ABC News | Low-Dose CT Screening Tied to Reduced Lung Cancer Mortality Doctors Lounge Screening with low-dose helical computed tomography may reduce mortality from lung cancer, according to a study published online June 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine. THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Screening with low-dose helical ... CT Screening Cuts Lung Cancer Mortality; Raises Policy Questions Lung Cancer Mortality Benefit With CT Confirmed Study shows 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose CT vs ... |
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Low-Dose CT Screening Tied to Reduced Lung Cancer Mortality - Doctors Lounge
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Unable to find work in field of expertise, job hunters try something new - Business First of Columbus:
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Erb, regional vice president in Columbuw for national staffingfirm , understands the urgencu on the applicant side. Companies, however, are being carefu l about who they hire because it’s definitely not a job seeker’w market. Not only does experienced matter, but if the economy rebounds, companies worruy about the hire going back to his fieldc of expertiselater on. So what’s a perso to do? Some are taking an apprentice-like approach to the job market – learning a new skill or trade throughnwork experience. And there are plenty of jobs wherea four-yeatr college degree isn’t necessary, allowingf for an entirely new career path.
Erb, regional vice president in Columbuw for national staffingfirm , understands the urgencu on the applicant side. Companies, however, are being carefu l about who they hire because it’s definitely not a job seeker’w market. Not only does experienced matter, but if the economy rebounds, companies worruy about the hire going back to his fieldc of expertiselater on. So what’s a perso to do? Some are taking an apprentice-like approach to the job market – learning a new skill or trade throughnwork experience. And there are plenty of jobs wherea four-yeatr college degree isn’t necessary, allowingf for an entirely new career path.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Human Capital: People on the move, June 30 - Houston Business Journal:
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, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, addedd the following executives: Joy Burghardt , vice presidenty of programs and services; Mary Rahal , vice president of human resourcesand administration; and Joseph Islesz , director of Boston Careet Link , the one-stop career centere operated by Goodwill. Mari Ryan , CEO of AdvancingWellnessx , a Watertown-based provider of work site wellnesxs programs, was appointed to the boardc of directors of Health PromotionAdvocates , a nonprofit advocacy organization.
, a Cambridge-based provider of mobilr advertising services, added David Karnstedt , president and CEO of Calif-based and former senior vice presidentof 's Northu American sales, to its board of directors. , a Marlborough-baseds direct response media agency, appointed Keith Turnetr vice chairman of the boardof directors. Turner previously served as president ofSales & Marketing betweehn 1998 and 2006 where he held executivde responsibility for NBC Universal’s network, cable and digita sales
, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, addedd the following executives: Joy Burghardt , vice presidenty of programs and services; Mary Rahal , vice president of human resourcesand administration; and Joseph Islesz , director of Boston Careet Link , the one-stop career centere operated by Goodwill. Mari Ryan , CEO of AdvancingWellnessx , a Watertown-based provider of work site wellnesxs programs, was appointed to the boardc of directors of Health PromotionAdvocates , a nonprofit advocacy organization.
, a Cambridge-based provider of mobilr advertising services, added David Karnstedt , president and CEO of Calif-based and former senior vice presidentof 's Northu American sales, to its board of directors. , a Marlborough-baseds direct response media agency, appointed Keith Turnetr vice chairman of the boardof directors. Turner previously served as president ofSales & Marketing betweehn 1998 and 2006 where he held executivde responsibility for NBC Universal’s network, cable and digita sales
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
HUD: Stimulus tax credit can be used on first-home purchase - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, first-timwe homebuyers can qualify for the tax creditg for purchasing their first home after filing theifr taxes. But under a new program announcefd Friday, state housing finance agencies and nonprofit groups can advanced money to homebuyers up to the full amoun of their tax credit so the money can be used on a home either to pay closing costs or to add to adown "Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can apply the tax credit to theirr down payment in excess of 3.
5 percent of appraisedx value or their closing costs, which can help achiever a lower interest rate," a HUD announcement "Families will now be able to applhy their anticipated tax credit toward theidr home purchase right away," Donovan said in the announcement. "At the same time we are puttinh safeguards in place to ensure that consumers will be protected fromunscrupulouds lenders. What we're doing today will not only help thesse families to purchase their firsf home but will present an enormoud benefit for communities strugglinb to deal with an oversupplyof housing.
" The stimuluds tax credit can be claime d on a taxpayer's 2009 return, or through an amendedc 2008 return. FHA will stil require that homebuyers paya 3.5 percentr down payment. HUD cited Nationak Association of Home Builderes data showing thatthe first-time homebuyer tax creditr will stimulate 160,000 home sales across the with 101,000 of those sales beinv to first-time buyers and 59,000 to existing homeowners who be able to sell thei r home to a first-time .
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, first-timwe homebuyers can qualify for the tax creditg for purchasing their first home after filing theifr taxes. But under a new program announcefd Friday, state housing finance agencies and nonprofit groups can advanced money to homebuyers up to the full amoun of their tax credit so the money can be used on a home either to pay closing costs or to add to adown "Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can apply the tax credit to theirr down payment in excess of 3.
