On February 26, 2010
Heart Association Finds Drug Risks “Inconclusive” After Taking $3.6M From Its Maker Glaxo
The American Heart Association said that the data are "inconclusive" on whether GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)'s diabetes drug Avandia carries an increased risk of heart problems. But the organization's statement does not disclose the fact that GSK gave AHA more than $3.5
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On February 26, 2010
Evatran Hoping To Cash In On Plug-Free Electric Cars
A Virginia company wants to make it easy on early EV adopters by removing the need to plug in. You'll just drive into a parking space and the car will start charging.
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Macy’s Lundgren Hints At A Strategy Shift
In Macy’s fourth quarter conference call, CEO Terry Lundgren asked investors to give the retailer's restructuring initiative known as "My Macy's" time to pay off. He also conceeded that Macy's executives are working on a Plan-B after pinning some of the blame for
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To Calm Anxious Employees, Palm CEO Blames Verizon
Palm's CEO Jon Rubinstein tries to calm employees after the downwardly revised guidance yesterday by saying that poor sales are the fault of Verizon Wireless.
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On February 26, 2010
No Reply to Emails Speaks Volumes About Your Relationships
what are your emails saying about your personal brand. You can't answer every enquiry, but there are more effective ways of fending people off than the out of office reply.
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On February 26, 2010
Sea Power? Claiming Comeback, Carnival Raises Prices
Carnival Cruise Lines said it will raise its prices 5% for summer travel, thanks to strong demand, Or is this actually an attempt by Carnival to show the industry and customers that the cruise operator is doing well? While Carnival's press release
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On February 26, 2010
February’s Five Weirdest Travel Industry Stories
BNET's back again for a list of the month's most unusual goings-on. Ladies Only in the Air Women will have female-only toilets on Japan's All Nippon Airways starting next month. The new feature will be on most international flights and was
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On February 26, 2010
High Speed Rail May Hurt Airports, But How Much?
The headline in the San Jose Mercury News says it all . . . "Study: High-speed rail would drain passengers from Bay Area airports." My first reaction was, yeah, that's the point. Then my second reaction was, wait, this doesn't
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On February 26, 2010
Immigrants, Job Creation, Good and Bad Politics
It’s about time. In the midst of cloudy partisan politics and shouting on both sides, with small business often in the middle like the foil for the arguments, here’s a federal government move that makes good sense. TechCrunch has a…
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On February 26, 2010
What Google Really Wants From On2 Deal
At the end of business last Friday, Google announced it had completed the transaction to acquire On2 Technologies, the maker of Web video encoding software and codecs, for a deal that was finally valued at $124.6 million.…
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