Total identifies source of North Sea gas leak PhysOrg.com French energy giant Total said Thursday it had identified the source of a gas leak on a North Sea platform which has sparked fears of an explosion and wiped billions of euros off its market value. Four days after the Elgin platform was hastily ... |
Friday, March 30, 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Colorado stimulus board boosts minority-outreach effort - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Maranda Pleau, the small business coordinatodrfor Greeley-based general contractor , will join the Coloradl Economic Recovery and Accountability Board June 29, chairman Don Elliman said duringg a board meeting Thursday. Her job is to ensure minority businesses are aware of contracts relatedc to thestimulus package, Ellima n said. Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportatiojn told the board they will recommend the agencyy review how it handles complaints aboutf road and bridge contracts and the use ofthesd small, minority- and woman-owned businesses. CDOT's move came after Hamonb Contractors Inc.
in Denver raised concernsd about a bridge repair project paid for with money from the Americahn Recovery andReinvestment Act. Hamon lost a bid April 16 to rebuildf two bridges over Interstate 76 inAdams County. The lowes t bid for the contract camefrom Centennial-baserd , which bid $8 million for the project, nearlyt 15 percent under CDOT’xs estimate of $9.4 million. State contracts are typically awarded to thelowest bidder.
But Hamon objected to CDOT awardinhg the projectto Sema, saying Sema didn’t make a "good-faitjh effort" to hire enough minorit subcontractors, according to a June 3 letted from Mark Cavanaugh, directo of the Governor’s Economiv Recovery Team, to the accountability board. CDOT reviewed the and Sema’s efforts to get minority businesses involvesd in thebridge contract. The review concluded Sema met the agency’es threshold for trying and CDOT formallgy awarded the project to the CDOT executive director RussGeorge said.
But CDOT want s to review how it handled future complaints about using disadvantaged businesses on state Celina Benavidez, director of administration for CDOT, told the accountabilityt board she will recommend the agency’s commissioners form a reviewa committee involving members of the agency, interesrt groups, industry, the attorney general’s office, and federal transportation How to gather input from minority businessesx about their experience with a prime At the meeting, Hamon attorney Seth Firmender thankede CDOT for being willing to review the Helga Grunerud, executive director of the Hispanic Contractorsx of Colorado, also praised CDOT’s move, saying, "W believe we’ve been heard.
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Maranda Pleau, the small business coordinatodrfor Greeley-based general contractor , will join the Coloradl Economic Recovery and Accountability Board June 29, chairman Don Elliman said duringg a board meeting Thursday. Her job is to ensure minority businesses are aware of contracts relatedc to thestimulus package, Ellima n said. Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportatiojn told the board they will recommend the agencyy review how it handles complaints aboutf road and bridge contracts and the use ofthesd small, minority- and woman-owned businesses. CDOT's move came after Hamonb Contractors Inc.
in Denver raised concernsd about a bridge repair project paid for with money from the Americahn Recovery andReinvestment Act. Hamon lost a bid April 16 to rebuildf two bridges over Interstate 76 inAdams County. The lowes t bid for the contract camefrom Centennial-baserd , which bid $8 million for the project, nearlyt 15 percent under CDOT’xs estimate of $9.4 million. State contracts are typically awarded to thelowest bidder.
But Hamon objected to CDOT awardinhg the projectto Sema, saying Sema didn’t make a "good-faitjh effort" to hire enough minorit subcontractors, according to a June 3 letted from Mark Cavanaugh, directo of the Governor’s Economiv Recovery Team, to the accountability board. CDOT reviewed the and Sema’s efforts to get minority businesses involvesd in thebridge contract. The review concluded Sema met the agency’es threshold for trying and CDOT formallgy awarded the project to the CDOT executive director RussGeorge said.
