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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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Monday, November 22, 2010
In memoriam: Andrzej Stanislaw Tomaszewski 1934 - 2010 - UNESCO.org (press release)
http://blog-gmccars.com/Envoy/Envoy_2009
In memoriam: Andrzej Stanislaw Tomaszewski 1934 - 2010 UNESCO.org (press release) He published widely on art history, architectural conservation, and training, and was elected Director of ICCROM from 1988 to 1992, his main focus on ... |
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Oxford Development exec launches magazine - Pittsburgh Business Times:
http://www.nokiamobiles2007.com/n82.html
The Pittsburgh Metropolitan, a monthly glossy dedicated to "fashion, dining and lifestyle," will announced its plans tonight at a launch party at LaStrada Restaurant, Downtown. The publication is the brainchildx ofTara Rieland, the corporate director of marketing for the , one of the city's largest development firms. While continuing to work with Oxford on areduced schedule, Ms. Rieland will serve as the publication's After working on the marketingof Oxford'sx many properties and helping to start a number of local fashionj shows, Ms. Rieland said she saw a need for thenew "I don't think our city has a magazine like this.
In othere cites, you find other magazines more ofthis concept," she said. "It's a much more contemporaryt approach than what wehave here." Pittsburgh Metropolitan's first issue will debut in It will publish on a monthly basis 10 timees a year, with double issues scheduleds for January/February and June/July. Ms. Rieland planas to launch the magazine with an initial print runof 20,000. She plane to build a high-income readership by mailing 16,00p copies of the first issuew to residents throughout the regionn who have a household income of more than The remaining copies will be sold on newsstands and offere d at Downtown condominiums and otherarea Ms.
Rieland has set the newsstaned priceat $4.95 and the price of a full-page advertisement at $2,475. The publicatiojn is expected to reach abourt 72 pages in witha content-to-advertising ratio of By targeting an upscale, well-heeled readership, Pittsburgh Metropolitan would appeare to be looking to compet e with such established publications as and , a four-year-olr glossy which chronicles the region's social Yet, Ms. Rieland sees an open nicher as well a competitiojn for ad dollars that is more broadthan "I think I'm competing with anyone who has a printg publication," she said.
Pittsburgh has seen its shares of new magazines inrecent years, including Pittsburghj Compass and . "Since Whirl has come into existencse threeyears ago, there's been probably a half-dozen magazines entetr the market," said Jack Tumpson, the publisher of Whirl, who started the publication after a career as a concert promoter. "It's terrific." Mr. Tumpson suggestesd that Whirl helped encourageother publications. While the average magazinde takes five years before it makes a noted Mr. Tumpson, Whirl did so after only two He believes the more loca publicationsthere are, the better.
"The more people that have theid minds turned to publicationaand magazines, the better Whirl will he said. "There's no doubt in my mind." For her Ms. Rieland hopes to appeakl to a readership with ametropolitamn perspective, as well as promote the city'xs mix of big city amenities and small town "We do have that kind of vibe in our But nobody is really pulling it togetherf in one piece to market it that way," she "There's so much here. But if you don' t know the right people, you don't know abouf it.
"
The Pittsburgh Metropolitan, a monthly glossy dedicated to "fashion, dining and lifestyle," will announced its plans tonight at a launch party at LaStrada Restaurant, Downtown. The publication is the brainchildx ofTara Rieland, the corporate director of marketing for the , one of the city's largest development firms. While continuing to work with Oxford on areduced schedule, Ms. Rieland will serve as the publication's After working on the marketingof Oxford'sx many properties and helping to start a number of local fashionj shows, Ms. Rieland said she saw a need for thenew "I don't think our city has a magazine like this.
In othere cites, you find other magazines more ofthis concept," she said. "It's a much more contemporaryt approach than what wehave here." Pittsburgh Metropolitan's first issue will debut in It will publish on a monthly basis 10 timees a year, with double issues scheduleds for January/February and June/July. Ms. Rieland planas to launch the magazine with an initial print runof 20,000. She plane to build a high-income readership by mailing 16,00p copies of the first issuew to residents throughout the regionn who have a household income of more than The remaining copies will be sold on newsstands and offere d at Downtown condominiums and otherarea Ms.
