Saturday, March 2, 2013

Older population expected to triple by 2050 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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In contrast, the population under 15 is expectedc to increase by only 6 percenty during thesame period, from 1.83 billiob to 1.93 billion. The Census Bureau said that in the Unitec States those 65 and older will more than doublweby 2050, rising from 39 million today to 89 million. While children are projected to stillp outnumber the older population worldwide in the under 15 population in the Unitecd States is expected to fall below the older population by that increasing from 62 million today to 85 These figures come from the worls population estimates and projections released today through theCensuxs Bureau's International Data Base.
This latest update includes projectionszby age, including people 100 and for 227 countries and areas. Less than 8 percent of the world's population is 65 and older. By the world's population 65 and older is expectes to reach12 percent, and by 2050, that shar e is expected to grow to 16 "This shift in the age structure of the world's populatio n poses challenges to society, businesses, health care providers and policymakerws to meet the needs of aging said Wan He, demographer in the Censuxs Bureau's Population Division.
Europe likely will continue to be the oldes region in the by 2050, 29 percenyt of its total population is projected to be 65 and On the other hand, sub-Saharan Africsa is expected to remaij the youngest region as a result of relativelgy higher fertility and, in some the impact of HIV/AIDS. Only 5 percenft of Africa's population is projected to be 65 and olderein 2050. Countries experiencing relatively rapid declinexs in fertility combined with longet life spans will face increasinglyoldee populations.
These countries will see the highesyt growth rates in their older populations over the next 40 There are four countries with 20 percent or more of theirf population 65and older: Germany, Japan and Monaco. By 2030, 55 countries are expectecd to have atleast one-in-five of thei total population in this age category; by the number of countries could rise to more than 100. Althougg China and India are the world'zs most populous countries, their oldeer populations do not represent larg percentages of their totalpopulationsw today. However, these countries do have the largest number of oldetpeople -- 109 million and 62 million, respectively.
Both countriexs are projected to undergo more rapid andby 2050, will have about 350 million and 240 million people 65 and older,

Friday, February 15, 2013

Dayton region's Swine Flu count climbs to 12 - South Florida Business Journal:

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The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmef cases of Swine Fluin Ohio, up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most casews of the counties in the Dayton region. Of the six cases reportexd in Clark County, Northridge Middle Schoo l students accounted for five of the And inMontgomery County, a Vandalia-Butler student became a confirmed case last week, while two Dayton Public Schools studentzs were confirmed this There are four total casees in Montgomery County. There are 27,737 confirmed cases according tothe , with 74countries haviny at least one case. There have been 141 death s confirmed caused by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. There are cases now in all 50 statewsplus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to the federak . There have been 27 confirmed death inthe U.S. Butler County 2 (30-year-old male, 13-year-old female)Clark County 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-old male, 14-year-old Cuyahoga County – 6 (41-year-old female, 9-year-oled male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old female, 13-year-old male, 14-year-old male) Franklij County – 16 (31-year-old male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-oldr male, 20-year-old female, 19-year-old female, 21-year-old male, 20-yeadr old male, 22-year-old 23-year-old female, 19-year-old male, 11-year-oled female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-year old 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male) Lawrence County – 2 (2-year-olsd male, 8-month-old male) Montgomery County – 4 (16-year-oled male, 13-year-old female, 9-year-oldx female, 17-yea r-old female) Cuyahoga County – 2 (20-year-oldc female, 16-year-old female)

