Thursday, October 21, 2010

Former Horizon Diagnostic Center manager sues company for whistleblower firing - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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million. The Middleburg military wife and mothere of four was an office manage at the MRI clinic fora year, and said she becams concerned that faulty coils might harm patients. She said physicians and radiologiste had complained about the poorimaginfg quality, and some had rejectec scans or required them to be performedx again, but the company refused to replaces the coils. Price said she was a top performer for the company who regularly receivede bonuses for meeting volume targets for the but was written up by her supervisord after repeatedly submittingrepair orders.
She was firedr in November for “poor work performance” and says she was not paid for all the time she worked beforethe termination. Price argues in the Aprill 10 lawsuit she wasretaliated against, and is suing for unlawful intentional infliction of emotional distreses and failure to pay wage and bonuses. “What I don’t understandc is how they continually told us how great we were and I kept complaining abou how we needed to get this and then I got written up and let Price said. Ronald Hock, attorney for Sarasota-based , whicbh owns the center, denied that Price was firee because she complained aboutthe equipment.
Hock said the case amounte to extortion, and supplied personnel documents and repaid fulfillment forms to The Jacksonville Business Journal documents that have not been submitted to thecourg — that he said will prover his client’s case that Price was justly terminated and that the company acted in good faith to repait the equipment. “Laura Price is a disgruntleds former employee and we will be vigorously defending this Hock said. Both sides producede statementsfrom co-workers that support their cases.
Price’ds lawsuit includes affidavits from two employees whosay they, too, were concernefd about MRI equipment, and were also unjustly fired for voicing theird concerns. The imaging equipmen at the Horizon Diagnostid Center remains at the center of a secon d lawsuitbetween , which owned the MRI equipment at the and , the former ownerzs of the company. Med Fund failedd to pay Hitachi for the equipment andserviced contracts, and sold the company’s assets to new ownerxs in the midst of Hitachi’sa lawsuit against the company. Hitachi continuesa to pursue court action that would allow it to collecga $3.5 million verdict againsyt the new owners of company.
“I thin k it’s important that the public know what theyare doing,” Pric e said of her former employer. “It’s not aboug me, it’s about the fact that what they are doingf is wrong and they need to I know what I didwas right.”

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bielema winning converts, becoming less-polarizing figure - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Despite a 44-15 career record and a win over then-No. 1 Ohio State, some people still aren't keen on Bret Bielema as Wisconsin's head coach. ...



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Monday, October 18, 2010

Iridium earnings fall 42%; revenue up - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The Bethesda-based provider of satellite telephone services, which expects to becomer publicly traded this summer through an posted a 42 percent declinse in net income in the first quarter endedMarchh 31, to $9.7 million from $16.7 millioh a year ago. Th company attributed the decline to costsx related toits next-generation satellite program. “Iridium continued to grow, althoughg the pace slowed given the currenteconomic climate,” said CEO Matt “In addition to the impactr of phasing out equipment we believe the economic climate is affectingh equipment sales, as is the transition of newlyy introduced products into the distribution channell as our partners move existin inventory to make way for new Company officials say either Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin or Thalesd Alenia Space will be selected as the program’xs lead contractor this summer.
The program’s new networik of satellites called Iridium NEXT is expected to be deployein 2014. Iridium NEXT will provide higheedata speeds, greater bandwidtbh and the potential to deliver new data services and applicationas to customers. The company says its EBITDA, or earnings beforr interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, increased 4.9 percenyt to $27.6 million in the first up from $26.3 million a year ago, thoug h most analysts do not use that as a reliabldfinancial measure. Iridium’s revenue rose 2 percentf to $75.8 million for the quarter, compared to $74.3 millioh for the first quarter 2008.
The slightlgy higher revenue came from increased commerciak services revenueof $36.8 milliohn but was offset by a declines in subscriber equipment revenue to $20.r million for the quarter. Iridium’s commercial markets include aviation and landmobilde customers, which grew by 11.5 percent for the The company’s sales to government customers, includinfg the Department of Defense, grew 31 percent. Despitr a 31 percent increase in subscribersto 328,000, compared to 250,000 in the first quarter of 2008, a $2 million amortization of equipment related to priorr year equipment sales, added to the declinw in subscriber equipment revenue.
The company is planning to go publivthis summer, but it is not taking the initialk public offering route. It is acquiriny a publicly tradedinvestment (NYX: GHQ), an affiliate of Greenhill & Co. Iridiun has retained Deutsche Bank as its financial advisedr forthe transaction.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Technology helps find missing persons - Jackson Clarion Ledger

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Technology helps find missing persons

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The technology that helps law enforcement track a stolen car may now assist metro-area officers in searching for a missing person. Metro One, a tri-county ...



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Friday, October 15, 2010

Brain Hemisphere Connectivity Differs for Males With Autism MRI spots abnormal ... - ModernMedicine

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THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have identified differences in the way the hemispheres ...



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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Grooters memorial bike ride set for Sunday - Pensacola News Journal

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Grooters memorial bike ride set for Sunday

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Bicyclists plan to have a memorial ride on Sunday to honor the memory of a man killed last week while on a cross-country bicycle ride. ...


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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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