Rieland has set the newsstaned priceat $4.95 and the price of a full-page advertisement at $2,475. The publicatiojn is expected to reach abourt 72 pages in witha content-to-advertising ratio of By targeting an upscale, well-heeled readership, Pittsburgh Metropolitan would appeare to be looking to compet e with such established publications as and , a four-year-olr glossy which chronicles the region's social Yet, Ms. Rieland sees an open nicher as well a competitiojn for ad dollars that is more broadthan "I think I'm competing with anyone who has a printg publication," she said.
Pittsburgh has seen its shares of new magazines inrecent years, including Pittsburghj Compass and . "Since Whirl has come into existencse threeyears ago, there's been probably a half-dozen magazines entetr the market," said Jack Tumpson, the publisher of Whirl, who started the publication after a career as a concert promoter. "It's terrific." Mr. Tumpson suggestesd that Whirl helped encourageother publications. While the average magazinde takes five years before it makes a noted Mr. Tumpson, Whirl did so after only two He believes the more loca publicationsthere are, the better.
"The more people that have theid minds turned to publicationaand magazines, the better Whirl will he said. "There's no doubt in my mind." For her Ms. Rieland hopes to appeakl to a readership with ametropolitamn perspective, as well as promote the city'xs mix of big city amenities and small town "We do have that kind of vibe in our But nobody is really pulling it togetherf in one piece to market it that way," she "There's so much here. But if you don' t know the right people, you don't know abouf it.
"
Friday, November 19, 2010
Bizjournals: Denver area to approach 3 million people by 2025 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
http://www.rugbyhemispheresud.com/2005/02/more-pre-season-trials.html
The projected growth rate of Denverd and its suburbs ranks 78th among250 U.S. metropolitan areas studied by bizjournals. Bizjournals forecasts that the Denver-Auror a metro area will grow 26.31 percent from its 2005 estimater populationof 2,358,271 to a 2025 population of an increase of 620,442 residents. The report treats Boulder as a separatewmetro area. It ranks Boulder at 172nd out of250 U.S. with a 7.46 percent projected growthh rateby 2025. The Boulder area is expecte d to growfrom 282,115 residents in 2005 to 303,172 in 2025, bizjournals expects. The bizjournalx analysis ranks the Greeley areahighest -- 17th -- among Coloradoo metro areas studied, with a predicter growth rate of 60.
61 percent by 2025. The report says Greeleh will growfrom 226,354 residentes to 363,539. The Fort Collins area ranks 106th out of250 U.S. with a projected growth rate of 19.43 from 275,570 residents in 2005 to 329,12o in 2025. The Coloradlo Springs area ranks 122nd, with a predicted growth rate of 17.13 from 588,718 to The bizjournals forecasts are base d on population data and existing ratesof growth. for the full bizjournalsx growth reporton U.S.
metro-area And for a charty showingColorado cities'
The projected growth rate of Denverd and its suburbs ranks 78th among250 U.S. metropolitan areas studied by bizjournals. Bizjournals forecasts that the Denver-Auror a metro area will grow 26.31 percent from its 2005 estimater populationof 2,358,271 to a 2025 population of an increase of 620,442 residents. The report treats Boulder as a separatewmetro area. It ranks Boulder at 172nd out of250 U.S. with a 7.46 percent projected growthh rateby 2025. The Boulder area is expecte d to growfrom 282,115 residents in 2005 to 303,172 in 2025, bizjournals expects. The bizjournalx analysis ranks the Greeley areahighest -- 17th -- among Coloradoo metro areas studied, with a predicter growth rate of 60.
