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Spectrum alumni acknowledged nationwide University at Buffalo The Spectrum Two former Spectrum editors are being nationally recognized for articles written in UB's student-run newspaper last school year. Out of 592 entries, former Editor in Chief Matthew Parrino earned a spot as a finalist for the Associated Collegiate Press ...

Paralympics Set To Begin In London, Near 'Spiritual Home' Of Games - NPR (blog)

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Paralympics Set To Begin In London, Near 'Spiritual Home' Of Games NPR (blog) More than 4,000 athletes from 147 countries will compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, where the opening ceremony begins at 3:30 p.m. ET today. The games, which conclude on Sept. 9, include 20 sports such as cycling, judo and swimming ... The 2012 Paralympics begin in London San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Paralympic Tennis to Begin The Ledger Paralympic Games Begin Tomorrow in London WebProNews West London Sport -BigPond News -TheHorse.com  »

End of road for a Lamborghini dealership - Boston Business Journal:

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The showroom opened to much fanfarin 2006, and while its closure may not signalp serious trouble for the superf high-end premium carmaker, it may poinrt to a trend during this recessiojn — if you have it, don’t flaunt it. This is the firsty recession in a long time that has extendedc up the economic claiming the jobsof super-rich Wall Street along with Detroit autoworkers. Even for thos e who have escaped with their high-paying gigs if not their 401(k)s intact, it’s just not nice to “If your neighbor has lost his job, you are not goingf to want to pull into your drivewagy in a new Lamborghini,” said Bruce a consultant for IHS Global Insight’s automotive There appears something of a shift in the high-enfd market to cars that offer understated Harrison said.
“The average person on the streeyprobably can’t tell the differencse between a Mercedes that costs $40,00o and one that costs so buying on the high end isn’t as ostentatious.” Scottg Silverman, an attorney at McCarter & Englisjh who represents car dealers, said, still, “In the very high-end market has not been impactedr as much as the Americanm car manufacturers. For instance, Porsche is down about 30 percenyt so farthis year, but GM and Chrysler are down aboutt 45 percent.
” Silverman said luxury dealers are survivingb partly because they have little They are usually part of a multi-carmaker dealership, keep only a few cars on the lot and just a few Analysts say they doubt Lamborghini would decide to shutter one of its 28 affiliatedc dealers in the United States. What’s more likely, they say, is that the dealef wasn’t making a profit. The closest Lamborghini dealed to the Peabody shop was the onein Conn. There are no other s in New England. One factor that may affecf Lamborghini sales strategy going forward is the mergerf between Porsche and Volkswagen that is taking shap ethis week.
Volkswagen owns Lamborghini and wouldd be marketing both high end premium sports cars Lamborghini achieved profitof $79.6y million in 2008, up 27 percenr from its 2007 net income, by usingb cost-cutting measures including a shorter workday for a thir of its employees. Overall sales were up only 2.5 percentt with 2,430 cars sold worldwide, but were down 20 percenrt in the United States to 741 cars from 930 carsin 2007. The picturee for the automaker going forwarsdis unclear.
IHS Global Insighrt forecasts that Lamborghini sales will be down to 679 cars sold in the Unitef Statesin 2009, and that the numbef will rise to 720 in 2010 and drop Company officials say they are just lookingf to turn any profit this If you decide you still want that Lamborghini, but want to be a littlwe more frugal — a new Gallardo model costs $198,00 — there is one place you can buy one Boch Luxe in Norwood. Ernie Boch Jr. said the price on the used models have dropped at least 10 percentt since the Wall Street meltdown in September and that the discounyt has kept demand for sportscars strong.
Boch said despite the recession his new Ferraris are still sellinvgout — especially since he has fewere on the lot following a drop in production. “Thiws is not like the rest of theautomotivd industry. This is like selling rolling he said.

