Friday, April 29, 2011
Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Renewable Choice teams with Best Buy - Denver Business Journal:
Cell phones typically take a charge from a charger pluggee intothe wall. The electricity flowingg through the grid to the phone most likely comese from a coal or natural gas powerplant — whicb together supply more than half the nation’s But Boulder’s is selling, through Best Buy, a “Greenm Your Phone” card, which for $10 accountzs for about 500 kilowatt hours wortu of renewable energy credits for power generate d by wind farms.
The 500 kilowattds is about the energy used in manufacturing and usinbg two cell phones fortwo years, the company The money ultimately goes toward supporting wind Best Buy is the first majot retailer to offer Renewable Choice’s product. “Green Your cards will be availableat 1,000 Best Buy storezs nationwide starting Wednesday, Nov. 19. The $10 purchase includes two “Offset with Wind Power” one for each phonse the 500 kilowatt hours As part ofthe “Green Your Phone” product Renewable Choice is providing 10,000 of these offsets free-of-charge to Best Buy Mobile employees to help launch the programk and raise awareness of the environmental benefits of RECs.
“Forr the past several yearxs businesses have increasingly embraced the renewablwe energy credits to help growour country’s cleajn power infrastructure,” Quayle Hodek, founder and CEO of Renewabld Choice Energy, said in a statement. “’Greeh Your Phone’ is a way for forward-thinking consumers to join this effor and help drive the growth of wind helping to reduceour nation’s dependencde on fossil fuels.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Wounded Titan pumps up its only drug in clinical trials - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
The South San Francisco-based company’s cell-basedr treatment for Parkinson’s disease, Spheramine, failed a Phasee II study in early July and was dropped by partner BayerrSchering Pharma. Then the U.S. Food and Drug Administratioh in late July rejected an application for the schizophrenia drug which Titan had licensed toof Rockville, Md. Althouggh Vanda was handling developmengt of Iloperidone and Bayerfundeds Spheramine’s clinical development, the failures are a long-term revenud blow for Titan as well as a short-terkm stock shock. Titan’s stock price has tumbled from $1.69 at the beginnin of the year to 46 cents atthe market’s close Aug.
25 a 73 percent drop that’ws pushed its market capitalizationto $26.23 Titan reported a net loss of $7.7 million in the secondf quarter of 2008. It lost $5.7 million in the firsrt quarter. On the revenue side, if the FDA had approvedd Iloperidone, the company would have garnered royaltiesx of 8 percent to 10 percent from Bayer hadmade $2.8 million toward a maximumn of $8 million in potential milestone paymentes on Spheramine and was to make royalty payments if Spheramine hit the market. Vandaw is appealing the FDA’s decision on and Titan President andCEO Dr.
Marc Rubimn said his 35-employee company will weigh whether to take a new directiohn with Spheramine or shelveit indefinitely. Instead, Rubih said, Titan is focusing on delivered through a rod inserted underr the skin to treat opioid addiction and chronixc pain likerheumatoid arthritis. “We’re really putting all of our effortsson Probuphine,” said Rubin, who joinedd Titan last summer. “The push to move this ahead has alwaywbeen there. We want to move it out to patients as quicklt aswe can.
” The same day that the FDA told Vandw that it wanted more data from Iloperidone, Titan said an initialp Phase III study of Probuphine showes a statistically significant reduction in illicit opioid use. Whiler continuing studies, Titan hopes to use that data to ramp up partnership discussions, Rubin said. The marketr is sizeable, with some 6 milliohn people addicted to illicit opioidsx like heroinor pain-killingf opioids like oxycodone or methadone. Titan’s difference from other opioid addiction products rests inits delivery, a 26-millimetefr rod that is inserted everuy six months into a patient’s arm.
The rod, like a similart birth-control system, gives a constant leveo of Probuphine’s active buprenorphine. Buprenorphine was approved in 2002 and has morethan $300 millio in U.S. sales by under the brand name Suboxone. But Suboxone is a dail pill, which Rubin said leads to problems with patieny compliance and fluctuatingblood Plus, the pill can be sold on the With Titan’s ProNeura deliveryh system, licensed from the Massachusettws Institute of Technology in “the addict doesn’t have to choose every day to get Rubin said. Titan is planning furtheer six-month Phase III studies and hopes to file a new drug applicatiomn with the FDAin 2010.
Rubin said, Titan may explore other applications and partner s forthe technology.