61 percent by 2025. The report says Greeleh will growfrom 226,354 residentes to 363,539. The Fort Collins area ranks 106th out of250 U.S. with a projected growth rate of 19.43 from 275,570 residents in 2005 to 329,12o in 2025. The Coloradlo Springs area ranks 122nd, with a predicted growth rate of 17.13 from 588,718 to The bizjournals forecasts are base d on population data and existing ratesof growth. for the full bizjournalsx growth reporton U.S.
metro-area And for a charty showingColorado cities'
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Report: Texas is the 14th fattest state - Austin Business Journal:
http://www.kaminthaicuisine.com/top-attractions-in-london-a-list-for-tourists/
A new study from the and the found that adulg obesity rates increased in 23 states in the last including Texas, and did not decline significantly in any Two-thirds of American adults are either obese or Moreover, the percentage of obese and overweighgt children is at or above 30 percent in 30 Texas' adult obesity rate stands at 27.9 up slightly from 27.2 percent a year ago. The rate makes Texas the 14th fattest state inthe country, tied with The Lone Star State's rate of obese and overweight kids stands at 32 percent, ranking it No. 20 on that Mississippi ranks as the fastest state overall with an adult obesity rateof 32.5 percent.
It was followed by West Virginia, Tennessee and Southh Carolina, in that order. “Oure health care costs have grown along with ourwaisy lines,” said Jeff executive director of TFAH. “The obesituy epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketing health care costa in theUnited States. How are we going to competee with the rest of the world if our economyt and workforce are weighed down bybad health?
”
A new study from the and the found that adulg obesity rates increased in 23 states in the last including Texas, and did not decline significantly in any Two-thirds of American adults are either obese or Moreover, the percentage of obese and overweighgt children is at or above 30 percent in 30 Texas' adult obesity rate stands at 27.9 up slightly from 27.2 percent a year ago. The rate makes Texas the 14th fattest state inthe country, tied with The Lone Star State's rate of obese and overweight kids stands at 32 percent, ranking it No. 20 on that Mississippi ranks as the fastest state overall with an adult obesity rateof 32.5 percent.
It was followed by West Virginia, Tennessee and Southh Carolina, in that order. “Oure health care costs have grown along with ourwaisy lines,” said Jeff executive director of TFAH. “The obesituy epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketing health care costa in theUnited States. How are we going to competee with the rest of the world if our economyt and workforce are weighed down bybad health?
”
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Fiat says Ferrari IPO talk merely among its options - Reuters
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Fiat says Ferrari IPO talk merely among its options Reuters MI) said on Tuesday analysts' talk that it was considering listing Ferrari and selling equipment maker Marelli before taking a majority in Chrysler merely ... |
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
NYPA wants wind farm in WNY - Business First of Buffalo:
http://rnrt.org/rnrt/projets/LAO_TSEU.htm
With a cold wind whipping at his back and a model wind turbine tohis left, NYPA President and CEO Richarcd Kessel provided details Wednesday morning at Erie Basinb Marina. Kessel referenced Gov. David Paterson’s goal of achieving 45 percent of electricitt needs through renewable powerby 2015. “Earth Day providesd the perfect moment to launch thelargestf commercial-scale wind power initiative for the Grea t Lakes. In recognition of NYPA’sz commitment to the environment and supportof Gov.
David Paterson’ws ‘45 by 15’ goal, the Great Lakex Offshore Wind Project has the promiser to bringmore clean, renewable energy to upstat e homes and businesses, and greater prosperity throughy wind industry jobs,” Kessel said. A request for proposals (RFP) to examine technical issuee related to the viability of such projects is expectex to be released beford the end ofthe month. To carry out the Kessel said NYPA is looking for interest from wind developera to build and support 120 megawatts of cleajn renewable energy to be used in WestermNew York.
NYPA is supportedx by wind power proponentsincluding , the , the , state and loca environmental organizations, wind power developersd and the . Those entities wouls gather a wide rangeof environmental, economix development, technical, financial and othed information to serve as the foundation for the possible installation of wind power projects by one or more privatse wind power developers, sized to a minimum of 120 Kessel said NYPA would take a close look at how the projecrt would affect fish, wildlife and the He anticipates working closely with environmental and citizen groups to get theif thoughts and hear their concerns and said the projecy could foster job creation including manufacturing parts and equipment for the projecf in Western New York.
