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But many more orchards and other areas, including residential areasw in the Lake OntarioiFruit Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox virus before September. Teams working for the and the statew Department of Agriculture and Marketds began taking leaf samplesin May. Subsequent laboratory testsw did not disclose any new outbreaks of the virus inNiagara County, Jackie Klahn, director of the USDA’s Lockporgt field office, said. In early May, as orchards optimism was growing that the spread ofthe disease, whichj made its Niagara Count y debut 2006 might be waning.
Between 2006 and plum pox was discovered in several NiagarwCounty orchards, in Orleans County and Wayner County, east of Rochester. Though harmless to humands and animals, the virus poses an economic risk for commercial fruitr growers because they must destroy all susceptibld treeswithin 1.5 milees to 2 miles of an identified hot Plum pox destroys the commercial value of the fruit that it attacks because it discolors and disfigurese peaches, plums, prunes and nectarines. In New York state countiezs lying alongLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Spooky Action At A Temporal Distance - Seeking Alpha
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Spooky Action At A Temporal Distance Seeking Alpha The parallels of the current equity market rally to the August 2010-February 2011 rally following Chairman Bernanke's hints about QE2 (a parallel I mentioned first about a month ago here) continue to mount. I can't call yesterday's rally (a mere 0.1% ... |
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Nelson Mandela in "satisfactory condition" after hernia surgery - CNN
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CBC.ca | Nelson Mandela in "satisfactory condition" after hernia surgery CNN South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela successfully underwent hernia surgery Saturday, a family member told CNN Saturday. Mandela was "comforta ble" and in "a satisfactory condition" Saturday, said the South African president, who referred to ... Nelson Mandela leaves hospital after successful operation |
Friday, February 24, 2012
Antigenics boosted by Glaxo malaria trials - Triangle Business Journal:
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Under the terms of the license and supply agreementd announced in July GSK (NYSE: GSK) will make payments contingent upon successfukl milestone achievements and will pay royalties to Antigenics on net sales for a period of at least 10 years after the vaccine’s first commercia sale. Antigenics said recent Phase 2 malariaq studiesshowed that, over an eight-month follow-up its so-called RTS,S component reduced clinical episodes of malariz by 53 percent and had a promising safetyy and tolerability profile when used alongside standard infant vaccines. If results of the Phases 3 studyare positive, GSK plans to submift applications for regulatory approval in 2011.
If RTS,S could be introducedc in 2012 for babies aged 5 monthd to17 months. GSK officials said if the drug is approveds for use in infants and recommended by international and Africanbhealth organizations, the company coul d make the vaccine more widely available by 2014. Investoras responded positively tothe news, buoyingb Antigenic’s (NASDAQ: AGEN) stock over 8 percent in mornin g trading Wednesday to $2.10 a up from $1.94 at the previous day’ws close.
Under the terms of the license and supply agreementd announced in July GSK (NYSE: GSK) will make payments contingent upon successfukl milestone achievements and will pay royalties to Antigenics on net sales for a period of at least 10 years after the vaccine’s first commercia sale. Antigenics said recent Phase 2 malariaq studiesshowed that, over an eight-month follow-up its so-called RTS,S component reduced clinical episodes of malariz by 53 percent and had a promising safetyy and tolerability profile when used alongside standard infant vaccines. If results of the Phases 3 studyare positive, GSK plans to submift applications for regulatory approval in 2011.
If RTS,S could be introducedc in 2012 for babies aged 5 monthd to17 months. GSK officials said if the drug is approveds for use in infants and recommended by international and Africanbhealth organizations, the company coul d make the vaccine more widely available by 2014. Investoras responded positively tothe news, buoyingb Antigenic’s (NASDAQ: AGEN) stock over 8 percent in mornin g trading Wednesday to $2.10 a up from $1.94 at the previous day’ws close.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Brown & Toland posts 2008 operating profit of $10.2M - Memphis Business Journal:
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million in operating profit last year on revenudeof $236.3 million, with profitability dipping from the priore year, but revenue staying The group, which handles contracting for independent medicapl practices in and near San Francisco, release d the information to the San Franciscpo Business Times on Friday, but officialas were not immediately available to answer questions. Brow n & Toland said the results show thatit “remainse one of California’s most financiallu successful and stable independent practice associations,” postingv strong earnings for nine straight years.
That boast is hard to since very few medical groups or IPAs in the state or nationm releasefinancial results. Brown Toland’s Bay Area rival, San Ramon-based , is one of those few. In late May, Hill announced that it sufferec a net lossof $4.4 million last due to unrealized investment losses of $7.4 million, while generatingt $420 million in 2008 HMO revenue, most of which was distributee to 2,600 participating doctors in the East Bay, the Sacramentko area, San Joaquin and elsewhered in the region. The San Ramon-based group posteed $3 million in 2008 operating income.
Brown Toland’s numbers held fairly steady, althoughj operating income fell 15 percent last from 2007’s $12 million to last year’s $10.2 million. Revenue was almos identical, totaling $236.2 million last year vs. $235 millionn in 2007. Two years ago, Brown & Tolanxd reported net income of $3.3e million on revenue of nearly $222 In other financial news, Brown Toland said it will distribute $10.7 million in physician bonusesthis year, compared to $8.2 million in bonus payments last year and $7.2 milliobn in 2007, according to earlier financial statementse by the group. Officials also said Fridayy that the group adjusted its physician compensationschedule Jan.