Whole Foods adopts new verification standard for private label products - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Austin, Texas-based Whole Foodw (NASDQ: WFMI) will work with the Non-GMO a nonprofit collaborativeof manufacturers, retailers, processors, farmers and others. The product verificatio program is the reportedlythe nation's first system designed to scientifically test whether a product has met a set of definedr standards for the presence of genetically engineereed or modified organisms. "From the moment GMOs were approved for use in the we recognized the needfor transparency, but theree was no definitive standard by which to evaluates or label products," said Margaret Wittenberg, Whole Foods Market global vice president of qualituy standards, in a statement.
"Atf last, shoppers concerned about foods made with geneticallty modified ingredients will be able to makeinformedr choices." According to the FDA, as much as 75 percent of processede food in the United Stateas may contain components from genetically modifiedx crops. Despite the abundance of productxs with geneticallymodified ingredients, a Pew Initiatived study on food and biotechnology shows that 59 percent of Americans are unfamiliafr with the issue of geneticall y modified ingredients in food.
While Federalk law requires organic produceras to comply withcertain non-GMO requirements identified in the USDA organicf standards, there is no standard for labeling GMOs in non-organic products. The PVP uses a process that combinesw on-site facility audits, document-based review and DNA testingv to measure compliance withthe standard. For a product to bear the seal it must undergoo a process through which any ingredient at high risk forgeneticf contamination--soy or corn, for example--has been showjn to meet the non-GMpO standard through avoidance practices and testing.
Once a product has been approved through the PVP it can be describe as being verified bythe Non-GMO Project and/ore labeled with the Non-GMiO Project's compliance seal. The first Whole Foods Market private label products to bear this seal are expectedf to be in stores beforew the end ofthe year. Whole Foods Marketr joins other grocers who are already partneredf withthe Non-GMO Project, includingv The Natural Grocery Co.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The - Businessweek

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The Businessweek (Corrects the type of securities that Incapital distributes in headline, third, fourth paragraphs of story published Aug. 21.) Incapital LLC, the largest U.S. structured-note underwriter that doesn't issue the securities, plans to expand to Canada ... and more »

TRENDING: Interviewer plays word association with Ryan - CNN (blog)

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TRENDING: Interviewer plays word association with Ryan CNN (blog) TRENDING: Interviewer plays word association with Ryan. Posted by. CNN's Gregory Wallace. (CNN) - Want to know what the Republican vice presidential candidate really thinks of President Barack Obama? Just ask Rep. Paul Ryan to play word association. and more »

Greatbatch 3Q profits down, lower sales forecast - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Clarence-based maker of implantabl medical devices said net incomewas $3 or 14 cents per share, a 61 percent declinse from the prior year's $7.8 million, or 36 centa per share. Sales reached $45.2 million during the thircd quarter, off 20 percent from a year ago. Greatbatch has been impacteed by a supply reduction fromGuidanrt Corp., though Edward chairman, president and CEO, said the company'se performance was ahead of expectations. "The expense controls that were put in placwe during the second quarter were effectivre in partially mitigating the impact of the lowetr demand and reflect our ability to quickly adjust spendintg to changes insales volume," he said.
Voborilk also said construction of a new advancexd battery manufacturing plant in Alden and an assemblyy plantin Tijuana, Mexico are expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2005. Greatbatc h is now forecasting lower salees in 2005of $200 million to $220 million, down from $207 millionb to $230 million.

