Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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Recycle yule into Christmas alt-fuel
For all the joy of Christmas morning, there's certainly a lot of waste involved. Reams of wrapping paper, forests of evergreens and piles of unwanted fruitcakes are discarded after the holidays.
That got us thinking: Wouldn't it be great if some of that trash could be repurposed as fuel? Turns out it can.
We checked with Spencer Quong, an automotive engineer and alt-fuels expert with a sense of humor. He was with the Union of Concerned Scientists before launching his own consulting biz, Quong & Associates.
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DDoS attack hobbles sites, including Amazon
An attack directed at the DNS provider for some of the Internet's larger e-commerce companies -- including Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Expedia -- took several Internet shopping sites offline Wednesday evening, two days before Christmas.
Neustar, the company that provides DNS services under the UltraDNS brand name, confirmed an attack took place Wednesday afternoon, taking out sites or rendering them extremely sluggish for about an hour. A representative who answered the customer support line said the attacks were directed against Neustar facilities in Palo Alto and San Jose, California, and Allen Goldberg, vice president of corporate communications for Neustar, confirmed that at about 4:45 p.m. PST, "our alarms went off."
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Tax-Loss Carryback in Congress and Japan Helps Consumer Lenders
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare Team facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading healthcare professionals on a wide variety of topics including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, clinical research, medical devices, healthcare providers, insurance, and regulatory issues.
Our Healthcare network spans technology industries across the globe and includes doctors, researchers, scientists, healthcare executives, consultants, and former regulatory officials.
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Tax-Loss Carryback Provision Glides in Congress
Congress appears to be on the verge of giving a $30 billion-plus handout to U.S. corporations but—unlike so many other spending provisions—this one is provoking little opposition on Capitol Hill.
The legislation would tweak corporate tax rules that would allow businesses to apply losses sustained in recent years against taxes on profits paid in earlier years. It would do this by extending the so-called net-operating-loss carryback period for firms of any size from two years to five years and would apply to losses for both 2008 and 2009. A similar expanded loss-carryback provision was part of the Obama Administration's original fiscal stimulus plan, but the final bill was cut back to apply only to small businesses.
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As Japan Helps Consumer Lenders, Bankers Worry About Zombies
In Japan’s consumer lending industry, there has been little to cheer about lately. Less than three years ago, the government began tightening rules on consumer financing firms to discourage them from charging consumers exorbitant rates on loans. It also let borrowers who had crushingly high interest payments request a refund. Then came the global financial crisis, piling on the pain for consumer lenders.
One sign of just how bad things have gotten: In late September, Aiful, Japan’s second-biggest consumer lender, asked its own creditors for more time to pay off debts. With new tougher regulations set to go into effect next June, including a lower cap on what consumer lenders can charge, the industry was starting to resemble a train wreck in slow motion. Last fiscal year, Promise and Takefuji swung to an operating loss, while Acom’s profits fell to less than half the previous year’s level. By the end of September, the number of consumer lenders had fallen to less than 5,000, from more than 14,200 in March 2006, according to the Financial Services Agency.
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Tax-Loss Carryback Provision Glides in Congress
Congress appears to be on the verge of giving a $30 billion-plus handout to U.S. corporations but—unlike so many other spending provisions—this one is provoking little opposition on Capitol Hill.
The legislation would tweak corporate tax rules that would allow businesses to apply losses sustained in recent years against taxes on profits paid in earlier years. It would do this by extending the so-called net-operating-loss carryback period for firms of any size from two years to five years and would apply to losses for both 2008 and 2009. A similar expanded loss-carryback provision was part of the Obama Administration's original fiscal stimulus plan, but the final bill was cut back to apply only to small businesses.
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As Japan Helps Consumer Lenders, Bankers Worry About Zombies
In Japan’s consumer lending industry, there has been little to cheer about lately. Less than three years ago, the government began tightening rules on consumer financing firms to discourage them from charging consumers exorbitant rates on loans. It also let borrowers who had crushingly high interest payments request a refund. Then came the global financial crisis, piling on the pain for consumer lenders.
One sign of just how bad things have gotten: In late September, Aiful, Japan’s second-biggest consumer lender, asked its own creditors for more time to pay off debts. With new tougher regulations set to go into effect next June, including a lower cap on what consumer lenders can charge, the industry was starting to resemble a train wreck in slow motion. Last fiscal year, Promise and Takefuji swung to an operating loss, while Acom’s profits fell to less than half the previous year’s level. By the end of September, the number of consumer lenders had fallen to less than 5,000, from more than 14,200 in March 2006, according to the Financial Services Agency.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights G-Oil bio-based motor oil and time-lapse movies with your iPhone
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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G-Oil bio-based motor oil now available for cars
Green Earth Technologies (GET) announced Wednesday that its environmentally friendly motor oil for cars will soon be available on shelves across the U.S.
The manufacturer of the biodegradable, carbon neutral motor oil made in part from the animal fat of beef slaughter byproducts has been waiting on certification from the American Petroleum Institute before selling its G-Oil to the public.
G-Oil has received API starburst certification, a symbol put on a product's packaging to signify it meets specific standards and is recommended for use by leading vehicle manufacturers. GET's car oil was additionally granted the API service symbol donut, a seal signifying an oil product has "energy-conserving properties in a standard test in comparison to a reference oil."
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Make easy time-lapse movies with your iPhone
Time-lapse movies can be a complicated affair, and quite often involve either a lot of special equipment, and/or post-processing skills. For just a buck though, you can use the recently released Timelapser app (link opens in iTunes) to turn your iPhone into a tool that can do this time-bending filming technique using nothing more than the onboard camera.
Timelapser's interface tells you how long your movie will be, and how many shots it's taken. Depending on what model of phone you have you can use the app to take a picture anywhere from every three seconds to once per half hour. All the while it grabs each frame and stitches it into a movie that's saved on the phone, and that can also be e-mailed to friends.
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G-Oil bio-based motor oil now available for cars
Green Earth Technologies (GET) announced Wednesday that its environmentally friendly motor oil for cars will soon be available on shelves across the U.S.
The manufacturer of the biodegradable, carbon neutral motor oil made in part from the animal fat of beef slaughter byproducts has been waiting on certification from the American Petroleum Institute before selling its G-Oil to the public.
G-Oil has received API starburst certification, a symbol put on a product's packaging to signify it meets specific standards and is recommended for use by leading vehicle manufacturers. GET's car oil was additionally granted the API service symbol donut, a seal signifying an oil product has "energy-conserving properties in a standard test in comparison to a reference oil."
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Make easy time-lapse movies with your iPhone
Time-lapse movies can be a complicated affair, and quite often involve either a lot of special equipment, and/or post-processing skills. For just a buck though, you can use the recently released Timelapser app (link opens in iTunes) to turn your iPhone into a tool that can do this time-bending filming technique using nothing more than the onboard camera.
