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Sunday, October 30, 2011
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Hawaii flu cases close to 300 - Dallas Business Journal:
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The Hawaii Department of Health, which now updates its online H1N1 counteach Wednesday, said therde are now 298 confirmed casesw in Hawaii. There were 98 new cases confirmecd on Oahu this week for a total of 288 Kauai and Maui added a case eachthis week. They each have a tota of three cases. The Big Island, whicu has four cases, did not report any new cases this Most have recovered or are recoveringt fromthe illness. The Centers for Disease Controol and Prevention said thatmost U.S. cases have not been severd and are comparable in severity toseasonall influenza. Hawaii residents with questions about H1N1 flu cancall (866) 767-504r4 ext. 3 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Monda through Friday and on weekends from9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Or visitr www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio nat www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
The Hawaii Department of Health, which now updates its online H1N1 counteach Wednesday, said therde are now 298 confirmed casesw in Hawaii. There were 98 new cases confirmecd on Oahu this week for a total of 288 Kauai and Maui added a case eachthis week. They each have a tota of three cases. The Big Island, whicu has four cases, did not report any new cases this Most have recovered or are recoveringt fromthe illness. The Centers for Disease Controol and Prevention said thatmost U.S. cases have not been severd and are comparable in severity toseasonall influenza. Hawaii residents with questions about H1N1 flu cancall (866) 767-504r4 ext. 3 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Monda through Friday and on weekends from9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Or visitr www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio nat www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Idearc stockholder seeks board position - Dallas Business Journal:
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The company’s largest Jack Corwin, confirmed Thursday he has notified the board aboutr his desire to be added to the list of nominees for electionj to the board of directors at thenext “In order to ensure that the interestz of shareholders are regarded as paramount at the Board I have decided to step to the Corwin said. “This company has tremendou s potential, and frankly, the Board and Management have tremendouseresponsibility . . . to its its employees, and its customers.
Givemn the particulars of the company’w financial situation, bankruptcy proceedings, indicated by the company as would leave many constituencies greatly disadvantagedf and in some casesliterally wiped-out.” Idearc, which is based at Dallas/Fort Worth Internationall Airport, publishes telephone books and providexs consumer information over the Internet. Corwib released a statement earlier in the week advisiny Idearc not to pursuse bankruptcy because the company has what he considers sufficient cash onhand ($510 million at year-end to pay down outstanding debt. As of mid-February Corwin reportes holding more than 8 percent ofIdearc stock, or more than 12 millionj shares.
In November, the New York Stock Regulation Inc. delisted Idearc’s stock from the New York Stocjk Exchange after the company maintained an averagd closing price of lessthan $1 for 30 consecutive tradinvg days. It is now traded on Pink Sheetsz under theticker Idearc’s annual revenue was just under $3 billion in 2008. The companh employs approximately 7,200 people nationwide.
The company’s largest Jack Corwin, confirmed Thursday he has notified the board aboutr his desire to be added to the list of nominees for electionj to the board of directors at thenext “In order to ensure that the interestz of shareholders are regarded as paramount at the Board I have decided to step to the Corwin said. “This company has tremendou s potential, and frankly, the Board and Management have tremendouseresponsibility . . . to its its employees, and its customers.
Givemn the particulars of the company’w financial situation, bankruptcy proceedings, indicated by the company as would leave many constituencies greatly disadvantagedf and in some casesliterally wiped-out.” Idearc, which is based at Dallas/Fort Worth Internationall Airport, publishes telephone books and providexs consumer information over the Internet. Corwib released a statement earlier in the week advisiny Idearc not to pursuse bankruptcy because the company has what he considers sufficient cash onhand ($510 million at year-end to pay down outstanding debt. As of mid-February Corwin reportes holding more than 8 percent ofIdearc stock, or more than 12 millionj shares.
In November, the New York Stock Regulation Inc. delisted Idearc’s stock from the New York Stocjk Exchange after the company maintained an averagd closing price of lessthan $1 for 30 consecutive tradinvg days. It is now traded on Pink Sheetsz under theticker Idearc’s annual revenue was just under $3 billion in 2008. The companh employs approximately 7,200 people nationwide.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Point Park, Art Institute develop Downtown Pittsburgh dorms - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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But Seybert, a native Ohioajn who has lived on campus since arrivingin Pittsburgh, has no such She likes being able to walk to a baseball game at PNC Park and the storeas and clubs at Statiohn Square. "Preferably I'd like to stay in she said. Apartment and condominium developers are pushingv forward with a range of projects in theDowntownb area. But, amid a sluggish residential realestate market, it appear s a number of student housing projects are leading the Point Park is a good example. The university is in the procese of increasing its student housing stockl by nearly 50 percent in the hopes that other students reach the same conclusionas Seybert.
The universitt expects to have 1,200 students livingt in Downtown university housingby 2012, up from about 750 studentes today. "Our president is emphasizing ... an environmengt where more students" want to live in student housinf Downtown, said Sue Oatey, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Point The demandfor on-campus student housing, Oatey has been strong. Of the school's 740 all but one were filledthis fall. In late Decembere of last year, the universityu made its most recent studenfthousing acquisitions: two office buildings at 312 and 322 Boulevard of the It plans to use the buildings as upscale apartmentse for juniors and seniors.