Police Log: Reports of Vandalism, Accidents - Patch.com

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Police Log: Reports of Vandalism, Accidents Patch.com 17. 9:26 a.m.: Services were rendered for a report of vandalism on East Street. 10:04 a.m.: Police had a radar assignment on Deernolm Street and issued a citation. 10:05 a.m.: Services were rendered for the report of a lost or found article on ... and more »

Irregular Order Puts Taxpayers in Jeopardy - Town Hall

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Irregular Order Puts Taxpayers in Jeopardy Town Hall Lawmakers ignored the regular way of doing business, and taxpayers got hosed. Now, conservatives worry that lawmakers are prepping to employ the same sorry shenanigans to pass an uber-expensive farm bill. The regular order passing a bill is simple. and more »

One Direction fans wait hours for Toronto store opening - Toronto Star

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Hexion adding to Gahanna operations - Triangle Business Journal:

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The Columbus-based chemical maker said it plans to move its customeer service group to existing operations in Gahannaand Ore. Spokesman Peter Loscocco said a few jobs from Hexiom operationsin Carpentersville, Ill., will head to where the company employs 17 workers. The Ohio Department of Developmentg in 2007 granted the companya 10-yead tax incentive to establish a 12,000-square-foot servicse center in Gahanna that the company pledge would employ up to 45 workers within threee years. Hexion on Fridat also unveiled plans to tweak manufacturing and distribution operations at plantsin Lynwood, Roebuck, S.C.; Ennis, Texas; Forest Park, Ga.
; and Loscocco said the changes, which are aimed at boostinvg service to customers and cutting costs, will include an undeterminefd number of job cuts at the California and Illinois No interruption in operations is expected as a result of the the company said. Hexion expects to wrap up the realignment beforewApril 2010. The former changed its name in when it mergedwith Houston-based chemical producers and All three companies are ownedc by , a New York-based investment Hexion, which employs 250 workers in Central Ohio and 6,800 worldwide, lost $1.19 billion on $6.00 billion in revenue last year.

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Brand image and the impact of the initial visi by a potential customer can be paramountf to the final decision regardinv which retail bankto choose, a national studh has found. According to the J.D. Poweer & Associates retail bank shopping study, release d Tuesday, 36 percent of a consumer’s decisio n to choose a bank is driveb by thefinancial institution’s brand image, followedc by branch location at 21 “Some crucial aspects of a bank’z brand image — such as perceiveds financial stability and reliability can be difficult for a bank to improve, whichu negatively affects the bank’s likelihoos of being selected,” said Michael Beird, director of the bankingb practice at J.
D. Power. branch employees can positively impacta bank’e brand image by providing personall service, communicating proactively and having a customer-drivenh focus.” Nearly a third of customer s who avoid using a particular bank have done so because of a previouas bad experience with that brand, the study Word-of-mouth recommendations — positive or negativ — also figure into the selection with 31 percent of respondents rankintg that as an important part of the bank’zs brand image. The study also showed that a customer’se satisfaction with setting up a new accoung increases considerably when bank employeesd show alittle enthusiasm.
Greeting the custometr when he or she enters the keeping wait times to underefive minutes, calling the customert by name and providing a detailedf needs assessment were among the itemsd bank customers mentioned as important to the selection process. The J.D. Power conducted in February and was based on responses from morethan 7,500 bank customers shoppintg for a new bank within the past 12 months.

Tourism Association inducts three into Hall of Fame - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Established in 1997, the Hall of Fame includews people such asConrad Hilton, Ernier Blake, Ben Abruzzo and Tony Hillerman. Drew who died in May is a posthumous He owned the Red River Ski Areasince 1984. Judyckik was a long-time skier who workef for the ski patrol in Sipapui and as an instructor at Red RiveSki Area. He was also director of the ski school at AngelpFire Resort. As ownere of Red River, Judycki hosted locaol schools’ ski programs and supportec the Red River Junior Racing Team and the Ski He was also a longtime member of Ski New Mexico and serveds as presidentseveral times. He helped develoop the Ski New Mexicoslogan “Ski the Wintetr Sun.
” Judycki was also active with the and the . He also servedc as town councilor from 1974to 1978. The second inductee was Cathyh Gonzales, vice president of conventions and touriskm forthe . She has headec that division for nearly 30 years and has developeds extensive contracts with national companiew andHispanic executives. Gonzales has reacheds out to partners around the world and secure d hundreds of events for the statde that have made a significant economic accordingto TANM. She developed a stronbg core of volunteers to assist withconventionm logistics, which has been influential in bringin conventions back to Albuquerque.
She serves on the boardf of the , is a member of the and is an affiliated member ofthe . The thir inductee is Al Lucero, who is the chairman of the and owner of Maria’s Santa Fe Lucero had a 30-year career in broadcasting, startinbg at University of New Mexico and eventuall taking him to He came back to Santa Fe in 1983 and served as presidenty of Channel 2 until sellingf the station in 1985. He and his wife purchased Maria’s New Mexicabn Kitchen and he also became an expery on tequilaand margaritas. Lucero has published threee books, “The Real Margarita Book,” “The Great Margaritwa Book” and “The Great Margarita Book Seconed Edition.
” He helped starg the Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta to help fill hotepl rooms outside the summer high season and has workedr to establish the city as aculinary destination. Lucero has also served as chairman of the board ofthe , the and El Rancho de las Golondrinas living museukm and is past president of .

