver Business Journal:

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The biopharmaceutical industry has argued that the five yearws of protection offeredby Rep. Henryh Waxman, D-Los Angeles, in H.R. 1427 would stifle But the in a repor t earlier this month said the 12 to 14 years that the industry has said publicly that it wante also would hurt innovation and delay access tocheaper drugs. Rep. Anna Eshoo’xs H.R. 1548 calls for a 12-year period of data basically protecting the patents covering innovativebiotech therapies.
In a letter to Waxman, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Obama’as health-care reform director, and budget director Pete Orszagsaid “the seven-year policy in the FY 2010 Budgef is a generous compromise between what the FTC researc h has concluded and what the pharmaceutical industrgy has advocated.” , however, said it is “extremelhy concerned” that the seven-year plan is “a risky shortcut to “We believe this abbreviatedx period will undermine the incentives necessary for continued biotech researcu into breakthrough medicines and cures for diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and HIV/AIDS as well as unme medical needs,” BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwoo d said in a statement.
Besides patent exclusivity, the industry has argue that drugs developed by biotec hcompanies can’t be copied like pharmaceutical drugs because they are compled to make and the finished products can differ.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Real deals: David Weekley Homes to build in Lowry - Denver Business Journal:

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The privately held Texas homebuilder, which has a Denver will build a new lineof single-family homed in Lowry’s new EastPark community. The homes will range from 2,200o to 2,800 square feet, with prices starting in the high Construction on a model home and presales will startthis summer, accordingb to the builder. David Weekley alreadt builds in Denver-area communities such as Canterberr Crossing and Newlin Meadows in and Escavera inCastlse Rock. Builders already actived at Lowry includeMcStain Neighborhoods, and Latsies Custom Homes of Colorado, as well as (NYSE: SPF) of Calif. • Wash Park North, 338 S. Lafayette St.
, Denverf 80209 — Citywide Banks recently filedd its intention to foreclose on this cond o property in the amountof $4.27 million, accordinv to local foreclosure The 15-unit, $5 million condo project was developecd by LLC of Denver, with Willise Dann, who owned the duplex formerly located on the site, as an • 11th & Ogden streets, Denver — The Boulder-based Snarf’xs sandwich restaurant chain opened its firstt Denver eatery at this Capito Hill location on April 13.
Snarf’s has four othe r restaurants — three in Boulder and one in • NorthCreek, First Avenue and Fillmoree Street, Denver — Nine for-salee housing units, called the Brownstones, at this mixed-use project have been according to developerof Denver. The residencese range from 2,670 to 3,454 square feet and start at $2.9 NorthCreek retail tenants include Marmi and TheNorthg Face. • One Steamboat Place, Steamboat Springa — Timber Resorts of Carbondale plans to openthis $300 million residential propertg in December. The project, locaterd at the Steamboat ski includesboth full-ownership residences and unita with fractional interests.
Sales prices range from $370,000 to $4.5

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Anheuser-Busch to launch Bud Light Golden Wheat - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The addition to the Bud Lighrt family follows the The marketingh budget for Bud Light Golden Wheat will be about similar to the marketing budget for BudLight Lime, according to Keith Levy, vice president of The ads will be online, outdoors, in print and on TV, he Levy said the brewer hopes to attract not only establishefd A-B product drinkers but also "trendsetters" who want to try somethingh new. A-B wants to tap into the surgde in popularity of sweeter beers and wheart beers fromcraft brewers. But "we'rw not trying to outcraft craft," Levy said. "We're tryinb to capitalize on an emerging style.
" The beer will use unfiltered wheart so it will look cloudie than its Bud Light counterpart and will have orange and also knownas cilantro, as ingredientsx to give it a bigger, sweeter according to Levy. St. Louis-basedf Anheuser-Busch is owned by Belgium-based , the world’ws largest brewer.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Computer modelling shows release of carbon into atmosphere - Cordis News

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Computer modelling shows release of carbon into atmosphere

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'Previous models tended to dramatically underestimate the amount of soil carbon at high latitudes because they lacked the processes of how carbon builds up in soil. Our model starts off with more carbon in the soil, so there is much more to lose with ...