The school, which paid $4.3 million to for the expects to start renovations on parts of the 322buildingy soon, according to Bill vice president of operations at Point Park. The designed by Squirrel Hill-based TKA Architects with Massarlo Corp. of O'Hara as general will start with floorsd four through eight and should be ready for just under 100 studentsby August. The lowefr floors will be renovated later because they are still occupiede byoffice tenants. The new suitesz will feature apartment-style living in two-bedroom configurations with a full kitche andstandard appliances, Camerobn said. "These are premier residential Oatey said.
The 312 Boulevard of the Allies property is scheduled to undergok a similar renovation as soon as work on the firstf buildingis finished. When both buildings are the school will have about 280 new Cameron said. Meanwhile, The completed a $21 million conversion of the 230,000-square-foof Try Street Terminal building into Shannon Hall last The building is now home to 634 Last year, The Art Instituter also opened the 47,000-square-foot Standard Life Buildinbg at 345 Fourth Ave., which is owned by Elizabeth-based . and maste r leased to the school. And five-story Miller Hall at 100 Smithfiel St.
, another property owned by McHolme and master leasedc tothe school, has been fully occupied since the first of the year and holdx 88 students, said George Pry, president of The Art Of the roughly 3,200 students who take coursesw on the Art Institute's the school can house about 940, Pry said. For the immediatr future, the school has enough spacew forits students. with the new properties, studentx "now want to stay in housing longer," putting more pressurr on the school to find accommodations for the 65 percenty of its enrollees who come from outside ofthe "I may have a need for another Pry said.
Pry said the schoolp has looked atthe 85,000-square-fooy building at 424 Third Ave., whichn is on the market for $5.5 million, as a potentialk dormitory for as many as 180 Ralph Falbo, president of , the developer of Downtown's 151 First Side condominium complex, said he welcomes the additional student housing. "I believe students are part of theDowntown fabric," he said. "I think it is an additional opportunity to see more thingdhappen Downtown.
"
But Seybert, a native Ohioajn who has lived on campus since arrivingin Pittsburgh, has no such She likes being able to walk to a baseball game at PNC Park and the storeas and clubs at Statiohn Square. "Preferably I'd like to stay in she said. Apartment and condominium developers are pushingv forward with a range of projects in theDowntownb area. But, amid a sluggish residential realestate market, it appear s a number of student housing projects are leading the Point Park is a good example. The university is in the procese of increasing its student housing stockl by nearly 50 percent in the hopes that other students reach the same conclusionas Seybert.
The universitt expects to have 1,200 students livingt in Downtown university housingby 2012, up from about 750 studentes today. "Our president is emphasizing ... an environmengt where more students" want to live in student housinf Downtown, said Sue Oatey, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Point The demandfor on-campus student housing, Oatey has been strong. Of the school's 740 all but one were filledthis fall. In late Decembere of last year, the universityu made its most recent studenfthousing acquisitions: two office buildings at 312 and 322 Boulevard of the It plans to use the buildings as upscale apartmentse for juniors and seniors.
The school, which paid $4.3 million to for the expects to start renovations on parts of the 322buildingy soon, according to Bill vice president of operations at Point Park. The designed by Squirrel Hill-based TKA Architects with Massarlo Corp. of O'Hara as general will start with floorsd four through eight and should be ready for just under 100 studentsby August. The lowefr floors will be renovated later because they are still occupiede byoffice tenants. The new suitesz will feature apartment-style living in two-bedroom configurations with a full kitche andstandard appliances, Camerobn said. "These are premier residential Oatey said.
The 312 Boulevard of the Allies property is scheduled to undergok a similar renovation as soon as work on the firstf buildingis finished. When both buildings are the school will have about 280 new Cameron said. Meanwhile, The completed a $21 million conversion of the 230,000-square-foof Try Street Terminal building into Shannon Hall last The building is now home to 634 Last year, The Art Instituter also opened the 47,000-square-foot Standard Life Buildinbg at 345 Fourth Ave., which is owned by Elizabeth-based . and maste r leased to the school. And five-story Miller Hall at 100 Smithfiel St.
, another property owned by McHolme and master leasedc tothe school, has been fully occupied since the first of the year and holdx 88 students, said George Pry, president of The Art Of the roughly 3,200 students who take coursesw on the Art Institute's the school can house about 940, Pry said. For the immediatr future, the school has enough spacew forits students. with the new properties, studentx "now want to stay in housing longer," putting more pressurr on the school to find accommodations for the 65 percenty of its enrollees who come from outside ofthe "I may have a need for another Pry said.
Pry said the schoolp has looked atthe 85,000-square-fooy building at 424 Third Ave., whichn is on the market for $5.5 million, as a potentialk dormitory for as many as 180 Ralph Falbo, president of , the developer of Downtown's 151 First Side condominium complex, said he welcomes the additional student housing. "I believe students are part of theDowntown fabric," he said. "I think it is an additional opportunity to see more thingdhappen Downtown.
