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bizjournals Health Care:General headlines
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NF hospital advances $6.3M renovation
11/21/08 7:39 AM
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is moving forward with a $6.3 million plan to renovate its inpatient adult psychiatric unit.
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St. John’s patient tower ahead of schedule
11/20/08 11:12 PM
Construction of a new $150 million patient tower at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center is ahead of schedule and is now expected to open in April 2010, the hospital said Thursday.
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Methodist laying off 99 employees
11/20/08 11:03 PM
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Inc. is laying off 99 employees in “unprecedented times.”
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Sandy Spring Bank gets $83M TARP infusion
11/20/08 10:02 PM
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Sandy Spring Bank, has been notified by the Treasury Department that it will be getting a capital infusion of up to $83 million through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the company announced today.
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Health-care fraud sends three to jail
11/20/08 10:00 PM
An orthopedic surgeon and chiropractor from metro Atlanta are among a group sentenced to federal prison for a $3 million health-care fraud scam.
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SRI names new vice president of drug development
11/20/08 8:40 PM
Southern Research Institute has hired a new vice president of its drug development division from a Canadian pharmaceutical company.
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Bannister Mall redevelopment gets $30M in Missouri tax credits
11/20/08 8:40 PM
The Missouri Development Finance Board on Thursday approved $30 million in tax credits deemed crucial to the $1 billion plan to redevelop the shuttered Bannister Mall area.
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Feds: Local company's pension plan short $120K
11/20/08 7:56 PM
The U.S. Department of Labor is suing an operator of medical clinics in Vance and Warren counties, claiming that it owes $120,000 in employer contributions and interest to its pension plan.
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Minnesota loses 7,500 more jobs in October
11/20/08 7:50 PM
Minnesota employers cut another 7,500 jobs in October, pushing the state’s unemployment rate up slightly to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6 percent, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
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