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The Cambridge, Mass.-based company said it had effectivel y ended its leasefor 83,405 squarer feet of space at 333 Wyman St. in The lease is slated to endby Nov. 2 at the the agreement can be terminated sooner if Altus is acquireds or raises an undisclosed amount of according toregulatory filings. Likewise, Altus said it is consolidatiny its workforce at its facility at 610 Lincolm Streetin Waltham. The company’s existing, 63,880-square-foo t footprint at the site will be reducexd by38 percent, or 24,000 square feet. Altus will also receiver a corresponding reduction inrental expenses.
In January, Altuz canceled its program todevelop Trizytek, a drug candidatd eyed as a potential enzyme-replacemen therapy for pancreatic deficiencies. The company cut 107 jobs in connectionm to the Trizytek shutdown and has since had a major reshufflinbg of its seniorexecutive team.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Grant money will help WESST teach kids to save - Business First of Buffalo:
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The youth Individual DevelopmentAccount (IDA) program provides financial literacy education and a method for buildinvg assets to high school students that meet incomer qualifications. The program will span a three-year period between 2009 and 2012. which are used by a number of organizationes inNew Mexico, encourage participantss to save for a goal or asset and usuallt match the participant’s savings as an incentive.
The matchg in the WESST program is fourto one, up to is the nonprofit’s bank partner in the WESST is working on this pilot program with Juniodr Achievement of New Mexico and the Creativr Education Preparatory Institute, a public charter high schookl on Albuquerque’s Westside. There are 21 students participatinyg in theprogram now, and the Danielss grant will allow WESSgT to add an additional 13 said Marty Tatum, spokeswoman for The grant will also be used to leverag e matching federal dollars and enroll more high school student , based in Denver, operate the Daniels Fund Scholarship Program and the Daniel s Fund Grants program in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and The Fund was established in 1997 by cable televisionm pioneer Bill Daniels, a former resident of helps low-income women, minorities and othefr entrepreneurs achieve self-sufficiency through microenterprise training, technicapl assistance and access to capital througnh its revolving loan fund.
WESST recentlu opened a new small business incubator indowntownb Albuquerque.
The youth Individual DevelopmentAccount (IDA) program provides financial literacy education and a method for buildinvg assets to high school students that meet incomer qualifications. The program will span a three-year period between 2009 and 2012. which are used by a number of organizationes inNew Mexico, encourage participantss to save for a goal or asset and usuallt match the participant’s savings as an incentive.
The matchg in the WESST program is fourto one, up to is the nonprofit’s bank partner in the WESST is working on this pilot program with Juniodr Achievement of New Mexico and the Creativr Education Preparatory Institute, a public charter high schookl on Albuquerque’s Westside. There are 21 students participatinyg in theprogram now, and the Danielss grant will allow WESSgT to add an additional 13 said Marty Tatum, spokeswoman for The grant will also be used to leverag e matching federal dollars and enroll more high school student , based in Denver, operate the Daniels Fund Scholarship Program and the Daniel s Fund Grants program in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and The Fund was established in 1997 by cable televisionm pioneer Bill Daniels, a former resident of helps low-income women, minorities and othefr entrepreneurs achieve self-sufficiency through microenterprise training, technicapl assistance and access to capital througnh its revolving loan fund.
WESST recentlu opened a new small business incubator indowntownb Albuquerque.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Foreclosure consultants must register with the state - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Brown has directed that foreclosures consultants must register with his office and posta $100,000 bond by July 1, the latesyt get-tough effort against scam artistsz who “prey on” consumers, especially those facing the possibility of losinf their homes, he said in a news releases Monday. Foreclosure consultants who fail to will face one year in jail and as muchas $25,00 per violation. “California is awasnh with con artists who prey on vulnerablr familiesfacing foreclosure,” Brownn said.
“By forcing foreclosure consultantzs to submit detailed information to my officre and posta $100,000 this registry will help bring long-overdude transparency to this shadowy world.” Foreclosure consultantxs will work with homeowners to preventt foreclosures. But many demand "huge up-front costs" but fail to help financiallyystrapped homeowners, Brown said. Brown’s officse will issue a certificate of registratiojn for foreclosure consultants who register and postthe $100,000 A copy of the registration form is available at http://ag.ca.gov/register.phpl under the “Foreclosure Consultanf Registry.
” Foreclosure consultants must return the completed form by July 1. consumers can call the Attorney Generak to check on the credibility of aforeclosurw consultant.
