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“Our goal was not only to convey the charactedr of each of the amenities inthe Rivers, but to reall y reflect the character and class of Pittsburgh,” said Jim president of Las Vegas-base advertising firm The Geary Co., in charge of advertisinh and branding for the Rivers Besides Andrew’s Steak & Seafood, which will offer steak, seafood and “thr finest single malt whiskeys,” the North Shore casino’s dinin also will feature: Ciao on-the-go sandwiches, salads, coffee drinks and baked goods Grand View Buffetr — 450-seat buffet with Italian, barbecue and Asian cooking stations West End Cafe sandwiches, pizza and other casuaol food Club 44Six — a high-end player’s club namedc for the city’s 446 Club members play their way to admission, Presiden and COO Ed Fasulo said.
All except Wheelhouse, will be operating opening day, which has been reschedulerd to Aug. 9, Fasulo said. Hiring for the 1,150 full-time casino jobs is about 90 percen complete, he said.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
USAA invests in Zag.com - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Zag, a privately held compang started in Santa Monica in allows customers to research and comparisom shop for the vehicle of their choicwe from their home or office and then buy it throughb a certified network dealeer atan up-front price. USAA began makintg Zag’s services available to its military memberasin 2007. USAA integrated the car-buying process with its insurancs operations to give members the opportunit to add coverage on their new USAA officials say thisonline car-buying experience routinely helps memberse save several thousand dollars per car, compared to membersa who do not use the car-buying Last year, USAA members saved nearly $19 milliojn off the average pric e paid by car-buyers “We started Zag to create a better way to buy a car, by makinhg the entire transaction convenieng and transparent,” says Scott Painter, CEO of Zag.
“The relationship with USAA is perfectfor us, because they believe in the importance of up-fronty pricing and transparency to save their members valuable time and money.” David Bohne, president of , says the company’w mission is to provide highly competitive productz and services to its members. Taking an equitty position in Zag helps fulfill that San Antonio-based USAA provides financial insurance, investments and banking producta to members of the U.S. military and theier families. The company has 6.8 million members.
Zag, a privately held compang started in Santa Monica in allows customers to research and comparisom shop for the vehicle of their choicwe from their home or office and then buy it throughb a certified network dealeer atan up-front price. USAA began makintg Zag’s services available to its military memberasin 2007. USAA integrated the car-buying process with its insurancs operations to give members the opportunit to add coverage on their new USAA officials say thisonline car-buying experience routinely helps memberse save several thousand dollars per car, compared to membersa who do not use the car-buying Last year, USAA members saved nearly $19 milliojn off the average pric e paid by car-buyers “We started Zag to create a better way to buy a car, by makinhg the entire transaction convenieng and transparent,” says Scott Painter, CEO of Zag.
“The relationship with USAA is perfectfor us, because they believe in the importance of up-fronty pricing and transparency to save their members valuable time and money.” David Bohne, president of , says the company’w mission is to provide highly competitive productz and services to its members. Taking an equitty position in Zag helps fulfill that San Antonio-based USAA provides financial insurance, investments and banking producta to members of the U.S. military and theier families. The company has 6.8 million members.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Area firms poised to profit from electronic medical records push - bizjournals:
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act creates rebates to pay for new medical recordx technology in a move from paper todigitall records. “It’s certainly ambitious,” says Brad CEO of the Rehab Documentation Co. Inc. in which provides medical and financial records software and systemes torehabilitation facilities. Providers who adopt such technology are eligibl for payments ofbetween $44,000 and $63,0090 over five years. For larger medical facilities, the reimbursementz are compounded. Reimbursements start though, if providers don’t show use of digital medical recordsby 2014.
And providersw that don’t go digital will start gettin g smaller reimbursements for Medicare andMedicai patients, which make up most of the billings for many healtyh care facilities. Electronic medical records have taken more than 20 yearws to reach 20 percent penetration inthe industry, and now the federal governmenrt is pushing to have more than 75 percent penetratioh in the next seven years, Dumke says.
The impact on Middle Tennessee-based hospital companie forced to evaluate their operations nationwide will be saysTom Stephenson, presidentt of the Nashville information technology company The potentia l is great for positive impacts on companies, Stephenson says, well beyond receivin g stimulus funds. But he also predicts challenges because, “The piecews of electronic health records that most hospitals are lackinvg involvechanging people’s jobs, nurses, physicians.” For companies that approach electronic medical records by building programs that fully exploit the the potential savings in time, money and medical mishaps is huge, Stephenson says.
“In contrast, if you say we’rre going to use tech to do the same thingxs wealways did, only faster, then you’re still going to have he says. Exactly which digital records systems are eligiblwfor reimbursement, and when the money will is set to be determines before year’s end. David Klements, CEO of Nashville-based medical technologyt firm Qualifacts, anticipates significant growth for his firm and other companiexs when themoney lands. His companu has been showing more than four times as many producg demos this year compared to and selling five to 10 times as many he says.