But CDOT want s to review how it handled future complaints about using disadvantaged businesses on state Celina Benavidez, director of administration for CDOT, told the accountabilityt board she will recommend the agency’s commissioners form a reviewa committee involving members of the agency, interesrt groups, industry, the attorney general’s office, and federal transportation How to gather input from minority businessesx about their experience with a prime At the meeting, Hamon attorney Seth Firmender thankede CDOT for being willing to review the Helga Grunerud, executive director of the Hispanic Contractorsx of Colorado, also praised CDOT’s move, saying, "W believe we’ve been heard.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Westown a west side whopper - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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To be known as Westown, it woulxd have 1,450 homes, the majority mid-rised condominiums, but also 42 single-family homes and hundrede of townhouses. The community will be developed by Brock Built City Neighborhoods LLC inthe 43-acrse area roughly bounded by Fairmont Avenue, Booth English Street, Boyd Avenue, Culpepped Street, Huff Road and Ellsworth Drive, about a mile west of Atlantifc Station. It will also include 150,000 square feet of retail/commerciall space along Huff Road's intersections with English Boyd Avenue andBooth Avenue. The project'sz total price tag is about $400 million. Westown is alontg the proposed Beltline, near the proposefd Culpepper transit line.
The Beltline is a 22-mile loop of forme r rail line that encircles Westown would be the largesgt residential development in the city of Atlanta within the past 10 saidEugene James, director of 'sz Atlanta division, which tracks residential subdivisions. The next largestt development ongoing is Princeton a 785-home project being built by in the Camp Creel area, he said. Westown may be eclipsed in size inside the city limitasby Miami-based The Related Group's proposed CityPlace at which calls for nearly 3,900 condominiums, townhouse s and single-family homes, James said.
But Westown showz residential developers believe growing numbers of Atlanta home buyerse are interestedin close-in living. Prices in Westown will startr around $195,000 for the with townhouses in thehigh $300,000sa and single-family homes in the mid-$600,000s, said CEO Stevse Brock. Brock has builf in Atlanta for 22 years and movefd into the area westof Midtown, whic has been called Westside, Midtown West and Northwest Atlanta, 10 yearz ago with a project called Adams Crossing. Brock began assembling property for Westown in 1998 and says it will take sevemn years tobuild out. Targeteds buyers are singles or couples juststartingt families.
"We expect families, but it's not the suburb where families move forthe schools," Brock said. Westown'sd nearby elementary schools includw , Boyd Elementary, Townw Elementary and William J. Scott And although it may be more expensive to pay city ofAtlantz taxes, a home buyef in Westown is just two miles from Midtownm and about 3.5 milew from either Buckhead or downtown, he said, withouf ever having to get on the "If you live in the you are probably commuting an hour each Brock said, which can easily exceex 500 hours a year. "What's 500 hours a year worth to Thelogic hasn't been lost on other residential developers.
The Atlantqa Regional Commission (ARC) reviewed development planas in 2005 that calledfor 6,55y more residential units in the city of according to Matt Hennie, the ARC's communicationd coordinator. That number jumped to 15,150 in 2006. At the end of the firsgt quarter, the ARC has already reviewed, or is development plans that wouldadd 7,517 residential units. Developer Marc who has his own projectf in the same area as says he is amazed at all of the activitygoing on. "I drive around over there and I shaksemy head.
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To be known as Westown, it woulxd have 1,450 homes, the majority mid-rised condominiums, but also 42 single-family homes and hundrede of townhouses. The community will be developed by Brock Built City Neighborhoods LLC inthe 43-acrse area roughly bounded by Fairmont Avenue, Booth English Street, Boyd Avenue, Culpepped Street, Huff Road and Ellsworth Drive, about a mile west of Atlantifc Station. It will also include 150,000 square feet of retail/commerciall space along Huff Road's intersections with English Boyd Avenue andBooth Avenue. The project'sz total price tag is about $400 million. Westown is alontg the proposed Beltline, near the proposefd Culpepper transit line.
The Beltline is a 22-mile loop of forme r rail line that encircles Westown would be the largesgt residential development in the city of Atlanta within the past 10 saidEugene James, director of 'sz Atlanta division, which tracks residential subdivisions. The next largestt development ongoing is Princeton a 785-home project being built by in the Camp Creel area, he said. Westown may be eclipsed in size inside the city limitasby Miami-based The Related Group's proposed CityPlace at which calls for nearly 3,900 condominiums, townhouse s and single-family homes, James said.