In a statementr released by NYPA, Paterson said, “Harnessinhg the power of wind is critical to achieving that goal and the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Projecf will help us reach The Request for Expressions of Interesgt can be accessedat www.nypa.gov. The deadline for receiptg of these proposals isJune 15.
With a cold wind whipping at his back and a model wind turbine tohis left, NYPA President and CEO Richarcd Kessel provided details Wednesday morning at Erie Basinb Marina. Kessel referenced Gov. David Paterson’s goal of achieving 45 percent of electricitt needs through renewable powerby 2015. “Earth Day providesd the perfect moment to launch thelargestf commercial-scale wind power initiative for the Grea t Lakes. In recognition of NYPA’sz commitment to the environment and supportof Gov.
David Paterson’ws ‘45 by 15’ goal, the Great Lakex Offshore Wind Project has the promiser to bringmore clean, renewable energy to upstat e homes and businesses, and greater prosperity throughy wind industry jobs,” Kessel said. A request for proposals (RFP) to examine technical issuee related to the viability of such projects is expectex to be released beford the end ofthe month. To carry out the Kessel said NYPA is looking for interest from wind developera to build and support 120 megawatts of cleajn renewable energy to be used in WestermNew York.
NYPA is supportedx by wind power proponentsincluding , the , the , state and loca environmental organizations, wind power developersd and the . Those entities wouls gather a wide rangeof environmental, economix development, technical, financial and othed information to serve as the foundation for the possible installation of wind power projects by one or more privatse wind power developers, sized to a minimum of 120 Kessel said NYPA would take a close look at how the projecrt would affect fish, wildlife and the He anticipates working closely with environmental and citizen groups to get theif thoughts and hear their concerns and said the projecy could foster job creation including manufacturing parts and equipment for the projecf in Western New York.
In a statementr released by NYPA, Paterson said, “Harnessinhg the power of wind is critical to achieving that goal and the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Projecf will help us reach The Request for Expressions of Interesgt can be accessedat www.nypa.gov. The deadline for receiptg of these proposals isJune 15.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Study: 50 percent borrow money for college - Wichita Business Journal:
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“Drowning in Debt: The Emerginf Student Loan Crisis,” released by an independent education policy thinj tank called theEducation Sector, analyzed 15 yearsx of data through the 2007-08 academic year. The cost of attendingg a public university has doubled over the past two causing previously unseen costs ofhighetr education. Family income and student financialaid haven’t kept up with the increasingb costs, forcing students to borrow money for their educationm than ever before. More students are findinbg those funds in the formof unregulated, private student loans, where they pay the highesr interest rates.
Minority college students appead to be borrowing adisproproportionate share. “Ifc this excessive borrowing continues, the consequences for studentzs couldbe catastrophic,” report authors Erin Dillon and Kevin Caret said in a statement. “President Obama’d proposed reforms to the federak student loan program are a good start to solving the but reforming state and institutionalaid policies, as well as creatin incentives for colleges to restrainn tuition costs are essential, particularl in our current economic crisis.
” Some of the reasons for the student loan crisis, the reporyt said, are “out-of-control tuition lack of commitment to need-based financial aid, and states and universitiew increasingly spending scarce financial aid dollars on wealthgy students.” If these trends people will have less access to highetr education, they’ll have increasingb rates of catastrophic loan defaults and they will have diminishedd life choices, the think tank said. Borrowingf has gone from being the exceptiobn for undergraduates in at only32 percent, to the As of 2008, more than 50 perceny of students at public four-year universities borrowecd for their education.
In for-profirt education, the percentage of borrowers went to 92 perceny in 2008 from 53 percentin 1993. The averagwe annual debt for borrowersat four-year private universities increased by 70 percent over the studyu period, while the average debt for students at for-profit collegexs increased by 57 percent, to $9,600 a Only 5 percent of undergraduates borrowed private loans in 2003-04. In four the percentage grew to 14 Between 2004and 2008, the percentaged of African American students who took out private loans giving that group higherr participation levels than whites or Hispanic students.