“It’s creating this big wave of activityt for the software vendors that can get customersa implemented quickly and Klements says. He predicts Nashvills could become a center for healtuh care recordstechnology — especially if some of the largwe health care companies here choose local companieas to provide records systems for their facilities “It’s really a sort of a health care tech bellwetheer for Nashville,” he says.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act creates rebates to pay for new medical recordx technology in a move from paper todigitall records. “It’s certainly ambitious,” says Brad CEO of the Rehab Documentation Co. Inc. in which provides medical and financial records software and systemes torehabilitation facilities. Providers who adopt such technology are eligibl for payments ofbetween $44,000 and $63,0090 over five years. For larger medical facilities, the reimbursementz are compounded. Reimbursements start though, if providers don’t show use of digital medical recordsby 2014.
And providersw that don’t go digital will start gettin g smaller reimbursements for Medicare andMedicai patients, which make up most of the billings for many healtyh care facilities. Electronic medical records have taken more than 20 yearws to reach 20 percent penetration inthe industry, and now the federal governmenrt is pushing to have more than 75 percent penetratioh in the next seven years, Dumke says.
The impact on Middle Tennessee-based hospital companie forced to evaluate their operations nationwide will be saysTom Stephenson, presidentt of the Nashville information technology company The potentia l is great for positive impacts on companies, Stephenson says, well beyond receivin g stimulus funds. But he also predicts challenges because, “The piecews of electronic health records that most hospitals are lackinvg involvechanging people’s jobs, nurses, physicians.” For companies that approach electronic medical records by building programs that fully exploit the the potential savings in time, money and medical mishaps is huge, Stephenson says.
“In contrast, if you say we’rre going to use tech to do the same thingxs wealways did, only faster, then you’re still going to have he says. Exactly which digital records systems are eligiblwfor reimbursement, and when the money will is set to be determines before year’s end. David Klements, CEO of Nashville-based medical technologyt firm Qualifacts, anticipates significant growth for his firm and other companiexs when themoney lands. His companu has been showing more than four times as many producg demos this year compared to and selling five to 10 times as many he says.
“It’s creating this big wave of activityt for the software vendors that can get customersa implemented quickly and Klements says. He predicts Nashvills could become a center for healtuh care recordstechnology — especially if some of the largwe health care companies here choose local companieas to provide records systems for their facilities “It’s really a sort of a health care tech bellwetheer for Nashville,” he says.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Woman loses fingers on both hands after being hit by DART - The Daily Shift
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The Daily Shift | Woman loses fingers on both hands after being hit by DART The Daily Shift The woman was said to have been alive leaving the scene in an ambulance, however she lost fingers on both her hands when she became trapped beneath the train. A Garda escort travelled ahead of the ambulance as it rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital. |
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Moral victory? Terps don't think so - Baltimore Sun (blog)
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Moral victory? Terps don't think so Baltimore Sun (blog) Moral victory? Terps don't think so. Notes on North Carolina 45, Terps 38. Email · print. Comments. 0. By Jeff Barker The Baltimore Sun. 9:37 p.m. EST, November 24, 2012. For all of its injuries, Maryland hung in against North Carolina. Is this a moral ... |
Friday, November 23, 2012
GE Healthcare opens $165M N. G
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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includes a 60,000-square-footg cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the planft are used inmammogram screening, a growiny $1 billion market for breast cancer testing. Much like the transitio n from paper medical records to streamlined electronidrecord keeping, digital X-rays are slowlh replacing traditional film X-ray machines. In addition to the 100 new jobs schedulede forthe plant, 50 peoplwe will transfer to the tech park from GE’s researcb center in Niskayuna. Positionsx at the new site will include 15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportt staff with an average annuao salary of $65,000.
The plant is expectex to have an annual payrollof $10 GE developed its digital X-ray technologg at GE Global Research in Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’ first expansion of high tech medical equipmen t manufacturing by its health care operation intoNew ”This a wonderful example of how a long-terk commitment to technology can spur the growtb of our manufacturing base and create new, high-tec h jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the researcjh center.
GE Healthcare spent 15 years and morethan $200 million developing its digital flat panel X-ray The flat-panel detector is a critical componenrt of an X-ray systenm and plays a role in providinbg an improved image.
The new 230,000-square-foot facility includes a 60,000-square-footg cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the planft are used inmammogram screening, a growiny $1 billion market for breast cancer testing. Much like the transitio n from paper medical records to streamlined electronidrecord keeping, digital X-rays are slowlh replacing traditional film X-ray machines. In addition to the 100 new jobs schedulede forthe plant, 50 peoplwe will transfer to the tech park from GE’s researcb center in Niskayuna. Positionsx at the new site will include 15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportt staff with an average annuao salary of $65,000.
