Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Upgrades Teradata Integrated Data Warehouse to Power Analytics for Healthcare Reform

BOSTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), a full-service health benefits company headquartered near Boston has expanded its integrated data warehouse (IDW), Teradata (TDC) announced today. Continue reading

PPG Completes Acquisition of Deft, Expands Aerospace Coatings Business

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PPG Industries (PPG) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of certain assets of Deft Incorporated, a privately-owned specialty coatings company based in Irvine, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed Continue reading

Liberty Silver Files Financial Results, Announces Changes to Board and Provides Update

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 15, 2013) – Liberty Silver Corp. (LSL.TO) (“Liberty” or the “Company”) has filed its financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2013 Continue reading

China not Challenging United States Primacy in Pacific Islands, Says New Lowy Institute Analysis

SYDNEY, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –In a new Lowy Institute for International Policy Analysis, Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program, provides a sober assessment of China’s growing engagement in the Pacific Islands region. She argues that it is inaccurate and potentially counter-productive to view China’s activities in the region in geo-strategic terms. China’s activities in the Pacific Islands are being viewed akin to its growing geo-strategic role in Asia Continue reading

Edison Expands International Aerospace & Defence Large Cap Presence With Launch of Full Coverage of Rolls-Royce

LONDON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Edison Investment Research, a leading international investment research firm, announces the initiation of full coverage of Rolls-Royce (RR.L), a global power systems business with activities across civil aerospace, defence, marine and energy markets. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130417/608168 ) Edison has recently published a comprehensive report examining the investment merits of Rolls-Royce, focusing on the group’s potential to benefit from delivery of its 60bn order book, more than doubling revenues over the next decade. In his report, on the shoulders of giants, Edison’s head of Industrials, Roger Johnston, argues that the group is building on its consistent strategy and benefiting from the significant investment in R&D and manufacturing facilities over the past decade to deliver increasing numbers of high-value Trent engines Continue reading

Saturn’s North Pole Hurricane – Close Up View | NASA JPL Space Science HD Video – Video




Saturn's North Pole Hurricane – Close Up View | NASA JPL Space Science HD Video Visit my website at http://www.junglejoel.com – close up view inside of Saturn's mysterious polar hexagon – showing an enormous hurricane. Please rate and co… By: CoconutScienceLab Continue reading

Second Annual BioNJ Diagnostics & Personalized Medicine Innovation Summit Taking Place at Sanofi

TRENTON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BioNJ, the trade association for New Jerseys biotechnology industry, is hosting its biggest and most interactive event of the year for companies involved in diagnostics and personalized medicine on June 6, 2013 at Sanofis US headquarters in Bridgewater, NJ. Expanded this year due to the success of last years inaugural event, the 2013 BioNJ Diagnostics & Personalized Medicine Innovation Summit will bring together leaders from major global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, diagnostics companies and emerging innovator companies for a full-day, interactive summit meeting Continue reading

Iran a top persecutor in religious freedom report- OPINION: Mass exodus of Christians is underway

The report specifically names Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a violator of religious freedom. (AP)AP Religious freedom is in short supply in the Middle East, according to the bipartisan U.S Continue reading

NASA Spacecraft Will Visit Asteroid With New Name

An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina. NASA’s Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will visit the asteroid now called Bennu, named after an important ancient Egyptian avian deity. OSIRIS-Rex is scheduled to launch in 2016, rendezvous with Bennu in 2018 and return a sample of the asteroid to Earth in 2023. Continue reading

Boycott of the Andaman Islands launched

5th May 2013 Tribal civil rights group Survival International is calling on visitors to avoid India’s Andaman Islands, as part of a campaign to protect the remote Jarawa tribe The organisation has written to over 200 travel companies and websites in 11 countries urging them to stop their tours to the Andaman Islands. Continue reading

States fear loss of health care aid

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. State officials say thousands of people with medical problems are in danger of losing coverage as the Obama administration winds down one of the earliest programs in the federal health care overhaul Continue reading

Press freedom 'non-existent' in N.Korea, Iran, Syria

Washington, May 4 (IANS/AKI) North Korea, Iran and Syria are among the top 10 countries deemed worst for press freedom, according to an annual ranking by a Washington-based watchdog. “Just 14 percent of the world’s population lives in societies that enjoy vibrant coverage of public affairs, a legal environment that undergirds a free press and freedom from intrusion by the government or other political forces,” the Freedom House watchdog said Continue reading

Survival Launches Tourism Boycott of India’s Andaman Islands

Survival Launches Tourism Boycott of Indias Andaman Islands Survival International has today launched a tourism boycott of Indias Andaman Islands, until the degrading practice of human safaris to the 400-strong Jarawa tribe is stopped. The tribal rights organization is calling on the 200,000 tourists visiting the islands every year to stay away until tourists are banned from the road through the Jarawas forest and an alternative sea route is put in place. Continue reading

9-Year-Old Names Asteroid 'Bennu' for NASA Mission

A near-Earth asteroid that will be visited by a NASA spacecraft in 2018 now has a more approachable name “Bennu” thanks to a North Carolina third-grader. Nine-year-old Michael Puzio’s suggestion beat out more than 8,000 other entries in an international student contest that sought to rename potentially dangerous asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36, which is the target of NASA’s Osiris-Rex sample-return mission. “It’s great!” Puzio said when told he won the contest. Continue reading

Freedom Riders send Voting Rights message to US Supreme Court

NKorea sentences American to 15 years labor NKorea sentences American to 15 years labor North Korea says an American detained for nearly six months has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labor” for crimes against the state.More > > An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labor” for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday.More > > First residents move into Montgomery’s new Plaza at Centennial Hill development First residents move into Montgomery’s new Plaza at Centennial Hill development Updated: Wednesday, May 1 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-02 03:28:31 GMT Updated: Wednesday, May 1 2013 11:21 PM EDT2013-05-02 03:21:52 GMT Updated: Wednesday, May 1 2013 11:02 PM EDT2013-05-02 03:02:29 GMT Freedom Riders for Voting Rights will arrive in Montgomery Wednesday afternoon, ending a two-day pilgrimage across Mississippi and Alabama. Their journey will culminate on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol, where they say they’ll hold a news conference to discuss the continuing struggle for voting rights Continue reading