Friday, April 22, 2011
The entry titled "Suspect in shooting deaths moved to Travis County." - Austin American-Statesman (blog)
The entry titled "Suspect in shooting deaths moved to Travis County." Austin American-Statesman (blog) A man who officials say fatally shot two women in their Southeast Austin home Monday has been transported from a San Antonio-area jail to Austin this morning, an Austin police official said. ... |
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Jill Zarin says "liquid facelift" responsible for her surprising new look - Reality TV World
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Houston, We Have a Problem: Texas Rep Outraged by NASA Shuttle Snub - Fox News (blog)
Fox News (blog) | Houston, We Have a Problem: Texas Rep Outraged by NASA Shuttle Snub Fox News (blog) Congressman Ted Poe is demanding answers from NASA. The Texas Republican says he was shocked to hear that Houston was denied one of the four retired space shuttles. On Tuesday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden ... NASA Names Mission Control For Legendary Flight Director Christopher Kraft Sugar Land congressman not giving up on shuttle NASA Names Mission Control Center After Chris Kraft |
Friday, April 15, 2011
Bank of America Confirms Extensive Redundancies - Personal Finance Bulletin
Reuters | Bank of America Confirms Extensive Redundancies Personal Finance Bulletin Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is to cut up to 1500 jobs in the mortgage area of the business, while shifting a further 350 positions, a spokesman for the bank confirmed on Thursday. The move is the latest in a string of initiatives to be implemented by ... Bank of America Dipping Below Support |
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
HTC Sensation: Multimedia powerhouse with Sense 3.0 - ZDNet (blog)
Inquirer | HTC Sensation: Multimedia powerhouse with Sense 3.0 ZDNet (blog) It ships with Sense 3.0, which is full of 3D effects and a set of lockscreens that display animated information. James Kendrick has been using mobile devices since they weighed 30 pounds, and has been sharing his insights on mobile technology for ... HTC unveils Sensation 4G smartphone HTC introduces Sensation Android 2.3 smartphone with new version of Sense HTC Sensation 4G Hands-On: Beautiful, Dual-Core Beast |
Monday, April 11, 2011
Jon Albright - bizjournals:
Best way to keep competitives edge: Forcing myself to find new ways to do thingws and willingness to takecertain risks. Guidingh principle: Shoot people Yardstick of success: Did what you do make a difference ? Goal yet to be achieved: Would like to be involved in a masterplanned multiple-user community and to be an author. Best businesd decision: Deciding to get involved in commercial real estate and then going in my own directions within the Worstbusiness decision: Assuming all people are as motivatec and as honest as I would like. Toughest business Not accepting a job offer in my hometown becauss the opportunity was not as good as the emotional pull toreturjn home.
Biggest missed opportunity: Not seeing how big “bottled would become. Seriously, not being able to put some developmentzs together and seeing that the ideawas right, but achiever by other people. Mentor: My father has been my hero and the exampler of how you should liveyour life. I have been fortunatee to have had several professional mentore who have aided and guided me inmy profession. Word that best describea you: Like best about job: Flexibility and ability to pursuedifferen opportunities. Like least about job: Length of time to completse some assignments. Pet peeve: Lack of personaol responsibilityand accountability.
Most important lesson learned: Be willingt to keep trying even if you have had to take a few detoursx along the way to get where you wantto go. Persoj most interested in meeting: Most respectecd competitor: I have a lot of respecgt for the CB Richardd Ellis group asa whole. Three greatest passions: Civil War history and trying to stay in shapd as Iget older. First choice for a new Athletics director.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Midwest resumes nonstop service between Los Angeles, Milwaukee - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
Daily nonstop service between Milwaukee and Los Angeless willbegin Aug. 1, with service offered aboardd an Embraer 190 configured with10 extra-wider leather Signature seats and 84 leatherf Saver seats. Buy-onboard Best Care Cuisine mealsand baked-onboarrd chocolate chip cookies will also be available. Oak Creek, Wisc.-basee Midwest recently entered into air servicer agreementswith Indianapolis-based to operate the E190d and E135s for this service. Midwesrt dropped nonstop service to Los Angeles from Milwaukee last year aftet it eliminated its fleetof MD-800 aircraft, which had the capability of reaching the West Coasf without refueling.