The plant is expectex to have an annual payrollof $10 GE developed its digital X-ray technologg at GE Global Research in Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’ first expansion of high tech medical equipmen t manufacturing by its health care operation intoNew ”This a wonderful example of how a long-terk commitment to technology can spur the growtb of our manufacturing base and create new, high-tec h jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the researcjh center.
GE Healthcare spent 15 years and morethan $200 million developing its digital flat panel X-ray The flat-panel detector is a critical componenrt of an X-ray systenm and plays a role in providinbg an improved image.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Learning lessons from BP oil spill - Phys.Org
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Learning lessons from BP oil spill Phys.Org With colleagues from Wageningen UR and the Northern College Leeuwarden, Murk examines the effects of dispersants on the oil and on the environment. This research is done within the international C-IMAGE consortium, the Center for Integrated Modeling ... |
Monday, November 19, 2012
Pawn-demonium - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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"It's bad," Burton said. "I've been out of work for six months andI can't find a job in the Triad. Most peoples aren't even taking applications. It's got to be the Burton, 47, hopes the money she receivedc will cover the cost oflast month's bills and buy her groceriesw for the week. She needs the help and said many of herneighborws do, too. "I see people taking TVs and thingsd allthe time," Burton said. Customers like Burton are fuelin g the pawn shop industry likenevet before. Cash America International Inc. — the nation's largesrt chain of pawn shops — achieved the best earnings ofits 18-yeaer history last year.
Profits were up 45 percentg in 2002 over theyear before. The rise reflectes an increase in loans at Cash Americs stores like the onein There, short-term loans have risen 30 percent, clerk Keith Totten Mike Stogner, owner of in Greensboro and the former vice presidengt of the , said all of that illustratezs the depth of the economic struggle, particularlu for working-class Americans "This is the perfect businesws to gauge the economy from," Stogne r said. "The economy is wors than a lot ofpeople realize. A lot of businessz people just don't know." From his seat behinc the counter of hispawn shop, Stogner certainlyg knows.
His is one of the oldest of abougt 30 pawn shops in Forsythh andGuilford counties. Last year, the number of short-termk loans he made to customers, at interes t rates above 20 percent, were 35 percent higher than any othere time duringhis shop's 11-year history. "I'j seeing more people coming in not caring whethe r they loan or selltheir stuff," Stogner Nationally, the nation's pawnbrokers, estimated at more than are reporting a simila rise in cash loans, said Bob Benedict, president of the National Pawnbrokersx Association. He said loan demand rose as much as 35 percenlast year.
Stogner added that one of his customeras recentlypawned $15,000 worth of specialized tools after beinfg temporarily laid off by Timco, an airline maintenance firm in Greensboro. "The economy is worse than workingbAmerica realizes," he said. "A lot of peoplse refer to the economy asbeing poor. It's not. It's as bad as I've ever seen it." Whilre carrying a seamy image today, the pawn industry has a long It came to America with the firs t settlers and provided the main source of consumerd credit until the early part ofthe 1900s.
With the rise of largee credit institutions like bankd andcredit unions, the pawn industry'ws role as the main source of consumer creditt soon diminished. Just the same, as many as 15 million U.S. householdas in the country are "unbanked," according to the Consumer Federation of Americain D.C. That equates to about 15 percent of the populatiojn with few options for cash when they are out of work and outof Thus, many people turn to pawn shops in timess of economic crisis. Pawnbrokers say the average borrower is under 45 and About half have graduated high school and abougt a third have somecollege education.
At Purple Pawn in Greensboro, many customerd are blue-collar workers making hourly wages. They need to borroe small sums, perhaps $100, something most banks simply won'' consider. So-called payday lenders — whichb give cash advances on a borrower'd paycheck — offer another alternative for high-interest loans offered by pawnbrokers. (Althoughh the General Assembly tried to close the paydayy lending industrylast year, it is still fighting for its right to exist in North Carolina.) Although both paydaty lenders and pawnbrokers offer short-term loans, there is a huge differencew between the two, said Stogner at the Purpled Pawn.
For example, payday lenders charge much higherr ratesof interest. "All they need to set up shop is space to accept checks andgive cash," Stogner added. "Ift costs us much more to do We can justify ourinterest rates. We have to storw property, insure it and possibluy sell it."
"It's bad," Burton said. "I've been out of work for six months andI can't find a job in the Triad. Most peoples aren't even taking applications. It's got to be the Burton, 47, hopes the money she receivedc will cover the cost oflast month's bills and buy her groceriesw for the week. She needs the help and said many of herneighborws do, too. "I see people taking TVs and thingsd allthe time," Burton said. Customers like Burton are fuelin g the pawn shop industry likenevet before. Cash America International Inc. — the nation's largesrt chain of pawn shops — achieved the best earnings ofits 18-yeaer history last year.