Timelapser's interface tells you how long your movie will be, and how many shots it's taken. Depending on what model of phone you have you can use the app to take a picture anywhere from every three seconds to once per half hour. All the while it grabs each frame and stitches it into a movie that's saved on the phone, and that can also be e-mailed to friends.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights charges swirl around Intel/AMD deals and virtual world Meez sees profit
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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Charges swirl around insider trading on Intel, AMD deals
Think of it as a twist on the old rivalry between chip giants Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. But this time, the rivalry is about which company can make a hedge fund more money.
The complaint filed by the government against six people on Friday details how a relatively obscure Intel treasury executive and a prominent hedge fund manager allegedly participated in an insider-trading ring centered on an Intel investment. The document also shows alleged insider trading of AMD shares by an adviser from McKinsey & Company before the chipmaker spun off of its manufacturing operations.
The case revolves around Raj Rajaratnam, who founded the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund that manages $7 billion in funds. Federal prosecutors charged Rajaratnam and five others on Friday with securities fraud, alleging they were involved in insider trading of some of the most well-known tech companies including Intel, Google, AMD, and IBM.
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Teen virtual world Meez sees profit
Meez, a start-up that expanded last year from an avatar creation service into a full-out virtual world for teens, is touting some good news: it's been profitable since April and "every month is better than the last month," CEO John Cahill told CNET News.
Right now, Meez has about 13 million registered users, 3 million unique hits per month, and only 20 full-time employees plus about 10 contractors.
Where's the money coming from? Premium subscriptions, ads on the free version of the site, and virtual goods bought and sold with its internal "Coinz" currency--which includes a mobile virtual-gift deal with Verizon.
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Charges swirl around insider trading on Intel, AMD deals
Think of it as a twist on the old rivalry between chip giants Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. But this time, the rivalry is about which company can make a hedge fund more money.
The complaint filed by the government against six people on Friday details how a relatively obscure Intel treasury executive and a prominent hedge fund manager allegedly participated in an insider-trading ring centered on an Intel investment. The document also shows alleged insider trading of AMD shares by an adviser from McKinsey & Company before the chipmaker spun off of its manufacturing operations.
The case revolves around Raj Rajaratnam, who founded the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund that manages $7 billion in funds. Federal prosecutors charged Rajaratnam and five others on Friday with securities fraud, alleging they were involved in insider trading of some of the most well-known tech companies including Intel, Google, AMD, and IBM.
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Teen virtual world Meez sees profit
Meez, a start-up that expanded last year from an avatar creation service into a full-out virtual world for teens, is touting some good news: it's been profitable since April and "every month is better than the last month," CEO John Cahill told CNET News.
Right now, Meez has about 13 million registered users, 3 million unique hits per month, and only 20 full-time employees plus about 10 contractors.
Where's the money coming from? Premium subscriptions, ads on the free version of the site, and virtual goods bought and sold with its internal "Coinz" currency--which includes a mobile virtual-gift deal with Verizon.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights Acer, Dell and Bluetooth
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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Acer overtakes Dell in PC shipments
Turns out Acer President Gianfranco Lanci wasn't just idly boasting earlier Wednesday when he said his company would pass Dell in the PC rankings "very soon." By very soon he clearly meant "today."
IDC released its PC tracker report Wednesday afternoon for the third quarter of 2009 and for the very first time, Acer is indeed the No. 2 producer of PCs in the world, with 14 percent. Hewlett-Packard remained on top with 20.2 percent of PCs shipped, and Dell dropped to 12.7 percent.
While not a total surprise considering that Acer's and Dell's momentum have been headed in opposing directions for some time, Acer's rise is indeed impressive. Just a few years ago most people would probably not have been able to recognize the Taiwanese brand, but that changed when it scooped up Gateway and began its aggressive attack on retail laptops in the U.S and Europe. Meanwhile Dell has fallen from the top vendor of PCs as recently as mid-2006 to No. 3 today as it navigates the changing PC market.
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New Wi-Fi spec challenges Bluetooth
A new Wi-Fi specification will let wireless devices discover and connect to one another without a router.
The spec, called Wi-Fi Direct, was announced Wednesday by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that promotes the technology. By making it much easier for devices to connect directly to each other using Wi-Fi, the new spec could pose a challenge to wireless technologies such Bluetooth.
The way Wi-Fi Direct works is that it allows Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as phones, cameras, printers, computers, keyboards, and headphones to connect to other Wi-Fi devices individually or to multiple devices at once. The spec will support standard Wi-Fi data rates, and devices will be able to connect to one another within about 100 meters of each other. This would allow just about any device that has Wi-Fi built into it to use wireless broadband instead of Bluetooth. It could even eliminate the need for Wi-Fi routers in some places.
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Acer overtakes Dell in PC shipments
Turns out Acer President Gianfranco Lanci wasn't just idly boasting earlier Wednesday when he said his company would pass Dell in the PC rankings "very soon." By very soon he clearly meant "today."
IDC released its PC tracker report Wednesday afternoon for the third quarter of 2009 and for the very first time, Acer is indeed the No. 2 producer of PCs in the world, with 14 percent. Hewlett-Packard remained on top with 20.2 percent of PCs shipped, and Dell dropped to 12.7 percent.
While not a total surprise considering that Acer's and Dell's momentum have been headed in opposing directions for some time, Acer's rise is indeed impressive. Just a few years ago most people would probably not have been able to recognize the Taiwanese brand, but that changed when it scooped up Gateway and began its aggressive attack on retail laptops in the U.S and Europe. Meanwhile Dell has fallen from the top vendor of PCs as recently as mid-2006 to No. 3 today as it navigates the changing PC market.
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New Wi-Fi spec challenges Bluetooth
A new Wi-Fi specification will let wireless devices discover and connect to one another without a router.
The spec, called Wi-Fi Direct, was announced Wednesday by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that promotes the technology. By making it much easier for devices to connect directly to each other using Wi-Fi, the new spec could pose a challenge to wireless technologies such Bluetooth.
The way Wi-Fi Direct works is that it allows Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as phones, cameras, printers, computers, keyboards, and headphones to connect to other Wi-Fi devices individually or to multiple devices at once. The spec will support standard Wi-Fi data rates, and devices will be able to connect to one another within about 100 meters of each other. This would allow just about any device that has Wi-Fi built into it to use wireless broadband instead of Bluetooth. It could even eliminate the need for Wi-Fi routers in some places.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Rex Healthcare and National Health IT Week
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare Team facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading healthcare professionals on a wide variety of topics including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, clinical research, medical devices, healthcare providers, insurance, and regulatory issues.
Our Healthcare network spans technology industries across the globe and includes doctors, researchers, scientists, healthcare executives, consultants, and former regulatory officials.