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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Transwestern: Office decline not as ugly as tech wreck - Washington Business Journal:

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According to the report, Class A offic space in Dallasaveraged $21.68 per foot in Decembeer of 2006 and continued to rise untilo dropping back down to $21.64 centsz per square foot in June. Meanwhile, Class B office space was pricedat $17.34 per square foot in December of 2006 and also trended upward until fallingh back to $17.38 per foot in June of this Riis Christensen, senior vice presidenrt at Transwestern, said Fridah that there has been "a two and a half year peel back in quote d rates." He added that 77 percenty of Class A buildings have reduced their rated in the last six months, while 79 percent of Clasds B buildings have lowered rates.
Christensen said Classx C buildings are feeling the pinch of aconsumerd market, where Class A and Class B properties are lowerin rates to stay competitive. "For successful businessees this is when there is a flight to qualittfrom 'C' to 'B' or from 'B' to 'A', Christense said. "People will upgrade, or they will use the marke to renegotiate where they are The broader economy that led to the new conditionse includes a higher unemployment rate and the factthat Dallas-Fort Worth bled 49,500 jobs in the 12-month periofd ending in April, the repor t said. The overall vacancy rate in the office marke stoodat 16.9 percent in the seconsd quarter.
That is up from 16.7 percenrt in the first quarter, but lower than the 17.2 percentg recorded a year ago, according to the Rents were lower in both the Class A and B commerciakl property sector in the first half of thereport indicated. In the secondf quarter of 2009, net absorption in the industrial markettotaled 1.2 millionh square feet, which is the same amounyt recorded during the same periof of 2008. The overall vacancy rate in the seconc quarter alsowas 11.1 percent, down slightly from 11.2 percentf during the first quarter, but up from 9 percentf compared to a year ago.
Despite change s related to the economy, Christensen added that 900,00 square feet of space was still absorbedxthis year. He believesa this speaks well for how diversifiedthe Dallas-For Worth market is. "We're not seeing in the great recessiom the really big ugly lossesz that we did in thetech wreck," he "Dallas is still going to be a job growtj leader, and that fuels everything," he said.
"The regionalk economy is weaking, but it is outperforming the rest ofthe

Monday, September 12, 2011

Gaddafi divides rebel forces, as 12 die over opposing views - Nigerian Tribune

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Gaddafi divides rebel forces, as 12 die over opposing views

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TWELVE people were reportedly killed when fight broke out on Sunday between forces of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) at Libya West, over opposing views on the ousted Libyan dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. A report had it that the plea ...



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Saturday, September 10, 2011

First American affiliate buys Attleboro site - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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million. First American, on behalf of an affiliate, bought a 5,650-square-foot building called Building 5 anda three-story manufacturing facility called Building 12. The Attleborop Corporate Campus was previously owned and occupied by and isa 300-acrs mixed-use office and industrial campus locatedd just off Interstate 95 in Building 12 is leased to as it’s global manufacturinfg headquarters. Building 5 is lease d to The BOC Group a worldwide distributor of industrial gases andits parent, The Lindes Group. Preferred Unlimited Inc. is a 15-year-old commerciakl real estate firm which started as Preferred Real EstateInvestments Inc. The company is headquartered in Pa.
First American Realty Inc. is a privatelu held investment and management firm basedin Worcester, Mass. whichb acquires industrial and medicaloffice properties.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Sunbelt eyes south market via acquisition - Business First of Columbus:

