| 02/12/08 | Golden Innovations Donates $5,000 to Kettle Moraine Food Pantry (The Earth Times Online Newspaper) |  |
Published 02/12/08 23:16:55
... than 40 locations. The Golden Innovations companies are leading providers of integrated senior health care services, partnering with more than 1,000 nursing homes, hospitals and other health care organizations in 37 states. The companies include Aegis Therapies, AseraCare Hospice and Home Health, 360 Healthcare Staffing, Ceres Purchasing... Source : The Earth Times Online Newspaper (subscribe) Explore : Business, Pantry, Retailers, Wales |
| 02/12/08 | Chrysler to seek $7 billion in government loans (Examiner) | |
Published 02/12/08 23:16:15
... also says that CEO Robert Nardelli already gets a $1 per year salary from Chrysler and receives no health care or other benefits.Chrysler LLC also says it did not pay salaried workers merit raises or performance bonuses this year and doesn't intend to pay them in 2009.All three automakers have submitted their plans to Congress, and the CEOs plan to attend hearings later... Source : Examiner (subscribe) Explore : Business, Chrysler, Government |
| 02/12/08 | Chrysler to seek $7 billion in government loans (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:58:00
... also says that CEO Robert Nardelli already gets a $1 per year salary from Chrysler and receives no health care or other benefits.Chrysler LLC also says it did not pay salaried workers merit raises or performance bonuses this year and doesn't intend to pay them in 2009.All three automakers have submitted their plans to Congress, and the CEOs plan to attend hearings later... Source : Seattle Post-Intelligencer (subscribe) Explore : Business, Chrysler, Government |
| 02/12/08 | Daschle's Health Care Response Video: Interesting, Or Not? (Personal Democracy Forum) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:56:33
A week ago, the Obama-Biden transition team solicited ideas for improving health care. Today, the team responded to our comments with a video from Tom Daschle (recently nominated for Secretary of Health & Human Services) and Lauren Aronson. Is this video something that we tech-politics geeks should be excited about? I'm cautiously optimistic. Source : Personal Democracy Forum (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Uncertain future for auto industry kids (CNN) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:36:24
... family.Her parents both logged more than 30 years on the job for the automotive giant -- her mother, Cathy, as a skilled welder in a Flint, Michigan, truck plant and her father, Gary, as a company electrician and supervisor.Her uncle worked on the assembly line in a GM plant in Flint, and a cousin works on the assembly line at the same Flint factory.Now retired from GM, Emery's parents... Source : CNN (subscribe) Explore : Automotive, Business, Flint, General Motors Corporation, Michigan |
| 02/12/08 | Today's the day: Unions work to get out vote in Georgia runoff (PWW Daily Online) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:28:25
... Senate this year to help break the grip of obstruction that has blocked important legislation on health care, the economy and the freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life. Chambliss is the embodiment of that obstruction, voting against working family-friendly legislation?from veterans benefits to children?s health care and the Employee Free Choice Act. Source : PWW Daily Online (subscribe) Explore : Georgia, Saxby Chambliss, Senate |
| 02/12/08 | Telecoms, other groups draw up national broadband strategy (Cnet) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:19:00
Telecom and tech companies joined with labor unions, public interest groups, and other organizations Tuesday to issue a for a national broadband strategy. The is asking for President-elect Barack Obama and the next Congress to make national broadband deployment a top priority in 2009 and has set forth a framework for successfully implementing a broadband plan. "The national broadband... Source : Cnet (subscribe) Explore : Cisco Systems, Network |
| 02/12/08 | Nova Scotia's Capital Health cuts surgeries to deal with deficit (CBC.ca) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:01:51
There will be 1,000 fewer surgeries in the Halifax region next year as Capital Health tries to fend off a $7-million deficit. Source : CBC.ca (subscribe) Explore : Nova Scotia |
| 02/12/08 | Comcast Raises Prices, Disconnects Complaint Line [Redonkulous] (The Consumerist) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:39:57
Reader Benjamin is pissed because Comcast in his town of Richmond, VA they raised his rates, and justified it by saying they have to pass on the cost of rising gas, technology, and health care. He... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : The Consumerist (subscribe) Explore : Comcast, Energy and Water, Leisure, Shopping |
| 02/12/08 | Mauritania: Desertification Threatens to Wipe Out Livelihoods, Communities (All Africa) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:36:51
Environmental degradation, responsible for the dangerous displacement of sand dunes in Mauritania, has wiped out homes, livestock and livelihoods throughout the desert country. An October UN study estimated that land degradation costs nearly US$200 million annually in potential revenue losses and health care expenses. Source : All Africa (subscribe) Explore : Africa, Mauritania, West Africa |
