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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Obesity vaccine takes a step forward - Los Angeles Times
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
DirecTV CEO leaving as Liberty merger nears - Dallas Business Journal:
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just as the satellite broadcaste readies to merge with an offshoot ofJohn Malone’s News and DirecTV confirmed Wednesday that Careyu will leave the El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite broadcaster July 1 to becomr second-in-command — handling international operatione — for Rupert Murdoch’z global media empire. Carey’s defectioh may muddy investors’ reception of the planned mergedr between DirecTV and Liberty a division ofDouglas County-based Liberthy Media. Carey ran DirecTV for the past six leading it through a period of growth and winnin g partnerships with every major telecom company inthe U.S.
He was expectef to stay with DirecTV aftedr it became independent ofLiberty Media. Instead, he returnw to working for Murdoch and News where he worked for 15 years prior toheading DirecTV. Libertty Entertainment (NASDAQ: LMDIA) holds a 54 percent stake in (NASDAQ: DTV) as well as controllingb stakes in online gaming companhyFun Technologies, the Game Show Networi and regional sports TV networks in Pittsburgh and Seattle. Those holdings are bein g spun off this year intoa free-standing company to clear up DirecTV’z stock structure and make it easieer for it to engage in mergers and the companies said. Malone’s company traded its 16 percent ownershi stake inNews Corp.
back to Murdoch’s company in 2007 in exchanged for the controlling stakein
just as the satellite broadcaste readies to merge with an offshoot ofJohn Malone’s News and DirecTV confirmed Wednesday that Careyu will leave the El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite broadcaster July 1 to becomr second-in-command — handling international operatione — for Rupert Murdoch’z global media empire. Carey’s defectioh may muddy investors’ reception of the planned mergedr between DirecTV and Liberty a division ofDouglas County-based Liberthy Media. Carey ran DirecTV for the past six leading it through a period of growth and winnin g partnerships with every major telecom company inthe U.S.
He was expectef to stay with DirecTV aftedr it became independent ofLiberty Media. Instead, he returnw to working for Murdoch and News where he worked for 15 years prior toheading DirecTV. Libertty Entertainment (NASDAQ: LMDIA) holds a 54 percent stake in (NASDAQ: DTV) as well as controllingb stakes in online gaming companhyFun Technologies, the Game Show Networi and regional sports TV networks in Pittsburgh and Seattle. Those holdings are bein g spun off this year intoa free-standing company to clear up DirecTV’z stock structure and make it easieer for it to engage in mergers and the companies said. Malone’s company traded its 16 percent ownershi stake inNews Corp.
back to Murdoch’s company in 2007 in exchanged for the controlling stakein
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Renaissance Financial moves, plans to expand staff - St. Louis Business Journal:
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, a venture capital and smalll businessfinance firm, provided $7 millioj to finance the move and expansion through the Missouri New Marketx Development program and the federal New Markets Tax Credity program. Renaissance Financial, which has more than 100 workersin St. Kansas City and expects to growits St. Louiws office to more than 200 employees by 2015 at a rate of 20 new workerxsper year, said Louis managing director at Advantager Capital. As part of the company’s plans for growth, Renaissancer Financial moved last mont h to a newlyconstructed $15 million building locatec near Highway 40 and Hamptojn Avenue, in the Highlands Plazs development.
A group led by Renaissance Financial and Balke Brownn Associates ownsthe building. Renaissance Financial offers estatd planning, individual financial services, protection planning and retirement servicesd for businessesand high-net-worth individuals. Advantage Capitall Partners has offices and partnersin St. New Orleans, Austin and other U.S. It raised more than $1 billion in capital since 1992 and invested in companies located in geographic areads underserved by traditionalventure capital.
, a venture capital and smalll businessfinance firm, provided $7 millioj to finance the move and expansion through the Missouri New Marketx Development program and the federal New Markets Tax Credity program. Renaissance Financial, which has more than 100 workersin St. Kansas City and expects to growits St. Louiws office to more than 200 employees by 2015 at a rate of 20 new workerxsper year, said Louis managing director at Advantager Capital. As part of the company’s plans for growth, Renaissancer Financial moved last mont h to a newlyconstructed $15 million building locatec near Highway 40 and Hamptojn Avenue, in the Highlands Plazs development.
A group led by Renaissance Financial and Balke Brownn Associates ownsthe building. Renaissance Financial offers estatd planning, individual financial services, protection planning and retirement servicesd for businessesand high-net-worth individuals. Advantage Capitall Partners has offices and partnersin St. New Orleans, Austin and other U.S. It raised more than $1 billion in capital since 1992 and invested in companies located in geographic areads underserved by traditionalventure capital.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Firm puts 'consumer' in consumer-driven care - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Founders Tony Glebe, Mary Brown and Adam Bock have some big namezs intheir backgrounds. Bock, an instructor at the Universityy of Minnesota Schoolof Medicine, previously workesd as a consultant with Ingenix and Definitt Health, now both part of UnitedHealth Group. Glebe also workexd at Definity, as well as having client-sidwe experience at Fair Isaavc Corp. and U.S. Brown draws on a history of consumerd marketing at places such as Bayef HealthCare andCNS Inc.'s Breathe Right.
That type of experiencse will be importantas consumer-driven health care becomes more According to Minnesota Council of Healt Plans data, enrollment in consumer-driven health planes grew to 240,000 Minnesotans in '06, a 50 percent jump from 2005. Despite that, Bock said, many providerse develop products without first talking to theend "They don't start by listeninbg to consumers," Bock said. The company, baseed in Mound, began taking clients last fall and nowhas 10. It plana to work primarily withhealthy plans, health and financial services, pharmaceuticall makers and health technology organizations.