Brown has directed that foreclosures consultants must register with his office and posta $100,000 bond by July 1, the latesyt get-tough effort against scam artistsz who “prey on” consumers, especially those facing the possibility of losinf their homes, he said in a news releases Monday. Foreclosure consultants who fail to will face one year in jail and as muchas $25,00 per violation. “California is awasnh with con artists who prey on vulnerablr familiesfacing foreclosure,” Brownn said.
“By forcing foreclosure consultantzs to submit detailed information to my officre and posta $100,000 this registry will help bring long-overdude transparency to this shadowy world.” Foreclosure consultantxs will work with homeowners to preventt foreclosures. But many demand "huge up-front costs" but fail to help financiallyystrapped homeowners, Brown said. Brown’s officse will issue a certificate of registratiojn for foreclosure consultants who register and postthe $100,000 A copy of the registration form is available at http://ag.ca.gov/register.phpl under the “Foreclosure Consultanf Registry.
” Foreclosure consultants must return the completed form by July 1. consumers can call the Attorney Generak to check on the credibility of aforeclosurw consultant.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
'Robert Johnson at 100' at the Apollo Theater - New York Times
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Hollywood Reporter | 'Robert Johnson at 100' at the Apollo Theater New York Times The music and the mythology kept an unsteady covenant throughout âRobert Johnson at 100â at the Apollo Theater on Tuesday night. Late in the going there came a succinct embodiment of that tension in two versions of âHellhound on My Trail,â one of the ... Elvis Costello, The Roots, Macy Gray Celebrate Robert Johnson at the Apollo ... |
Monday, March 5, 2012
Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - South Florida Business Journal:
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Coloradans, he said, "speak for countleses others acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a healt h care system that worksfor them, a healtgh care system that doesn’t crush them with unreasonable cost and a health care systemm that doesn’t deny them coverager just because they have pre-existing Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patient transition care more cost-effective and "In Colorado, we haven’t waited on Washington," he said. "We’ve made real progress in showing how to provids high quality health care at alower cost." formerly superintendent of the Denver Publif Schools, was appointed to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Ritterf to fill the seat vacater by Ken Salazar when Salazaf was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary of the Here is the full textof Bennet'sd Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery provide by his staff. In the speech, he is addressinbg the president ofthe Senate. Mr. I rise today to discuss the urgent need for healthcare reform. The people of Colorado, and the Americanh people, have waited for too long for Washingtonto act. We shoulc begin with a basic principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choics away from you.
But even as we keep what we must confront the challenges of soarinb health care costs and the lack of accesszto affordable, quality health care. The status quo is Every day, families in Colorado and acrosws America facerising premiums. Their plans offefr fewer benefits. They are denied coverage becausesof pre-existing conditions. And unti l we fix the health care system, we won’tt be able to fix the fiscal mess in whicg wefind ourselves. Since the share of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percentr to17 percent. The United States spends over $2 trilliom in health care includingover $400 billion on Medicarre alone.
President Obama has said that the biggest threart toour nation’s balance sheet is the skyrocketinb cost of health care. And he’a right. In Colorado, we haven’t waited on We’ve made real progress in showin how to provide high quality health care at alowef cost. Last week, the New Yorker magazinse published an articleentitled “The Cost Conundrum” that highlighte the important work that’s been done in Mesa Colorado. Over thirty years ago this communityserving 120,000 peopl came together—doctors, nurses, and the non-profirt health insurance company.
They agreed upon a systemm that paid doctors and nurses for seeing patients and producingb betterquality care. They realized that problems and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grande Junction implemented an integrated health care system that providesa follow-up care with patients. This follow-up care has helped lower hospitak readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just 3 Compare that to the 20 percentrate nationwide, and it is clea r that our community on the Wester Slope of Colorado is onto somethinvg groundbreaking. High readmission rates are a huge problekm forour seniors.
Nearly one in five Medicard patients who leave a hospital are readmitted within thefollowinvg month, and more than three-quarters of these readmissions are Rehospitalization costs Medicare over $17 billion a It’s painful for patients and familiee to be caught up in these cyclesz of treatment. All too often, care is fragmented you go fromthe doctor, to the hospital, to a nursinfg home, back to the hospital and then back to the doctore again. Patients are given medication instructions as they are leaving the many times after coming off ofstrong medications. They don’t know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theid primarycare doctor.
The solution, both our Denver and Mesa Countt health communities have is to provide patients leavingf the hospital witha “coach.” This coach is a trainefd health professional connecting home and the hospital. This coacnh teaches patients how to managde their health ontheir own.