| 02/12/08 | San Francisco Mayor Turns To YouTube For State Of The City Speech (Information Week) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:30:00
... a Washington business trip. The goal is to lay out the mayor's plans for such issues as universal health care, education, the budget, battling crime, ending homelessness, and making a greener city -- without the filtering of the media. "We have a lot we want to share, but it gets filtered," Newsom told the Chronicle. "To do an address that's unfiltered, what better way to do it... Source : Information Week (subscribe) Explore : Internet, Internet companies, Technology, YouTube |
| 02/12/08 | Customers injured in crush suing Wal-Mart (CNN) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:12:56
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two customers are suing Wal-Mart for negligence after being injured in a mad rush for post-Thanksgiving bargains that left one store employee dead, the men's attorney said Tuesday.A temporary worker at this Wal-Mart was crushed to death when shoppers rushed into the store last week.Temporary Wal-Mart worker Jdimytai Damour, 34, was crushed to death as he and other... Source : CNN (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | All I Can Say is?.DUH (Bloggg) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:44:34
NO SHIT, SHERLOCKS.... Autistic Children Require More Money, Time Than Children With Other Chronic Diseases, Study Shows [Dec 01, 2008] The more than half a million U.S. children who have autism have health care needs that are more costly and time-intensive than children with other chronic ailments, according to a Maternal and Child Health Bureau study published on... Source : Bloggg (subscribe) Explore : Autism, Diseases, Mental Health |
| 02/12/08 | Sweeping Bush Rule to Limit Abortion, Birth Control Access (PERRspectives Blog) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:41:46
During a discussion of abortion in the final presidential debate, Republican John McCain shocked millions of Americans with his sneering remarks and derisive air quotes when it came to the "health of the mother." Now as he prepares to leave... Source : PERRspectives Blog (subscribe) Explore : Abortion, Birth control, Politics, Republican Party, White House |
| 02/12/08 | Tobacco trust fund nearly gone (Iowa Independent) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:15:35
... into a standing fund whose earnings would pay for anti-smoking campaigns, cancer treatment and other tobacco-related expenses. But the state hit hard budget times, and legislators dipped into the fund for other needs, critics say. Former Republican state Sen. Jeff Lamberti of Ankeny help put together the deal for the trust fund. Lamberti says there was talk of the tobacco... Source : Iowa Independent (subscribe) Explore : Iowa |
| 02/12/08 | Index tracking oil and gas activity drops from record high (Houston Chronicle) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:14:00
... prices by scaling back production and delaying new projects in Texas and elsewhere.That means other index indicators?drilling permits, well completions and jobs?will show drops as well, directly affecting state revenues from energy companies. In fiscal 2008, those revenues were $4.1 billion, up from $2.7 billion in 2007, according to the Texas Comptroller?s Office. Those collections... Source : Houston Chronicle (subscribe) Explore : Allen, Business, Cities and Towns, Energy and Water, Texas |
| 02/12/08 | Sweeping 'Right of Conscience' Changes? (Queerty) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:08:44
The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-care workers to refuse to participate in any procedure they find morally objectionable, including abortion and possibly even artificial insemination and birth control. For more than 30 years, federal law... Source : Queerty (subscribe) Explore : Abortion |
| 02/12/08 | LRG Capital Group, LLC: 142 Throckmorton Theatre Announces Two New Founding Board Members and Receives Significant Donations (Market Wire) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:56:00
The Schow Foundation was founded by Nan and Howard Schow in 2000 with the goal of improving health care, education, and the environment in our communities. Two of their children, Roger and Steven Schow, are long-time residents of Mill Valley and, together with their wives Susan and Kimberley, the Schows have very actively supported Marin philanthropies, including The 142... Source : Market Wire (subscribe) Explore : Finance |
| 02/12/08 | Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » The Auto Industry As a Play (FatMixx) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:55:40
All we ever hear about are unions, unions, unions. No one asks how they got the deals they got, or whether there are other issues (like the dealership item I posted last week) that may have contributed to their downfall. Or, whether, you know, the out of control spiral of health care costs [...] Source : FatMixx (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Follow me @Paulflevy (All Excerpts) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:52:44
When you have an addictive personality (any doubts, check my blogging record here), you have to be careful what you start. I figured, though, that I could trust Scott Hensley, one of the guys who runs the Wall Street Journal Health Blog. He strongly suggested that I sign up for Twitter, noting that their blog [...] Source : All Excerpts (subscribe) Explore : Twitter |
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