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TexSAn Heart Hospital and its physician partners have inked a managed-care agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, the companies announced today.
The new pact will allow about 200,000 Blue Cross enrollees in the San Antonio area to have insured access to the TexSAn hospital and its physicians.
"We are […]
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Hawaii interisland shipping company Young Brothers announced it will increase its fuel price adjustment 2.5 to 3 percent.
The new pricing, effective March 4, is a result of increased fuel costs of nearly 22 percent in six months, the company said.
"Since August of last year, fuel costs have risen 21.89 percent," […]
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Taiwan's economic growth probably slowed in the fourth quarter from the fastest pace in three years as consumer spending cooled and exports to the U.S. eased.
Gross domestic product rose 5.65 percent from a year earlier, moderating from the third quarter's 6.92 percent gain, according to the median estimate of 14 economist surveyed […]
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Membership in construction industry labor unions in Massachusetts dropped from 20 percent to 16.1 percent last year, the Merit Construction Alliance found.
MCA, an advocate for nonunion contractors, said that according to federal union membership data, 138,358 people were employed in private construction in Massachusetts in Massachusetts. Of those, 22,226, or 16.1 percent, […]
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Prices of goods imported into the U.S. rose more than forecast in January, pushing the increase for the last 12 months to a record, led by rising costs for energy products and food.
The 1.7 percent increase in the import price index followed a revised 0.2 percent decrease the prior month, the Labor […]
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Montgomery County has released a new request for proposals to develop a 115-acre property near White Oak that it envisions as its next biotech corporate and research campus.
Developers have until March 31 to respond to the RFP with ideas for intersecting biotech companies and research with nearby federal agencies, universities and Adventist […]
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Almost a year after Denis R. Burger resigned, AVI BioPharma Inc. has hired a permanent chief executive officer.
Portland-based AVI (NASDAQ: AVII), a developer of therapeutic products for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, named Leslie Hudson chief executive officer, effective immediately. He also joins the board as a director.
After Burger resigned […]
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A New York man has filed a $7 million lawsuit against Crocs, claiming his 3-year-old daughter was "severely and permanently injured" when one of her Crocs shoes became stuck in an escalator.
The complaint against Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX), based in Niwot, was filed this week by Jeffrey Hochberg in U.S. District Court in […]
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Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, in his 2008 "state of the city" address, identified the creation of a streetcar system and a new work-force development effort as two of the first that should be implemented from the Go Cincinnati Growth and Opportunities initiative.
That's the economic development blueprint that 200 community and business leaders […]
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Australia's central bank has an “unenviable'' task to cool the fastest inflation in 16 years just as global economic growth slows, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said before next week's policy-setting meeting.
Annual core inflation accelerated to 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter, driven by transport costs and property rentals, a Jan. 23 report […]