Friday, March 30, 2012

Ferguson to hold Costas chair in pediatric medicine - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The board of governors of Cardinal Glennon’s Children’s Foundation will fund the Ferguson was recruited to Saint Louis University in 2004 to directr the at SSM CardinalGlennon Children’es Medical Center. “Bob Costas genuinely cares about children who are said Ferguson, who is professore of pediatrics and directodr of the division of pediatric hematology-oncologh at Saint Louis University and medicao director of the Bob Costas Cancer Centert at Cardinal Glennon. “Before the annual Bob Costasd Benefit for Cardinal he stopped by the cancer center because he wanted to talk to some childrejn who came infor treatments.
After he visite with them, he asked if there were any kids who were hospitalizede and might like him tostop by. There were no no fanfare. He just wanted to spend a littlee time withGlennon patients, and for a busy public figure, that’s pretty impressive.” Saint Louies University School of Medicine educates physiciand and biomedical scientists, conductas medical research and provides health care on a national and international level. Research at the schoolp seeks new cures and treatmentx in fivekey areas: cancer, liverd disease, heart/lung disease, aging and brain disease, and infectious disease.
SSM Cardina l Glennon Children’s Medical Center is a 190-bed, inpatient and outpatient pediatricmedical center.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Insurance agent charged with embezzlement - The Business Review (Albany):

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Maria Elna Flora, 59, of Sacrament o allegedly tookabout $350,000 from her insurancew customers for what she said were high-interest real estatre investments. Instead, she used the moneyh for nearly daily slot machine sessions at Thunder Valleg Casinonear Lincoln, according to a release from the officd of Attorney General Jerry Brown. From January 2005 through August 2007, she convinced at leastr 10 ofher clients, who range in age from 67 to 92, to transfeer money from their insurance policies and savings accounts to her. In most cases, she would make a few interesf payments and thenstop paying, according to the release.
The case was investigatedc by the Yolo County districg attorney andthe . Victims came from at leastt six Northern California counties to invest in herponzj scheme. The victims reside in Butte, El Sacramento, Solano, Stanislaus and Yolo counties.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Sunoco, Inc. Company Profile | SUN Company Information

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Sunoco, Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leadinvg manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical With 910,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, nearlty 4,700 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items, approximately 5,500 milez of crude oil and refines product owned and operated pipelines and 38 productr terminals, Sunoco is one of the largesf independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunocoi is a significant manufacturer of petrochemicals with annuap sales of approximately fivebillio pounds, largely chemical intermediates used to make fibers, film and resins.
Using a patented technology, Sunoco's cokemaking facilities in the Unitedc States have the capacity to manufactureover 2.5 million tons annually of high-quality metallurgical-gradde coke for use in the steel Sunoco also is the operatore of, and has an equity interest in, a 1.7 millioh tons-per-year cokemaking facility in Vitoria,

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Bucks County preserves 150th farm in its preservation program - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Bucks County preserves 150th farm in its preservation program

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By Bill Reed at a Bedminster Township dairy farm owned by Mary and Galen Leatherman, one of 150 farms preserved since the program started in 1989. BILL REED / Staff Bucks County, with a history rooted in its rich agricultural soil, has reached a ...



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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Viamet Pharmaceuticals raises $18M - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Novartis Option Fund and Lilly Venturesw ledthe round, which also included existingt investors , Hatteras Ventured Partners, Lurie Investment Fund, and Astellas Venture Under the terms of the Lauren Silverman, managing director of the Novartis Optiob Fund, and Ed Torres, managing directotr of Lilly Ventures, have joined Viamet’s board of directors. The $18 million comes on top of $6.25 million raisedx by Viamet in a 2007 series Arounsd co-led by Intersouth Partnersa and Hatteras Venture Partners.
Viamet has developefd a proprietary technology that helps to develop drugs that shut down the actiones of enzymes that need the presencew of a metal to start chemical Such enzymes are called The company says that about 10 percent of all durgs on the marketytarget metalloenzymes. Shutting down certain metalloenzymees can help to treat a varietyof diseases. Viamet’e Metallophile technology is designed to produce drug compoundzs that attack disorders in the areas of infectious diseaseand oncology. Thorp and Thomaws V. O'Halloran co-founded Viamet in 2005. Thorpo stepped away from active involvement in Viamet afterr beingnamed UNC's chancellor last year.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Passing Of AFL Legend Jim Stynes Touches A Nation - Crave Online

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Passing Of AFL Legend Jim Stynes Touches A Nation

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Getting rewards for sharing content - Boston Herald

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Getting rewards for sharing content

Boston Herald


By Marie Szaniszlo A 2011 MassChallenge finalist whose project flopped is taking a shot at this year's $1.1 million startup competition with a new consumer destination website that will reward users for sharing stories, images and videos.