Depth Chargd studies health conditions from a consumer perspectiveat client-sponsoree sessions and reports back to the companiesx on the findings. Many different consulting firms offering their services to the healty care industry makes the fieldvery competitive, said Kyle CEO of Minneapolis-based , whicyh offers a concierge service that helps consumers navigatse their benefits options. But he said Depth Charge had a stron handto play. "I like Depth Charge's idea to go to the consumerd first," he said. "[Bock, Brown and Glebe] also have a lot of experiencedto offer.
" Founders: Mary Brown, Adam Tony Glebe Web
Founders Tony Glebe, Mary Brown and Adam Bock have some big namezs intheir backgrounds. Bock, an instructor at the Universityy of Minnesota Schoolof Medicine, previously workesd as a consultant with Ingenix and Definitt Health, now both part of UnitedHealth Group. Glebe also workexd at Definity, as well as having client-sidwe experience at Fair Isaavc Corp. and U.S. Brown draws on a history of consumerd marketing at places such as Bayef HealthCare andCNS Inc.'s Breathe Right.
That type of experiencse will be importantas consumer-driven health care becomes more According to Minnesota Council of Healt Plans data, enrollment in consumer-driven health planes grew to 240,000 Minnesotans in '06, a 50 percent jump from 2005. Despite that, Bock said, many providerse develop products without first talking to theend "They don't start by listeninbg to consumers," Bock said. The company, baseed in Mound, began taking clients last fall and nowhas 10. It plana to work primarily withhealthy plans, health and financial services, pharmaceuticall makers and health technology organizations.
Depth Chargd studies health conditions from a consumer perspectiveat client-sponsoree sessions and reports back to the companiesx on the findings. Many different consulting firms offering their services to the healty care industry makes the fieldvery competitive, said Kyle CEO of Minneapolis-based , whicyh offers a concierge service that helps consumers navigatse their benefits options. But he said Depth Charge had a stron handto play. "I like Depth Charge's idea to go to the consumerd first," he said. "[Bock, Brown and Glebe] also have a lot of experiencedto offer.
" Founders: Mary Brown, Adam Tony Glebe Web
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment - KCAU
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Fox 31 KDVR.com | Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment KCAU The military says four crew members have died in the weekend crash of an Air Force tanker plane that was fighting a fire in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Boone man among four killed in C-130 crash in South Dakota < nobr>Winston-Salem Journal C-130 firefighting air tankers grounded after fatal South Dakota crash Air Force resuming tanker flights following deadly crash |
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
UCSF Med School under fire from Sen. Grassley - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The June 17 story, by James Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful Senate Finance has asked UCSF to supplhy documents on federal fundingf over the last five including details of an externak review by the KPMGaccounting firm. “If the financia l integrity of UCSFis questionable,” Grasslety said in a letter to the university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayer dollars may also exisyt at other campuses within the UC such asUC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Davis.” Grassley’ws comments come in during a continuing feud between UCSF and Davix Kessler, former dean of its medicak school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administratioj underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’s financial reporting. The Times reported that Kessle r was fired inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislex about the school’s finances.” Kessler has file d a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seekinv to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC Presidengt Mark Yudof, according to the UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the Nationall Institutes of Health, with $383 million going to the medicakl school, which is also seekingv a big chunk of federall stimulus funding.
University officialw have said Kessler was firedfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’a article notes, but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pendingt the conclusion of an administrativer review, the Times report said. In a commenr provided Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscopBusiness Times, UC reiterated that it has provided informatiom to Grassley’s office on the financiakl issues in question and that Kessler’s allegationw have been exhaustively and repeatedlyt investigated at the University’s expense.
Those investigations “havde found no evidence whatsoevetr of any inaccuracy in the books and records of the UC said in its written UC officials also notede that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S. Departmentt of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspectotr General found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federal regulations for claiminf reimbursement for administrative and clerical connected to the NIH funding.
The June 17 story, by James Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful Senate Finance has asked UCSF to supplhy documents on federal fundingf over the last five including details of an externak review by the KPMGaccounting firm. “If the financia l integrity of UCSFis questionable,” Grasslety said in a letter to the university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayer dollars may also exisyt at other campuses within the UC such asUC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Davis.” Grassley’ws comments come in during a continuing feud between UCSF and Davix Kessler, former dean of its medicak school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administratioj underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’s financial reporting. The Times reported that Kessle r was fired inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislex about the school’s finances.” Kessler has file d a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seekinv to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC Presidengt Mark Yudof, according to the UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the Nationall Institutes of Health, with $383 million going to the medicakl school, which is also seekingv a big chunk of federall stimulus funding.
University officialw have said Kessler was firedfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’a article notes, but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pendingt the conclusion of an administrativer review, the Times report said. In a commenr provided Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscopBusiness Times, UC reiterated that it has provided informatiom to Grassley’s office on the financiakl issues in question and that Kessler’s allegationw have been exhaustively and repeatedlyt investigated at the University’s expense.
Those investigations “havde found no evidence whatsoevetr of any inaccuracy in the books and records of the UC said in its written UC officials also notede that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S. Departmentt of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspectotr General found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federal regulations for claiminf reimbursement for administrative and clerical connected to the NIH funding.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Funds Win With Bull Bets Before Biggest Rally Since '09 - Businessweek
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Funds Win With Bull Bets Before Biggest Rally Since '09 Businessweek Hedge funds lifted their bullish commodity bets for a third week, just before a European agreement to contain the region's debt crisis spurred the biggest rally in raw-material prices in three years. |
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