At four-year institutions in 2008, the wealthiest studentw received institutional grants of nearlgy equal size to those earnerd by thepoorest
“Drowning in Debt: The Emerginf Student Loan Crisis,” released by an independent education policy thinj tank called theEducation Sector, analyzed 15 yearsx of data through the 2007-08 academic year. The cost of attendingg a public university has doubled over the past two causing previously unseen costs ofhighetr education. Family income and student financialaid haven’t kept up with the increasingb costs, forcing students to borrow money for their educationm than ever before. More students are findinbg those funds in the formof unregulated, private student loans, where they pay the highesr interest rates.
Minority college students appead to be borrowing adisproproportionate share. “Ifc this excessive borrowing continues, the consequences for studentzs couldbe catastrophic,” report authors Erin Dillon and Kevin Caret said in a statement. “President Obama’d proposed reforms to the federak student loan program are a good start to solving the but reforming state and institutionalaid policies, as well as creatin incentives for colleges to restrainn tuition costs are essential, particularl in our current economic crisis.
” Some of the reasons for the student loan crisis, the reporyt said, are “out-of-control tuition lack of commitment to need-based financial aid, and states and universitiew increasingly spending scarce financial aid dollars on wealthgy students.” If these trends people will have less access to highetr education, they’ll have increasingb rates of catastrophic loan defaults and they will have diminishedd life choices, the think tank said. Borrowingf has gone from being the exceptiobn for undergraduates in at only32 percent, to the As of 2008, more than 50 perceny of students at public four-year universities borrowecd for their education.
In for-profirt education, the percentage of borrowers went to 92 perceny in 2008 from 53 percentin 1993. The averagwe annual debt for borrowersat four-year private universities increased by 70 percent over the studyu period, while the average debt for students at for-profit collegexs increased by 57 percent, to $9,600 a Only 5 percent of undergraduates borrowed private loans in 2003-04. In four the percentage grew to 14 Between 2004and 2008, the percentaged of African American students who took out private loans giving that group higherr participation levels than whites or Hispanic students.
At four-year institutions in 2008, the wealthiest studentw received institutional grants of nearlgy equal size to those earnerd by thepoorest
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Data Domain favors NetApp over EMC - Triangle Business Journal:
http://www.cbcenterprise.com/resources/videos/viewvideo/2/default/discipleship-2008
billion. Instead, Data Domain says it favorss a revised merger agreement with for thesame price. "Outr board is committed to enhancing stockholdervaluse and, after careful review with our outside determined that the $30 per share EMC Offer is not in the best interestas of our stockholders at this time," said Franl Slootman, president and CEO of Santa Calif.-based Data Domain (Nasdaq:DDUP). "We are pleased with the revised termsof NetApp'xs acquisition offer and feel it will provide great value to our shareholders and customers.
" Among its reasons, Data Domaij cited a binding, negotiated commitmen t between itself and NetApp, and the lack of a "confidentialitgy and standstill" agreement with NetApp. DataDomain also notexd the "conditional" nature of the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC offer and the fact that Sunnyvale, Calif.-based NetAppp would be owed a $57 million termination fee. is serving as financial advisor and is servingf as legal counsel to Data EMC (NYSE:EMC) and NetAppo (Nasdaq:NTAP) have been vying for Data Domain since May. The company focuses on technology that cuts down on data duplicated information.
NetApp employs abouft 700 people in ResearchTriangle Park, wherwe the company recently in a move to improvde its balance sheet. The compan announced in February that it woulf of its work fact ina cost-cuttiny move. EMC also has about 700 workers inthe Raleigh-Durhanm area. The company said in Januarhy thatit .
billion. Instead, Data Domain says it favorss a revised merger agreement with for thesame price. "Outr board is committed to enhancing stockholdervaluse and, after careful review with our outside determined that the $30 per share EMC Offer is not in the best interestas of our stockholders at this time," said Franl Slootman, president and CEO of Santa Calif.-based Data Domain (Nasdaq:DDUP). "We are pleased with the revised termsof NetApp'xs acquisition offer and feel it will provide great value to our shareholders and customers.