"
Friday, October 21, 2011
Stimulus funds go to forest road projects in Colorado - St. Louis Business Journal:
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million as its share of federal stimuluas funds allocated to road maintenance and othed projectson lands, Colorado’s U.S. senators announced The local allocation is part ofa $228 million program by the involviny 106 projects in 31 states. The Forest Service, which administers the nation’s national forests and grasslands, is a USDA In Colorado, $4.9 million in fundz authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go to maintai n roads in San Juan National Forest and to removd some of its more than 900 mile s ofunauthorized roads, and anothe $2.5 million will go toward roads at the Pawnede National Grassland used on bird-watchin tours.
The road projectsa will help to improve water quality on federal land by reducing sediments carried by runofg intonearby streams, officials said. The Coloradop allocation was announcedby Sens. Mark Udal l and Michael Bennet, both D-Colo. The overall progra m was announced earlierby U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom
million as its share of federal stimuluas funds allocated to road maintenance and othed projectson lands, Colorado’s U.S. senators announced The local allocation is part ofa $228 million program by the involviny 106 projects in 31 states. The Forest Service, which administers the nation’s national forests and grasslands, is a USDA In Colorado, $4.9 million in fundz authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go to maintai n roads in San Juan National Forest and to removd some of its more than 900 mile s ofunauthorized roads, and anothe $2.5 million will go toward roads at the Pawnede National Grassland used on bird-watchin tours.
The road projectsa will help to improve water quality on federal land by reducing sediments carried by runofg intonearby streams, officials said. The Coloradop allocation was announcedby Sens. Mark Udal l and Michael Bennet, both D-Colo. The overall progra m was announced earlierby U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Human Genome Sciences rises on sale rumors - BusinessWeek
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Pending home sales inch up in U.S., Northeast - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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New figures from the show its Pendingt HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicatoer based on contracts signed in May, increasesd 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percenrt higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time therwe were four consecutive monthly gains was inOctober 2004, a promisingb sign for a still deeply depressedc housing sector. A sale is listed as pendiny when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not which usually takes anothetr one or two An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activityduring 2001, the first year to be examines as well as the first of five consecutive recordf years for existing-home sales.
The Pending Home Saled Index in the Northeas trose 3.1 percent to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent abovs a year ago. In the Midwest the index slippe 1.3 percent to 89.2 but is 11.4 percent above May 2008. The index in the South declined 1.7 percenyt to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percent higher than a year ago. In the West the indexz rose 2.2 percent to 96.9 and is 0.7 percentr above May 2008.
New figures from the show its Pendingt HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicatoer based on contracts signed in May, increasesd 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percenrt higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time therwe were four consecutive monthly gains was inOctober 2004, a promisingb sign for a still deeply depressedc housing sector. A sale is listed as pendiny when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not which usually takes anothetr one or two An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activityduring 2001, the first year to be examines as well as the first of five consecutive recordf years for existing-home sales.
The Pending Home Saled Index in the Northeas trose 3.1 percent to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent abovs a year ago. In the Midwest the index slippe 1.3 percent to 89.2 but is 11.4 percent above May 2008. The index in the South declined 1.7 percenyt to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percent higher than a year ago. In the West the indexz rose 2.2 percent to 96.9 and is 0.7 percentr above May 2008.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Richardson Brands seeks $14M in state funding - The Business Review (Albany):
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Beech-Nut, which makes baby is buildinga 650,000-square-foot facilithy in the town of Florida, outsidde of Amsterdam. The new plant will replaced a factory in Canajoharie that was damaged during the 2006 floodint of theMohawk , which makes candy, buys stea heat from Beech-Nut’s currentr facility in Canajoharie. Beech-Nut initially planned to shut down its Canajoharie siteon Dec. 31, 2010. The company has now moved its planrt closing eightmonths earlier, to April 2010. That has left Richardson CEO Donald Butte ina bind. He had previouslyt said the company could afford to waituntio May, at the latest, for the state to decide whether it would give the compangy some funding.
Now, he is not convincedr that is early enough. “Wd should have ordered this boiletlast month,” Butte said, noting the change in Beech-Nut’s plans. “Thids puts us in a very tenuous position.” Beech-Nut’s pendingb move has Richardsonseeking $14 million in statr funding over the next threwe years to help it fix its own flood-damaged facility, buy its own boilersd and roll its Connecticut operations into its Canajoharie That would add 70 jobs by 2010. The company alreadyh employs 128 people.
“Idf the money doesn’t come through, and if the boile doesn’t come through, we’ll be forced to consolidatr back into our Connecticut operations Butte said. Butte said he learneed of Beech-Nut’s decision the night of Marchn 12, hours after he had held a press conferencw to keeppressuring state’s economid development agency—for funding. A spokesman for Beech-Nut confirmedf that the company now expects to closes its Canajoharie site inApril 2010. “Rightt now, that’s what’s being targeted. That’s a reasonable time frame,” said Earl of Buffalo-based e3communications.
“Thingsz are going well from a construction That’s good news for Beech-Nut and terrible news for He is scheduled to meet March 19 withDennisx Mullen, upstate president of Empirwe State Development, in an effort to get the statr to commit to at least $2.5 million in fundd this year. “We are continuing our discussions with Richardson Brands todetermine whether, and the extenf to which, our assistance may be required,” said an Empirer State Development spokeswoman. “At this time it is too earlyh to discuss the status ofour discussions.” Butte is also seekingg a variety of grants from the , , statde senators and others.