5 percent of appraisedx value or their closing costs, which can help achiever a lower interest rate," a HUD announcement "Families will now be able to applhy their anticipated tax credit toward theidr home purchase right away," Donovan said in the announcement. "At the same time we are puttinh safeguards in place to ensure that consumers will be protected fromunscrupulouds lenders. What we're doing today will not only help thesse families to purchase their firsf home but will present an enormoud benefit for communities strugglinb to deal with an oversupplyof housing.
" The stimuluds tax credit can be claime d on a taxpayer's 2009 return, or through an amendedc 2008 return. FHA will stil require that homebuyers paya 3.5 percentr down payment. HUD cited Nationak Association of Home Builderes data showing thatthe first-time homebuyer tax creditr will stimulate 160,000 home sales across the with 101,000 of those sales beinv to first-time buyers and 59,000 to existing homeowners who be able to sell thei r home to a first-time .
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Bob Evans boosts 4Q profit despite sales dip - Business First of Columbus:
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The Columbus-based restaurant chain said Wednesday itearnedd $21.1 million, or 69 centas a share, for the quarter endedf April 24, up 31 percent from $16.2 million, or 52 cents a share, a year earlier. Coste for food, labor and other operating expenses in its restauranty and food products segments although the improvements were slightl y offset by a spike of more than 80 percent in hog Bob Evans’ fourth-quarter revenue fell 1 perceny to $431 million from $436.4 million a year earliere as sales at flagship restaurants open at leasy two years declined 1.6 The company’s upscale Mimi’s Cafe chain, whicuh has struggled amid a pullbacj in consumer spending, posted a 7.
1 percent declinr in same-store sales. The company for the year swung to a lossof $5.15 million, or 17 cents a from a profit of $64.9 million, or $1.9t5 a share, in fiscal 2008. The red ink came afterd Bob Evansrecorded $75.3 million in preta x charges mostly on noncash write-downsw and other impairments tied to Mimi’s. Revenue for the year grew marginallhto $1.75 billion from $1.74 billion. That accounted for a 0.3 percentg drop in Bob Evans same-store sale s and a 7.2 percent decline at Mimi’s.
CEO Steve Davis, speaking at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, said changes to the company’s executive structurew and implementing systems to cut expenses in the last several years will better position the companyto grow. Among the initiativesw under way are new prototype restaurants for the Bob Evan sand Mimi’s Cafe chains as well as a reorganizationn of its supply The company also completed an expansion of its Sulphufr Springs, Texas food products planty that doubled the facility’s size to more than 100,00p0 square feet. Bob Evans (NASDAQ:BOBE) runs 570 flagship restaurants in 18 statess and144 Mimi’s cafes in 24 states.
The Columbus-based restaurant chain said Wednesday itearnedd $21.1 million, or 69 centas a share, for the quarter endedf April 24, up 31 percent from $16.2 million, or 52 cents a share, a year earlier. Coste for food, labor and other operating expenses in its restauranty and food products segments although the improvements were slightl y offset by a spike of more than 80 percent in hog Bob Evans’ fourth-quarter revenue fell 1 perceny to $431 million from $436.4 million a year earliere as sales at flagship restaurants open at leasy two years declined 1.6 The company’s upscale Mimi’s Cafe chain, whicuh has struggled amid a pullbacj in consumer spending, posted a 7.
1 percent declinr in same-store sales. The company for the year swung to a lossof $5.15 million, or 17 cents a from a profit of $64.9 million, or $1.9t5 a share, in fiscal 2008. The red ink came afterd Bob Evansrecorded $75.3 million in preta x charges mostly on noncash write-downsw and other impairments tied to Mimi’s. Revenue for the year grew marginallhto $1.75 billion from $1.74 billion. That accounted for a 0.3 percentg drop in Bob Evans same-store sale s and a 7.2 percent decline at Mimi’s.
CEO Steve Davis, speaking at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, said changes to the company’s executive structurew and implementing systems to cut expenses in the last several years will better position the companyto grow. Among the initiativesw under way are new prototype restaurants for the Bob Evan sand Mimi’s Cafe chains as well as a reorganizationn of its supply The company also completed an expansion of its Sulphufr Springs, Texas food products planty that doubled the facility’s size to more than 100,00p0 square feet. Bob Evans (NASDAQ:BOBE) runs 570 flagship restaurants in 18 statess and144 Mimi’s cafes in 24 states.
Friday, June 17, 2011
1 of 8 French kids ill with burger E.coli gets worse - Reuters
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Ha'aretz | 1 of 8 French kids ill with burger E.coli gets worse Reuters Eight children have been admitted to hospital after eating beef burgers bought frozen from the German discount chain Lidl. Health officials say the bacteria is not related to the strain of E.coli that has killed 39 people and made 3000 ill, ... 7 Children Infected With E. Coli in France French Kids Ill After Eating 'E.coli Burgers' E. coli outbreak sends eight kids to hospital |
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