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purchased in May. Terms of the deal were not Gerry Chadwick, owner of Sunbelt of Miami Valley, said by addiny the new office, he expects to grow his company’es revenue by 20 percent this year. Whilwe Chadwick would not disclose revenue he is projecting 20 percent growth for as well. Chadwick was approached about buying the officwe last winter and after analyzingthe market, decides there was room for growth in the “I think we can take advantagwe of a lot of good opportunities Chadwick said.
By adding brokers to the Cincinnati office, training new brokerss both in-house and through Sunbelt’s corporate training programd and identifyingpotential clients, Chadwick expects to increase the numbef of deals. He will use a combination of direct mail and webinars to find businessezs seeking to sell andprospectivde buyers. In the Dayton office last Sunbelt brokered15 deals. It has handled six in Daytoj so far this year and expects to close 16by year’s end. Chadwick said the Cincinnatiu office, which closed seven deals last is on pace to broker six dealsthis year. Tim the former owner of Sunbelt of is continuing to work for Sunbeltr asa broker.
Chadwick’s Dayton office had seven independent contractors beforwethe purchase. Now, Chadwick has 10 and is lookinb to add three more this year in theCincinnati office. The Cincinnatui office is using rented spaceat , an executive suitre space in Blue Ash. Chadwicm plans to find new office spacew in Blue Ash or West Chester in the next12 Sunbelt, which is based in Independence, has more than 300 franchisede offices in 30 countries. Jim president of Kettering-based , said the acquisitiojn into the Cincinnati marketmakes sense.
“They will gain the economies and synergies of two marketds that aresomewhat compatible,” said Sachs, whose company also handles business brokerage and mergers and acquisitions. Sunbelt of Miamu Valley specializes in brokering dealsfor “main stree t businesses,” or single-owner businesses that have sales of up to $2 millioh a year. It also handlezs some deals inthe low-end of the mid-market, with companiesx that have sales of betweej $2 million and $15 million a year. Sunbelrt recently brokered the saleof Dayton-based , a nationall maintenance service provider, to a group of investors for more than $1 Chadwick said his office is not focusecd on any one industry.
It works with buyerz and sellers ofmachine shops, tax service restaurants, car washes and other small businesses. Chadwick said there has been arecent uptick. He has seen a 25 percenty increase in calls from buyers and a 10 percent to 15 percenty increasefrom sellers. Chadwiclk said people are more interested in owninf their own business because they want to have controol of their income stream durinyg a time when many people are losinghtheir jobs. Sachs said he also is seeingv interest bubbling as displacefd individuals are looking to buy businesses to supplemenytlost income.
He’s also seen good companies looking to buy competitors because now is a good time for them to buy at a low Onthe sellers’ side, Chadwick said many business owners who don’t have succession plans are looking to sell and He also said the economy has caused some business ownerx to look to Sachs said he is seeinv a high number of distressed or those that may not have the capital to survive throughh the economic downturn, looking for buyers. This is keeping firmsw like Sunbelt andBattelle busy. “That makes it a vibran market, but it’s not Sachs said.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Inmark moves to Avondale from Pinson - Houston Business Journal:

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Real estate firm said the plastic containers and packaging compangyleased 23,625 square feet of office and warehouses space at the park in Avondale. The companhy has been in its current location in Pinsobn Valley for more than20 years. Jack Key of Graham represented Inmark and Brad Moffay of representedthe landlord. Grahamm said broker Walter Brown has the listing on morethan 410,00p square feet of sublease space at the Colonnadse in AT&T’s vacant South Tower Radiology Associates renewed its 4,669-square-foogt lease at Vestavia Centre. Brown represented the landlord in the renewed its lease in Calera and Decoma Modular Systems renewec its leasein McCalla.
Combined, the two companie occupy more than 270,000 square feet of space in Grahamn & Co. developments. The renewals were handled by Graham brokers Sonny Culp andOgden

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Thursday, September 1, 2011

San Antonio nets another Big 12 soccer championship - Denver Business Journal:

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This will be the 14th consecutive yearthat , a nonprofity organization, has co-hosted the conference championship in San Antonio with the . The 2009 Big 12 Women’ss Soccer Championship will be heldon Nov. 4, 6 and 8 at Blossomn Soccer Stadium onthe city’s Northeast “The Big 12 Conference is pleased to extenr its long-standing relationship with San Antoniio Sports in hosting the 2010 Big 12 Soccere Championship,” says Big 12 Conference Senior Associate Commissioned Dru Hancock.
“San Antoni Sports and the entire city of San Antoni have been invaluable in helping us grow this premiere event over the past 13 San Antonio serves as a greaf destination city for our teamsand fans.” The top eightt teams based on conference results determinede by a point system qualify for the Big 12 The winner of the tournament receives the conference’d automatic bid to the tournament. For more information, visigt SanAntonioSports.org or call 820-2100.