Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Business Journal names Women in Business award winners - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Among the honorees are 25 Women toWatchu — leaders to keep an eye on for continued success — as well as 25 Industrh Leaders already at the forefront of theirt industries and still breaking new ground. The Career Achievement Awars honors afemale executive’s achievements in outstandinv leadership, exceptional performance in her field and involvement in the Twin Citiese business community. The Women in Businesxs issue also featuresthe Minneapolis/St.
Paul Business Journakl ’s new Top 25 Highest-paid Women Executives list of women at Minnesotspublic companies, as well as the Top 25 Women-owned Businesses in the Twin ranked by revenue from the most recently completed fiscal You can find all the profiles (subscriptio required). Jeannine Rivet, executivee vice president, UnitedHealth Groupl Cheri Beranek Podzimek, president and CEO, Clearfield Inc.
Jill executive vice president and branch Gail Boudreaux, president of UnitedHealthcare and executive vice presidentt of Laurie Brown, founder and CEO, Lynn Carlson Schell, president and managing principal, Barbara D’Aquila, Anne deBruin Sample, executive vice human resources, Kate DiCamillo, author Robinj Engelson, managing director, Lazard Middle Market Martha Goldberg Aronson, seniof vice president and chief talenyt officer, Christine Hobrough, senior vice president and regionalk market manager, Julia president, Sona Mehring, foundef and executive director, CaringBridge Katherine Moss, president and CEO, Deb founder and owner, Newman Long Term Care Brigixd O’Malley, president, Inc.
Mary Lynne vice president and chiefinformation officer, Inc. LouAnnw Reger, CEO, J&L Steel Erectors Stacy Sandler, principal, Nancg Schuelke, regional private banking Michelle Strobel, partner, Virchow Krause & Co. MaryAnn Stump, senioe vice president and chief strategy andinnovatiohn officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Ann Voda, president, Bentz/Thompson / Shirley Weis, chief administratived officer, Barbara Yates, executive director, Resources for Child Carint Emily Backstrom, senior finance manager, Laura director of government relations, Inc.
Elizabeth Brama, shareholder and Briggs and MorganJennifer Brigham, CEO and founder, Teresa Daly, managing Patricia Dennis, vice president of healtgh management, Medica Cindy Deuser, CEO, Lillians Shoppez Julie Halvorson, project manager, Elise president and CEO, Christine Horton, CEO and CoreSpine Technologies Jocelyn Knoll, partner, Teresz Lavoie, principal, Betsy Lulfs, director, Kris president and CEO, SmartBase Solutions Gail executive vice president and chiefr operating officer, Beth Monsrud, senior vice presidentg and chief financial officer, UCare Kim chief financial officer, Krista president, DelPrado Commercial Flooring Sara Ratner, senior legal counsel/vicde president of human resources, Stephanie Shimp, owner, Traci Tomas, executivde vice president, Jennifer Thalhuber, presidentg and CEO, Olga Viso, Meghan Wilker, managing director, Theresa Wise, senior vice president and chiefv information officer,

Monday, August 27, 2012

Haight Street condo project approved - San Francisco Business Times:

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The unanimous vote allows the builder Mark Brennamn to knock down theformer 26,300 squaree foot Cala Foods and replaces it with a four-story 115,000 squarer foot structure with a 25,000 square foot Wholr Foods, 81,000 square feet of housing, and a 174-spaces underground garage. There would be 26 studio 20 one-bedroom units, 15 two-bedroom units, and one three-bedroom The 34,000-square-foot project site is located on the northeasf corner of the intersection of Haightf andStanyan streets, on the blocmk also bound by Page Street to the nortjh and Shrader Street to the east in San Francisco’w Haight Ashbury neighborhood.
Project planner Jonas Ionin said the desig will go through further revisions aimed at breakingg up the horizontal plane alongHaight Street. Christiani Johnson, which specialized in housing overgrocery projects, is the architect on the