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Rex Healthcare installs 'virtual community'
NORTH CAROLINA – Rex Healthcare, a North Carolina-based not-for-profit health system, is implementing a “virtual community” to promote collaboration between patients and physicians.
Through a new contract with MEDSEEK, a Birmingham, Ala.-based provider of enterprise healthcare portal connectivity solutions, Rex Healthcare will deploy the eHealth ecoSystem.
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National Health IT week begins in nation's capital
WASHINGTON – With 2009 designated by the Obama administration as the year of healthcare transformation, organizers say National Health IT Week delivers a timely message on the potential for healthcare information technology to improve the nation's healthcare system.
Beginning today, the weeklong forum serves as a platform upon which public and private healthcare constituents – vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations and consumer protection groups – can raise awareness about the value of health IT among industry leaders and policymakers.
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Rex Healthcare installs 'virtual community'
NORTH CAROLINA – Rex Healthcare, a North Carolina-based not-for-profit health system, is implementing a “virtual community” to promote collaboration between patients and physicians.
Through a new contract with MEDSEEK, a Birmingham, Ala.-based provider of enterprise healthcare portal connectivity solutions, Rex Healthcare will deploy the eHealth ecoSystem.
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National Health IT week begins in nation's capital
WASHINGTON – With 2009 designated by the Obama administration as the year of healthcare transformation, organizers say National Health IT Week delivers a timely message on the potential for healthcare information technology to improve the nation's healthcare system.
Beginning today, the weeklong forum serves as a platform upon which public and private healthcare constituents – vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations and consumer protection groups – can raise awareness about the value of health IT among industry leaders and policymakers.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights iTunes and Freeware Apps
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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Music publishers: iTunes not paying fair share
Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day collect performance fees from Apple and other e-tailers for not just traditional music downloads but for downloads of films and TV shows as well. Those downloads contain music after all.
These groups even want compensation for iTunes' 30-second song samples. In the future, Apple may be required to pay licensing fees to ASCAP and BMI for the downloads of TV shows and films it sells.
At a time when many iTunes shoppers are still fuming over Apple's first-ever increase in song prices, the demands by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), and other performing-rights groups, would likely lead to more price hikes at iTunes. For many, this would also undoubtedly confirm their perception that those overseeing the music industry are greedy.
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Who needs Microsoft Office? Freeware puts twists on old apps
Most people become so accustomed to using Microsoft Office that they never consider its alternatives. But there are more than one way to process words and spreadsheets: Word and Excel aren't the only games in town.
In fact, it's getting easier and easier to do without the most popular Office applications. Other than Outlook--which my company uses--I haven't opened a Microsoft Office app since last February, when my HP laptop died prematurely.
In fact, it wasn't easy removing the trial version of Office Enterprise 2007 that was preinstalled on the Sony Vaio that replaced the piece-of-crap HP that died. I've been working just fine using the free Jarte word processor and Gnumeric spreadsheet.
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Music publishers: iTunes not paying fair share
Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day collect performance fees from Apple and other e-tailers for not just traditional music downloads but for downloads of films and TV shows as well. Those downloads contain music after all.
These groups even want compensation for iTunes' 30-second song samples. In the future, Apple may be required to pay licensing fees to ASCAP and BMI for the downloads of TV shows and films it sells.
At a time when many iTunes shoppers are still fuming over Apple's first-ever increase in song prices, the demands by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), and other performing-rights groups, would likely lead to more price hikes at iTunes. For many, this would also undoubtedly confirm their perception that those overseeing the music industry are greedy.
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Who needs Microsoft Office? Freeware puts twists on old apps
Most people become so accustomed to using Microsoft Office that they never consider its alternatives. But there are more than one way to process words and spreadsheets: Word and Excel aren't the only games in town.
In fact, it's getting easier and easier to do without the most popular Office applications. Other than Outlook--which my company uses--I haven't opened a Microsoft Office app since last February, when my HP laptop died prematurely.
In fact, it wasn't easy removing the trial version of Office Enterprise 2007 that was preinstalled on the Sony Vaio that replaced the piece-of-crap HP that died. I've been working just fine using the free Jarte word processor and Gnumeric spreadsheet.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Abortion Debate and Obama on Canada’s healthcare system
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare Team facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading healthcare professionals on a wide variety of topics including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, clinical research, medical devices, healthcare providers, insurance, and regulatory issues.
Our Healthcare network spans technology industries across the globe and includes doctors, researchers, scientists, healthcare executives, consultants, and former regulatory officials.
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Abortion Debate Could Make or Break Healthcare Reform
Antiabortion groups like the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family Action have spent the last month pummeling Democratic healthcare reform proposals over abortion coverage. They've attacked the House Democrats' healthcare bill, for instance, for leaving the door open to abortion coverage in the public health insurance option and for using federal funds to underwrite private healthcare plans that cover abortion. But conservative Christian groups have also made little secret of their opposition to the very idea of a greater government role in healthcare, the abortion controversy aside. A recent E-mail update from the Family Research Council blasted President Obama's push for healthcare reform without ever mentioning abortion. "The American people," it said, "...don't want healthcare delivered with the empathy of the IRS, the efficiency of FEMA, or the mismanagement of the post office."
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Obama: Canada’s healthcare system is “too radical”
When President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress last week in a desperate attempt to push his healthcare agenda through, he described Canada’s single payer healthcare as too much of a radical shift from the current American medical system.
Gee Barry, do you think that when the government of Canada first became involved in the medical care of its citizens it was by way of a single payer system? Okay you probably do but the reality is that Canada’s present single payer healthcare was not designed or created – it evolved over time into what it is today.
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Abortion Debate Could Make or Break Healthcare Reform
Antiabortion groups like the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family Action have spent the last month pummeling Democratic healthcare reform proposals over abortion coverage. They've attacked the House Democrats' healthcare bill, for instance, for leaving the door open to abortion coverage in the public health insurance option and for using federal funds to underwrite private healthcare plans that cover abortion. But conservative Christian groups have also made little secret of their opposition to the very idea of a greater government role in healthcare, the abortion controversy aside. A recent E-mail update from the Family Research Council blasted President Obama's push for healthcare reform without ever mentioning abortion. "The American people," it said, "...don't want healthcare delivered with the empathy of the IRS, the efficiency of FEMA, or the mismanagement of the post office."
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Obama: Canada’s healthcare system is “too radical”
When President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress last week in a desperate attempt to push his healthcare agenda through, he described Canada’s single payer healthcare as too much of a radical shift from the current American medical system.
Gee Barry, do you think that when the government of Canada first became involved in the medical care of its citizens it was by way of a single payer system? Okay you probably do but the reality is that Canada’s present single payer healthcare was not designed or created – it evolved over time into what it is today.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Business and Financial Services Group highlights tax on expensive health plans and stocks bounce on deal talk
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Tax on expensive health plans proposed
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A proposed health care compromise by the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee lacks a government-run insurance option and would tax the most expensive health insurance plans, a source close to the discussions told CNN Monday.
