The National Health Service in the UK is markedly inexpensive by international standards. The only advanced system that is markedly cheaper is Singapore?s, which uses an organisational and financing structure that no one else does (although arguably more should). An interesting little point being made today about how that relative cheapness of the NHS comes ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 19:57

AOL shares are trading higher for a second day after Bloomberg reported that the company has hired Evercore Partners to find a buyer for its more than 800 patents ? and to explore other strategic options. The report is sources to ?three people with knowledge of the situation.? The story say that private equity firms ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 19:57

Two new randomized trials offer new evidence that bariatric surgery is highly effective in obese patients with diabetes. The results, according to Paul Zimmet and K. George M.M. Alberti, writing in??an editorial in the??New England Journal of Medicine, ?are likely to have a major effect on future diabetes treatment.? In the STAMPEDE trial, which was ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 19:57

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting is in full swing this week in Chicago and much of the early buzz being generated is around a new class of LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs known as proprotein converase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK-9) antibodies.?? Inhibitors of PCSK-9 have been pursued for almost a decade.?? However, clinical data are ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 19:57

14 March 2012 With the launch of the Oil Sands Leadership Initiative (OSLI) this month, there is a new commitment by the companies developing Canada's oil sands to address the environmental impacts of their operations. OSLI members include Canada, Inc., Canada, Shell Canada, Inc. and E&P Canada Ltd. Regarding biodiversity, one of the OSLI Working ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 12:53

Great communication changes people. It changes the way they feel. It changes what they do. The secret to inspiring others is connecting an idea or a vision with a hope or a need. Great communicators leverage their message and story in one way or another to make a connection and compel change. HOPEHIV's Phil Wall ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 12:23

Avaya will buy video conferencing systems provider Radvision for between $200 million and $250 million, the Israeli newspaper Globes reports, with the deal expected to be announced as soon as today. The story did not provide any source for the report. Globes notes that Radvision shares jumped 11% yesterday, boosting the company?s market cap to ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 14:23

Daniel Loeb, noted investor and founder of $8 billion hedge fund Third Point LLC, bought a sizable stake in Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) in the third quarter of 2011. Since then, he has had a stormy public relationship with the company. Though he has criticized aspects of the company in a vitriolic correspondence, he increased his ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 14:23

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are pointing toward a flat open this morning, as digests yesterday?s surge to fresh multi-year highs. Not only did the Dow eclipse 13,000, but the Nasdaq Composite finished north of 3,000 for the first time in 11 years. Heading into the open, futures on the DJIA are ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 14:23

With Apple shares continuing to climb higher and higher, some Street analysts are being forced to make a decision as the stock hits their target prices: changing their rating, or up their targets? To date, everyone is in the ?raise your target? camp. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty this morning repeated her Overweight rating on ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 14:23