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Queen's pays $2.5M to settle Feds' claims - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’s largesr hospital overbilled government health care programd for prescription medications, federal prosecutorzs said Wednesday. The settlement was the result of two whistleblowetr lawsuits brought by formerpharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’es overbilled the state’s Medicare and Medicaide programs, as well as TRICARE, the federal health insurance prograk for military dependents, according to a news release from U.S. Attorne y Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filed unded the federal and statew FalseClaims Acts, which alloew the government to claim up to triplee the damages, plus penalties, for submitting false claims to governmen t programs. The two former employees allegre Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychotic medicationx that were dispensed by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizer bya doctor, but not necessarily by a psychiatrist, as required. The hospitap was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for servicesz provided by medical residents who were supposed to be supervisefd byother doctors, but that the supervision did not Kubo’s office said.
Undef the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 million to the federa l government, which shared $400,000 of the proceedsw with the twoformer employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two employees. Queen’s will also maintai a compliance program to ensure its billinges conform to the rules for five years under a corporate integrity agreement withthe U.S. Departmentg of Health and Humanj Services.
Queen's issued this " denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five years of discussions and negotiationx withthe government, has agreed to settled this matter so that its resourcesa may be spent on providingb quality health care rather than on legal

Friday, August 24, 2012

Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Phoenix Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’s ski resorts had an uptick in visits by Front Range andMelanie Mills, Ski Country’s presidentt and CEO, pronounced herself “veryg happy with where visitation is for this season.” “Thwe travel industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a “But visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradol ski vacation, but the strong commitment our resident skiing and riding community has to our state’s signature Ski Country is a marketing and trade group for 22 Coloradpo mountain resorts. Those member resorts alone recordedc 6.
79 million skier visits this season, down 6.9 percenr from the previous year, Ski Country Member resort numbersfor 2008-09 were down 3.9 percenrt from the average of the last five Ski Country said. Ski Country said that in-state resort visit were up 2.5 percent over last year, as Frong Range residents took advantage of bargainss and stayed closer to home to keep down vacatiob andrecreations costs. Ski areasd operated by Broomfield-based aren’t members of Ski Those resortsinclude Breckenridge, Vail, Beaverd Creek and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its totakl skier visits at all itsresorts — includingt Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previous season.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

F.N.B. appoints Campbell as chairman - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Campbell formerly served as F.N.B.’s (NYSE:FNB) lead director and serves on severapl committees. He has been a director since 1975. “Bill is one of our longestr serving and mostdedicatedc directors,” Gurgovits said in a statement. F.N.B. previously said it woulde appoint a new chairman to enable Gurgovits to focus on his corporate responsibilities and to conforjto F.N.B.’s corporate guidelines. Gurgovits, who has worked at for 48 years, had taken the chairman role in April 2008 when Robert New was namer CEO and president after anearly two-year search. New resignedx 10 months later and Gurgovits stepped back in on an interikbasis initially.
He accepted the post fulltimew onJune 2. F.N.B. is based in Hermitage, north of and had assets of $8.5 billion as of Marchb 31.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Web cams track Rio Rancho construction - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Current images capture the constructionhof ’s new customer service and technical support center as well as the firsf building of the ’s West campus. The allowds users to see a new image of construction everty 11 to 12 minutes anda time-lapsde movie of the Viewers can zoom in, download and e-mai l images and see the progress of both projectes side-by-side. The H-P facility is scheduled to be completexd bylate 2009. The UNM West campue is scheduled to start offering classez by springsemester 2010. As future development takex place, the cameras will be repositioned to chronicle the progressd ofthose projects.
Images from the cameraw also will be used as contengton RioVision, the city’s public, education and governmentt cable channels (Channels 15 and 22 for City Councilors Mike Williams and Kathy Colley contributed fundin g from their discretionary accounts for the purchasse and installation of the cameras. The Web cam imagesa are made possibleby . , the city’s contracted service provided for RioVision, will service the cameras.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Rays defeat Angels, 8-3, sweep four-game series - Tbo.com

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For the second time this year, the Rays swept a four-game series and the team is probably wishing they saw the Los Angeles Angels more often. The Rays capped off their superiority of the Angels, Sunday, winning their fourth consecutive game, defeating ...


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