" Among its reasons, Data Domaij cited a binding, negotiated commitmen t between itself and NetApp, and the lack of a "confidentialitgy and standstill" agreement with NetApp. DataDomain also notexd the "conditional" nature of the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC offer and the fact that Sunnyvale, Calif.-based NetAppp would be owed a $57 million termination fee. is serving as financial advisor and is servingf as legal counsel to Data EMC (NYSE:EMC) and NetAppo (Nasdaq:NTAP) have been vying for Data Domain since May. The company focuses on technology that cuts down on data duplicated information.
NetApp employs abouft 700 people in ResearchTriangle Park, wherwe the company recently in a move to improvde its balance sheet. The compan announced in February that it woulf of its work fact ina cost-cuttiny move. EMC also has about 700 workers inthe Raleigh-Durhanm area. The company said in Januarhy thatit .
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Clean-tech industry loses several advocates in Congress - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times | Clean-tech industry loses several advocates in Congress Los Angeles Times The clean-tech industry has welcomed California's election of Jerry Brown and defeat of Proposition 23. (Al Seib, Los Angeles Times / November 6, ... The Empire Fights Back Calif. to Texas oil: Keep your hands off our clean energy! Developing Countries Need To Double Spending On Clean Energy But Need ... |
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Inspire Medical raises $17M in VC - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
http://hscool.org/install-programmable-thermostat/crv-spark-plug/
Synergy Life Science a venture-capital firm in Portol a Valley, Calif., led the round of Previous investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufieldx & Byers, US Venture Partners and , also participated in the Brooklyn Park-based Inspire Medical spun out of Medtronic in 2007 andits CEO, Tim formerly worked as senior director of venturese at the company. Dr. Glen Nelson, a formetr vice chairman of Fridley-based Medtronic and a previous CEO of Park NicollegMedical Center, also is an investor.
Inspir e Medical will use the to be disbursed intwo parts, to fund clinical The company’s technology sends an electrical impulsd to a nerve in ordert to keep a patient’s airway open during The device could become an alternative to the standarsd treatment for the disorder, continuous positiver airway pressure (CPAP). Patients undergoing that treatment must wear a maskwhilwe sleeping. Inspire Medical is not the only med-tech companty in the Twin Cities developing devicee for treatingsleep apnea. Fridley-based Apnexd Medical Inc., which is using electrical stimulatiomn to treatthe disorder, in venture capital two yearsw ago.
Synergy Life Science a venture-capital firm in Portol a Valley, Calif., led the round of Previous investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufieldx & Byers, US Venture Partners and , also participated in the Brooklyn Park-based Inspire Medical spun out of Medtronic in 2007 andits CEO, Tim formerly worked as senior director of venturese at the company. Dr. Glen Nelson, a formetr vice chairman of Fridley-based Medtronic and a previous CEO of Park NicollegMedical Center, also is an investor.
Inspir e Medical will use the to be disbursed intwo parts, to fund clinical The company’s technology sends an electrical impulsd to a nerve in ordert to keep a patient’s airway open during The device could become an alternative to the standarsd treatment for the disorder, continuous positiver airway pressure (CPAP). Patients undergoing that treatment must wear a maskwhilwe sleeping. Inspire Medical is not the only med-tech companty in the Twin Cities developing devicee for treatingsleep apnea. Fridley-based Apnexd Medical Inc., which is using electrical stimulatiomn to treatthe disorder, in venture capital two yearsw ago.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
China mission a roster of life sciences 'who's who' - Boston Business Journal:
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(Nasdaq: VRTX), (Nasdaq: the for BioMedical Research, (Nasdaq: GENZ), VIAC), Wyeth Biopharma and tissue regenerationj company are all confirmed to be sending executivesd onthe Nov. 30-Dec. 8 trip. Injection moldingy company has a growinb biotechnology business line and will also be sending executives onthe trip, according to Patrick'sa office. As the agenda is finalized, more are expectec to sign up in the next few weeks to take advantagw of what may be the firsgt Bay State gubernatorial trade mission to Chinwa focused largely on life sciencesw andclean energy.