As expected, the proposal from Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, excludes the so-called public insurance option to compete with private insurers. However, it would allow for the creation of nonprofit health care cooperatives -- an idea that some moderate Democrats and Republicans have expressed possible interest in supporting.
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Stocks bounce on deal talk
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks bounced at Tuesday's open, with the major gauges flirting with fresh 2009 highs, as investors welcomed deal talk overseas and a spike in oil and gold prices and stocks.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) gained 31 points, or 0.3%, in the first few minutes. The S&P 500 (SPX) index added 5 points, or 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite (COMP) advanced 11 points, or 0.5%.
September is typically a tough month for Wall Street as market pros return from their summer vacations with a cleaning house mentality. It is the worst month on Wall Street in terms of percentage losses for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite, according to Stock Trader's Almanac.
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Tax on expensive health plans proposed
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A proposed health care compromise by the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee lacks a government-run insurance option and would tax the most expensive health insurance plans, a source close to the discussions told CNN Monday.
As expected, the proposal from Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, excludes the so-called public insurance option to compete with private insurers. However, it would allow for the creation of nonprofit health care cooperatives -- an idea that some moderate Democrats and Republicans have expressed possible interest in supporting.
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Stocks bounce on deal talk
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks bounced at Tuesday's open, with the major gauges flirting with fresh 2009 highs, as investors welcomed deal talk overseas and a spike in oil and gold prices and stocks.
The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) gained 31 points, or 0.3%, in the first few minutes. The S&P 500 (SPX) index added 5 points, or 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite (COMP) advanced 11 points, or 0.5%.
September is typically a tough month for Wall Street as market pros return from their summer vacations with a cleaning house mentality. It is the worst month on Wall Street in terms of percentage losses for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite, according to Stock Trader's Almanac.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights The Webification of App Security and Hunkering Down, Linux Style
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The Webification of App Security
Web applications are growing in popularity, and with this increasing ubiquity of Web apps, security is more than ever becoming the No. 1 challenge for enterprises. Traditional network component vendors are under pressure to solve security challenges. However, developing this capability on their own is complex, expensive and requires new skills.
Enter the cooperative spirit. Zeus Technology, a load balancing solutions provider, has partnered with Web security firm Art of Defence to supply Web application security technology through an OEM deal .
"A wide range of Web apps exist for the payment card industry and e-commerce," David Day, CTO for Zeus Technology, told the E-Commerce Times. "These organizations are under increasing pressure to meet regulations for security."
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Hunkering Down, Linux Style
Well September is here, and the final days of summer are hard upon us. Autumn is around the corner here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means it's time to begin thinking ahead to the winter days to come.
It isn't too surprising, then, that Linux bloggers have turned their attention in recent days to how they like to arrange things in the geeky counterpart of the proverbial nest -- the home office .
"I used to keep everything in a single room and it was a nice setup," began Linux Today's Carla Schroder, who kicked off the conversation with a recent post on her blog. "Lots of shelves, lots of tables, lots of computers, and a big closet for storing the usual herds of parts and manuals that breed and multiply over time."
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The Webification of App Security
Web applications are growing in popularity, and with this increasing ubiquity of Web apps, security is more than ever becoming the No. 1 challenge for enterprises. Traditional network component vendors are under pressure to solve security challenges. However, developing this capability on their own is complex, expensive and requires new skills.
Enter the cooperative spirit. Zeus Technology, a load balancing solutions provider, has partnered with Web security firm Art of Defence to supply Web application security technology through an OEM deal .
"A wide range of Web apps exist for the payment card industry and e-commerce," David Day, CTO for Zeus Technology, told the E-Commerce Times. "These organizations are under increasing pressure to meet regulations for security."
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Hunkering Down, Linux Style
Well September is here, and the final days of summer are hard upon us. Autumn is around the corner here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means it's time to begin thinking ahead to the winter days to come.
It isn't too surprising, then, that Linux bloggers have turned their attention in recent days to how they like to arrange things in the geeky counterpart of the proverbial nest -- the home office .
"I used to keep everything in a single room and it was a nice setup," began Linux Today's Carla Schroder, who kicked off the conversation with a recent post on her blog. "Lots of shelves, lots of tables, lots of computers, and a big closet for storing the usual herds of parts and manuals that breed and multiply over time."
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Light Shed On Cause Of Down Syndrome and Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health
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Light Shed On Cause Of Down Syndrome And Other Genetic Disorders
ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2009) — Scientists have a better understanding of what causes an abnormal number of chromosomes in offspring, a condition called aneuploidy that encompasses the most common genetic disorders in humans, such as Down syndrome, and is a leading cause of pregnancy loss.
To pinpoint what goes awry in these cases, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville studied mice. They found that if a mother’s egg cell has a mutation in just one copy of a gene, called Bub1, then she is more likely to have fewer offspring that survive to birth.
Ordinarily, both copies of a gene in a chromosome must carry the same mutation in order for an organism to be adversely effected.
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Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health
ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2009) — Could viruses be good for you? Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that enzymes from bacteria-infecting viruses known as phages could have beneficial applications for human and animal health.
Phage enzymes called endolysins attack bacteria by breaking down their cell walls. Unlike antibiotics, which tend to have a broad range, endolysins are comparatively specific, targeting unique bonds in the cell walls of their hosts. This is significant because it means non-target bacteria could be less likely to develop resistance to endolysins.
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Light Shed On Cause Of Down Syndrome And Other Genetic Disorders
ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2009) — Scientists have a better understanding of what causes an abnormal number of chromosomes in offspring, a condition called aneuploidy that encompasses the most common genetic disorders in humans, such as Down syndrome, and is a leading cause of pregnancy loss.
To pinpoint what goes awry in these cases, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville studied mice. They found that if a mother’s egg cell has a mutation in just one copy of a gene, called Bub1, then she is more likely to have fewer offspring that survive to birth.
Ordinarily, both copies of a gene in a chromosome must carry the same mutation in order for an organism to be adversely effected.
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Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health
ScienceDaily (Aug. 31, 2009) — Could viruses be good for you? Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have shown that enzymes from bacteria-infecting viruses known as phages could have beneficial applications for human and animal health.
Phage enzymes called endolysins attack bacteria by breaking down their cell walls. Unlike antibiotics, which tend to have a broad range, endolysins are comparatively specific, targeting unique bonds in the cell walls of their hosts. This is significant because it means non-target bacteria could be less likely to develop resistance to endolysins.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Consumer Goods & Services team notes articles regarding Frigidaire recalls and L'Oreal recession beauty habits
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Frigidaire recalls nearly 43,000 stove models
The Frigidaire division of Electrolux Canada Corp. said Wednesday it is voluntarily recalling nearly 43,000 stoves sold throughout Canada and the United States over a seven-year period.