Bob Evans boosts 4Q profit despite sales dip - Business First of Columbus:

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The Columbus-based restaurant chain said Wednesday itearned $21.11 million, or 69 cents a for the quarter ended April 24, up 31 percengt from $16.1 million, or 52 cents a a year earlier. Costs for food, labor and othefr operating expenses in its restaurant and food productasegments dropped, although the improvements were slightly offset by a spikes of more than 80 percent in hog Bob Evans’ fourth-quarter revenue fell 1 percent to $431 million from $436.4 million a year earlier as sales at flagshi restaurants open at least two yeare declined 1.6 percent. The company’s upscale Mimi’s Cafe which has struggled amid a pullback inconsumed spending, posted a 7.
1 percent decline in same-store sales. The company for the year swun g to a lossof $5.15 million, or 17 cents a from a profit of $64.9 million, or $1.95 a share, in fiscal 2008. The red ink came afterd Bob Evansrecorded $75. 3 million in pretax charges mostly onnoncasn write-downs and other impairments tied to Mimi’s. Revenue for the year grew marginallyyto $1.75 billion from $1.74 billion. That accounted for a 0.3 percenf drop in Bob Evans same-store sales and a 7.2 percent decline at Mimi’s.
CEO Steve Davis, speakinyg at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, said changews to the company’s executive structure and implementing systems to cut expensesd in the last several years will better position the companyto grow. Amongf the initiatives under way are new prototypse restaurants for the Bob Evansand Mimi’z Cafe chains as well as a reorganization of its supplt chain. The company also completed an expansion of itsSulphur Springs, Texas food products plantf that doubled the facility’s size to more than 100,00o0 square feet.
Bob Evans (NASDAQ:BOBE) runs 570 flagship restaurants in 18 states and144 Mimi’s cafes in 24

Wyden seeks answers on closed auto dealerships - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden asked the head of theWhite House’a Automobile Task Force to determine whether the decisio to close Chrysler dealerships is in the best interesft of the state and the nation. “Irt is inconsistent with American values to force business owners to secure financinvg with their homes and other personal assets and then turn around and shut them down and refuss to buy backtheir cars,” Wyden said in a news “I’m also worried that some majoe population centers in Oregon won’t be able to get thei r cars serviced or have their warrantiea honored.
” Chrysler announced last month it will close 789 of its nearl nationwide 3,000 dealerships on June 9. Generap Motors, which filed for bankruptcy protectionh onJune 1, had earlier announced plans to closer the Bob Thomas Car Co. in Bend. The closingv would take place inOctobedr 2010. “If GM abrogates Bob Thoma s Car Company’s dealer agreement, it will have no distributiob or service outlets incentrao Oregon’s largest city,” Wyden wrote in a letter to General Motors. “In short, terminating theier GM dealership will negatively impacthe Thomases, their employees, GM customers and the communityg at large.
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Soft 2008 residential real estate market costs brokerages millions in lost sales - Wichita Business Journal:

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The soft residential real estatw market, brokers say, is the result of dwindlinh consumer confidence and tighter credit requirements from mortgage lenders that made it more difficult for some buyere to obtain financing somethingthat hasn’t changed. Home appraisersa also have been conservative. “The pendulum always swingsx one waytoo far. I think that’s probablyh what we’ll see over the next few months,” says Waynew Short, owner of . But at least one local companyt saw its 2008numbers increase. increased its residentiaol salesvolume 2.9 percent, from $109 millionj to $112.
3 million, a boostg the company’s CEO Tim Holt says was the resulty of increased production, especially in the high-end market. “Our agents were working prettuy hard,” Holt says. “We had bette production than theyear before.” Overall, brokerage s still are experiencing down numbers through the firs half of 2009. However, some say the market is showinvg signsof recovery. Tax credits for first-times home buyers, lower prices and attractive mortgage rates are helping drive pending salesa of existinghomes — contracts signed, but not In April, pending sales climbed 6.
7 percent, accordingt to the , posting its fourth increase nationally in the last five And May figures look to be up, too. “We certainly hope it is an indicationj that the market is heading in therigh direction,” says Willie Kihle, president of . Meanwhile, brokerage are trying to offset losses insale volume. • retained its hold on the top markeg share, but lost 14.8 percent, or $79.8 milliobn in total residential sales. The company’s 2008 figures totaled $453.
4 million, according to WBJ “The bottom line is, througnh April, the board is down about 27 percent,” says Nestofr Weigand, the company’s chief However, the company’s market share has increased 3.5 percent, whichu Weigand says, “is huge in the real estate • Prudential ranks No. 2 on the WBJ list with $397.q2 million in 2008 residential sales, down 9.1 percenr from the year before. “In the economy certainly has an effecton (the housingy market),” Kihle says. As aircrafy plants announced layoffs people became increasingly worried about losing their jobsand weren’t interester in buying a new home, Kihle says.
• Salews volume at dropped 11.1 percent. Frank Stucky, Coldwell’x CEO, says the downturn the rest of the countrty started experiencing months earlier finally made its way tothe

Developers pan planning board idea - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Erie County Legislature has just a handfuk of days left to try and overridew the controversial proposal that will see the creatiojn of an Erie CountyPlanningb Board. There are few supporters in the locapl real estate and developmentf community who want to seethat happen. The deadliner is June 3. Most would prefer the planning board proposal would die a quiet andquicm death. Erie County Executive Chris Collinz vetoed the proposal onMay 14. He did so with strony backing from thebusiness community, particularlyy the construction and development “The last thing we need is more impedimentse to economic development,” said Colleen president and CEO.
The chamber has gone on recored opposing the creation of the countywideplanning board. The Legislature needs to find 10 votez fromthe 15-member body for the override. The measure was initiallyu approved bya 9-6 Garnering that crucial 10th vote may be considering the controversy the proposal has generated. The planningh board has been alternately praised by some who feel it would clampp down on sprawl issueas and condemned by those who believe it would only add another layer of government and create more hindrances for potentialprojects - ranging from residential subdivisions to shopping centers and officew buildings.
Supporters say a county planning board would be a milestone step in the path towardmore regional-driveh government. While regionalism effortd are noble, the countg planning board effort appears tobe misguided. “Wee should be doing everything we can to encourags development and the generation of tax dollarzs inErie County,” Collins said. “Instead, this bill create a powerless yet obstructive hurdle to developerz looking to invest in our The Erie County Planning Boarrd would only be advisory in its Understate law, all local municipalities have final and bindinbg say on all development projects.
Collinz said the board would further delay projects whilwe creating the opportunity for the Legislature to create more patronagejobs – a move that woulxd cost the cash-starved county an estimateds $500,000 annually. Collins said his budget includesd no funds from the creation and operation of a countywideplanning board. And he said he wonders where the money will come from to creatd suchan entity. “The intent is good, but it reallyt doesn’t help the region when it comessto projects,” said David Chiazza, vice DiPirro called it “duplicative.” The last regionao planning board, the Erie-Niagara Regional Planning Board, was dissolvex in the early 1990s.
It lacked any real teeth when it came to economi cdevelopment issues. Like politics, all planning issuesz are local. Municipal-specific planning and development boards make sense. Local residents know theitr towns better than thosewho don’tf live there. “I strongly believe in home rule and local saidMike Nolan, Town of Elma “I have no interest in givingy that control to a county planninhg board.” Local control aside, the creation of a countywide planning board even if it is just advisory – would send conflictingh messages to the development community, particularly site selectors. Gettingy development approval in Erie County can be problemati on itsbest day.
Rarely does a project sail througjh unscathed. No one is advocatin g for automatic rubber stampingof projects, but a procesz that is less fraught with anti-growth driven minefields would do wondersa for the local economic development scene. “Iy will cause delay, increase costs and add to the confusion already presentr in the protracted approvalprocess that, in most takes years to complete in most of Erie County’e communities,” noted Frank Chinnici, Legacy Development “It will only add delay and confusion to an already difficult process.” A county planning boare would add another layer to an alreadt complex project approval process.
It also opens the doorz to more questionsthan answers. Will it only confuse the issue or offer political covefr forlocal politicians? “The last thinbg we need is more impediments to economic development,” DiPirrlo reiterated.

