Apple in talks on 99-cent TV show rentals

Apple Inc. is reportedly renewing efforts to get TV networks to offer their shows on iTunes for as little as 99 cents per show.
The report from Bloomberg, based on unnamed sources, comes as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is widely expected to be ready to announce a new product called iTV next month.
Bloomberg said that Apple is in […]

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Fallon wins its insurance fight with DOI

Fallon Community Health Plan’s insurance premium increases for small businesses, submitted in April to the Division of Insurance, were justified, according to an independent administrative panel. It’s a win for the state’s fourth largest insurer, which along with all other state health plans, has been locked in a four-month battle with Governor Deval Patrick’s administration […]

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Experience on Wall Street? Don’t run for office.

Bob Rubin and Hank Paulson. Vernon Jordan practically lives in the intersection of finance and politics. Heck, even John Edwards took a sabbatical at private equity/hedge fund firm Fortress Investment Group (FIG) between campaigns. Although Edwards’ explanation — that he wanted to understand more about how Wall Street worked so as to be better […]

Hawker disputes cuts claim

In a letter sent to Hawker Beechcraft Corp. employees on Friday, the company’s vice president of human resources, Rich Jiwanlal, said claims by its machinists’ union about the number of potential job cuts were “not true.”
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 70 President Steve Rooney said in his own letter to machinists last […]

Congress reverses Medicare cuts

The House voted Thursday to reverse a 21% cut in government fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients.
The vote followed Senate passage last Friday of the same legislation, which retroactively rescinds the June 1 cut for six months and adds a 2.2% increase in doctors’ rates.
The House vote passed 417-1. Rep. George Miller, […]

Four-year, $90 million project is completed at St. Anthony’s Medical Center

A four-year, $90 million redesign and construction project recently was completed at St. Anthony’s Medical Center in south St. Louis County with the opening of the hospital’s new heart and vascular institute.
This final part of the project groups three radiology suites, three cardiac catheterization labs, two electrophysiological labs and an endovascular lab together […]

Stocks set to slip after retail sales

U.S. stocks were set to slide Friday, after a downbeat May retail sales report was released before the bell.
Dow Jones industrial average, Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures were all lower.
Futures measure current index values against perceived future performance.
U.S. stocks closed with a pop Thursday as euro-zone concerns eased. The Dow (INDU), the […]

2010 elementary school databases

Business First has posted six databases that allow you to sort through this year’s elementary school rankings and gather additional information about specific schools.
Follow these links:
• Overall rankings of elementary schools
• Rankings of public elementary schools
• Rankings of private elementary schools
• Rankings of elementary schools in English language arts
• Rankings of elementary schools in mathematics
• […]

Inside China’s garlic bubble

Garlic has always been revered in China — not so much for its overpowering bite but as an important ingredient in cuisine and related health benefits. The philosopher Confucius was so fond of the pungent plant he even extolled its virtues in the Shih Ching, the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry.
But never in its […]

King Says Hedge Funds Didn’t Cause Him to Lose Sleep in Crisis

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said officials didn’t lose sleep during the financial crisis worrying about the failure of hedge funds, whose model provides a potential solution in regulating the banking system.
“After the failure of Lehman Brothers and the need to recapitalize the banking system, it became very clear that hedge funds, […]