Coloradans, he said, "speak for countleses others acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a healt h care system that worksfor them, a healtgh care system that doesn’t crush them with unreasonable cost and a health care systemm that doesn’t deny them coverager just because they have pre-existing Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patient transition care more cost-effective and "In Colorado, we haven’t waited on Washington," he said. "We’ve made real progress in showing how to provids high quality health care at alower cost." formerly superintendent of the Denver Publif Schools, was appointed to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Ritterf to fill the seat vacater by Ken Salazar when Salazaf was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary of the Here is the full textof Bennet'sd Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery provide by his staff. In the speech, he is addressinbg the president ofthe Senate. Mr. I rise today to discuss the urgent need for healthcare reform. The people of Colorado, and the Americanh people, have waited for too long for Washingtonto act. We shoulc begin with a basic principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choics away from you.
But even as we keep what we must confront the challenges of soarinb health care costs and the lack of accesszto affordable, quality health care. The status quo is Every day, families in Colorado and acrosws America facerising premiums. Their plans offefr fewer benefits. They are denied coverage becausesof pre-existing conditions. And unti l we fix the health care system, we won’tt be able to fix the fiscal mess in whicg wefind ourselves. Since the share of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percentr to17 percent. The United States spends over $2 trilliom in health care includingover $400 billion on Medicarre alone.
President Obama has said that the biggest threart toour nation’s balance sheet is the skyrocketinb cost of health care. And he’a right. In Colorado, we haven’t waited on We’ve made real progress in showin how to provide high quality health care at alowef cost. Last week, the New Yorker magazinse published an articleentitled “The Cost Conundrum” that highlighte the important work that’s been done in Mesa Colorado. Over thirty years ago this communityserving 120,000 peopl came together—doctors, nurses, and the non-profirt health insurance company.
They agreed upon a systemm that paid doctors and nurses for seeing patients and producingb betterquality care. They realized that problems and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grande Junction implemented an integrated health care system that providesa follow-up care with patients. This follow-up care has helped lower hospitak readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just 3 Compare that to the 20 percentrate nationwide, and it is clea r that our community on the Wester Slope of Colorado is onto somethinvg groundbreaking. High readmission rates are a huge problekm forour seniors.
Nearly one in five Medicard patients who leave a hospital are readmitted within thefollowinvg month, and more than three-quarters of these readmissions are Rehospitalization costs Medicare over $17 billion a It’s painful for patients and familiee to be caught up in these cyclesz of treatment. All too often, care is fragmented you go fromthe doctor, to the hospital, to a nursinfg home, back to the hospital and then back to the doctore again. Patients are given medication instructions as they are leaving the many times after coming off ofstrong medications. They don’t know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theid primarycare doctor.
The solution, both our Denver and Mesa Countt health communities have is to provide patients leavingf the hospital witha “coach.” This coach is a trainefd health professional connecting home and the hospital. This coacnh teaches patients how to managde their health ontheir own.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Nardin remains No.1 among high schools - Business First of Louisville:
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“There’s always the question of what peoplee would think if we did drop says Reeder, who is Nardin’s principal. “But that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyond looking at test We want to make certainh our students receivea well-rounded education.” That strategy has paid off againn this year, as Nardin once againb ranks No. 1 amont Western New York’s high schools. The all-girls Catholic school has finished first for eight consecutiveyeards -- among private schools from 2002 to 2006, and on the combineed list ever since. for the complete high school rankings. And for separate rankings for each section of WesterbNew York.
Williamsville East High Schoolis No. 2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighborin g Williamsville North High School holds third placethis time, up from fifthn in 2008. Business First analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-countt region, using four years of data from the New York Stats Education Department. The formula weighed each school’s Regents diplomq rate, as well as its scorex on a wide array of Regents Nardin emerged as thecleaer leader. Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduatew earned Regents diplomas withadvanced designations, whicgh are awarded to seniors who pass eight Regents exams. No other high school in the region did bettedr than85 percent.
Reedefr says her goal is to push Nardin’s advanceed diploma rate one poinr higher to100 percent. “We haven’t done it, but it continue s to be something that weshoot for,” she “We always try to challenged our students, and this is definitely one way to do Williamsville East climbed to second plac e in 2008 -- its best finish ever -- and remaines there this year. It’s one of three Westerbn New York high schools where morethan two-thirds of studentsd posted superior scores (85 or on Regents exams in math, global history and U.S. history. (Nardin and Buffalk Academy of the Sacrecd Heart arethe others.
