October 9, 2011A startup biotech company seeking to develop a gene therapy to combat viruses and a company developing high-wattage light-emitting diodes will present their business plans at the upcoming Venture BPlan forum on Oct. 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The event, held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutes Heffner Alumni House o Peoples Avenue in Troy, [...]
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September 26, 2011If you were looking for the San Bernardino County civil grand jury report that was released June 30 and that’s been mentioned quite a bit as folks try to understand why the FBI and other agencies may have been seeking so much evidence that could be tied to bribery, theft, fraud and money laundering, good [...]
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September 26, 2011There was good news and bad news in this year’s annual survey of employer health benefits by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust. The good news: An estimated 2.3 million young adults under age 26 have been added to their parents’ health plans as a result a provision of the [...]
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September 25, 2011Is your inbox cluttered with emails from daily deal sites? A recent report from advertising researchers Bia-Kelsey says there are now more than 600 of them competing for your eyeballs. Can there be too much of a good thing? If you’re buying vouchers faster than you can use them — yes. So if you’re just [...]
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September 23, 2011ONE of Scotland’s most prominent entrepreneurs, Sir Brian Souter, is urging Britain’s schools to take greater steps to encourage enterprise among young people in an effort to secure a sustained economic recovery. The boss of transport heavyweight Stagecoach, who has become increasingly vocal on social issues in recent weeks, argues that less emphasis should be [...]
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August 27, 2011WASHINGTON (AP) — Damage from Irene appears to be less than feared, a bit of reassuring news for a fragile economy. Insured damage from Irene will range between $2 billion and $3 billion, and the total losses will likely be about $7 billion, according to preliminary estimates by Kinetic Analysis Corp. a consulting firm. B [...]
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