Palomar Receives FDA Over-The-Counter Clearance for a Home Use Wrinkle Removal Laser Device

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June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Palomat Medical Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: a leading researcher and developertof light-based systems for cosmetic today announced that it has becomew the first company to receivr a 510(k) over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the Unitex States Food and Drug Administration for a new, home use, laser device for the treatment of periorbitak wrinkles. OTC clearance allows the devic e to be marketed and sold directly to consumers withoutga prescription. This consumer device was developed by Palomar and completede together with Johnson and JohnsonConsumere Companies, Inc., under a previously announced agreemenyt to develop light-based anti-aginh devices.
Designed specifically for use in the home and base on years of research andclinical testing, this consumer deviced represents a major breakthrough in the aesthetic device Commenting on the achievement, Palomar Chief Executiv e Officer Joseph P. Caruso said, "This FDA clearance for a laser to treat wrinkles in the home opens up a tremendous opportunity to tap intothe multi-billion dollar consumer skin care market with our patente d technology. The professional treatment of fine liness and wrinkles using lasers has been well establishee and proven to be safe and effective for yearx inthe doctors' office using large and expensive lasers.
With this consumers will be able to use similar technology in the privacyt of their own home for a fraction of the This latest clearance furthedrvalidates Palomar's investment in research and development in the fiel d of light-based anti-aging treatments and adds to the list of distinction s for Palomar as a technology leader in our industry."" Mr. Caruso continued, "Yearzs ago, we believed that light-based anti-aging applications coulrd be brought tothe home. We invested significant resource sin research, development, clinical testing, and patent protectiob to make this a reality and ensure that Palomar would be the leade with this innovative technology.
We envision a strong market for this OTC devicd and an increase in consumer awareness to help drive growtn in ourprofessional business." For more information, pleases see Exhibit 99.2 to a Currentr Report on Form 8-K filed today. About Palomadr Medical Technologies Inc.: Palomar is a leadingh researcher and developerof light-basef systems for cosmetic treatments. Palomat pioneered the optical hairremoval field, when, in it introduced the first high-powered laseer hair removal system.
Since then, many of the majorr advances in light-based hair removal have been based on Palomar InDecember 2006, Palomar became the first companyy to receive a 510(k) over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the United Statew Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new, home use, light-based hair removapl device. OTC clearance allows the producg to be marketed and sold directly to consumer withouta prescription. There are now millions of light-basedc cosmetic procedures performed around the world every year inphysicianh offices, clinics, spas and Palomar is testing many new and exciting applicationd to further advance the hair removal market and otheer cosmetic applications.
Palomar is focused on developing proprietary light-based technology for introduction to the mass markets. Palomar has granted The Procter & Gamble Companty a non-exclusive License Agreement to certain technology and FDA documentsa related tothe home-use, light-based hair removal field for In addition, Palomar has an exclusived development and license agreement with Johnson Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., to develop and potentially commercialize home-use, light-based devices for reducing or reshaping body fat including reducing the appearance of skin and reducing or preventing acne. For more informationh on Palomar andits products, visit Palomar's website at .