Profits were up 45 percentg in 2002 over theyear before. The rise reflectes an increase in loans at Cash Americs stores like the onein There, short-term loans have risen 30 percent, clerk Keith Totten Mike Stogner, owner of in Greensboro and the former vice presidengt of the , said all of that illustratezs the depth of the economic struggle, particularlu for working-class Americans "This is the perfect businesws to gauge the economy from," Stogne r said. "The economy is wors than a lot ofpeople realize. A lot of businessz people just don't know." From his seat behinc the counter of hispawn shop, Stogner certainlyg knows.
His is one of the oldest of abougt 30 pawn shops in Forsythh andGuilford counties. Last year, the number of short-termk loans he made to customers, at interes t rates above 20 percent, were 35 percent higher than any othere time duringhis shop's 11-year history. "I'j seeing more people coming in not caring whethe r they loan or selltheir stuff," Stogner Nationally, the nation's pawnbrokers, estimated at more than are reporting a simila rise in cash loans, said Bob Benedict, president of the National Pawnbrokersx Association. He said loan demand rose as much as 35 percenlast year.
Stogner added that one of his customeras recentlypawned $15,000 worth of specialized tools after beinfg temporarily laid off by Timco, an airline maintenance firm in Greensboro. "The economy is worse than workingbAmerica realizes," he said. "A lot of peoplse refer to the economy asbeing poor. It's not. It's as bad as I've ever seen it." Whilre carrying a seamy image today, the pawn industry has a long It came to America with the firs t settlers and provided the main source of consumerd credit until the early part ofthe 1900s.
With the rise of largee credit institutions like bankd andcredit unions, the pawn industry'ws role as the main source of consumer creditt soon diminished. Just the same, as many as 15 million U.S. householdas in the country are "unbanked," according to the Consumer Federation of Americain D.C. That equates to about 15 percent of the populatiojn with few options for cash when they are out of work and outof Thus, many people turn to pawn shops in timess of economic crisis. Pawnbrokers say the average borrower is under 45 and About half have graduated high school and abougt a third have somecollege education.
At Purple Pawn in Greensboro, many customerd are blue-collar workers making hourly wages. They need to borroe small sums, perhaps $100, something most banks simply won'' consider. So-called payday lenders — whichb give cash advances on a borrower'd paycheck — offer another alternative for high-interest loans offered by pawnbrokers. (Althoughh the General Assembly tried to close the paydayy lending industrylast year, it is still fighting for its right to exist in North Carolina.) Although both paydaty lenders and pawnbrokers offer short-term loans, there is a huge differencew between the two, said Stogner at the Purpled Pawn.
For example, payday lenders charge much higherr ratesof interest. "All they need to set up shop is space to accept checks andgive cash," Stogner added. "Ift costs us much more to do We can justify ourinterest rates. We have to storw property, insure it and possibluy sell it."
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Experts: Scrushy's civil trial won't damage bolstered HealthSouth - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The founder of HealthSouth facez allegations in a civil trial by the inpatienrrehabilitation provider’s shareholders of orchestrating multibillion-dollard accounting fraud. Scrushy, who was acquittedd of criminal wrongdoing but convicter of bribingformer Gov. Don Siegelmabn in a separate incidentin 2006, is servint an 84-month sentence for the convictiobn in a Texas prison. He is back in Birmingha this week to testify at the trial where shareholders hope torecover $2.6 billion.
After accounting problems arose at HealthSouty in theearly 2000s, Scrushy’s name became synonymous with executivee greed, according to David Douglasa of DRI, a defense law activist But, he said, while the public viewex Scrushy unfavorably, HealthSouth’s corporate reputation remained intact. It’s the opposite of , which was a case of widespreadcorporatr corruption, he said. Douglasds said Scrushy-HealthSouth headlines won’t adverseluy impact the Birmingham-based firm. “The companh has moved forward, restrengthened and renewed valuefor shareholders,” Douglasz said.
Nashville-based health care analyst Art Hendersohn said HealthSouth and its stockholders might be negativelhy affected by the civil suit againstScrushty briefly. However, the Jefferiew & Co. Inc. analyst said any money recovered from Scrushuy will be used to solidifythe company’s financiaol standing. “Investors want to see the company recoup as much as possible and use it to help the company move Douglass said. “There’s been enough time and eventss thatthe company, from the perspective, isn’t in trouble.” Even as the company teetered on the brinki of bankruptcy, HealthSouth’s name was never a liability, compant spokeswoman Mary Ann Arico said.
