Thursday, December 30, 2010

Electronic medical records of limited help - UPI.com

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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Employee perk programs not one size fits all - bizjournals:

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Even in the leanest of timee there are ways for firms to offer something of value to employees above and beyonsd the standardworkplace benefits. With salaryg increases and bonuses expected to go by the waysidethis it’s a good time for businesses to examind alternate rewards that will appeal to workers, said Rose M. a practice leader with WorldatWork, an association of humanj resource professionals basedin Ariz. The payoff for firmws can be the ability to not only but retaintop talent, while in some casess also reducing the cost of operations. In decidint on a program businessese should remember that onesize doesn’t necessarilh fit all, Stanley warned.
“You can’t read an articl and say this is going to fit me without at leastt examining your own demographic andwhat you’ve got,” Stanley said. A survey of employeew can be useful in determining the types of perks that have the most Stanley said. The best type of approach to use when surveyinbg employees is an analysis in which employeex are givenan “either/or” choice, said Stevre Gross, global leader of the rewardxs strategy consulting practice of New York-basedd Mercer LLC. “You force people to make a comparison and that gives you better information in understandinhg who your employees are than just asking whatyou want,” Grossd explained.
In crafting programs, businesses should also offer something that will appeaol toall workers, whether singl e or married, young or old, said Thereswa Perry, who is a member of the Va.-based Society of Human Resource Management and also managintg principal of PinkSlip, a professionalk human resource and benefit strategy firm in San Jose, “It has to be a true cafeteriaq type of pick-and-choose plan and that is when it becomes very valuablde in the recruitment and retention piece,” Perry said. In looking for perks to the work-life area is a good placer to start because it only consumes 2 percen t to 5 percent of the human resource budget and is appealinyto workers, Stanley said.
Flexible work telecommuting and compressed workweeks are all increasinglybeinbg offered. “Employees are looking for more they say time is thenew currency,”Stanley Such changes can benefit businesseas by lowering their overall costs, Perryu said. “You’re not spending as much on you don’t need as much office space, you’re not requirerd to have as much as far as liability and as far as injuriesw atthe office,” said who knows of one firm that ushered in telecommutintg and then rented out the additional floorr in their building to save money.
The cost to implement telecommutingis minimal, because most employees alread have a computer, phone and Interneg access at home, which they pay for themselves, Stanle and Perry said. The biggest obstacle for telecommuting is changinfgthe mind-set of employers, they “The biggest concern is managementg buy-in: thinking it’s a viablse work option and, equally as much, the supervisodr who does not believe you are workinfg if they cannot see Stanley said. “So we train on making sure the managers understand how to manage by results and notface time.
” Wellness initiativess — such as on-site fitness programs, discounts to healtn clubs or weight loss or smoking cessatio programs — can often be offeredc at little to no cost by tapping into the resources of your health insured or community, such as having a nutritional specialisft come in to discuss stress eating or scheduling a yoga clas s at the local gym.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Spike in military shipping helps port - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

http://www.peacon.net/article/An-Introduction-to-Alexs-Lemonade-Stand.html
Nearly four times as much military cargi has come through Blount Island in the firstr four months of 2009 as in the same periof ayear ago. The handling of about 53,500 tons has helpee offset the port’s overalk 5 percent decrease in tonnage. And since the Defenser Department’s Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command contracts everything from ship loading and unloadin torail transport, the privatee sector benefits. The port’s diverse types of cargol help it to weather slumps in otherd typesof cargo, said Victoria Robas, the Jacksonviller Port Authority’s director of the Bloung Island terminal.
An increase in cruise traffic has also keptthe authority’d revenue higher than the same time last “To a large part, you coulsd watch CNN and see what would increase at sea said Army Lt. Col. Ralph Riddle, who commandzs the 832nd Transportation “Our traffic is very much a surge We may have several months where we have no shipsa and then several ships in a But this year has beenespecially busy, meaning more work for . Asidee from giving (NYSE: CSX) business by contracting equipment to be railed in and out of the the battalion contracts thousands of truckloadsx annually, Riddle said.
hasn’t provided shipping services to the militarty since November because its ships have been in dry but it hopes to take advantagd of the increased demanrd within45 days, said Frank the company’s president. He said and are the two largesft commercial carriers for military cargl on theEast Coast. The 50-member battalionj sets up the contracts needed to run 30 port terminales in Central and South America andthe Caribbean. This is in additiomn to its handling of a terminal in Cape Canaveral and its operatio n in Puerto Rico that tracksd hundreds of containers movinfg in and out ofthe island.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Montgomery County approves new zoning regulations - Washington Business Journal:

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Under the — dubbed TMX, or transit statio n mixed-use — landowners will have two options for figurinf how much space theycan build. The firsft option allows them to build at low intensity withstandard rules: 15-foot setbacks, a maximum height of 42 feet and a relativel y low floor-to-area ratio, or FAR, which dictates how much spacee can be built on a parcel of The second method, the optional would allow greater density, up to two to four timexs the size of the The new zoning will applt to North Bethsda, Twinbrook, White Oak and, if light rail comesd there, Germantown. The county hopes developers will choose thehigher densities.
Residential development would not requir any transferabledevelopment rights, or TDRs, but the higher retail/office densit y will cost developers throughj a new kind of TDR, called buildiny lot terminations, or BLTs. BLTs are designedd to increase restrictions on development inthe county’s agricultural where zoning allows one house per 25 Landowners there can forgo the right to build one housde an acre by selling BLTs. They are expected to cost much more than a traditionalTDR — the high estimate is $200,000 — but the price is subject to supply and demand.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Mayo helps Grizzlies beat Bobcats - Washington Post

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Liquidia hires another Johnson & Johnson executive - Kansas City Business Journal:

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In his new role, Templema n oversees the manufacturing unit for the ResearchTriangle Park-based nanotechnology company. Liquidia Technologies Inc. designs, and manufactures precisely engineered particles and films for a variett of life and materialsscienced applications. “Dr. Templeman brings to Liquidia a diverse array of clinical and commercialmanufacturing experience. He also has extensive knowledge in regulatoruy compliance and shares our passion for bringing safer and more effectivre therapiesto market,” Fowler said in a Liquidia, founded in 2004, employs 50 people in two sitezs in RTP.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Three jailed for role in cloisters drug plot - expressandstar.com

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Study to help assess mental health - Newstalk ZB

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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Equitable Building auctioned for $30M - Houston Business Journal:

http://www.chouge.com/articles/brake-failure-symptoms.html
The new owner, , an affiliate of Capmark boughtthe 33-story tower for $29.5 million, said attorney Willia m Rothschild, with law firm . Sutherland was representing the lender, Capmark Financialo Group Inc., which was foreclosinbg on the Equitable Capmark was the only bidded onEquitable Building, as most commercial real estate observers Equitable's former owner, San Diego-based , paid abouf $57 million to acquir the building in 2007, but its value plummetedd to $42 million by earlh 2009.
Equastone received 90 percent financing from Capmari toacquire Equitable, but planws to stabilize the building's occupancy and turn it into an income-producing asset never materialized amid the worsrt commercial real estate crisis in 20 years. The towe -- designed by renowned architecturalfirm -- has remained aboutg half occupied this year. is managing and leasing the It's expected to court the Fulton Countypublic defender’s office, which is seeking at least a 50,000-square-foot lease downtown.
The publid defender's office was looking at the Equitable but the financial crisis faciny the tower helped derail the Rothschild was assisted in the transactionby Sutherland' s Jason Kirkham.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Gretzky could see big pay cut if Coyotes stay in Arizona - Nashville Business Journal:

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The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptc y reorganization and owner Jerry Moyesa has a deal in the works to sell to Canadian businessmanbJim Balsillie, who wants to move the team to The National Hockey League and city of Glendalse oppose that move. If the Coyotes move to Canada, Gretzky has said he won’t accompany the That could meana $22 millioh payout in deferred compensation for who is part owner of the Coyotes. If a buyef is found to keep the teamin Arizona, Gretzkyt still could be out of his coachintg job. The Coyotes haven’t made the playoffs sinc 2002 — that record remainin unchangedunder Gretzky’s watch, which bega in 2005.
If the team staysa in Glendale and he keepshis job, Gretzkyy also could get hit financially, according to bankruptcy court filings. Gretzkt earns about $8 million annually from the Coyotes viahis $1.6 milliohn salary as coach and other compensation as part owner of the hockeyg team, according to a legal brief penned by Gerald a principal with professional sportws financial firm Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC. Sheeham also suggests a new ownertreduce Gretzky’s compensation down to $2 He also suggests othedr cost-saving measures, including movinb offices from leased space to Jobing.com Arena.
Revenue also could be increasee by boostingticket sales, sponsorshipzs and suite sales and more non-sporting event bookingsd at the arena, which the Coyotes lease from the city of

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

US Air Force Creates Powerful Supercomputer Out Of PS3s - Gamasutra

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Hazelwood Central seniors proud of what they accomplished - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Katie Holmes and Suri Satisfy Their Sweet Tooth - The Gossip Girls

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