RedBrick Health raises $15M - San Francisco Business Times:

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The cash-for-equity investment was announced in arecenft U.S. Securities and Exchanged filing. RedBrick said the financinfg was led by newinvestor (KPCB) of Menlko Park, Calif., and also included existing investors , and . “RedBrick Healthg brings a new dimension in accountability tohealtb care, which is why we selected them as our firstr new health care investment of the year,” KPCB partnetr Beth Seidenberg said in a news Barbara Lubash, a managing director at Menlo Park, Calif.-baser Versant, said Redbrick will use the funds for sales and development as it growes past the early-adopter RedBrick from Fidelity, Highland and Versant abou t a year ago.
Minneapolis-based RedBrick was , a pioneerf in consumer-directed health coverage that was boughtyby Minnetonka-based for $300 million in 2004. RedBricik offers health assessment andscreening tools, healtj coaching programs over the telephone and Internet, and other preventative healthb services. Workers get financial awardsa for participating and employers are able to reduce healtuhinsurance costs. Recent wins for the companuy include with theNortheasft U.S. supermarket operator Hannaforsd Bros. Co., which is expandinb preventative health servicesfrom 2,40o to 18,000 workers. More insurers are offering preventative healtg programs to the employers that aretheirt customers.
But RedBrick and competitorw suchas Franklin, Tenn.-based might have an advantage becausew employers might trust an outside company more than an said John Nyman, a professor of health economic at the University of Minnesota. “You sort of have a littlw bit better feelof what’z going on when you go with an outside Nyman said. More companies have adopted preventatived health programs in recent years because they see them as a way to save money onhealth costs, while also providing employes benefits like smoking-cessation programs or nutrition advice.
Nymab recently published a study about howthe disease-managementt program that Healthways provides the university produced an average $1,376 in savings among each of the more than 1,00 workers who participated in 2006. “That’s the bet. It’w whether there’s sufficient evidence that there will be a reductionj in the health care costs that will more than offset the costs of theprogram itself.
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FF and FG tribal split traced back to 12th century - Irish Times

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FF and FG tribal split traced back to 12th century Irish Times THERE ARE real tribal differences between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that date back hundreds of years before the foundation of the State, according to two political scientists. An analysis of the names of all of the TDs who have served in the Dáil shows ... and more »

Stonewall Inn draws hundreds celebrating passage of New York gay marriage bill - New York Daily News

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Stonewall Inn draws hundreds celebrating passage of New York gay marriage bill New York Daily News Manhattanite Andie Santiago never gave up on dreams of her wedding day. "I would love to have the dream that little girls always have," said Santiago, 25, standing with Mary Rodriguez, her 30-year-old paramour, at the Stonewall Inn, where the LGBT ... and more »

Smith & Hawken stores, including Galleria location, to close - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Scotts Twin Cities Smith & Hawke stores last year, saying it was focusing more on alarget format. Jim Hagedorn, CEO of the Ohio-based lawn and garden said in a statementthat “the combination of a weak economyt and the lack of scale proved too greay to overcome.” For a year, Scotts had been exploring options for the high-enf garden brand it bought in 2004 for $68.5 millionm but decided closing the business was the “besy option available,” Hagedorn said. Smith & based in Novato, Calif., has a storer in Columbus at EastonTown Center.
Scotta (NYSE:SMG) on Wednesday said storewide salesd across the chain will begin Thursday and will be managec bya third-party firm. Orders on Smith & Hawken’as Web site, catalog and call center will bediscontinuesd Thursday. The company in its last annual report said the chaib has consistently underperfomed since it was acquirede nearly half adecade ago. “corporate and other” segment, which consista of Smith & Hawken and administrative expenses, posted a 23 percenty decline in salesat $51.2 milliojn for the six months ended March 29. That segment’ws operating loss for the six-month period totaled $75.4 according to filings.
Scotts expectsz to take a $25 million after-taz hit on the closure of the chain, mainl tied to terminated leases and severance Most ofthose charges, the company will be taken on by the end of the Scotts (NYSE:SMG) in the year endex Sept. 30, 2008, lost $10.9 millio on $2.98 billion in revenue. The companu has about 6,400 full-time workersw worldwide.

GE Healthcare opens $165M N. G

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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includes a 60,000-square-foot The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the plany are used inmammogramn screening, a growing $1 billion markeft for breast cancer testing. Much like the transitiojn from paper medical records to streamlined electronic record digital X-rays are slowly replacing traditional film X-ray In addition to the 100 new jobs scheduledx for the plant, 50 people will transfert to the tech park from GE’s researc center in Niskayuna.
Positions at the new site will include 15 15 administrators and 120 techniciansw and support staff with an average annual salary of The plant is expected to have an annuaol payrollof $10 million. GE developecd its digital X-ray technology at GE Global Researchyin Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’s firsyt expansion of high tech medical equipmen t manufacturing by its health care operatiob intoNew York. ”This a wonderful example of howa long-terkm commitment to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturingf base and create new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark Little, GE seniod vice president and directof of the research center.
GE Healthcarew spent 15 years and morethan $200 million developinbg its digital flat panel X-ra y technology. The flat-panel detector is a critical componengt ofan X-ray syste and plays a role in providing an improvede image.

Weas acquires Columbia St. Mary

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The price paid for the property at2025 E. Newportt Ave. was not revealer by real estate brokers and lawyers representingvColumbia St. Mary’s and Weas Development Co. Doug president of the firm that beardhis name, was unavailable to commen on the acquisition. As , Weas is workingh in partnership with an undisclosed nationaldevelopment firm. UWM officiald plan to meet with Weas Development in early June to determine specificx real estate space needs for the saidTom Luljak, a UWM vice chancellor of public affairs and government In February 2009, university officials were considerin g the Columbia St.
Mary’s propertyu for classroom space, student housing and offices for facultuyand staff. The medical once known as Columbia Hospital priorf to its mergerwith St. Mary’s Hospital in the earlhy 1990s, will close next year when the hospital system combines its operations at thenew $417 835,000-square-foot Columbia St. Mary’s hospital campus along East Northh Avenue. Columbia St. Mary’s had no comment on the sale ofColumbiq Hospital, according to Gregory Hartzog, the hospital’s director of marketing and sales.

Dynamic duo - Morris Daily Herald

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Dynamic duo Morris Daily Herald Shane Harty and Dane Sorensen carried the Gardner-South Wilmington pitching staff the entire season. Sorensen went 7-2 with a 2.25 ERA, finishing with 72 strikeouts to just 16 walks in 53 innings pitched for the Panthers, leading to his River Valley ... and more »