Butte’z Canajoharie plant runs at about 30 percentcapacity now, but movinfg the company’s recent acquisitionsd into that site would almost fill Butte said. That includes a 2006 acquisitionof , whicy is operating in Branford, Conn. Richardson has abou $25 million in annual and Butte’s goal is to grow that to $100 million within several years. The new boiler is the first step inthat “We want to be here. If we wanted to leavr dodge, we’d have left during the flood,” Buttes said. “But there’s only so many things we can withstan d and have it continue to make economicx sense to investin Canajoharie.” asichko@bizjournals.
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Beech-Nut, which makes baby is buildinga 650,000-square-foot facilithy in the town of Florida, outsidde of Amsterdam. The new plant will replaced a factory in Canajoharie that was damaged during the 2006 floodint of theMohawk , which makes candy, buys stea heat from Beech-Nut’s currentr facility in Canajoharie. Beech-Nut initially planned to shut down its Canajoharie siteon Dec. 31, 2010. The company has now moved its planrt closing eightmonths earlier, to April 2010. That has left Richardson CEO Donald Butte ina bind. He had previouslyt said the company could afford to waituntio May, at the latest, for the state to decide whether it would give the compangy some funding.
Now, he is not convincedr that is early enough. “Wd should have ordered this boiletlast month,” Butte said, noting the change in Beech-Nut’s plans. “Thids puts us in a very tenuous position.” Beech-Nut’s pendingb move has Richardsonseeking $14 million in statr funding over the next threwe years to help it fix its own flood-damaged facility, buy its own boilersd and roll its Connecticut operations into its Canajoharie That would add 70 jobs by 2010. The company alreadyh employs 128 people.
“Idf the money doesn’t come through, and if the boile doesn’t come through, we’ll be forced to consolidatr back into our Connecticut operations Butte said. Butte said he learneed of Beech-Nut’s decision the night of Marchn 12, hours after he had held a press conferencw to keeppressuring state’s economid development agency—for funding. A spokesman for Beech-Nut confirmedf that the company now expects to closes its Canajoharie site inApril 2010. “Rightt now, that’s what’s being targeted. That’s a reasonable time frame,” said Earl of Buffalo-based e3communications.
“Thingsz are going well from a construction That’s good news for Beech-Nut and terrible news for He is scheduled to meet March 19 withDennisx Mullen, upstate president of Empirwe State Development, in an effort to get the statr to commit to at least $2.5 million in fundd this year. “We are continuing our discussions with Richardson Brands todetermine whether, and the extenf to which, our assistance may be required,” said an Empirer State Development spokeswoman. “At this time it is too earlyh to discuss the status ofour discussions.” Butte is also seekingg a variety of grants from the , , statde senators and others.
Butte’z Canajoharie plant runs at about 30 percentcapacity now, but movinfg the company’s recent acquisitionsd into that site would almost fill Butte said. That includes a 2006 acquisitionof , whicy is operating in Branford, Conn. Richardson has abou $25 million in annual and Butte’s goal is to grow that to $100 million within several years. The new boiler is the first step inthat “We want to be here. If we wanted to leavr dodge, we’d have left during the flood,” Buttes said. “But there’s only so many things we can withstan d and have it continue to make economicx sense to investin Canajoharie.” asichko@bizjournals.
com | 518-640-6818
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Kentucky puts restrictions on livestock from Nebraska, Texas - Austin Business Journal:
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Kentucky now will require livestock brought to Kentuck y from Nebraska and Texas to pass a tuberculosis test withib 60 daysof arrival. The teste must be given to cattlde 18 months and older and goats and camelidsd six months and the said. Nebraska agriculturd officials have confirmed tuberculosis in two cattle inthe north-centrao part of the state. They have quarantiner 32 cattle herds withabou 15,000 adult cattle, according to the The in Ames, Iowa confirmed a case of tuberculosids in a dairy cattle herd in west Texas.
Kentucky also has bannefd entry of livestock from Starr Counth in south Texas because a horse there has been diagnosed withvesiculard stomatits, a viral disease that can affecrt horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goatsd and deer.
Kentucky now will require livestock brought to Kentuck y from Nebraska and Texas to pass a tuberculosis test withib 60 daysof arrival. The teste must be given to cattlde 18 months and older and goats and camelidsd six months and the said. Nebraska agriculturd officials have confirmed tuberculosis in two cattle inthe north-centrao part of the state. They have quarantiner 32 cattle herds withabou 15,000 adult cattle, according to the The in Ames, Iowa confirmed a case of tuberculosids in a dairy cattle herd in west Texas.
Kentucky also has bannefd entry of livestock from Starr Counth in south Texas because a horse there has been diagnosed withvesiculard stomatits, a viral disease that can affecrt horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goatsd and deer.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Treating ER overload - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Surveys conducted earlier this year by hospital groups in Pennsylvania and New Jerseuy found their members are expanding and renovating emergency even as they are delaying or forgoin other building projects until the economy Four area hospitals are unveiling new or expanderdemergency departments. The expansions are part of buildingprojectsw — started before the recession hit totaling more than $450 , which operates one of the busiest emergency departments in Southb Jersey, is getting ready to open the first phasre of its expanded ED on July 1.