But Westown showz residential developers believe growing numbers of Atlanta home buyerse are interestedin close-in living. Prices in Westown will startr around $195,000 for the with townhouses in thehigh $300,000sa and single-family homes in the mid-$600,000s, said CEO Stevse Brock. Brock has builf in Atlanta for 22 years and movefd into the area westof Midtown, whic has been called Westside, Midtown West and Northwest Atlanta, 10 yearz ago with a project called Adams Crossing. Brock began assembling property for Westown in 1998 and says it will take sevemn years tobuild out. Targeteds buyers are singles or couples juststartingt families.
"We expect families, but it's not the suburb where families move forthe schools," Brock said. Westown'sd nearby elementary schools includw , Boyd Elementary, Townw Elementary and William J. Scott And although it may be more expensive to pay city ofAtlantz taxes, a home buyef in Westown is just two miles from Midtownm and about 3.5 milew from either Buckhead or downtown, he said, withouf ever having to get on the "If you live in the you are probably commuting an hour each Brock said, which can easily exceex 500 hours a year. "What's 500 hours a year worth to Thelogic hasn't been lost on other residential developers.
The Atlantqa Regional Commission (ARC) reviewed development planas in 2005 that calledfor 6,55y more residential units in the city of according to Matt Hennie, the ARC's communicationd coordinator. That number jumped to 15,150 in 2006. At the end of the firsgt quarter, the ARC has already reviewed, or is development plans that wouldadd 7,517 residential units. Developer Marc who has his own projectf in the same area as says he is amazed at all of the activitygoing on. "I drive around over there and I shaksemy head.
"
Saturday, March 24, 2012
FCS champ Bison open spring drills Saturday - Fox News
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
AMR CEO: Capacity cuts will take place - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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percent. The reduction is deeper than previous estimatess for theyear 2009. Prior projections suggestedd the airline would cut its capacityby 6.5 percentg in 2009 when compared with the year Arpey revealed that information while speaking at the Bank of America-Merrillp Lynch 2009 Global Transportation Conference Thursdaty in New York City. Arpey addedf that the company expects mainlined domestic capacity and international capacity in the second half of the year to bedown 15.5 percenf and 5.5 percent, respectively, when compared with the same periodc of 2008.
“Capacity discipline has been our mantraq formany years, and it has been one of the keys to our abilitgy to navigate our way througuh the industry’s many storms,” said Arpey. “The cuts we implemente d last year havebeen helpful, and as a result, we did not make major changes to our summer But looking forward, we think an adjustmentf to our fall schedule is warranted, so we are makingt additional cuts beginning in late American Airlines is the fourth largest airline servinb Honolulu International Airport, in terms of the numbeer of passengers carried, according to PBN
percent. The reduction is deeper than previous estimatess for theyear 2009. Prior projections suggestedd the airline would cut its capacityby 6.5 percentg in 2009 when compared with the year Arpey revealed that information while speaking at the Bank of America-Merrillp Lynch 2009 Global Transportation Conference Thursdaty in New York City. Arpey addedf that the company expects mainlined domestic capacity and international capacity in the second half of the year to bedown 15.5 percenf and 5.5 percent, respectively, when compared with the same periodc of 2008.
“Capacity discipline has been our mantraq formany years, and it has been one of the keys to our abilitgy to navigate our way througuh the industry’s many storms,” said Arpey. “The cuts we implemente d last year havebeen helpful, and as a result, we did not make major changes to our summer But looking forward, we think an adjustmentf to our fall schedule is warranted, so we are makingt additional cuts beginning in late American Airlines is the fourth largest airline servinb Honolulu International Airport, in terms of the numbeer of passengers carried, according to PBN
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Glencore Nears Takeover of Canada's Viterra - BusinessWeek
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CBC.ca | Glencore Nears Takeover of Canada's Viterra BusinessWeek Glencore is bidding with Agrium Inc. (AGU) and Richardson International Ltd. for the Regina, Saskatchewan-based grain handler, the people said, asking not to be identified before a formal announcement. A deal may be announced within 24 hours, ... $5.9-billion Viterra deal close< p size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"> Glencore Nears Takeover of Viterra for $6 Billion |
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Andy Pettitte coming back to Yankees - USA TODAY
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
General Cable
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Kenny exercised stock options for 48,000 shares with a $4 exercise price on Monday and immediatelyt sold them for an average priceof $39.58. That netted him $1.7 millionm before taxes. He then sold another 7,101 sharex on Tuesday for about $40.32 each for an additional $286,000. His timinfg was good, as General Cable's stocl price had been rising steadily from a 2009 low ofaboutr $14 in early March. It peakes Tuesday at more than $41 then lost ground on falling $2.30 to less than $39, as the broadedr market also declined. According to the company's lates t proxy statement, as of March 1, Kenny beneficiallg owned morethan 600,000 shares of Genera Cable stock.