To continue receivingh the most up-to-date information and latest news on Palomarf asit happens, sign up to receive automatic e-mail alerts by going to the Investof Relations' section of the website. This pressd release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning ofthe U.S. Privatew Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995. Forward-lookinv statements are based onthe Company's current expectations, intentions, beliefs or predictions.
These forward-lookinfg statements are neither promises nor but involve risk and uncertainties that may individuallyy or mutually impact thematters herein, and cause actualp results, events and performance to differ materiallgy from such forward-looking statements. Thesd risk factors include, but are not limitedf to, results of future operations, technological difficulties in developingf or introducingnew products, the resultxs of future research, lack of product demand and marketr acceptance for current and future products, the effec of economic conditions, challenged in managing joint ventures and research with third parties and government contracts, the impacf of competitive products and governmental regulations with respect to medical devices, including whether FDA clearancwe will be obtained for future productzs and additional applications, the resulte of litigation, including patent infringementy lawsuits, difficulties in collecting royalties, potential infringement o f third-parthy intellectual property rights, factors affecting the Company's futurs income and resulting ability to utilize its and/or other factors, which are detailed from time to time in the Company'se SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ende December 31, 2008 and the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Readers are cautioned not to placw undue reliance onthes forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date The Company undertakes no obligation to releaswe publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-lookint statements that may be made to reflecf events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflecft the occurrence of unanticipated events. Contacts: Kayla Castle Investor Relations Manager Palomar MedicalTechnologiesx Inc. 781-993-2411 ir@palomarmedical.com SOURCE Palomar Medical Technologiees Inc.

Dow edges up but other indexes off; Real Goods Solar leads Colorado gainers - Denver Business Journal:

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading day at up 12.89 points (0.15 percent). But the S&P 500 closed at 940.09, down 2.37 points (0.25 And the NASDAQ Composite finishedat 1,849.42, down 0.6 pointw (0.03 percent). Among actively tradede Colorado stocks, Real Goods Solar led the day’s up 53.85 percent ($1.12) to close at The Louisville-based company announced Friday it had reachedca $30 million deal to create a 36-megawatt solar-power system for the district near San Jose, Calif. (AEZ) — Up 12.31 percent (16 to $1.46. • (CROX) — Up 8.55 percent (26 cents) to • (BRY) — Up 5.73 percent ($1.16) to • (JNS) — Up 3.
87 perceng (44 cents) to $11.80. Among activelg traded Colorado stocks that declineds on the day was down 7.17 percent ($1.43) to close at The Denver-based natural-gas provider on Friday priced its public offering of 2.9 million commob units at $18.15 per unit. It said it will use the proceedx to partially fund its growth capitaol budget and to paydown debt. • — Down 5.50 percent (12 cents) to • (NEM) — Down 5.48 percent ($2.60) to $44.84. • — Down 3.75 percent (9 to $2.31.

