Heart Trouble: Stent Safety Questioned (BusinessWeek) The tiny stent sparked a lucrative industry?and made Dr. Samin Sharma a star. Then questions arose about the device's safety and efficacy ...more...Preparing for Real-Life Disasters in the Virtual World (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) Emergency response personnel from Maine to Florida will soon be able to participate in disaster training drills from their offices or perhaps even their living rooms thanks to a new 3-D training "serious" game that allows remote participants to interact online in various disaster and accident situations....more... Foot-and-mouth payouts for farmers dropped after U-turn on election (The Scotsman) THE UK government was last night accused of playing politics with Scottish farmers' livelihoods as it was revealed plans for an £8.1 million compensation payout for foot-and-mouth disease were mysteriously scrapped after Gordon Brown decided not to call......more... Aizan Announces Introduction of Call Allocator (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Aizan Technologies, the leading provider of hosted communications solutions, today announced the launch of ALLOCATOR(TM). The innovative telephony application is a hosted, carrier-class, high-volume call routing engine that uses a sophisticated filtering model for inbound call routing that is managed by staff of each enterprise user....more... Swinney gets power to spend Scotland's money (The Scotsman) THE Scottish Government has won its battle for control of a £1 billion fund of Scottish money held by the Treasury....more... Dida could join Celtic in UEFA dock (The Scotsman: Sport) WHATEVER punishment UEFA decide to impose on Celtic as a consequence the pitch invasion by a fan near the end of Wednesday's Champions League victory over Milan, it is extremely unlikely to have been influenced by the San Siro club. Or, for that matter......more... Cameron puts Tories on election footing with conference 'triumph' (The Scotsman) DAVID Cameron yesterday energised the Conservatives with a strong and assured speech that left his party ready to take on Labour in a general election which could come as soon as next month....more... Prudence abounds as Brown delays election decision and Cameron gets back to basics (The Scotsman) GORDON Brown yesterday again delayed his decision on calling a snap election as the Conservatives moved to counter his bid to steal their voters by returning to their traditional issues of tax cuts and family values....more... Movers & Shakers (Portsmouth Herald) PORTSMOUTH ? Global Relief Technologies (GRT) announces the addition of Richard J. Gustafson as its executive vice president of operations. ...more... |