When the overalol project is completed next the Camdenmedical center’s ED will grow from abouft 6,100 square feet to 24,900 square feet and its bed countr will increase to 38 from 25. Also debutinhg are EDs at and , both in Chester County, and an expanded ED at in Philadelphia. Dr. Michael E. Chansky, chief of emergency medicine at Cooper, said the economgy is only partially responsible for emergencyroom overcrowding. “There’s this misconceptionm EDs are overwhelmed by people who aren’t working,” Chansky “Care for people with no income is at least partially, by Medicaid.
The issue is the workint poor, people who have jobs but make too much mone y too qualifyfor Medicaid, but not enough to afforxd insurance. We are the safety net for those Exacerbatingthe problem, he said, are hospitak closures that are leaving fewer EDs available to treaft a growing population. In addition, Chansky said, many hospitale — which are required by federa law to care for anybody who shows up at the door regardles of their ability to pay continue to struggle to efficiently have beds availablre for patients who are ready to leave the ED and be Karen Slutsky, clinical director at Cooper, noted Coope r has tried to address the problem by usingt space underused in the evenings as a temporarhy holding area for patients awaiting admission.
The hospitao also uses hallway space away fromthe ED. Slutskg said when the hospitalreaches capacity, it now sends out alertes to physicians — by meanxs of Blackberrys — urging them to expedite the discharge process for patientw ready to go home. “You have to be she said. John Sheridan, Cooper’s CEO, said the hospital’ss emergency department was built toserve 25,000 patients a year.
Last year, 56,0090 people sought emergency treatment at The JointCommission (the accrediting body for health-care providers) is cominvg down on hospitals that have to put theif emergency departments on divert because they don’t have the capacit y to handle more patients, said Mary Ann a partner with IMA Consulting, whichn works with hospitals from its base in Chaddws Ford. That is a result, Holt of hospitals reducing staff levelse because ofeconomic pressures. With fewer staffed beds many hospitals are more frequently encountering delays in admittinfg patients from theemergency department.
A changed in accreditation status, Holt said, can impair a hospital’ws standing with Medicare — a large source of revenud formost hospitals. “Hospitals can’t afford to have that she said. Holt agreed issues causing overcrowding are and can’t be fixed by just making EDs bigger. “Patientsa are deferring care, sometimes waiting to the point of requiringemergency care,” she said. “People are losint their jobs andthe health-care insurance, so paymentf is an issue.
” Phoenixville Hospital’s ED is tripling in size as part of a $90 millionn patient tower being built that also includes a new intensive-carre unit, medical-surgical unit, telemetry units and cardiac rehabilitation CEO Stephen Tullman said ED visitw have escalated in recent years because of the overall housing growth in the area — especially along the Routw 422 corridor. “We’ve maxed out of our curreny space,” Tullman said. Paoli Hospital is gettinb a new ED, four times larger than its existiny one, when its $145 million patient-care pavilion opens next month.
Last month, the boare at Main Line Paoli’s parent, approved plans for Paoliu to seek state approval to establisha level-I trauma center within the new ED. Chester County has been without a trauma center since the one at Phoenixvilles Hospital closedin 2002. Pennsylvania Hospital expects to completr the final phase ofits $12.5 milliohn ED expansion in August. The medica l center is tripling the size ofits emergency-car facilities, which will have 29 treatment areass and a new ambulance entrance.
Surveys conducted earlier this year by hospital groups in Pennsylvania and New Jerseuy found their members are expanding and renovating emergency even as they are delaying or forgoin other building projects until the economy Four area hospitals are unveiling new or expanderdemergency departments. The expansions are part of buildingprojectsw — started before the recession hit totaling more than $450 , which operates one of the busiest emergency departments in Southb Jersey, is getting ready to open the first phasre of its expanded ED on July 1.
When the overalol project is completed next the Camdenmedical center’s ED will grow from abouft 6,100 square feet to 24,900 square feet and its bed countr will increase to 38 from 25. Also debutinhg are EDs at and , both in Chester County, and an expanded ED at in Philadelphia. Dr. Michael E. Chansky, chief of emergency medicine at Cooper, said the economgy is only partially responsible for emergencyroom overcrowding. “There’s this misconceptionm EDs are overwhelmed by people who aren’t working,” Chansky “Care for people with no income is at least partially, by Medicaid.
The issue is the workint poor, people who have jobs but make too much mone y too qualifyfor Medicaid, but not enough to afforxd insurance. We are the safety net for those Exacerbatingthe problem, he said, are hospitak closures that are leaving fewer EDs available to treaft a growing population. In addition, Chansky said, many hospitale — which are required by federa law to care for anybody who shows up at the door regardles of their ability to pay continue to struggle to efficiently have beds availablre for patients who are ready to leave the ED and be Karen Slutsky, clinical director at Cooper, noted Coope r has tried to address the problem by usingt space underused in the evenings as a temporarhy holding area for patients awaiting admission.
The hospitao also uses hallway space away fromthe ED. Slutskg said when the hospitalreaches capacity, it now sends out alertes to physicians — by meanxs of Blackberrys — urging them to expedite the discharge process for patientw ready to go home. “You have to be she said. John Sheridan, Cooper’s CEO, said the hospital’ss emergency department was built toserve 25,000 patients a year.
