Over the years as Microsoft and Apple came to dominate the industry, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wowed crowds with peeks at cool new products in back-to-back appearances at the Consumer Electronics Show and Macworld.
But this year, the economy’s taken a hit, gadget sales are flat and Gates and Jobs are no-shows for the first time at technology’s biggest trade shows. Both shows are trying to remain relevant as companies Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects for health reform drop significantly when Americans hear potential financial trade-offs associated with expanding health insurance coverage, a poll indicates.
For example, nearly seven in 10 people say they favor the concept of requiring employers to provide their workers with health insurance or contribute into a fund that pays to cover the uninsured. President-elect Barack Obama has called for such an employer Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, October 6, 2008
CONOR LALLY, Crime Correspondent
THE REPUBLIC’S illicit drugs trade has continued to grow at record levels since the start of the year according to figures compiled by An Garda Sochna.
However, while much of the debate around the drugs issue has been dominated by cocaine in recent years, heroin is once again to the fore with more of the drug available than ever before.
The total combined value of heroin, cocaine and Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 4:08 p.m., EDT
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday removed its regulation that established restrictions on the capture, transport, sale and distribution of African rodents, prairie dogs and certain other animals within the United States.
The restrictions were lifted because the FDA believes they are no longer necessary to prevent the further introduction, transmission and spread of monkeypox, Read the rest of this entry »
ANAHEIM, CA–(Marketwire – September 9, 2008) -
WHAT Precision Fitness, a fitness business model focused on affordable
personal training, will be exhibiting at this year’s National
Fitness Trade Show, presented in association with the
International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA)
and the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Precision Fitness
founder and fitness entrepreneur Mike Read the rest of this entry »
NOVEMBER 7, 2008 –
(Sun Valley, CA), provider of equipment for laser surgery,
, and other medical-laser procedures, has been approved for listing on the NYSE Alternext US. The company anticipates trading on the exchange, formerly known as the American Stock Exchange, to begin the week of November 10 under the ticker symbol “LZR”.
“Our presence on NYSE Alternext US will recognize Emergent Group’s increasingly important role in the provision Read the rest of this entry »