The company issued warnings about safety hazards related to its Frigidaire and Kenmore Elite freestanding electric ranges with rotary knobs and digital displays. Frigidaire said the stoves’ elements may heat up without being turned on, fail to cool down after being turned off, or heat to different temperatures than those specified by users.
The recall covers 42,955 units — 22,125 Kenmore stoves and 20,830 ranges bearing the Frigidaire brand.
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L'Oreal Reveals Beauty Habits in the Face of Recession
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In an ongoing effort to better understand women's beauty routines, L'Oreal, in its 100th year, commissioned an international usage survey. The research featured some unexpected findings about how women's makeup habits are adapting in response to the recession, including how women are using makeup to get ahead at work.
The Beauty Barometer survey asked 4,000 women in the U.S. and four European countries about their cosmetic products and usage. And findings revealed that while women have changed the shades they purchase to be more "natural," they won't be giving up their favorite products anytime soon.
Nearly half of U.S. women surveyed believe wearing makeup gives them an advantage at work and makes them feel more in control. Four out of 10 U.S. women are wearing more neutral shades and a more natural makeup style than before the recession.
The majority of women surveyed believe wearing makeup makes them feel more self confident, and even more believe that wearing makeup improves their self image.
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Frigidaire recalls nearly 43,000 stove models
The Frigidaire division of Electrolux Canada Corp. said Wednesday it is voluntarily recalling nearly 43,000 stoves sold throughout Canada and the United States over a seven-year period.
The company issued warnings about safety hazards related to its Frigidaire and Kenmore Elite freestanding electric ranges with rotary knobs and digital displays. Frigidaire said the stoves’ elements may heat up without being turned on, fail to cool down after being turned off, or heat to different temperatures than those specified by users.
The recall covers 42,955 units — 22,125 Kenmore stoves and 20,830 ranges bearing the Frigidaire brand.
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L'Oreal Reveals Beauty Habits in the Face of Recession
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In an ongoing effort to better understand women's beauty routines, L'Oreal, in its 100th year, commissioned an international usage survey. The research featured some unexpected findings about how women's makeup habits are adapting in response to the recession, including how women are using makeup to get ahead at work.
The Beauty Barometer survey asked 4,000 women in the U.S. and four European countries about their cosmetic products and usage. And findings revealed that while women have changed the shades they purchase to be more "natural," they won't be giving up their favorite products anytime soon.
Nearly half of U.S. women surveyed believe wearing makeup gives them an advantage at work and makes them feel more in control. Four out of 10 U.S. women are wearing more neutral shades and a more natural makeup style than before the recession.
The majority of women surveyed believe wearing makeup makes them feel more self confident, and even more believe that wearing makeup improves their self image.
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"I have had great success working with Coleman Research Group. Their targeted searches yield experts who provide fresh insight on a given situation. For this project, CRG put me in touch with industry professionals who knew how to value the assets of big box retailers."
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights transit data and IBM Power7 hot topic at Hot Chips conference
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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Who owns transit data?
Commuters on public transit want to know two fundamental things: When can I expect the bus or train to pick me up? And when will it drop me off at my destination?
Nowadays, they may also be wondering whether their local transit agency is willing to share that data with others to put into new and helpful formats.
How likely is it that the arrival and departure information will be available on a site or service other than the official one? That depends on how enlightened your local agency is. In some metro areas, transit agencies make data--routes, schedules, and even real-time vehicle location feeds--available to developers to mash into whatever applications they wish. In others, the agencies lock down their information, claiming it may not be re-used without permission or fee.
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IBM Power7 hot topic at Hot Chips conference
The Hot Chips conference in Palo Alto, Calif this week is focusing on high-end chips for servers and scientific computers, with IBM's upcoming Power7 as a standout.
On Tuesday, IBM will give a presentation on its next-generation server chip, the Power7. IBM documentation describes the chip as having up to eight cores. A dual-chip module holds two processors for a total of 16 cores, according to IBM.
Each core has a rated performance of 32 gigaflops, providing 256 gigaflops per processor--one of the fastest chips to date based on this scientific-centric performance benchmark.
Power7 will be used in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications "Blue Waters" supercomputer, the first system of its kind to sustain one petaflop performance on a range of science and engineering applications, according to the NCSA. A petaflop is one quadrillion floating point operations per second.
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Who owns transit data?
Commuters on public transit want to know two fundamental things: When can I expect the bus or train to pick me up? And when will it drop me off at my destination?
Nowadays, they may also be wondering whether their local transit agency is willing to share that data with others to put into new and helpful formats.
How likely is it that the arrival and departure information will be available on a site or service other than the official one? That depends on how enlightened your local agency is. In some metro areas, transit agencies make data--routes, schedules, and even real-time vehicle location feeds--available to developers to mash into whatever applications they wish. In others, the agencies lock down their information, claiming it may not be re-used without permission or fee.
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IBM Power7 hot topic at Hot Chips conference
The Hot Chips conference in Palo Alto, Calif this week is focusing on high-end chips for servers and scientific computers, with IBM's upcoming Power7 as a standout.
On Tuesday, IBM will give a presentation on its next-generation server chip, the Power7. IBM documentation describes the chip as having up to eight cores. A dual-chip module holds two processors for a total of 16 cores, according to IBM.
Each core has a rated performance of 32 gigaflops, providing 256 gigaflops per processor--one of the fastest chips to date based on this scientific-centric performance benchmark.
Power7 will be used in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications "Blue Waters" supercomputer, the first system of its kind to sustain one petaflop performance on a range of science and engineering applications, according to the NCSA. A petaflop is one quadrillion floating point operations per second.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights Turbine-electric hybrid VTOL attack drone & Twitter isn't pointless babble
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading technology professionals on a wide variety of topics including semiconductors, data storage and security, computer hardware and software, satellite system operators, telecom equipment, cable and wireless providers, and advertising spending.
Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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Turbine-electric hybrid VTOL attack drone flies again
The Excalibur, a new turbine-electric hybrid propelled VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) unmanned attack drone, has successfully completed another test flight after taking on two new onboard computers last week.
Developed by Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. for the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate and the Office of Naval Research, the Excalibur is another radical robo-craft concept vying to fill the military's burgeoning demand for specialized UAVs.
The demonstrator model, weighing in at 700 pounds, can hit 520 mph, making it one of the fastest drones around, according to the Aurora. The nearly autonomous flight control system allows operators to concentrate on finding and engaging targets instead of piloting the aircraft, according to the Manassas, Va.-based company. The Excalibur's jet-borne vertical takeoff and landing and three electric lift fans providing attitude control and hover thrust, make it "runway independent." After takeoff, it flies like a regular turbojet.