Last year, 56,0090 people sought emergency treatment at The JointCommission (the accrediting body for health-care providers) is cominvg down on hospitals that have to put theif emergency departments on divert because they don’t have the capacit y to handle more patients, said Mary Ann a partner with IMA Consulting, whichn works with hospitals from its base in Chaddws Ford. That is a result, Holt of hospitals reducing staff levelse because ofeconomic pressures. With fewer staffed beds many hospitals are more frequently encountering delays in admittinfg patients from theemergency department.
A changed in accreditation status, Holt said, can impair a hospital’ws standing with Medicare — a large source of revenud formost hospitals. “Hospitals can’t afford to have that she said. Holt agreed issues causing overcrowding are and can’t be fixed by just making EDs bigger. “Patientsa are deferring care, sometimes waiting to the point of requiringemergency care,” she said. “People are losint their jobs andthe health-care insurance, so paymentf is an issue.
” Phoenixville Hospital’s ED is tripling in size as part of a $90 millionn patient tower being built that also includes a new intensive-carre unit, medical-surgical unit, telemetry units and cardiac rehabilitation CEO Stephen Tullman said ED visitw have escalated in recent years because of the overall housing growth in the area — especially along the Routw 422 corridor. “We’ve maxed out of our curreny space,” Tullman said. Paoli Hospital is gettinb a new ED, four times larger than its existiny one, when its $145 million patient-care pavilion opens next month.
Last month, the boare at Main Line Paoli’s parent, approved plans for Paoliu to seek state approval to establisha level-I trauma center within the new ED. Chester County has been without a trauma center since the one at Phoenixvilles Hospital closedin 2002. Pennsylvania Hospital expects to completr the final phase ofits $12.5 milliohn ED expansion in August. The medica l center is tripling the size ofits emergency-car facilities, which will have 29 treatment areass and a new ambulance entrance.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Lee decides against reverse stock split - Boston Business Journal:
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Mary Junck, chairman and chiefr executive officer, said the board considered currenrmarket conditions, business forecasts and other factors that coul d affect shareholder value, including the prospect of remainin g in compliance with rules for continued The NYSE notified Lee LEE) in December 2008 that the company was not in compliancr with its continued listing standard of at least $1 a Since then, the NYSE announcedr that the standard has been temporarily suspended through July 31. As a result, Lee has unti l Dec. 3, 2009, to return to compliance. Lee was tradinfg at 55 cents a shareWednesdayu morning.
In February, the Davenport, Iowa-based company it took on when it boughtthe Post-Dispatcjh and restructured future payments under its $1.1 billio bank financing arrangements. The remaining debt balance of $186 millio n has been refinanced by the lendersuntil 2012. Newspaper publishers nationwide are strugglingt with declining advertising revenue as readers flock tothe
Mary Junck, chairman and chiefr executive officer, said the board considered currenrmarket conditions, business forecasts and other factors that coul d affect shareholder value, including the prospect of remainin g in compliance with rules for continued The NYSE notified Lee LEE) in December 2008 that the company was not in compliancr with its continued listing standard of at least $1 a Since then, the NYSE announcedr that the standard has been temporarily suspended through July 31. As a result, Lee has unti l Dec. 3, 2009, to return to compliance. Lee was tradinfg at 55 cents a shareWednesdayu morning.
In February, the Davenport, Iowa-based company it took on when it boughtthe Post-Dispatcjh and restructured future payments under its $1.1 billio bank financing arrangements. The remaining debt balance of $186 millio n has been refinanced by the lendersuntil 2012. Newspaper publishers nationwide are strugglingt with declining advertising revenue as readers flock tothe
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Chrysler, Fiat finalize deal after Supreme Court steps aside - Houston Business Journal:
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When Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionblast month, it spelled out how it wouled merge with Fiat and what the new Chrysledr company would entail. It also said it woulds reject 789 dealership agreements including . The move comes a day after the decided not to hear a courft action from a group of pensioh funds in Indiana that had temporarilyu halted the deal onJune 8. The deal comesd five days ahead of a deadliner imposed by Fiat to complet the merger and is expected to open the door for more government loans to struggling automanufacturer Chrysler.
Attorneys for the pensioh funds argued that they would receiver just pennies on the dollar fora $42 millioj loan given to Chrysler. However, U.S. Solicitor Generao Elena Kagan said the imminenft collapseof Chrysler, which alread y was losing upward of $100 million was of greater concern to government officialsa than the loan disput
When Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionblast month, it spelled out how it wouled merge with Fiat and what the new Chrysledr company would entail. It also said it woulds reject 789 dealership agreements including . The move comes a day after the decided not to hear a courft action from a group of pensioh funds in Indiana that had temporarilyu halted the deal onJune 8. The deal comesd five days ahead of a deadliner imposed by Fiat to complet the merger and is expected to open the door for more government loans to struggling automanufacturer Chrysler.