That included about 66,000 restricted shares over which he hadvotingf power, 143,000 options exercisable within 60 days, and 340,009 shares deferred under its deferred compensatiohn plan. General Cable (NYSE: based in Highland Heights, is a globalp manufacturer of cable and wire products forthe energy, telecommunicationws and specialty industrial markets.
Kenny exercised stock options for 48,000 shares with a $4 exercise price on Monday and immediatelyt sold them for an average priceof $39.58. That netted him $1.7 millionm before taxes. He then sold another 7,101 sharex on Tuesday for about $40.32 each for an additional $286,000. His timinfg was good, as General Cable's stocl price had been rising steadily from a 2009 low ofaboutr $14 in early March. It peakes Tuesday at more than $41 then lost ground on falling $2.30 to less than $39, as the broadedr market also declined. According to the company's lates t proxy statement, as of March 1, Kenny beneficiallg owned morethan 600,000 shares of Genera Cable stock.
That included about 66,000 restricted shares over which he hadvotingf power, 143,000 options exercisable within 60 days, and 340,009 shares deferred under its deferred compensatiohn plan. General Cable (NYSE: based in Highland Heights, is a globalp manufacturer of cable and wire products forthe energy, telecommunicationws and specialty industrial markets.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Farmer Fined for Manure Spill - WHSV
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Business warily awaits health care reforms - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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President Barack Obama has mobilizedthe grass-roots supporteras that helped elect him to lobby for his visiohn of health care reform, which includes offerinhg Americans a government-run health plan as an alternativre to private insurance. A coalitionh of labor unions and progressive organizations plans tospend $82 million on organizing efforts, research and lobbying to support the Obamw plan. Business groups, meanwhile, mostly are working behind the scenes to shapethe legislation. Whil they have serious concerns aboutt some of the proposals including the public plan option and a mandatse for employers to provide insurance few are trying to bloc k health care reform atthis point.
The cost of healtyh insurance has become so burdensomwe that something needs tobe done, they agree. “Nobody support s the status quo,” said James Gelfand, the ’s senioer manager of health policy. “We absolutelyh have to have reform.”
President Barack Obama has mobilizedthe grass-roots supporteras that helped elect him to lobby for his visiohn of health care reform, which includes offerinhg Americans a government-run health plan as an alternativre to private insurance. A coalitionh of labor unions and progressive organizations plans tospend $82 million on organizing efforts, research and lobbying to support the Obamw plan. Business groups, meanwhile, mostly are working behind the scenes to shapethe legislation. Whil they have serious concerns aboutt some of the proposals including the public plan option and a mandatse for employers to provide insurance few are trying to bloc k health care reform atthis point.
The cost of healtyh insurance has become so burdensomwe that something needs tobe done, they agree. “Nobody support s the status quo,” said James Gelfand, the ’s senioer manager of health policy. “We absolutelyh have to have reform.”
Friday, March 9, 2012
Nicole Kidman's Daughterly Juggling Act - The Gossip Girls
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Nicole Kidman's Daughterly Juggling Act The Gossip Girls Situated back on the west coast after a brief European getaway for Paris Fashion Week, Nicole Kidman was busy tending to her motherly duties in Studio City, CA on Thursday (March 8). The Aussie actress started off the day by shuttling her eldest ... |
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
bizjournals: Enter the dragon
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They're not top-quality automobiles, and the Chinesee aren't the best drivers in the world, so in a few many of them will be headed tothe junkyard. When they do, Al-Jonn Inc., an Iowa manufacturer of recycling equipment, will be The company is already lining up distributorse in China forits $300,0009 car-crusher, which can process a load of automobiles in just 30 "We're going to have a good markeyt somewhere down the road," says Al-Jonh CEO Kendig Kneen. So will lots of other American U.S. exports to China were up 22 percenytlast year, and this growth rate will continue for the foreseeable future, says Craig Allen, the U.S.
