| Longview opens arms to baby boomer retirees
Longview hooked a big fish Tuesday in the city's efforts to reel in the spending power of a new generation of retirees — the baby boomers. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced that Longview has received the state's Certified Retirement Community designation. The program promotes Texas as a retirement destination while assisting communities such as Longview in efforts to market themselves to retirees, Staples said. .
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I'm telling you these are extraordinary matters to have this break given to yourself, and then nobody shows up except your attorneys." Kelly is due back in court on Friday when Judge Gaughan will set a start date for his trial and determine whether to revoke his bail. The R&B superstar is expected to stand trial on 14 child pornography charges next year. .
Democrats vie for Latino vote in heated presidential race
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama today launched their battles for the Latino vote, recognising the influence of the country's fastest growing community. Tonight's scheduled Democratic debate in Las Vegas, to be held as results from the Michigan Republican primary come in, takes the competition for votes in Nevada to a new intensity. The state holds its caucus on Saturday, and with only limited polling in the state so far, defies efforts at prediction. A poll of 500 likely caucus goers for the Reno Gazette-Journal yesterday showed a very narrow lead for Obama over Clinton with John Edwards close behind. It's a dead heat in statistical terms. However, it reflects a gradual erosion of Clinton's double digit leads over Obama last autumn. On the Republican side, where Saturday's caucus has been overshadowed by the party's primary in South Carolina on the same day, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Huckabee had the top three slots, but the leads were again statistically insignificant.
Toxic Cosmetics Getting Under the Skin of Concerned Investors
Health-conscious investors and consumers are starting to demand cosmetic companies report and ban toxic ingredients. SocialFunds.com -- As new studies expose the high number of toxic ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics, many consumers are asking just how safe are the products they use every day. Meanwhile, many investors are asking how safe from liability and market changes are the companies that manufacture and sell these products.
"The ground is shifting for manufacturers across all industries, including personal care," stated Noran Eid, an analyst at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. "Investors should be aware of these issues when assessing long-term competitiveness and profitability."
Richard Liroff of the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) agreed: "the safer cosmetics issue is part of larger safer chemicals policy issue.
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Peabody-based Analogic is a designer and manufacturer of advanced health and security systems and subsystems sold primarily to original equipment manufacturers. L-3 of New York is a prime system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance as well as in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems and government services. Analogic's EXACT tomography system is the heart of the eXaminer 3DX Explosives Detection System, which was developed jointly by L-3 and Analogic and distributed exclusively by L-3 for screening checked baggage at airports, Analogic noted. According to Analogic, that system provides full 3-D images of all the contents of a bag, enabling automatic detection of explosives. (By Chris Reidy, Globe staff) Posted by globebusiness at 3:38 PM | Comments (0) Esplanade Association links with Boston Marathon The Esplanade Association announced that it has been chosen by the Boston Athletic Association as the only environmental charity selected for this years Boston Marathon.
March of Dimes Selects Pennsylvania Girl as 2008 National Ambassador
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Expected to be her family's Halloween treat, Catharine Aboulhouda instead arrived on the Fourth of July, weighing 1 pound, 10 ounces. Today, the five-year-old of Allentown, Pennsylvania has been named the March of Dimes 2008 National Ambassador. Catharine, who was born 16 weeks early, measuring only 12 inches in length, represents just one of the more than half a million babies born preterm each year in the United States. As the National Ambassador, Catharine and her parents, Susan and Mike, will travel the country throughout the coming year to share their story and help raise awareness of the growing crisis of premature birth. "The March of Dimes is committed to ensuring a healthy birth for every baby," said Dr. Jennifer L.
Weitz & Luxenberg Echoes Growing Concern over New Warning on Ortho ...
This product is substantially more dangerous to women than oral contraceptives and other birth control methods and it is hard to fathom why Johnson & Johnson does not just remove the patch from the market. We have seen tragic occurrences of death and devastating injury to young women on the patch." Relkin has been at the forefront of Ortho Evra litigation, having been appointed in July 2006 as the State Court Liaison in the Ortho Evra Multi-District Litigation (MDL) by the Honorable David Katz of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Previous to that she was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Steering Committee of the Ortho Evra Multi-District Litigation in May 2006. She is also lead counsel in the New Jersey Ortho Evra litigation. The warning followed reports out of Canada last week of two deaths, one heart attack and 16 cases of blood clots since 2004 among women who used the patch, according to Forbes.
Massachusetts Group Launches Campaign To Regulate Drug Maker Marketing
The newly formed Massachusetts Prescription Reform Coalition on Thursday announced an effort to curb pharmaceutical industry marketing in an attempt to bring down drug costs and health spending, the Boston Globe reports. The group contends that rapid drug spending growth is putting Massachusetts' health care law in jeopardy and hindering other initiatives to expand health insurance in the state.
The coalition has three objectives:
Prohibit gifts from drug makers to health care professionals who prescribe drugs;
Ban data-mining; and
Create a drug education program to provide unbiased information to physicians.The coalition was created by Health Care for All, and its members include AARP, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Neighborhood Health Plan.
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