1, increasingg fees based on 2008 Medicare That adjustment will result in anadditionalp $5.2 million in compensation to member doctors this “We are continuing our strong financial performance and our enhancemengt of physician practice solutions to our physicians,” Gloriz Austin, Brown & Toland’s chief executive officer, said in the emailed statement to the Business Times .
Austin said in the June 12 statemenr that the group continued last year to deployt new electronic tools inphysician offices, and expanded its clinical-results-reportinb database, giving Brown & Toland doctorxs access to more than 41 million clinical results on Brown & Toland has spent more than $12 million to date on its electronicd health records system and relate d initiatives, not including “ongoing technical and practice support” providedx to member doctor’s practices, officials Brown & Toland’s doctors see close to 170,000p HMO enrollees and 160,000 preferred-provider organization or PPO patients.
million in operating profit last year on revenudeof $236.3 million, with profitability dipping from the priore year, but revenue staying The group, which handles contracting for independent medicapl practices in and near San Francisco, release d the information to the San Franciscpo Business Times on Friday, but officialas were not immediately available to answer questions. Brow n & Toland said the results show thatit “remainse one of California’s most financiallu successful and stable independent practice associations,” postingv strong earnings for nine straight years.
That boast is hard to since very few medical groups or IPAs in the state or nationm releasefinancial results. Brown Toland’s Bay Area rival, San Ramon-based , is one of those few. In late May, Hill announced that it sufferec a net lossof $4.4 million last due to unrealized investment losses of $7.4 million, while generatingt $420 million in 2008 HMO revenue, most of which was distributee to 2,600 participating doctors in the East Bay, the Sacramentko area, San Joaquin and elsewhered in the region. The San Ramon-based group posteed $3 million in 2008 operating income.
Brown Toland’s numbers held fairly steady, althoughj operating income fell 15 percent last from 2007’s $12 million to last year’s $10.2 million. Revenue was almos identical, totaling $236.2 million last year vs. $235 millionn in 2007. Two years ago, Brown & Tolanxd reported net income of $3.3e million on revenue of nearly $222 In other financial news, Brown Toland said it will distribute $10.7 million in physician bonusesthis year, compared to $8.2 million in bonus payments last year and $7.2 milliobn in 2007, according to earlier financial statementse by the group. Officials also said Fridayy that the group adjusted its physician compensationschedule Jan.
1, increasingg fees based on 2008 Medicare That adjustment will result in anadditionalp $5.2 million in compensation to member doctors this “We are continuing our strong financial performance and our enhancemengt of physician practice solutions to our physicians,” Gloriz Austin, Brown & Toland’s chief executive officer, said in the emailed statement to the Business Times .
Austin said in the June 12 statemenr that the group continued last year to deployt new electronic tools inphysician offices, and expanded its clinical-results-reportinb database, giving Brown & Toland doctorxs access to more than 41 million clinical results on Brown & Toland has spent more than $12 million to date on its electronicd health records system and relate d initiatives, not including “ongoing technical and practice support” providedx to member doctor’s practices, officials Brown & Toland’s doctors see close to 170,000p HMO enrollees and 160,000 preferred-provider organization or PPO patients.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Poll: Obama lagging in Iowa - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
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Daily Beast | Poll: Obama lagging in Iowa Dubuque Telegraph Herald DES MOINES -- The latest Iowa Poll shows three of the four Republican candidates leading President Barack Obama if the general election were held today. The poll, released by The Des Moines Register on Saturday night, shows Rep. Ron Paul, of Texas, ... Iowa not so hot for Obama these days |
Saturday, February 18, 2012
MMAC: Milwaukee-area economy still sluggish - Memphis Business Journal:
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Only three of 20 Apri l indicators registered improvementfrom year-ago levels, matchinyg the number of upward-pointing indicators recordex in March, the MMAC said in its Economicf Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorates with deepening job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic research director for the MMAC. "Buyt metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon time in nearly three years givint some hopefor near-term improvement in a stagnanft local housing and real estate market." Nonfark employment in the metro area fell 4.8 percenr in April to 812,300, down from March’s 4.
3 percenr decrease. Employment levels have now decliner comparedwith year-ago levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registerefd in this period, the MMAC said. Only two of 10 major industry sectors registered April job gains compared with oneyear ago, while eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metro area both measured more than twic etheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemployeds in metro Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-agl levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,3090 in April 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensation claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in April to 12,101, this indicator’a third consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percent or On the positive side, existing homez sales for the metro area rose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-year increase in this indicatot in seven months and only the second such gain in nearl y three years.
Only three of 20 Apri l indicators registered improvementfrom year-ago levels, matchinyg the number of upward-pointing indicators recordex in March, the MMAC said in its Economicf Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorates with deepening job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic research director for the MMAC. "Buyt metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon time in nearly three years givint some hopefor near-term improvement in a stagnanft local housing and real estate market." Nonfark employment in the metro area fell 4.8 percenr in April to 812,300, down from March’s 4.
3 percenr decrease. Employment levels have now decliner comparedwith year-ago levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registerefd in this period, the MMAC said. Only two of 10 major industry sectors registered April job gains compared with oneyear ago, while eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metro area both measured more than twic etheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemployeds in metro Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-agl levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,3090 in April 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensation claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in April to 12,101, this indicator’a third consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percent or On the positive side, existing homez sales for the metro area rose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-year increase in this indicatot in seven months and only the second such gain in nearl y three years.
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