Sunday, February 10, 2013

C-sections, birth costs up in Central Florida - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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New state numbers for July 2007-June 2008 released in May show the ratees of cesarean sectionsat ’w , ’s main downtown Orlando campus and its nearlyu doubled in the past eigh years, but also are above state and nationalk averages. The data showedf 222,814 total births in Florida last with 39 percent of deliveries done by up from 26 percentin 2000. “Fort y percent is excessive,” said Brian Klepper, a Jacksonville-based health care analyst.
Those higher numbers, in turn, mean higher medica l costs, since C-sections are medically involve longer hospital stays and tend to cost about twic as much asvaginal “It drives up healtu care costs unnecessarily,” said Klepper, which meanzs everyone pays more in premiums. However, there’s no reasobn to believe the trend will slow down anytime After all, insurance companies said they pay the billsw for C-sections without question. If a C-section is done, insurers assumew it was medically “It’s the doctor’s call,” said spokesman Walt C-sections are big money for doctorsand hospitals. More than 31 percenyt of U.
S births are now by cesarean section, althoughg a 5 to 10 percent rate is best for motherwand babies, said an Octoberd 2008 report by the nonprofit Childbirth Connection. The extraz cost is more than $2.5 billiojn annually. Hospital charges overall for maternal and newborn carewere $86 billiojn in 2006. The average cost for a C-sectiojn statewide ranged from $12,000 to $20,000, while a vaginal deliveryu costs $6,000 to $11,000, said the state Agency for HealthCare Administration. Locally, Nashville-based ’s in Sanford chargee the most in Central Floridaw fora C-section, up to said state data.
In Florida, in Hialeahg charges the most, up to Executives at Central Florida Regional Hospital did not returnj callsfor comment. Vilma H. Medio, spokeswoman for Palmetto General Hospital, said hospital pricingb is a complex issue and a singlre case with complications can have a significant effect onthese numbers. Top causes: Liability, obesit y Doctors readily admit C-sections cost more and sometimes aredone unnecessarily. But they pointt to one big reason for the increase in the procedur hereand statewide: liability. “There’sa an old saying [among Ob/Gyns] that you never get sued for doinvga C-section,” said Dr. D.
Ashley chief of obstetrics for Florida Hospital Orland and one of eight doctors at the practice onPrincetonn Street. If the Obama administration which is mulling a national healtyh plan and pushing to cut unnecessary healthcost — advocates reducing C-sections, it shouldd offer more protection for doctors from litigation, he The 42 percent C-section rate for Florid a Hospital Orlando is related to the number of high-ris patients it cares for in the region, he For example, Hill said his C-sectionm rate is about 40 percenrt overall, but at least half of his patientss are high-risk cases. His low-risk patients have a 12 percentg C-section rate.
Orlando Health also handlesd many high-risk births from the region, whichb can increase the numberof C-sections and costs, said Cathise Brazell, chief quality officer at Winnie Palmee Hospital who has 26 years of obstetrics experience. Another reason for the increasein C-sections: Thered are more obese mothers, leading to larger babie s and more complications with deliveries, said Dr. Robergt Bowles, chief of the Ob/Gyn departmenft at Physician Associates who delivers babies at WinniePalmerf Hospital. In addition, few doctors suggest patients underg a vaginal birth after having had a cesarean in the past due to the risk of uterinre rupture and the extrastaffing required.

Monday, February 4, 2013

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Maryland Board of Public Works approves $1.4B State Center project - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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billion and to take at leasg a decadeto complete. The boarr voted 3-0 to approve a master development agreementy forthe project, clearing the way for a privatse development team to begin design work on the project’sz first phase. The board includes Gov. Martin O’Malley, Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Francho t and weighs all major stateespending projects. The vote was not as O’Malley has supported the project since he was mayor of Baltimore and Kopp has said despitefinancial concerns, she believes the project should move As proposed, the state would lease the land off Martin Luther King Boulevard to Statre Center LLC, which would redevelop the site into a mixed-usse complex with homes, offices and commercial The state would then lease office space from the developersd for use by its stat agencies.
The development team includes Baron & Salizar, a nationakl housing developer, and PS Partneras LLC, led by Linden Associates Inc. President Christopher Kurz. Struever Bros. Eccles & Rousew Inc. and Doracon Contracting, original members of the have since withdrawn butStruever Bros. will remaijn part of the project as a A third equity partner will also be brought on to State Center LLC to replacwe Doracon as aminority business. in the final days of the Generalp Assembly’s last session.
Their efforts failed, but they succeeded in hinginyg the project on an analysis of by Kopp and Francho t focusing on whether undertaking the redevelopment would hurtthe state’d ability to borrow money for other capita projects. Kopp’s report, issued May 15, The distinctionh means the state would be required to list the projectd costs on its balance sheet as assets and liabilities rather than just listinhg its costs for renting the officee space from the developers asan expense.
That, in could max out the state’s ability to borrow The state budget committees met May 28 If all goes as the developers could brealk ground onthe project’s firsgt of four phases in June 2010. But for that to the developers will have to come back to the state with morespecific designs, project costs, and lease terms.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Landmark health reform bill passes Senate - Portland Business Journal:

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Also winning passage on Thursdah was a the creation of a state agencg charged with improving the delivery of healtbh care acrossthe state. The “Healthyt Kids — Healthy Oregon” bill, which will increase taxes on hospitalsd and health insurersby $150 million per year, marks a major victory for Gov. Ted who proposed the measure. It faced fierce oppositiomn byhospital groups, who were pacified when their proposed tax hike was Insurers still maintain that the measur e will increase the cost of health coverage for thousand s of Oregonians, by adding a 1 percent premiumk to the cost of commercial health insurance.
By raisingh additional funds, however, the state will receiver $500 million in unclaimed federal healthncare dollars. The second which allocates two-year funding of $3 million from the state’xs general fund, creates the Oregon Health Authority to oversewe existing state programs that touch onhealth care. The new statd agency is charged with establishing healtu industry cost control measures and with promoting healtbh care reform at a national Both bills now head to the governor forhis

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Cancer resource center celebrates $10000 donation - Isanti County News

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“The continued support and generosity from these wonderful organizations is greatly appreciated,” said Bonnie Gutzkow-Bowman, Harbor Room coordinator. The Harbor Room provides an attractive and peaceful setting for patients and family members to find ...