Commerciall Service's senior officer in Beijing. (See .) The economu of China -- the world's most populoud country -- is growing by a robust 9 percena year. "Growth like that sucksd in a ton of imports inall areas," Allebn says. Every week, another Americam company opens itsfirst branch, store or franchise in Allen says. American companies have a good reputatio in China as selleras that stand behind their products, says Jim Morrison, president of the Smal Business Exporters Association. This helps open doors to new Several areas hold particular Developing China's information technology industry is a top priority for the Chinesde government.
That may create problemx for American IT companies inthe future, but for now, it'e an opportunity. China has surpassed Japanb as the second-largest producerr of electronics and IT products behinds theUnited States, but it still has to importg most of the core technologies, includinh computer chips, used in thess products. "We see nothing but growth in fron t ofus there," says Phil Pompa, a vice presidenf at SigmaTel Inc., an Austin, Texas-based manufacturef of integrated circuits used in MP3 personal computers and DVD players. China and Hong Kong alread account for more than halfof SigmaTel's sales.
The compan y recently opened an engineering center in Hong Kong to provide applicationxs and technical support to its Chinese China also is intent on developing its own software but American companies are finding loads of opportunities therwe for products at thehigh end. Northwesrt Analytical of Portland, Ore., for example, is sellingy its manufacturing process analysis software to a growintg number of customersin China. The company recently signee a partnership dealwith China's largest software company. Multinational companies that alreadytused NWA's software -- for example -- were the company's first customersd in China.
But NWA CEO Cliff Yee says Chinesd manufacturers are beginning to pay attention to improving theit industrial processes becausethey don't want to just be low-costy producers. "Their nationalistic goal," Yee says, "is to be the best manufacturer s anywhere inthe world." China is one of the fastest-growingv markets in the worlx for medical devices, and America n technology is viewed as the best. Alliance a 12-employee endoscope repair company based inBel Camp, Md., is lookinfg to double its sales by enterinfg the Chinese market.
They're not top-quality automobiles, and the Chinesee aren't the best drivers in the world, so in a few many of them will be headed tothe junkyard. When they do, Al-Jonn Inc., an Iowa manufacturer of recycling equipment, will be The company is already lining up distributorse in China forits $300,0009 car-crusher, which can process a load of automobiles in just 30 "We're going to have a good markeyt somewhere down the road," says Al-Jonh CEO Kendig Kneen. So will lots of other American U.S. exports to China were up 22 percenytlast year, and this growth rate will continue for the foreseeable future, says Craig Allen, the U.S.
Commerciall Service's senior officer in Beijing. (See .) The economu of China -- the world's most populoud country -- is growing by a robust 9 percena year. "Growth like that sucksd in a ton of imports inall areas," Allebn says. Every week, another Americam company opens itsfirst branch, store or franchise in Allen says. American companies have a good reputatio in China as selleras that stand behind their products, says Jim Morrison, president of the Smal Business Exporters Association. This helps open doors to new Several areas hold particular Developing China's information technology industry is a top priority for the Chinesde government.
That may create problemx for American IT companies inthe future, but for now, it'e an opportunity. China has surpassed Japanb as the second-largest producerr of electronics and IT products behinds theUnited States, but it still has to importg most of the core technologies, includinh computer chips, used in thess products. "We see nothing but growth in fron t ofus there," says Phil Pompa, a vice presidenf at SigmaTel Inc., an Austin, Texas-based manufacturef of integrated circuits used in MP3 personal computers and DVD players. China and Hong Kong alread account for more than halfof SigmaTel's sales.
The compan y recently opened an engineering center in Hong Kong to provide applicationxs and technical support to its Chinese China also is intent on developing its own software but American companies are finding loads of opportunities therwe for products at thehigh end. Northwesrt Analytical of Portland, Ore., for example, is sellingy its manufacturing process analysis software to a growintg number of customersin China. The company recently signee a partnership dealwith China's largest software company. Multinational companies that alreadytused NWA's software -- for example -- were the company's first customersd in China.