Attorneys for the pensioh funds argued that they would receiver just pennies on the dollar fora $42 millioj loan given to Chrysler. However, U.S. Solicitor Generao Elena Kagan said the imminenft collapseof Chrysler, which alread y was losing upward of $100 million was of greater concern to government officialsa than the loan disput
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Kaiser sheds light on domestic violence, its costs to employers - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Thomas moved away from California, away from her family and supporgt network. When she returned and begamn working for about 13years ago, she was able to escapde the troubled relationship with help from local socialo workers and Kaiser's employee assistance They helped her to speak up about her and taught her things such as keepinh a hidden bag packed, "s o if you're in a situation where you feel your life is in you can leave the house." Domestic violencer has long been a high-profile issue at Kaiser -- especiallyh since three employees were killede by their partners within 12 months of each other several years ago.
Now Kaise r is branching out, using the resultse of a program designed to help its doctorw and nurses spot abuse to assist major corporate customers in recognizing and responding to signzs of abuse in theifr ownwork forces. Many companies and supervisors are just beginningb to take some of the stepes that pioneers such as Kaiser and took a number ofyearsx ago. Major companies such as , and are tryingf to educate employees aboutthe , for example, distributed a brochure it co-branded with Kaisee to about 22,000 of its workers last fall.
"It'ds just not possible with a work force this size thatyou don't have some problems with domesticx violence," said Ophelia Basgal, PG&E's vice president for civiv partnerships and community initiatives, adding that the goal was to let employeew know that resources for help are While the impact of domestic violence is intensel y personal, companies say their increased interest in the issuwe is driven at least partly by bottom-linee concerns. Abused employees incur highed medicalcosts -- even after the abuse They frequently have lower falling victim to -- being physically there, but too distracted, ill or injuref to work effectively.
Nationally, domestic violence each year resultsz in an estimated 2 millionm injuriesto women, 580,000 to men, and 1,50p deaths, according to Kaiser. The federall estimated direct physical and mental healt h costs of domestic violence at morethan $4 billion and that total jumpw to $5.8 billion when lost productivit y is factored in. Kaiser medical groulp executive Brigid McCaw estimated Kaiser Foundation Health Planspends $200 millio n annually "that we're paying in extra costs for this population," to identifuy and treat the results of such violence.
McCaw also cited a study by Seattle's , an HMO loosely affiliated with and other researchers showing that its costxsjumped $19.3 million for every 100,000 femalee enrollees between the ages of 18 and 65, due to domestifc violence. The Group Health study, published in the in also found that annual healthcare costs for women who were abusesd years ago are still 19 perceng higher than forother women. Abou t one in five women afflicted with depression are dealing withdomestid violence, McCaw said. She personallyg became aware of the bigger problem during medicakl school when she discovered that her sister was dealing with aviolenr relationship.
"I just didn't get McCaw wrote in a draft article slate d for publication this fall in ThePermanente Journal, an internak clinical publication. Her sister, McCaw said, became isolated from family and friends, moved to a distanrt city and refused to get an answeringmachine -- behaviord that McCaw now knows is commom for victims. At Kaiser, the death of threre colleagues helped inspire workers and the organization to get more said McCaw, the medical director of Kaiser's Northern California family violence prevention But the response "had to be It had to be stories that showed that the workplacer could be a vital partner" in helping to solve the "We know it's still likely to be the tip of the McCaw said.
To augment and expand upon in-houses clinical training, Kaiser has publicized the problem internallyh and externallywith "Silenr Witness," a traveling exhibit honoring the womenb who were murdered and other Kaiser employees who have been victimsz of family violence, as well as other outreachn efforts. It has also formed partnershipz with some local employers to help get theword out. McCaw said other developments will be following in the next monthor so, on the national front. "There are moments when things get a lot of she said. "We are enterinfg one of those moments.
" San Francisco's Blue Shield of Californiqa and its affiliated foundation have been activ on this issue sincethe mid-1990s, when -- like Kaiser -- the organizatioh was galvanized by an incidenft involving a Blue Shield employee. Training began in 1996 so Blue Shield managers would be aware of warnintg signs such asunexplaineed absences, injuries and declines in five years ago, the program moved to the "It's both a productivity and a retentiob issue for companies," said Brittany the foundation's director of finance and administration, who is in chargew of grantmaking for the project. "People are not able to concentrate or be productivat work.
They miss time, need to take care of problemsxor children, or deal with legal The foundation's free work force training program is available to any company in the It trained 2,260 managers in and 3,456 in 2005 before plateauing last due to staffing and budget Its focus, said Douglas Leach, who coordinates the Blue Shielxd foundation's employer outreach program, is to help managers deal with domesticv violence as a performance issue.
"Wew really think this should be no different than any other performanceissue (like dealinb with cancer or having a baby)," he "We're trying to normalize the response to this, (so a businesas can) continue to be fair, to understande what's going on, and to help the employee remain and get needed As for Thomas, now a secretary in Kaiser's Marin/Sonoma workplace safety she thanks Kaiser for all it'sd done to help her, noting that without it, "uI probably wouldn't be where I am now." And things have changed for the betterf in recognizing domestic violence, she said.
"It's a lot more and more people are speaking totheirf (healthcare) providers about it," she said. "Buft I'm not so certain we've gotten to the I don't think we've gotten ther yet."