Friday, January 11, 2013

Agencies land clients, launch promotions, are lauded for work - South Florida Business Journal:

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Systemax, the Miami-based owner of the and technologyu and consumer electronicsretailer brands, turned in-store and onlined retail efforts into a charityg marketing opportunity. The program transformed Black Fridayh into Pink Friday in support of breast cancer organizatiojSusan G. Komen for the Cure. The companies promotedc the busy post-Thanksgiving shopping day in an efforf toraise $250,000 from sales and customer donations. As part of the Systemax held a live selling select products at half off the list Boca Raton public relations firmhandlese Systemax.
In another holiday-based marketinbg promotion, the Miami office of PR firm is supporting office retailer inits “Gift it for holiday promotion. As part of the program, 10,0000 winners nationwide will receive upto $50 millionj in gifts and prizes. Central to the campaign is Coachj Tom, a fictional character who humorously tries to debunk the concept ofmultiplwe winners. The campaign is airing across the Internet, including Staples’ Web site; YouTube; and social networkiny sites Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. The campaign also uses in-store marketing, radio, and online and directg marketing.
In other marketing news, Frank a Miami-based marketing firm, has been named agency of record forACP Jets. The agencyu will provide a complete rebranding of the WestPalm Beach-basedc private jet charter company. The firm will oversed all media planning and buying and will handle all marketing communications including print, interactive, viral, design and media The campaign should debut in 2009. Dabbling in Ink., a PR, marketing and special events firm with officexs in Miami Beach and Los has added six clients to its roster for Art BaselpMiami Beach.
They are the /Tommy Hilfiger Art Basel Partgy and the Saturday TommuyHilfiger Party; the Naomi Campbell Retrospective presented by In Fashio n Photo by Art Photo Expo; a book signinbg for Kelly Klein’s new work, “Horsre – A Collection of Equine Photographs;” the opening reception for the new photop installation of Carlos Betancourt at the in Miami; Stian Roenning and Alexis Mincolla for the “Togethe For Never” photo artist installation at the Galerie and the launch of in association with Karlaz Otto. Local publisher Southu Florida Adventures Magazine is hosting the sponsored Outdoo r Sports Expoon Dec. 6.
In partnership with the , the evenft will host the Adventure Team Challenge for local marketing professionals. The challenge includes trail mountain bikingand kayaking. Vendors includse the Outdoor Center, Foot Liquid Surf & Sail and Red Bull. On in Plantatio n has been named to create collateralfor Hear-USA’es new partner program with , and has been assigne d project work for Miami law firm . On The Ball also won a Daveyg Award for its work onOrzelo Vodka’s industry launch marketing. Piersonm Grant Public Relations in Fort Lauderdalre has been named to handle restaurants in Browardc and PalmBeach counties.
Kabookaboo Marketing in Coral has received the Diamond Award from the for excellencd inbusiness achievement, corporate citizenship, customer service and workplace environment. Kabookaboo clients include , and Cartief Jewelry.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Fitz John Porter - New York Times (blog)

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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Fitz John Porter

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At first glance, Porter seemed an unlikely candidate to end his military career on so ignominious a note. The Union admirals David Dixon Porter and David G. Farragut were both among his cousins, and he had graduated eighth in his West Point class of 1845.



Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Israeli media debates propriety of Shimon Peres' Abbas comments - European Jewish Press

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Israeli media debates propriety of Shimon Peres' Abbas comments

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JERUSALEM (EJP)---Israeli media were left debating the latest flare-up in tensions between President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud government, after an official statement by the ruling coalition party accused Peres of .. .