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Why Twitter isn't pointless babble
Have you ever sat in a bar or a coffee shop, just watching what people do, examining the expressions on their faces, or just desperately trying to overhear the endearing nonsense that emerges from their mouths? That's how I think of Twitter.
Except there is one small difference with this peculiar little microblogging site: you can control who is in the bar or the coffee shop.
Some extremely clever people at Pear Analytics declared last week that 40 percent of tweets are "pointless babble". However, might their analysis be, as the English enjoy saying, just a little pear-shaped?
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Turbine-electric hybrid VTOL attack drone flies again
The Excalibur, a new turbine-electric hybrid propelled VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) unmanned attack drone, has successfully completed another test flight after taking on two new onboard computers last week.
Developed by Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. for the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate and the Office of Naval Research, the Excalibur is another radical robo-craft concept vying to fill the military's burgeoning demand for specialized UAVs.
The demonstrator model, weighing in at 700 pounds, can hit 520 mph, making it one of the fastest drones around, according to the Aurora. The nearly autonomous flight control system allows operators to concentrate on finding and engaging targets instead of piloting the aircraft, according to the Manassas, Va.-based company. The Excalibur's jet-borne vertical takeoff and landing and three electric lift fans providing attitude control and hover thrust, make it "runway independent." After takeoff, it flies like a regular turbojet.
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Why Twitter isn't pointless babble
Have you ever sat in a bar or a coffee shop, just watching what people do, examining the expressions on their faces, or just desperately trying to overhear the endearing nonsense that emerges from their mouths? That's how I think of Twitter.
Except there is one small difference with this peculiar little microblogging site: you can control who is in the bar or the coffee shop.
Some extremely clever people at Pear Analytics declared last week that 40 percent of tweets are "pointless babble". However, might their analysis be, as the English enjoy saying, just a little pear-shaped?
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Business and Financial Services Group highlights Honeywell trims profit outlook and Helping the unemployed pay their mortgage
Coleman Research Group’s Business and Financial Services Group facilitates consultations between our clients (institutional investors) and leading business and financial services professionals on a wide variety of topics including consumer credit trends, banking and investment services, insurance, residential and commercial real estate, student lending, and regulatory issues.
Our Business & Financial network includes an elite assembly of current and former CFOs and senior executives, accountants, former regulatory officials, academics, and top-level industry consultants.
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Honeywell trims profit outlook
BOSTON (Reuters) -- Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. reported a 38% drop in earnings that matched Wall Street's forecasts and cut its full-year profit forecast to the bottom of its prior range.
The world's largest maker of cockpit electronics, which is facing a downturn in its core aviation and construction markets, said Monday it expects no economic recovery this year.
Honeywell now looks for full-year earnings of $2.85 per share, at the low end of its prior forecast of $2.85 to $3.20. It cut its revenue forecast to $31.5 billion, below its prior range of $32.3 billion to $33.2 billion.
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Helping the unemployed pay their mortgages
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As a growing number of jobless Americans default on their mortgages, the Obama administration is considering new ways to help them avoid foreclosure.
Among the options being floated are giving the unemployed money, in the form of grants or loans, to cover their mortgage payments or allowing them to remain in their homes as renters after foreclosure.
The plans remain in the formative stage and are likely to encounter resistance in Congress.
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Honeywell trims profit outlook
BOSTON (Reuters) -- Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. reported a 38% drop in earnings that matched Wall Street's forecasts and cut its full-year profit forecast to the bottom of its prior range.
The world's largest maker of cockpit electronics, which is facing a downturn in its core aviation and construction markets, said Monday it expects no economic recovery this year.
Honeywell now looks for full-year earnings of $2.85 per share, at the low end of its prior forecast of $2.85 to $3.20. It cut its revenue forecast to $31.5 billion, below its prior range of $32.3 billion to $33.2 billion.
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Helping the unemployed pay their mortgages
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As a growing number of jobless Americans default on their mortgages, the Obama administration is considering new ways to help them avoid foreclosure.
Among the options being floated are giving the unemployed money, in the form of grants or loans, to cover their mortgage payments or allowing them to remain in their homes as renters after foreclosure.
The plans remain in the formative stage and are likely to encounter resistance in Congress.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights AMA open to government-funded health insurance and diprivan not approved for sleep disorders
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Diprivan not approved for sleep disorders
(CNN) -- Diprivan is a powerful I.V. anesthetic drug used for patients undergoing certain surgeries and diagnostic procedures.
Patients undergoing surgery may receive Diprivan to keep them sedated during the procedure.
The drug is making headlines with the claim from a nurse who worked for pop icon Michael Jackson that the singer, who died June 25, had repeatedly asked her about the drug. Nurse Cherilyn Lee told CNN that Jackson had brought up Diprivan about three months ago, saying he needed it for insomnia and that his doctor said it was safe.
"He said, 'I am so sleepy. I cannot sleep. I want to have at least eight hours of sleep,'" Lee told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
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AMA open to government-funded health insurance option
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama signed landmark legislation Monday giving the Food and Drug Administration new power to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco.
President Obama says the new law "represents change that's been decades in the making."
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gives the FDA power to ban candy-flavored and fruit-flavored cigarettes, widely considered appealing to first-time smokers, including youths. It also prohibits tobacco companies from using terms such as "low tar," "light" or "mild," requires larger warning labels on packages, and restricts advertising of tobacco products.
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Diprivan not approved for sleep disorders
(CNN) -- Diprivan is a powerful I.V. anesthetic drug used for patients undergoing certain surgeries and diagnostic procedures.
Patients undergoing surgery may receive Diprivan to keep them sedated during the procedure.
The drug is making headlines with the claim from a nurse who worked for pop icon Michael Jackson that the singer, who died June 25, had repeatedly asked her about the drug. Nurse Cherilyn Lee told CNN that Jackson had brought up Diprivan about three months ago, saying he needed it for insomnia and that his doctor said it was safe.
"He said, 'I am so sleepy. I cannot sleep. I want to have at least eight hours of sleep,'" Lee told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
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AMA open to government-funded health insurance option
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama signed landmark legislation Monday giving the Food and Drug Administration new power to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco.
President Obama says the new law "represents change that's been decades in the making."
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act gives the FDA power to ban candy-flavored and fruit-flavored cigarettes, widely considered appealing to first-time smokers, including youths. It also prohibits tobacco companies from using terms such as "low tar," "light" or "mild," requires larger warning labels on packages, and restricts advertising of tobacco products.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Technology, Media & Telecom department highlights Synthetic trees and Twitter
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Our TMT network spans technology industries across the globe and includes CTOs, CIOs, marketing and business development executives, engineers, buyers, and resellers.
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'Synthetic tree' claims to catch carbon in the air
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Scientists in the United States are developing a "synthetic tree" capable of collecting carbon around 1,000 times faster than the real thing.