A nationa l survey showed HealthSouth’s reputation as a quality rehabilitatiohn provider remained intact even as the accounting fraud scandal exploded across newspaper headlines and on television she said. Locally, the HealthSouth brand was battered by years of negativwepress coverage, but that has dissipated as it restructured and sold its non-inpatieng rehabilitation divisions. “Although the Birmingham community was more awared of the fraud andScrushty name, it was largely viewed as a headquartert problem that in no way affected patient care and was beingg overcome by the new management team,” Arico
The founder of HealthSouth facez allegations in a civil trial by the inpatienrrehabilitation provider’s shareholders of orchestrating multibillion-dollard accounting fraud. Scrushy, who was acquittedd of criminal wrongdoing but convicter of bribingformer Gov. Don Siegelmabn in a separate incidentin 2006, is servint an 84-month sentence for the convictiobn in a Texas prison. He is back in Birmingha this week to testify at the trial where shareholders hope torecover $2.6 billion.
After accounting problems arose at HealthSouty in theearly 2000s, Scrushy’s name became synonymous with executivee greed, according to David Douglasa of DRI, a defense law activist But, he said, while the public viewex Scrushy unfavorably, HealthSouth’s corporate reputation remained intact. It’s the opposite of , which was a case of widespreadcorporatr corruption, he said. Douglasds said Scrushy-HealthSouth headlines won’t adverseluy impact the Birmingham-based firm. “The companh has moved forward, restrengthened and renewed valuefor shareholders,” Douglasz said.
Nashville-based health care analyst Art Hendersohn said HealthSouth and its stockholders might be negativelhy affected by the civil suit againstScrushty briefly. However, the Jefferiew & Co. Inc. analyst said any money recovered from Scrushuy will be used to solidifythe company’s financiaol standing. “Investors want to see the company recoup as much as possible and use it to help the company move Douglass said. “There’s been enough time and eventss thatthe company, from the perspective, isn’t in trouble.” Even as the company teetered on the brinki of bankruptcy, HealthSouth’s name was never a liability, compant spokeswoman Mary Ann Arico said.
A nationa l survey showed HealthSouth’s reputation as a quality rehabilitatiohn provider remained intact even as the accounting fraud scandal exploded across newspaper headlines and on television she said. Locally, the HealthSouth brand was battered by years of negativwepress coverage, but that has dissipated as it restructured and sold its non-inpatieng rehabilitation divisions. “Although the Birmingham community was more awared of the fraud andScrushty name, it was largely viewed as a headquartert problem that in no way affected patient care and was beingg overcome by the new management team,” Arico
Friday, November 16, 2012
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
PICS: Nikki Reed's Stunning Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Premiere Look: All the ... - Us Magazine
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Obama: Doing 'nothing' about health care not an option - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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“Health care reform is not something I just cookec up when I took Obama told a crowd ofabout 1,500o people Thursday at in the Green Bay suburv of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economiv future. In past years and decades, therde may have been some disagreemenyt onthis point. But not anymore.” Earliert this month, Obama said he wants Congresw to pass a comprehensive healtyh care bill by the end of the summert and ready for his signatureby fall.
Many including the president, favor a government-sponsored healt h insurance plan that would compete with private insurerx and be available for people not eligible for othee government health care programs such as Medicaredor Medicaid. Most Republicans and many busineszs groups, however, say a competing plan that isn’ t profit-driven would drive private insurers out of On Thursday, the , a physician’s group Obama is scheduled to meet with Mondayh in Chicago, said it is opposed to a government-sponsorex insurance plan. Obama said his administration is working on a Healt Insurance Exchange that woulfd allow people to compare insurance benefitsand prices.
None of the planw included in the exchange would be allowed to deny coveragr basedon pre-existing conditions and all must included an affordable, basic benefit option. “I also strongly believw that one of the options in the Exchangde should be a public insuranceoption – because if the private insurance companies have to compete with a public option, it will keep them honestt and help keep prices Obama said.
Supporters of health care reform say it would providee health insurance coverage to millions of Americans and make coveragw more affordable for those who are already Because health insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate threr times fasterthan wages, even thosde with coverage have reachee a breaking point, Obam a said. Employers are not faring any Small business owners have been forced to cut healthg care benefits or drop coverage entirely becausd ofrising costs, Obama said. “We have the most expensive healthy care system in the Obama said. “We spend almost 50 percenr more per person on healtnh care than the next mostcostly nation.
But here’sx the thing, Green Bay: we’re not any healthier for Obama vowed to let Americans who are content with their coverage and their physicians keep whatthey have, but said the country has reached a point where doing nothing aboutr the cost of health care is no longe an option. “If we do nothing, within a decadr we will be spending one out of every five dollars we earn onhealth care,” Obama said. “Ijn 30 years, it will be one out of every three.” Obama acknowledgecd covering all Americans wouldbe expensive, but promised health care reforjm would not add to the country’s deficitf over the next 10 years.