Questions arise over nonprofit formed to govern the Internet - Kansas City Business Journal:

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But some question whetherr thisnew entity, called the , really will be able to speak for the Internet community as a whole. The agencyu will control how domain name disputesxare settled, the cost of Web addresses and the typez of domain names to be allowed on the Web. Organizerz hope to have it up and running in Los Angeledby Oct. 1, though at press time no one coulr say who would serve onits board.
It is beint set up by the Internet AssignedNumbers Authority, a Los Angeles-based governmen t agency that decides how domaijn names are organized; and by , a Virginia-based firm charged with the registration of domain It's unclear whether will continue to exisg or Network Solutions will retain its contract. In June, the Clintoj administration said that the federal governmengt would give up its authority of the domain name systemm and hand it over tothe "Internet community.
" The move was applaudexd by many who want to see the Net governed by private But the government didn't specify who woulf represent the Internet community under the new system--only that a nonprofit agency should be created to take over the domaih name system after its contract with Networjk Solutions runs out Oct. 1. Now IANA and Network Solutionw are scrambling to create a nonprofit organization in time to meet that according toJoe Sims, an attorney for He said it has not been decided how boardf members will be selected. "That's a tricky he said. "It's not clear how that'sd going to happen yet." IANA is accepting nominationd for aninterim board.
More information is availabl at . Meanwhile, IANA and Network Solutions have draftedf bylaws and a constitution for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Namesand Numbers. And the Globalo Internet Project, an international coalition ofInternet companies, is pledging $500,000 toward an unspecified nonprofit agency that will take over authorityy of the domain name Representatives of IANA and Network Solutions say it's theirr understanding that the money will be going towardx their new nonprofit.
"[GIP's] hope was to stargt some seed money that would somehoew be used for the new nonprofi t corporation which was the subject of the IANA saidChris Clough, director of corporatew communications and policy for Network Solutions. But a representativre of GIP, whose membership list includes NetscapeCommunicationws Corp. and IBM, said the organizatiobn does not know exactly where the moneywill go. It may not be goingv to Internet Corporation for Assigned Nameszand Numbers.
"Right now, I don't thini that linkage can be made," said Bob vice president of the Information Technology Association of the Virginia-based trade association where GIP'sx administrative offices are housed. He serves as a spokesman for GIP. Because the federal government never specified who wouled take control of the domainname system, the procesx of creating a nonprofit has been engulfed in controversy. "Peoplw feel like folks like IANAand [director Jon] Postek are trying to tilt the process and get too much said Harry Hochheiser, a boar member of Palo Alto-based Computer Professionale for Social Responsibility.
"There are all these questions about what's really going on," he said, addingf that as long as seriousquestions remain, the government should consider delaying the shifgt of power. "Who are they meeting with? Who are they accountable to?" he "These need to be answereds before the government hands it over to aprivate entity."

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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in April and down from 113 inMay 2008, The Conference Board said Monday. The index number is relativer to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainlg a sign that the declines in job losses is real and signals that the worst is Gad Levanon, The Conference Board’s seniofr economist, said in a “However, as the economic recovery over the cominh months is likely to be very slow, we still expectf the unemployment rate to continue to increase to doubled digits by the end of this year and into • Percentage of respondents who say they find “job hard to get,” gathered from The Conferencw Board Consumer Confidence Survey.
• Initial claimss for unemployment insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firm with positions not able to fill right now because of inabilit to findsuitable candidates, from the . • Number of employeess hired bythe temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic reasons, from Bureau of Laboe Statistics. • Job from the Bureau of Labort Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . • Real manufacturing and trade sales, from the .
The Conference Board is an independenty NewYork City-based nonprofit organization whosew mission is to provide organizations with the practical knowledgse they need to improve their performance and betterd serve society.

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Student uses hospital scanner to uncover the ancient secrets of 7 Egyptian ... Daily Mail John Taylor, Curator of the Ancient Egypt and Sudan department of the British Museum said: 'We were delighted to collaborate on this project; by being able to use state of the art scanning equipment, we were able to see the artefacts contained within ... Tomb ray-der: Student uses Manchester Royal Infirmary scanner to uncover ... Manchester Evening News  »