As the wind blows though plastic "leaves," the carbon is trapped in a chamber, compressed and stored as liquid carbon dioxide.
The technology is similar to that used to capture carbon from flue stacks at coal-fired power plants, but the difference is that the "synthetic tree" can catch carbon anytime, anywhere.
"Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical," said Professor Klaus Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University.
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Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work
(CNN) -- Cyber criminals are setting snares that move at the speed of news.
Panda Security, a Spain-based antivirus maker, has been monitoring an onslaught of links with malicious software, or "malware," on Twitter that tag hot topics such as the Air France crash, the NBA finals, "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert and the new iPhone.
"Cyber criminals have been targeting Twitter users by creating thousands of messages (tweets) embedded with words involving trending topics and malicious URLs," Sean-Paul Correll, a threat researcher for Panda Labs, wrote recently on a blog for the company.
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'Synthetic tree' claims to catch carbon in the air
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Scientists in the United States are developing a "synthetic tree" capable of collecting carbon around 1,000 times faster than the real thing.
As the wind blows though plastic "leaves," the carbon is trapped in a chamber, compressed and stored as liquid carbon dioxide.
The technology is similar to that used to capture carbon from flue stacks at coal-fired power plants, but the difference is that the "synthetic tree" can catch carbon anytime, anywhere.
"Half of your emissions come from small, distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical," said Professor Klaus Lackner, Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University.
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Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work
(CNN) -- Cyber criminals are setting snares that move at the speed of news.
Panda Security, a Spain-based antivirus maker, has been monitoring an onslaught of links with malicious software, or "malware," on Twitter that tag hot topics such as the Air France crash, the NBA finals, "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert and the new iPhone.
"Cyber criminals have been targeting Twitter users by creating thousands of messages (tweets) embedded with words involving trending topics and malicious URLs," Sean-Paul Correll, a threat researcher for Panda Labs, wrote recently on a blog for the company.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Cancer and HIV/AIDS treatments
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Cancer spread to liver responds to experimental treatment
BALTIMORE, Maryland (CNN) -- When Linda Campbell of Lexington, North Carolina, started to lose her vision in winter 2000 she knew something was wrong. After a diagnosis of ocular melanoma, a rare cancer, she went through numerous treatments to save her eye. Despite one recurrence, by 2007 Campbell was pretty sure she had beaten the odds. That was until last year, when her doctors found lesions on her liver. Her melanoma had spread.
After an experimental cancer treatment, Linda Campbell has returned to work, with her dog Peanut." It was pretty devastating," she said.
Scans showed Campbell's liver was peppered with cancer. There were so many spots, they were impossible to count.
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A generation born with HIV/AIDS defies the odds
No one expected them to live long.
A glass tree at the University of Miami commemorates those who died from complications of HIV/AIDS. Many of their peers succumbed to unusual infections by their first or second birthdays. They were living on borrowed time, it seemed.
While their friends' parents visited schools, these kids visited their parents' graves. When their classmates planned for the future, they often thought about death.
But those babies who were born with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s have defied initial expectations.
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Cancer spread to liver responds to experimental treatment
BALTIMORE, Maryland (CNN) -- When Linda Campbell of Lexington, North Carolina, started to lose her vision in winter 2000 she knew something was wrong. After a diagnosis of ocular melanoma, a rare cancer, she went through numerous treatments to save her eye. Despite one recurrence, by 2007 Campbell was pretty sure she had beaten the odds. That was until last year, when her doctors found lesions on her liver. Her melanoma had spread.
After an experimental cancer treatment, Linda Campbell has returned to work, with her dog Peanut." It was pretty devastating," she said.
Scans showed Campbell's liver was peppered with cancer. There were so many spots, they were impossible to count.
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A generation born with HIV/AIDS defies the odds
No one expected them to live long.
A glass tree at the University of Miami commemorates those who died from complications of HIV/AIDS. Many of their peers succumbed to unusual infections by their first or second birthdays. They were living on borrowed time, it seemed.
While their friends' parents visited schools, these kids visited their parents' graves. When their classmates planned for the future, they often thought about death.
But those babies who were born with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s have defied initial expectations.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Business and Financial Services Group highlights Twitter and Google
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Twitter Will Make Money With Sponsored Direct Messages
Twitter users should get ready for messages from companies bearing coupons and discounts, says a Twitter investor.
Todd Chaffee, an Institutional Venture Partners VC and Twitter board member, told the New York Times Twitter will make money allow companies to send users coupons and e-commerce links embedded in messages sent as automatic replies to questions like "What treadmill should I buy?,"
He said: “Commerce-based search businesses monetize extremely well, and if someone says, ‘What treadmill should I buy?’ you as the treadmill company want to be there. As people use Twitter to get trusted recommendations from friends and followers on what to buy, e-commerce navigation and payments will certainly play a role in Twitter monetization.”
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The perks of marrying Google
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- When it comes to raising capital in the current economic environment, being married to a Google co-founder has its advantages.
Regulatory forms filed Thursday showed the internet search giant recently invested another $2.6 million in biotech firm 23andMe, which was co-founded in 2006 by Anne Wojcicki.
Wojcicki is married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Google already has a $3.9 million stake in the company, which sells DNA analysis. It made that investment in 2007, shortly after Brin and Wojcicki were married.
"We believed the technology had promise the first time we invested and continue to believe that now," said Jane Penner, a Google spokeswoman.
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Twitter Will Make Money With Sponsored Direct Messages
Twitter users should get ready for messages from companies bearing coupons and discounts, says a Twitter investor.
Todd Chaffee, an Institutional Venture Partners VC and Twitter board member, told the New York Times Twitter will make money allow companies to send users coupons and e-commerce links embedded in messages sent as automatic replies to questions like "What treadmill should I buy?,"
He said: “Commerce-based search businesses monetize extremely well, and if someone says, ‘What treadmill should I buy?’ you as the treadmill company want to be there. As people use Twitter to get trusted recommendations from friends and followers on what to buy, e-commerce navigation and payments will certainly play a role in Twitter monetization.”
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The perks of marrying Google
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- When it comes to raising capital in the current economic environment, being married to a Google co-founder has its advantages.
Regulatory forms filed Thursday showed the internet search giant recently invested another $2.6 million in biotech firm 23andMe, which was co-founded in 2006 by Anne Wojcicki.
Wojcicki is married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
Google already has a $3.9 million stake in the company, which sells DNA analysis. It made that investment in 2007, shortly after Brin and Wojcicki were married.
"We believed the technology had promise the first time we invested and continue to believe that now," said Jane Penner, a Google spokeswoman.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Business and Financial Services Group highlights New Bank Stress Tests and Chrysler's Sale to Fiat
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Oversight Panel Pushes for New Bank Stress Tests
The stress tests conducted on the largest U.S. banks should be repeated with updated figures, The Congressional Oversight Panel said.