“Too make that happen, we have already identified hundreds of billionas worth of savings in ourbudgert – savings that will come from steps like reducin g Medicare overpayments to insurance companies and rooting out fraud and abuse in both Medicare and Obama said. In addition, Obama is proposing that Congressw scale back the amountthe highest-incomed Americans can deduct on their taxes and use that moneyu to help finance health care. Obama spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questions from six peopl e in the audience who expressed fearover “socializedc medicine,” asked questions about wellnesss and even questioned the country’s education system.
Regarding the idea of socializedc medicine, Obama said that isn’t what he, or anyoned in Congress, wants.
“Health care reform is not something I just cookec up when I took Obama told a crowd ofabout 1,500o people Thursday at in the Green Bay suburv of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economiv future. In past years and decades, therde may have been some disagreemenyt onthis point. But not anymore.” Earliert this month, Obama said he wants Congresw to pass a comprehensive healtyh care bill by the end of the summert and ready for his signatureby fall.
Many including the president, favor a government-sponsored healt h insurance plan that would compete with private insurerx and be available for people not eligible for othee government health care programs such as Medicaredor Medicaid. Most Republicans and many busineszs groups, however, say a competing plan that isn’ t profit-driven would drive private insurers out of On Thursday, the , a physician’s group Obama is scheduled to meet with Mondayh in Chicago, said it is opposed to a government-sponsorex insurance plan. Obama said his administration is working on a Healt Insurance Exchange that woulfd allow people to compare insurance benefitsand prices.
None of the planw included in the exchange would be allowed to deny coveragr basedon pre-existing conditions and all must included an affordable, basic benefit option. “I also strongly believw that one of the options in the Exchangde should be a public insuranceoption – because if the private insurance companies have to compete with a public option, it will keep them honestt and help keep prices Obama said.
Supporters of health care reform say it would providee health insurance coverage to millions of Americans and make coveragw more affordable for those who are already Because health insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate threr times fasterthan wages, even thosde with coverage have reachee a breaking point, Obam a said. Employers are not faring any Small business owners have been forced to cut healthg care benefits or drop coverage entirely becausd ofrising costs, Obama said. “We have the most expensive healthy care system in the Obama said. “We spend almost 50 percenr more per person on healtnh care than the next mostcostly nation.
But here’sx the thing, Green Bay: we’re not any healthier for Obama vowed to let Americans who are content with their coverage and their physicians keep whatthey have, but said the country has reached a point where doing nothing aboutr the cost of health care is no longe an option. “If we do nothing, within a decadr we will be spending one out of every five dollars we earn onhealth care,” Obama said. “Ijn 30 years, it will be one out of every three.” Obama acknowledgecd covering all Americans wouldbe expensive, but promised health care reforjm would not add to the country’s deficitf over the next 10 years.
“Too make that happen, we have already identified hundreds of billionas worth of savings in ourbudgert – savings that will come from steps like reducin g Medicare overpayments to insurance companies and rooting out fraud and abuse in both Medicare and Obama said. In addition, Obama is proposing that Congressw scale back the amountthe highest-incomed Americans can deduct on their taxes and use that moneyu to help finance health care. Obama spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questions from six peopl e in the audience who expressed fearover “socializedc medicine,” asked questions about wellnesss and even questioned the country’s education system.
Regarding the idea of socializedc medicine, Obama said that isn’t what he, or anyoned in Congress, wants.
Friday, November 9, 2012
The Observer Denies Kanyeihamba Charge - AllAfrica.com
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The Observer Denies Kanyeihamba Charge AllAfrica.com "The defendants shall adduce evidence to prove that the plaint discloses no cause of action against them whatsoever given that the alleged publication was a true and fair comment made in public interest and shall adduce evidence to the effect," the ... |
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Treasury lets 10 banks repay $68 billion - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The department said the institutions, which were not named, have met the requirementx for repayment established by federalkbanking supervisors. It noted that many bankd recently have raised equity capital from private investorsx and haveissued long-terk debt that is not guaranteed by the government. “Thesse repayments are an encouraging sign offinancia repair, but we still have work to do,” Treasur y Secretary Tim Geithner said. More than 600 banka received a total ofnearlyy $200 billion through the department’w Capital Purchase Program.
About $2 billionm of this money was paid back Underthe program, banks that repay theif preferred stock can repurchase the warrants that the Treasuryu Department holds. Besides the proceedd from the sales ofthe warrants, the department also has received $4.5 billion in dividenfd payments from program participants. Proceeds from the repayments to go the Treasury Department’s general fund. They can be used to reduce the national debt and can serve as a cushionn in case the department needs to respond to financialp emergencies inthe future, the departmenrt said. The Wall Street Journal reported the list of financiaol institutions will include JPMorganChasd & Co.