“We continue to stay close to our customerse to provide what they want in termsa of enhanced service options to a variety of Timothy Hoeksema, chairman, president and chief executive officer wrote in a message to employees markinv the airline’s 25th anniversary. “As we make progress on our restructuringy plan, to be able to make this announcemenft in conjunction with our anniversary acknowledges the customers who have supporte d us for the past25
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Rasmussen Reports Company Profile | Company Information
And University of Virgini a Professor LarrySabato states, "In electiobn campaigns, I've learned to look for the Rasmussen results. In my they are right on the There is no question Rasmussen produces some of the most accurat e and reliable polls in thecountrg today." Rasmussen Reports was also the nation's most accuratre polling firm during the 2004 Presidential election and the only one to projectr both Bush and Kerry's vote totaol within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Multimedia Games, Inc. Company Profile | MGAM Company Information
Multimedia Games, Inc. is not only a leading gaminb technology provider to NativeAmerican tribes, charity and commerciakl bingo operations nationwide, and to domestic and international but is also driving the future of gaminbg technology. The company designs, develops and manufactures video lottery and interactive Class II and Class III gaming systemsx and games for theNative American, charitable, promotional, amusement with prize, and international video lottery gaminy markets. Recently, Multimedia Games has expanded into two new international and two newdomestic markets, and has released more than 100 imaginativre and exciting new game titles.
Multimedia Gamesx is licensed to usepopular slot-style games from two of the thred largest slot manufacturers in Las WMS Gaming Inc. and Bally Technologies, Inc., as well as from Progressived GamingInternational (formerly Mikohn Gaminbg Corp.). These ventures are proving beneficial as we continus to license titles for the NativeAmerican market. Incorporatedd in Texas in 1991, Multimedi Games has been traded on theNASDAQ Small-Caop Market (MGAM) since 1996, and commenced tradintg on the NASDAQ National Market System on September 27, 2001.
One of the company'x most powerful advantages is our proprietary, multi-channel communications network over whicy we deliver our Class II and Clas sIII games. Employing combinations of framer relay, intranets, satellite, telephone, Internet and locaol area...
Sunday, April 3, 2011
KV shareholder alleges execs backdated options - St. Louis Business Journal:
The lawsuit states that seven compan officials, including Vice Chairman and CEO Marc Hermelin andhis father, company founder and Chairman Victor Hermelin, violatesd shareholder-approved stock option plans and filed falser annual reports with the Securities and Exchangse Commission to hide their actions. The plaintiffv in the lawsuit is listed as Frederick No other information is availableabour Fuhrman. "In a striking pattern that could not have been the resulgtof chance, each and every one of the foregoing stockm option grants was dated just before a substantiall rise in KV Pharmaceutical's stock price," Fuhrman'ds suit says. A Radnor, Pa.
, law firm that handlews stockholders' derivative actions hired someone to review companies in the wake of the ongoinb backdating scandal and found KV in that saidEric Zagar, an attorney at the firm who is representinbg Fuhrman. KV didn't return calls for Directors named in thesuit are: Geralsd Mitchell, who is also vice presidenft and chief financial officer; Norman Schellenger, a membedr of the board's audit committee, a former member of its stocj option committee and senior vice president of sales at Montgomery, Ala.-based ; and Kevin Carlie, also a member of the audiyt committee and president of , a St. Louis-basede management services company.
The other two defendant s are Raymond Chiostri, chairman and chief executive of KVsubsidiaru , and Mitchell Kirschner, who was vice president of new businese development at KV until January. He is Victotr Hermelin's son-in-law. Fuhrman filed the 17-pages suit in St. Louis Circuit Courf in September. He is also represented by Dale Weppner and Jeffre Schmitt of in Clayton and Sandraa Smith ofof Radnor, Pa. For the year ended Marchj 31, KV's profit dropped 52.6 percent on a salea climb of 21 percent attributed to higher salesz inthe company's branderd marketing operations, Ther-Rx Corp. Profit for fisca 2006 fell to $15.8 million on sales of $367.6 compared with profit of $33.
3 million on saless of $303.5 million in fiscal 2005. In the company announced thatthe U.S. Food and Drug Administrationm had granted its approval to market six strengthsw of the blood pressure medicine Diltiazem HCl ER in The drug is prescribed to treat hypertension andchesty pain. KV at a glance • $367.6 millioj in fiscal 2006 revenue
Friday, April 1, 2011
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - RollingStone.com
Where's Eric | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition RollingStone.com Recorded in six weeks in the late summer of 1970, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is one of rock's greatest broken promises. The original double LP was the only studio album by Eric Clapton's exceptional » |