) “When you’vd done as well as we some people might think there’s no more room for says Neal Miller, Williamsville East’se principal. “But we’ve never thought that. Evert year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie Countyg is Notre DameHigh School, which ranks seventh The Batavia school, whicyh has an enrollment of 172, draws studentsd from six counties. Some live as far away as Brockporand Warsaw. “There’s no secret,” says Joseph Notre Dame’s principal. “We’re basically old school. We expecr all of our kids to do Does thatalways happen? No, but it doesn’gt mean that we let up.
” Twenty-eight high schools are winners of subjectg awards, putting them among the top 10 percenf in English/foreign languages, math, science or sociakl studies. for complete lists of subject award Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsville Northj are the only schools to sweep all four subject while 12 institutions are honored in asingles field. Principal Kevin Ryan credits longer class periods with helpingb Alden Senior High School win its sole subject awarsin science. “In both biology and earth we havean 80-minute class evert day along with an 80-minute lab every other he says. “That gives us some really concentrated time on which has hadpositive results.
” Private schools are not required to administetr Regents exams, and Buffalo Seminary, Canisius High School, Nichols School and Park School of Buffalo are amonh those that don’t. They have been excluded from theacademicx rankings, since Business Firsg lacks the necessary data to generatre objective ratings.
“There’s always the question of what peoplee would think if we did drop says Reeder, who is Nardin’s principal. “But that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyond looking at test We want to make certainh our students receivea well-rounded education.” That strategy has paid off againn this year, as Nardin once againb ranks No. 1 amont Western New York’s high schools. The all-girls Catholic school has finished first for eight consecutiveyeards -- among private schools from 2002 to 2006, and on the combineed list ever since. for the complete high school rankings. And for separate rankings for each section of WesterbNew York.
Williamsville East High Schoolis No. 2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighborin g Williamsville North High School holds third placethis time, up from fifthn in 2008. Business First analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-countt region, using four years of data from the New York Stats Education Department. The formula weighed each school’s Regents diplomq rate, as well as its scorex on a wide array of Regents Nardin emerged as thecleaer leader. Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduatew earned Regents diplomas withadvanced designations, whicgh are awarded to seniors who pass eight Regents exams. No other high school in the region did bettedr than85 percent.
Reedefr says her goal is to push Nardin’s advanceed diploma rate one poinr higher to100 percent. “We haven’t done it, but it continue s to be something that weshoot for,” she “We always try to challenged our students, and this is definitely one way to do Williamsville East climbed to second plac e in 2008 -- its best finish ever -- and remaines there this year. It’s one of three Westerbn New York high schools where morethan two-thirds of studentsd posted superior scores (85 or on Regents exams in math, global history and U.S. history. (Nardin and Buffalk Academy of the Sacrecd Heart arethe others.
) “When you’vd done as well as we some people might think there’s no more room for says Neal Miller, Williamsville East’se principal. “But we’ve never thought that. Evert year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie Countyg is Notre DameHigh School, which ranks seventh The Batavia school, whicyh has an enrollment of 172, draws studentsd from six counties. Some live as far away as Brockporand Warsaw. “There’s no secret,” says Joseph Notre Dame’s principal. “We’re basically old school. We expecr all of our kids to do Does thatalways happen? No, but it doesn’gt mean that we let up.
” Twenty-eight high schools are winners of subjectg awards, putting them among the top 10 percenf in English/foreign languages, math, science or sociakl studies. for complete lists of subject award Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsville Northj are the only schools to sweep all four subject while 12 institutions are honored in asingles field. Principal Kevin Ryan credits longer class periods with helpingb Alden Senior High School win its sole subject awarsin science. “In both biology and earth we havean 80-minute class evert day along with an 80-minute lab every other he says. “That gives us some really concentrated time on which has hadpositive results.
” Private schools are not required to administetr Regents exams, and Buffalo Seminary, Canisius High School, Nichols School and Park School of Buffalo are amonh those that don’t. They have been excluded from theacademicx rankings, since Business Firsg lacks the necessary data to generatre objective ratings.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Gateway Announces Acquisition of a Natural Gas Pipeline - MarketWatch (press release)
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Gateway Announces Acquisition of a Natural Gas Pipeline MarketWatch (press release) HOUSTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Gateway Energy Corporation (OBB:GNRG) today announced that it has closed the acquisition of a natural gas pipeline from Commerce Pipeline, LP ("Commerce") for an undisclosed purchase price. |
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