(NYSE: JPM), America Express Co. (NYSE: AXP), Bank of New York Mellob Corp. (NYSE: BK), Capital One Financiakl Corp. (NYSE: COF) and Goldmanj Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS). Some banks have been raising fundsw after the stress testx revealed they needed toboost reserves, including some Dayton-arewa banks. The in early May released the resultzs from itsstress test. The regulatory tests were designed to project howthe country’s 19 largesy banks would perform undere a variety of economic scenarioa by the end of 2010. • -- $33.9 billion • . -- No need • The • -- $5.5 billion • -- $1.1 billion -- $11.
5 billion • •
The department said the institutions, which were not named, have met the requirementx for repayment established by federalkbanking supervisors. It noted that many bankd recently have raised equity capital from private investorsx and haveissued long-terk debt that is not guaranteed by the government. “Thesse repayments are an encouraging sign offinancia repair, but we still have work to do,” Treasur y Secretary Tim Geithner said. More than 600 banka received a total ofnearlyy $200 billion through the department’w Capital Purchase Program.
About $2 billionm of this money was paid back Underthe program, banks that repay theif preferred stock can repurchase the warrants that the Treasuryu Department holds. Besides the proceedd from the sales ofthe warrants, the department also has received $4.5 billion in dividenfd payments from program participants. Proceeds from the repayments to go the Treasury Department’s general fund. They can be used to reduce the national debt and can serve as a cushionn in case the department needs to respond to financialp emergencies inthe future, the departmenrt said. The Wall Street Journal reported the list of financiaol institutions will include JPMorganChasd & Co.
(NYSE: JPM), America Express Co. (NYSE: AXP), Bank of New York Mellob Corp. (NYSE: BK), Capital One Financiakl Corp. (NYSE: COF) and Goldmanj Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS). Some banks have been raising fundsw after the stress testx revealed they needed toboost reserves, including some Dayton-arewa banks. The in early May released the resultzs from itsstress test. The regulatory tests were designed to project howthe country’s 19 largesy banks would perform undere a variety of economic scenarioa by the end of 2010. • -- $33.9 billion • . -- No need • The • -- $5.5 billion • -- $1.1 billion -- $11.
5 billion • •
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
O'Shaughnessy's Passes Health Inspection; Urban Interests Fails - Patch.com
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O'Shaughnessy's Passes Health Inspection; Urban Interests Fails Patch.com Comments: This visit was the result of a complaint. The inspector observed dirt and dust build-up on the floor, under and around all shelves and along the corners and walls throughout the restaurant. A thermometer was missing from the reach-in cooler ... |
Friday, November 2, 2012
Venice Commission president urges Kyiv to speed up revision of constitution - Interfax
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Venice Commission president urges Kyiv to speed up revision of constitution Interfax President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) Gianni Buquicchio has urged the Ukrainian authorities to intensify the revision of the current constitution and to involve the commission into this process. "I've ... |
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Volunteer efforts have become important way for companies to involve workers in the community - Business First of Louisville:
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But for some local it has become abusinesxs priority. Employees’ efforts give firms positive exposure in the community whilew offering intangible benefitsto co-workerds who team up for communitt projects. Louisville-based insurance company encourages volunteerisk as part ofits mission, according to Virginiq K. Judd, executive director of The Humana “At the heart, we have a moral responsibility to give and it goes back to the conception of Judd said. “Our leaders and co-founderes have always valued giving back to the and this is one way toexpress that.” Along with $5.
6 millionh in grants given to charities in 2008, The Humana Foundation managesd the company’s volunteer endeavors and tracks volunteer hours. Judd added that “volunteering is more importantrthan ever” in the current “Financial resources are important, but right now with the economid downturn, I think volunteerism takes more of a significant role.” Humana’s 29,000 associates companywide have logged more than 13,000 volunteer hours since fall 2007, Judd said. She suspects that volunteerisj is underreported because many do not consistently tracoktheir hours.
“It’s your own time,” she noting that the company does not compensate employee for their involvement inthe “The opportunities for associates to give back are based on theirf desire and commitment to the community.” Often, employees volunteedr after work or on weekends, but if an evenf does occur during the workday, Humana asks only that associatews work with managers to plan theitr absences. Humana provides incentives such as the Spirit ofPhilanthropy Award, which recognize s volunteers who go aboved and beyond normal activities.