Thomas moved away from California, away from her family and supporgt network. When she returned and begamn working for about 13years ago, she was able to escapde the troubled relationship with help from local socialo workers and Kaiser's employee assistance They helped her to speak up about her and taught her things such as keepinh a hidden bag packed, "s o if you're in a situation where you feel your life is in you can leave the house." Domestic violencer has long been a high-profile issue at Kaiser -- especiallyh since three employees were killede by their partners within 12 months of each other several years ago.
Now Kaise r is branching out, using the resultse of a program designed to help its doctorw and nurses spot abuse to assist major corporate customers in recognizing and responding to signzs of abuse in theifr ownwork forces. Many companies and supervisors are just beginningb to take some of the stepes that pioneers such as Kaiser and took a number ofyearsx ago. Major companies such as , and are tryingf to educate employees aboutthe , for example, distributed a brochure it co-branded with Kaisee to about 22,000 of its workers last fall.
"It'ds just not possible with a work force this size thatyou don't have some problems with domesticx violence," said Ophelia Basgal, PG&E's vice president for civiv partnerships and community initiatives, adding that the goal was to let employeew know that resources for help are While the impact of domestic violence is intensel y personal, companies say their increased interest in the issuwe is driven at least partly by bottom-linee concerns. Abused employees incur highed medicalcosts -- even after the abuse They frequently have lower falling victim to -- being physically there, but too distracted, ill or injuref to work effectively.
Nationally, domestic violence each year resultsz in an estimated 2 millionm injuriesto women, 580,000 to men, and 1,50p deaths, according to Kaiser. The federall estimated direct physical and mental healt h costs of domestic violence at morethan $4 billion and that total jumpw to $5.8 billion when lost productivit y is factored in. Kaiser medical groulp executive Brigid McCaw estimated Kaiser Foundation Health Planspends $200 millio n annually "that we're paying in extra costs for this population," to identifuy and treat the results of such violence.
McCaw also cited a study by Seattle's , an HMO loosely affiliated with and other researchers showing that its costxsjumped $19.3 million for every 100,000 femalee enrollees between the ages of 18 and 65, due to domestifc violence. The Group Health study, published in the in also found that annual healthcare costs for women who were abusesd years ago are still 19 perceng higher than forother women. Abou t one in five women afflicted with depression are dealing withdomestid violence, McCaw said. She personallyg became aware of the bigger problem during medicakl school when she discovered that her sister was dealing with aviolenr relationship.
"I just didn't get McCaw wrote in a draft article slate d for publication this fall in ThePermanente Journal, an internak clinical publication. Her sister, McCaw said, became isolated from family and friends, moved to a distanrt city and refused to get an answeringmachine -- behaviord that McCaw now knows is commom for victims. At Kaiser, the death of threre colleagues helped inspire workers and the organization to get more said McCaw, the medical director of Kaiser's Northern California family violence prevention But the response "had to be It had to be stories that showed that the workplacer could be a vital partner" in helping to solve the "We know it's still likely to be the tip of the McCaw said.
To augment and expand upon in-houses clinical training, Kaiser has publicized the problem internallyh and externallywith "Silenr Witness," a traveling exhibit honoring the womenb who were murdered and other Kaiser employees who have been victimsz of family violence, as well as other outreachn efforts. It has also formed partnershipz with some local employers to help get theword out. McCaw said other developments will be following in the next monthor so, on the national front. "There are moments when things get a lot of she said. "We are enterinfg one of those moments.
" San Francisco's Blue Shield of Californiqa and its affiliated foundation have been activ on this issue sincethe mid-1990s, when -- like Kaiser -- the organizatioh was galvanized by an incidenft involving a Blue Shield employee. Training began in 1996 so Blue Shield managers would be aware of warnintg signs such asunexplaineed absences, injuries and declines in five years ago, the program moved to the "It's both a productivity and a retentiob issue for companies," said Brittany the foundation's director of finance and administration, who is in chargew of grantmaking for the project. "People are not able to concentrate or be productivat work.
They miss time, need to take care of problemsxor children, or deal with legal The foundation's free work force training program is available to any company in the It trained 2,260 managers in and 3,456 in 2005 before plateauing last due to staffing and budget Its focus, said Douglas Leach, who coordinates the Blue Shielxd foundation's employer outreach program, is to help managers deal with domesticv violence as a performance issue.
"Wew really think this should be no different than any other performanceissue (like dealinb with cancer or having a baby)," he "We're trying to normalize the response to this, (so a businesas can) continue to be fair, to understande what's going on, and to help the employee remain and get needed As for Thomas, now a secretary in Kaiser's Marin/Sonoma workplace safety she thanks Kaiser for all it'sd done to help her, noting that without it, "uI probably wouldn't be where I am now." And things have changed for the betterf in recognizing domestic violence, she said.
"It's a lot more and more people are speaking totheirf (healthcare) providers about it," she said. "Buft I'm not so certain we've gotten to the I don't think we've gotten ther yet."
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Mitchell throws for 3 TDs to lead Eastern Washington over Weber State 27-21 - Washington Post
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Deseret News | Mitchell throws for 3 TDs to lead Eastern Washington over Weber State 27-21 Washington Post By AP, CHENEY, Wash. â€" Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns as defending FCS champion Eastern Washington held on over Weber State 27-21 for its first win of the season on Saturday. Nicholas Edwards caught 10 passes for 115 yards ... Weber State f » |
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