Sunday, October 31, 2010

Children's Hospital CEO Roger Oxendale resigns - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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spokesman Frank Raczkiewicz confirmed the resignation Oxendale will remain through the endof 2009. He also is resigningf the presidencyof Children’s foundation, a position he has held sinc 2008. Oxendale, who was traveling Tuesday morning, was not immediately available. He joined the hospital 14 years ago asits CFO. He becamre COO in 2000 and replacer Ron Violi as president and CEOin 2005. Oxendalw dropped the president title when he took the post at the foundatiohnlast year. Children’s spokesman Marc Lucasiak said the organizatiom will be conducting a search to fill the foundatiohn position but will not continuew theCEO post.
Christopher Gessneer will continue to serve as presidentof Children’ss Hospital. He was appointed in 2008 after eight years as chiefoperating officer. Children’sz in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood May 2. It launched a $100 milliojn capital campaign last fall to help payfor it. John vice president of Witt/Kieffer, a recruitmenft firm specializing in thenonprofit sector, said it will be toughn to find a new presidentg for the foundation, but that Children’a is “well positioned” to attract strong “It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to find top-notcn development and advancement professionals,” Thornburgh said.
“Bugt I believe Children’s is in a stronge r position because of its The new building will be an assetf in recruitingexcellent candidates, and, frankly, fundraising for children’zs causes is something that the community responda to better than other nonprofits.”

Friday, October 29, 2010

Bodies spotted at Antarctic crash site - ABC Online

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Bodies spotted at Antarctic crash site

ABC Online


Low cloud cover has hampered the rescue effort so far. [File photo] (ABC News: Peter Curtis) French authorities says Australian rescuers have spotted three ...


Bodies seen near Antarctic chopper wreck

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Search underway as helicopter with 4 onboard goes missing over Antarctic

Daily Mail


Fatal helicopter crash at French Antarctic research base

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Human Capital: People on the move, Feb. 17 - Dayton Business Journal:

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BU School of Medicine appoints Hymamn as associate provost for graduate medical scienceds Linda Hyman was appointed associate provost for the divisionn of graduate medical sciencesat . For the past five Hyman has served as vice provost for the division of healt sciencesat . She also held the position of assistany dean at thein Seattle.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

OECD: Spending cuts 'courageous' - The Press Association

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OECD: Spending cuts 'courageous'

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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said the spending review contained measures to both retain credibility and minimise the ...



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Monday, October 25, 2010

Beige Book: Activity Continued to Rise Albeit at'Modest Pace' - IMarketnews.com

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Beige Book: Activity Continued to Rise Albeit at'Modest Pace'

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... the "Beige Book" -- showed that "national economic activity continued to rise, albeit at a modest pace" between September and the beginning of October. ...


Fed Beige Book Survey Finds Modest Economic Activity

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Japanese visitors still spooked by flu - Charlotte Business Journal:

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According to preliminary counts, a total of 8,870 passenger s arrived June 1-4 on flights to Hawaii from Japan. That’zs a 32 percent drop from the same periofin 2008, about 1,000 fewer visitors per day. The Japanesre visitor falloff begin the second week in May and was directlhy attributed toswine flu, also called H1N1 influenzaz A. Even though Japan has reported, as of Wednesday, 385 swinre flu cases of its own, ranking it amongh the top six countries affected by the many Japanese companies have banned employeesd fromoverseas travel. The swine flu outbreak is also affectingf travel from other Asianm countries to North Americaand Europe, accordintg to Hawaii Tourism Asia.
The Southu Korean travel industryreports 15-30 percent cancellationn rates in trips to U.S. destinationz since the end of Cancellations to Hawaii are under10 percent. The Chines e travel industry, meantime, said cancellations in outbound traveplare increasing, with fewer new-booked packages to the U.S.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Resolute Games launching new iPhone app - San Francisco Business Times:

http://4utexts.com/en/public-speaking/page_19.html
Seven Deaths is a fighting game that follows the livexs of eight characters through one night in Nagamachi through a battle for control in the The game includes full storiea of the characters and detailed The game will also eventually includse updatesfor Wi-Fi multiplayer and social Resolute Games has also created otherd iPhone applications, including “Segment” and “Elvis Mobile.” And Resolute gamerse will now have new, faster devices to play on. At its Worldwider Developers Conference inSan Francisco, announced the next generation of which will download content three times faster than the current branr and will include a 3-megapixe l autofocus camera.
It also has voice-control featuresz and a built-in compass. The 3GS also has improved battery life with up to nine hourxon WiFi, 10 hours while watching video, 30 hour s using audio, 12 hours using 2G talk and five hourxs using 3G talk. The new iPhone will be availabl e in black and white onJune 19. It will sell for $199 for a 16GB modekl and $299 for 32GB.