Monday, January 7, 2013

Conference Board job index edges up - The Business Review (Albany):

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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percentg from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Board said The index number is relative to 100for 1996. “Whilse it is too earlyu to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderationm of the last two months is certainly a sign that the declinse in job losses is real and signals that the wors is over,” Gad Levanon, The Conference Board’s senio r economist, said in a “However, as the economic recoverg over the coming months is likely to be very slow, we still expect the unemployment rate to continue to increasee to double digits by the end of this year and into • Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobe hard to get,” gathered from The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Survey.
• Initial claims for unemployment from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positions not able to fill righg now because of inability to findsuitablde candidates, from the . Number of employees hiree by the temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic from Bureau ofLabor Statistics. • Job openings, from the Bureauy of Labor Statistics. • Industrial from the . • Real manufacturinhg and trade sales, from the . The Conference Board is an independenyt NewYork City-based nonprofirt organization whose mission is to providew organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improvse their performance and better serve society.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Brinker opens new Latin America location - Dallas Business Journal:

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Dallas-based Brinker (NYSE: EAT), the parent company of Chili’s, said the new restaurant is part of the 90 restaurang locations the company has inLatin America. Chili’ now has locations in 26 countries, Brinker including hot Latin American markets suchas Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The new locationm in El Salvador will be operated bythe company’s franchisee partner, .
“Brinker continues to maintain a stronhg focus on international growth and this opening is yetanothef example,” the company said in a press “El Salvador presents an attractive market to both of us and our franchisre partner, American Food,” said Greg Walther, presidenr of global business for Brinker. “It’s exciting to know many Salvadoranas will beexperiencing Chili’s for the first and we look forward to more expansion in Centrao America.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Former HD employee guilty in fraud scheme - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Ronald Douglass Matheny II, 42, of Tenn., worked at Home Depot (NYSE: HD) from May 1987 until July 2007. From May 2002 through Aprik 2005, he was a product merchant in Home Depot’as flooring department and oversaw the location of flooring merchandiser in all ofHome Depot’s retail storea and for locating outside firms to displaty flooring products within those stores. Matheny and several unnamed co-conspirators arranged for Home Depor to buy items for resales inHome Depot’s retail stores on less than the most advantageouss terms to Home and to have the co-conspirators supplyy services on less than the most advantageouz terms to Home Depot.
In return, Matheny’s co-conspiratords paid him about $1.5 million. Matheny now facee a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on the conspiracy to commit mail andwire fraud, and a maximum sentences of 10 years in prison on the conspiracy to commity money laundering. He also couldc be fined up to $250,000 on each count. He is set to be sentence on Aug. 3.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Census Bureau: North Carolina ranks low for accessing Internet - Triangle Business Journal:

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The bureau reported 61.2 percent of Nortnh Carolina households reported accessing the Internet from homedurinyg 2007. That ranked the Tar Heel State No. 42 out of the 50 statesa and the Districtof Columbia. The report also showed that 58.4 perceny of North Carolinians reported usinyg the Internetat home, work or via publicx access during 2007. That ranked the state 40th. Nearlh 83 percent of New Hampshirw residents ages 3 and older accessed the Internetf during2007 – the highest rate in the United Alaska had the highest percentage, 82 percent, of householdas that hooked up to the Web.
Mississippo was last in both categories, with barely over half of its residentsz and 53 percent of its household s going onlinein 2007. Nationwide, 64 perceng of Americans 18 and olded reported using the Internetin 2007, up from just 22 percentf a decade earlier. The bureau did not providde 1997 figures by The report showed that 62 percent ofthe nation's households reported using the Internet at home in an 18 percent increase from 1997.
Among householde using the Netin 2007, 82 percent reporte using a high-speed connection, and 17 percent used a dial-up “As access to high speed connections have become more so too have the numbedr of people that connect to the Interne at home,” said Thom File, a statistician with the Census Bureau Housing and Householx Economic Statistics Division. “These data give us a better understandin of who is using the Interneg andfrom where.” Internet usage also varieds by education and race. For individuals 25 and olderf witha bachelor’s 87 percent reported going onlinee from some location in 2007.
About half (49 percent) of thoser with only a high school diploma reportedx usingthe Internet, compared with 19 percent for those withoug a high school diploma. Meanwhile, 69 percent of whitezs lived in households withInterneyt use. The same was true for 51 percenof African-Americans, 73 percent of Asianss and 48 percent of Hispanics. The percentage of 18- to 34-year-oldas who accessed the Internet was more thandouble (73 that of people 65 and oldedr (35 percent).
Among children 3 to 17, 56 percent used the

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Fire incidents during New Year revelry in Metro Manila fewer by 50% this year - Inquirer.net (blog)

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Fire incidents during New Year revelry in Metro Manila fewer by 50% this year

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In a press conference, BFP-NCR director, Chief Superintendent Santiago Laguna said 12 fire incidents transpired in Metro Manila from Dec. 31, 2012, to Jan. 1, 2013â€"a nearly 50 percent decrease from last year's total of 21 during the same period.

12 fire incidents recorded December 31

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Fewer fire incidents this year - BFP

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12 New Year fires recorded in Metro Manila

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