Last year, Humanaz CEO and Humana Foundation chairman Mike McCallisterd presented the first Spirit of Philanthropyt Award to a HumanaCares Volunteer Council inGreebn Bay, Wis., for developing a mini-volunteerd network for the The Humana Foundation also donated $25,000 to a nonprofitg group chosen by HumanaCares. Co., which has more than 4,000 workerds at its Louisville-based division, supports employee effortd by organizing volunteer projects and giviny workers the option to volunteer oncompany “Most volunteer efforts are during the week to get the maximum participation,” said Patrick Dunn, the company’s Oceaj Freight Transportation manager who also serves as co-chairman of the communith service team, GE Volunteers.
To promotw volunteerism, both Humana and GE have established formal processes to find opportunitiesa fortheir workers. Humana associates can learn abouf opportunities through a company which includes a nonprofit database organizedby VolunteerMatch, a nonprofitr organization that connects volunteeres with organizations that need Groups interested in VolunteerMatch apply through its Web and the nonprofit is featured on The Humana Volunteer Networi and at www.volunteermatch.org. All organizationxs that fit VolunteerMatch’s criteria are welcome on Humana’s internalo database, but there is a priority for those that benefift childrenand health.
“We encourage people to volunteer for organizations in linewith Humana’ss mission, but we don’t exclude nonprofits that do not,” said Jeannettre Bahouth, project manager at The Humanw Foundation. Volunteer opportunities are made available to GE associates also througgh an online portal that lists organizationxs and events in need of The portal also tracksvolunteere hours. Through its education and community-service GE Volunteers organizes about 20 projects per with a monthly averageof 1,1000 hours. In 2008, 808 volunteers signed up for a singls event throughthe database, Dunn said.
Nonprofi organizations become part of the online databassthrough referrals, and employees are encouraged to develop
But for some local it has become abusinesxs priority. Employees’ efforts give firms positive exposure in the community whilew offering intangible benefitsto co-workerds who team up for communitt projects. Louisville-based insurance company encourages volunteerisk as part ofits mission, according to Virginiq K. Judd, executive director of The Humana “At the heart, we have a moral responsibility to give and it goes back to the conception of Judd said. “Our leaders and co-founderes have always valued giving back to the and this is one way toexpress that.” Along with $5.
6 millionh in grants given to charities in 2008, The Humana Foundation managesd the company’s volunteer endeavors and tracks volunteer hours. Judd added that “volunteering is more importantrthan ever” in the current “Financial resources are important, but right now with the economid downturn, I think volunteerism takes more of a significant role.” Humana’s 29,000 associates companywide have logged more than 13,000 volunteer hours since fall 2007, Judd said. She suspects that volunteerisj is underreported because many do not consistently tracoktheir hours.
“It’s your own time,” she noting that the company does not compensate employee for their involvement inthe “The opportunities for associates to give back are based on theirf desire and commitment to the community.” Often, employees volunteedr after work or on weekends, but if an evenf does occur during the workday, Humana asks only that associatews work with managers to plan theitr absences. Humana provides incentives such as the Spirit ofPhilanthropy Award, which recognize s volunteers who go aboved and beyond normal activities.
Last year, Humanaz CEO and Humana Foundation chairman Mike McCallisterd presented the first Spirit of Philanthropyt Award to a HumanaCares Volunteer Council inGreebn Bay, Wis., for developing a mini-volunteerd network for the The Humana Foundation also donated $25,000 to a nonprofitg group chosen by HumanaCares. Co., which has more than 4,000 workerds at its Louisville-based division, supports employee effortd by organizing volunteer projects and giviny workers the option to volunteer oncompany “Most volunteer efforts are during the week to get the maximum participation,” said Patrick Dunn, the company’s Oceaj Freight Transportation manager who also serves as co-chairman of the communith service team, GE Volunteers.
To promotw volunteerism, both Humana and GE have established formal processes to find opportunitiesa fortheir workers. Humana associates can learn abouf opportunities through a company which includes a nonprofit database organizedby VolunteerMatch, a nonprofitr organization that connects volunteeres with organizations that need Groups interested in VolunteerMatch apply through its Web and the nonprofit is featured on The Humana Volunteer Networi and at www.volunteermatch.org. All organizationxs that fit VolunteerMatch’s criteria are welcome on Humana’s internalo database, but there is a priority for those that benefift childrenand health.
“We encourage people to volunteer for organizations in linewith Humana’ss mission, but we don’t exclude nonprofits that do not,” said Jeannettre Bahouth, project manager at The Humanw Foundation. Volunteer opportunities are made available to GE associates also througgh an online portal that lists organizationxs and events in need of The portal also tracksvolunteere hours. Through its education and community-service GE Volunteers organizes about 20 projects per with a monthly averageof 1,1000 hours. In 2008, 808 volunteers signed up for a singls event throughthe database, Dunn said.
Nonprofi organizations become part of the online databassthrough referrals, and employees are encouraged to develop
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