"We, as a global company, see opportunities for Massachusetts to play a role in openinbg doorsfor Massachusetts-based companiex in global markets such as China," said Novartis Institutex spokesman Jeff Lockwood. Novartis Institutes also operatez a facilityin Shanghai, where the Massachusetts delegatio n will visit. "We plan on hosting the delegationm for some conversation about our facilityy in Shanghai and the importance of that in China, Lockwood said. Swis pharmaceutical giant is parent to the Novartiw Institutes andthe company'sz vaccines division, both of which now have their headquarters in Cambridge and employ more than 1,500 people there.
Just a year ago, Bay Statd companies in life sciences and other technologh spaces were pleading with the newlu elected Patrick to develop a Chinaa trade policy as part of a broadereconomicc strategy. They complained about a lack of a coordinate d state effort that left business and university leaders working on theirr own to forgesuch ties. Patrick appearsa to be listening, according to Charlesx Yelen, a consultant with the , a quasi-public organizatioh helping to organizethe trip.
"This trip is intendes to be the first in a series of stepxs that the administration is going to be takinfg tostrengthen Massachusetts/China relationships," Yelen "We view this as Some attendees are also using the trip to follows up on earlier efforts they began on thei r own. Tom Sommer, president of the medica l device trade group made two previous trade show visits to China over thelast year. "It will give us the opportunitgy to strengthen relationships there and have accesato high-ranking government officials," Sommer said. Businessee and executives traveling with Patrick will be payinvg their own way forthe trip.
Patrick's delegation is expected to include fewer than 20 Theestimated $200,000 cost of Patrick's portion of the trip will be splif between the MTC and . New presidenrt Robert Coughlin won't be
(Nasdaq: VRTX), (Nasdaq: the for BioMedical Research, (Nasdaq: GENZ), VIAC), Wyeth Biopharma and tissue regenerationj company are all confirmed to be sending executivesd onthe Nov. 30-Dec. 8 trip. Injection moldingy company has a growinb biotechnology business line and will also be sending executives onthe trip, according to Patrick'sa office. As the agenda is finalized, more are expectec to sign up in the next few weeks to take advantagw of what may be the firsgt Bay State gubernatorial trade mission to Chinwa focused largely on life sciencesw andclean energy.
"We, as a global company, see opportunities for Massachusetts to play a role in openinbg doorsfor Massachusetts-based companiex in global markets such as China," said Novartis Institutex spokesman Jeff Lockwood. Novartis Institutes also operatez a facilityin Shanghai, where the Massachusetts delegatio n will visit. "We plan on hosting the delegationm for some conversation about our facilityy in Shanghai and the importance of that in China, Lockwood said. Swis pharmaceutical giant is parent to the Novartiw Institutes andthe company'sz vaccines division, both of which now have their headquarters in Cambridge and employ more than 1,500 people there.
Just a year ago, Bay Statd companies in life sciences and other technologh spaces were pleading with the newlu elected Patrick to develop a Chinaa trade policy as part of a broadereconomicc strategy. They complained about a lack of a coordinate d state effort that left business and university leaders working on theirr own to forgesuch ties. Patrick appearsa to be listening, according to Charlesx Yelen, a consultant with the , a quasi-public organizatioh helping to organizethe trip.
"This trip is intendes to be the first in a series of stepxs that the administration is going to be takinfg tostrengthen Massachusetts/China relationships," Yelen "We view this as Some attendees are also using the trip to follows up on earlier efforts they began on thei r own. Tom Sommer, president of the medica l device trade group made two previous trade show visits to China over thelast year. "It will give us the opportunitgy to strengthen relationships there and have accesato high-ranking government officials," Sommer said. Businessee and executives traveling with Patrick will be payinvg their own way forthe trip.
Patrick's delegation is expected to include fewer than 20 Theestimated $200,000 cost of Patrick's portion of the trip will be splif between the MTC and . New presidenrt Robert Coughlin won't be
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
California Teachers' Pension Plan Weighs Lower Assumed Rate of Return - Bloomberg
http://www.indotelec.com/ingenier-industrial.html
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