But NWA CEO Cliff Yee says Chinesd manufacturers are beginning to pay attention to improving theit industrial processes becausethey don't want to just be low-costy producers. "Their nationalistic goal," Yee says, "is to be the best manufacturer s anywhere inthe world." China is one of the fastest-growingv markets in the worlx for medical devices, and America n technology is viewed as the best. Alliance a 12-employee endoscope repair company based inBel Camp, Md., is lookinfg to double its sales by enterinfg the Chinese market.
Monday, March 5, 2012
ESPN to share Spanish soccer rights with GolTV - Business First of Columbus:
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One member of La Liga, Real Madrid, has made headlinexs recently acquiring two of the biggest nameds in thesport -- Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer recently made waves for being the most expensiver transfer in the sport's history. Matches will be shownj on both ESPN2 andESPN Deportes, as well as ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com will also have rightsa to Copa del Rey, Spain’s domesticf cup tournament. "We’re thrilled to work with GolTV to showcased La Liga on ESPN for the first time to soccee fans inthe U.S.
With the pending additiomn of Cristiano Ronaldoand Kaka, the timing is great to include this great property to the ESPN Deportez line-up, as it is the most excitinbg soccer league in the world today," Lino general manager of ESPN said in a statement.
One member of La Liga, Real Madrid, has made headlinexs recently acquiring two of the biggest nameds in thesport -- Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer recently made waves for being the most expensiver transfer in the sport's history. Matches will be shownj on both ESPN2 andESPN Deportes, as well as ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com will also have rightsa to Copa del Rey, Spain’s domesticf cup tournament. "We’re thrilled to work with GolTV to showcased La Liga on ESPN for the first time to soccee fans inthe U.S.
With the pending additiomn of Cristiano Ronaldoand Kaka, the timing is great to include this great property to the ESPN Deportez line-up, as it is the most excitinbg soccer league in the world today," Lino general manager of ESPN said in a statement.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Botanical motifs grow into modern decorating essentials - Northwest Herald
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Botanical motifs grow into modern decorating essentials Northwest Herald By For AP KIM COOK (AP) If you followed the spring fashion shows, you noticed floral motifs blooming all over the place. Diane Von Furstenberg used feminine pastels. Peter Som used digital florals in over-saturated, intense pigments. |
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Study: 'Minute clinics' slow to catch on in Mass. - Baltimore Business Journal:
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But a new studyh by the consultancy firm Deloittse has found that people in Bostonm are statistically less willing to use this new alternativew healthcare option. The percentage of patients who were likelty to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctorf visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percent in The percentage of patients that have actuallu used a retail walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percentt nationwide and only 5 percent in Even a one week wait for a doctot would not entice very many Bostonians to go to a retaiol clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that would make them changer their behavior, compared with 28 percent The newly-released study was conducted in October of 2008, and includeds 5,665 subjects nationwide.
Chip Phillips, the presidentg of division, said the study does ot fully reflecf the preferences of patients inthe state. He said the company'xs clinic in Medway has administeredd morethan 9,600 flu shots and handled nearly 28,000 acute care visits sincse opening in September. “Initial acceptance of the retaio clinic model in Massachusettss has been higher than the vast majority of ourmarker launches,” Phillips said.
But a new studyh by the consultancy firm Deloittse has found that people in Bostonm are statistically less willing to use this new alternativew healthcare option. The percentage of patients who were likelty to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctorf visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percent in The percentage of patients that have actuallu used a retail walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percentt nationwide and only 5 percent in Even a one week wait for a doctot would not entice very many Bostonians to go to a retaiol clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that would make them changer their behavior, compared with 28 percent The newly-released study was conducted in October of 2008, and includeds 5,665 subjects nationwide.
Chip Phillips, the presidentg of division, said the study does ot fully reflecf the preferences of patients inthe state. He said the company'xs clinic in Medway has administeredd morethan 9,600 flu shots and handled nearly 28,000 acute care visits sincse opening in September. “Initial acceptance of the retaio clinic model in Massachusettss has been higher than the vast majority of ourmarker launches,” Phillips said.
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