Today Eli Lilly and Company announced its four-year grant of $4,384,000 to the World Health Organization (WHO) for scaling up its global capacity to manage multi- drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) programs.
The grant covers four activities, starting with the technical assistance the WHO will provide to developing countries that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis […]

First Franklin Corporation  the parent of Franklin Savings and Loan Company, Cincinnati, Ohio today announced that net income was $89,000 ($0.05 per basic share) for the fourth quarter of 2007 and $456,000 ($.27 per basic share) for the year ended December 31, 2007. This compares to earnings of $533,000 ($0.32 per basic share) for the […]

Young, athletic, first-time shoulder dislocation patients benefit from arthroscopic surgery long term, according to a study released today at the 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Specialty Day at The Moscone Center. The study found that for highly active patients, surgery, rather than conservative methods, yielded excellent results.
“In young, active patients, there were statistics […]

WASHINGTON: A stumbling US economy lost 63,000 jobs in February, according to a shockingly weak report on Friday that prompted the Federal Reserve to take fresh steps to pump liquidity into the stressed banking system.
The Labour Department report showed the second straight month of losses in nonfarm payrolls, seen as one of the best indicators […]

The Internet provides breaking news, sports and financial information and nearly everything else one can imagine. And now, thanks to College Illinois!(SM), the state’s only 529 prepaid tuition program, the Internet is where parents and grandparents can register for a free semester of college tuition for a child in their lives. Mission Tuition, a new […]

Under this contract, ACS will provide the state with several components of ACS’ electronic health records (EHR) solution, including SmartPA(SM) for conducting automated prior authorizations and Prospective Drug Utilization Review. Since 2002, SmartPA has helped contribute more than $85 million in program savings annually in Missouri.ACS has also provided MO HealthNet with Retrospective Drug Utilization […]

A successful Microsoft Corp bid for Yahoo Inc could slow the growth of their common rival, Google Inc, in Asia, where the world’s biggest search engine still lags local players.
For Microsoft, whose MSN portal has been struggling to gain share in Asia, the deal worth around $41 billion would open up opportunities to cooperate with […]

In changing sweepstakes in the world’s billionaire club, India’s Anil Ambani has emerged as the biggest wealth creator, while famed American investor Warren Buffett has overtaken software czar Bill Gates and Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim to lead the list of world’s richest people released by Forbes on Thursday.
As many as four Indians – Lakshmi […]

Graham Technology, a provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced that it is working with the UK’s largest customer management outsourcer, Ventura. The outsourcer has chosen Graham Technology’s customer interaction platform, ciboodle, to add significant features and benefits to its current service offering.
Ventura is the UK’s fastest growing outsourcer and provides customer management, […]

Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: MEMY - News), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative drug candidates for the treatment of a broad range of central nervous system (CNS) conditions, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007.
“We have made significant progress with our clinical […]