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Charleston man pleads guilty in embezzlement
June 30, 2010 2:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsA Charleston investment adviser has pleaded guilty to embezzling from a company's employee benefit plan.The federal prosecutor's office says 50-year-old Knox Fuqua entered his plea before U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. on Wednesday. Fuqua faces up to five years in prison when he is...
US plan to pay hospitals for performance could hurt those in less-advantaged areas
June 30, 2010 2:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(New York University) The nationwide implementation of hospital pay-for-performance threatens to act as a "reverse Robin Hood," according to a New York University-led study published in the academic journal PLoS Medicine on June 29, 2010.
SMOS shines at symposium
June 30, 2010 12:36 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(European Space Agency) Today, a focus at ESA's Living Planet Symposium is on the innovative SMOS mission, which recently became operational. Early results are proving very encouraging with its first observations due to be released in early July.
Strong Attendance Expected at Canada's Major Manufacturing Event as Manufacturing Sales Continue to Rise
June 30, 2010 12:36 pm | by Society of Manufacturing Engineers | CommentsToronto, Canada, June 28, 2010 - With a steady increase in manufacturing sales eight out of the last 10 months and a predicted upward trend, Canadian manufacturers are gearing up for better times ahead.
The State of the Distribution Workforce
June 30, 2010 11:34 am | by Material Handling Industry of America | CommentsMaterial Handling Industry of America (MHIA) and the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) have funded a research project titled State of the Distribution Workforce and What It Means for the Material Handling Industry. MHIA
Keeping weight down can decrease risk of arthritis
June 30, 2010 11:33 am | by Baylor College of Medicine | CommentsLosing weight reduces the risk of developing arthritis, especially in the knees.
MELA Sciences offering shares at a discount
June 30, 2010 10:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMedical device maker MELA Sciences Inc. said Wednesday it will publicly offer 2.2 million shares of common stock at a discount.The company offered the shares at $7.50 apiece, marking a 9.6 percent discount from the stock's closing price of $8.30 on Tuesday.Shares of MELA fell 98 cents, or 11.8...
Shire Purchases Strategic Site in Massachusetts
June 30, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsLEXINGTON, Massachusetts , June 30, 2010 /- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced its purchase of the Lexington Technology Park campus in Lexington, Massachusetts . The purchase signifies an investment in the growth of its...
TomoTherapy signs supply deal with Premier
June 30, 2010 9:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsRadiation therapy device maker TomoTherapy Inc. said it signed an equipment supply group purchasing deal with Premier Inc.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.The deal, which was announced late Tuesday, gives TomoTherapy greater reach into Premier's not-for-profit hospitals and...
New cochlear implant could improve outcomes for patients
June 30, 2010 9:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Medical College of Georgia) More electrodes and a thinner, more flexible wire inserted further into the inner ear could improve conventional cochlear implants, a team of Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers say.
Genetic code 2.0
June 30, 2010 9:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) The creation of synthetic proteins plays an important role in science. By integrating artificial amino acids into proteins (genetic code engineering), their already existing qualities can be systematically improved, allowing new biological features to...
CISSOID introduces isolated DC-DC converter platform
June 30, 2010 9:38 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsCISSOID released their new STROMBOLI? technology, a flexible and scalable reference design and demonstration boards for high temperature, high voltage isolated dc-dc converters which are said to operate reliably and with high efficiency from -55 to +225°C.
Asia pump experiences global success
June 30, 2010 9:38 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsSyrris sells 40 flow pumps in under 4 months
A new angle on biosensing
June 30, 2010 9:38 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsTuning a little-known parameter optimizes plasmonic crystal biosensors for biomedical and environment applications.
S & P raises Kinetic Concepts corp. credit rating
June 30, 2010 8:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsStandard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday it raised its corporate credit rating for medical technology company Kinetic Concepts Inc., citing its improved financial risk profile.S&P increased the rating to "BB+" — its highest non-investment or junk grade rating — from "BB." The outlook...