The committee headed by Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, which oversees the $700 billion financial bailout package passed in October, said the stress tests ordered by the U.S. Treasury, evaluated banks' health against the possibility of unemployment rising to 8.9 percent. In May, the Department of Labor said unemployment exceeded that, rising to 9.4 percent, calling the results into question, a report to be released Tuesday said.
The panel said the stress tests were helpful, but lacked transparency on how they were conducted, The Washington Post reported.
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Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Chrysler Sale to Fiat
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked the sale of Chrysler LLC's assets to a new partnership with Fiat SpA, the first unexpected delay in the automaker's bankruptcy stage-managed by the Obama administration.
The one-page order by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stopped the sale "pending further order" by her or the full court, based on an appeal by three Indiana pension funds holding $45 million in Chrysler's secured loans. Ginsburg gave no time frame for when those next orders might arrive.
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Oversight Panel Pushes for New Bank Stress Tests
The stress tests conducted on the largest U.S. banks should be repeated with updated figures, The Congressional Oversight Panel said.
The committee headed by Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, which oversees the $700 billion financial bailout package passed in October, said the stress tests ordered by the U.S. Treasury, evaluated banks' health against the possibility of unemployment rising to 8.9 percent. In May, the Department of Labor said unemployment exceeded that, rising to 9.4 percent, calling the results into question, a report to be released Tuesday said.
The panel said the stress tests were helpful, but lacked transparency on how they were conducted, The Washington Post reported.
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Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Chrysler Sale to Fiat
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked the sale of Chrysler LLC's assets to a new partnership with Fiat SpA, the first unexpected delay in the automaker's bankruptcy stage-managed by the Obama administration.
The one-page order by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stopped the sale "pending further order" by her or the full court, based on an appeal by three Indiana pension funds holding $45 million in Chrysler's secured loans. Ginsburg gave no time frame for when those next orders might arrive.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Sky-High Calories in Some Restaurant Meals and Vaccine Fights Melanoma
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Sky-High Calories in Some Restaurant Meals
June 2, 2009
June 2, 2009 -- Restaurants are serving ever-larger portions of super-bad food to entice customers to start eating out again, according to a consumer watchdog group.
In a list of the most over-the-top, unhealthy restaurant foods, the Center for Science in the Public Interest singled out some dishes that provide more saturated fat or sodium than most people should eat in three days. The foods were also high in calories.
U.S. dietary guidelines call for healthy Americans to get less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day, about the amount in a teaspoon of table salt, to lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease. But for the 70% of Americans who are middle-aged or older, African-American, or have high blood pressure, no more than 1,500 milligrams a day is recommended.
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Vaccine Fights Melanoma
June 2, 2009
June 1, 2009 (Orlando) -- For the first time, a vaccine that trains the immune system to seek out and attack cancer cells has been shown to shrink tumors in people with melanoma.
In a study of 185 melanoma patients, the experimental vaccine also extended the time that people remained free of cancer.
There are even indications that people given the vaccine live longer, but patients need to be followed longer before researchers can be sure, says Patrick Hwu, MD, head of melanoma medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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Sky-High Calories in Some Restaurant Meals
June 2, 2009
June 2, 2009 -- Restaurants are serving ever-larger portions of super-bad food to entice customers to start eating out again, according to a consumer watchdog group.
In a list of the most over-the-top, unhealthy restaurant foods, the Center for Science in the Public Interest singled out some dishes that provide more saturated fat or sodium than most people should eat in three days. The foods were also high in calories.
U.S. dietary guidelines call for healthy Americans to get less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day, about the amount in a teaspoon of table salt, to lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease. But for the 70% of Americans who are middle-aged or older, African-American, or have high blood pressure, no more than 1,500 milligrams a day is recommended.
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Vaccine Fights Melanoma
June 2, 2009
June 1, 2009 (Orlando) -- For the first time, a vaccine that trains the immune system to seek out and attack cancer cells has been shown to shrink tumors in people with melanoma.
In a study of 185 melanoma patients, the experimental vaccine also extended the time that people remained free of cancer.
There are even indications that people given the vaccine live longer, but patients need to be followed longer before researchers can be sure, says Patrick Hwu, MD, head of melanoma medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Coleman Research Group’s Healthcare department highlights Prevention Of Blood Clots and Children With Autism
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Silver Nanoparticles Show 'Immense Potential' In Prevention Of Blood Clots
June 2, 2009
Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. Their study involves particles of silver — 1/50,000th the diameter of a human hair — that are injected into the bloodstream.
Debabrata Dash and colleagues point out that patients urgently need new anti-thrombotic agents because traditionally prescribed medications too-often cause dangerous bleeding. At the same time, aging of the population, sedentary lifestyle and spiraling rates of certain diseases have increased the use of these drugs. Researchers are seeking treatments that more gently orchestrate activity of platelets, disk-shaped particles in the blood that form clots.
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Citalopram No Better Than Placebo Treatment For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
June 2, 2009
Citalopram, a medication commonly prescribed to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), was no more effective than a placebo at reducing repetitive behaviors, according to researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and other NIH institutes. The study was published in the June 2009 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
"Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders face an enormous number of treatment options, not all of which are research-based," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "Studies like this help us to better understand which treatments are likely to be beneficial and safe."
The researchers say their findings do not support using citalopram to treat repetitive behaviors in children with ASD. Also, the greater frequency of side effects from this particular medication compared to placebo illustrates the importance of placebo-controlled trials in evaluating medications currently prescribed to this population.
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Silver Nanoparticles Show 'Immense Potential' In Prevention Of Blood Clots
June 2, 2009
Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. Their study involves particles of silver — 1/50,000th the diameter of a human hair — that are injected into the bloodstream.
Debabrata Dash and colleagues point out that patients urgently need new anti-thrombotic agents because traditionally prescribed medications too-often cause dangerous bleeding. At the same time, aging of the population, sedentary lifestyle and spiraling rates of certain diseases have increased the use of these drugs. Researchers are seeking treatments that more gently orchestrate activity of platelets, disk-shaped particles in the blood that form clots.
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Citalopram No Better Than Placebo Treatment For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
June 2, 2009
Citalopram, a medication commonly prescribed to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), was no more effective than a placebo at reducing repetitive behaviors, according to researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and other NIH institutes. The study was published in the June 2009 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
"Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders face an enormous number of treatment options, not all of which are research-based," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "Studies like this help us to better understand which treatments are likely to be beneficial and safe."
The researchers say their findings do not support using citalopram to treat repetitive behaviors in children with ASD. Also, the greater frequency of side effects from this particular medication compared to placebo illustrates the importance of placebo-controlled trials in evaluating medications currently prescribed to this population.
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