Well hold off those fire sales for the computers and servers, as the FBI will more than likely want some forensic investigations done. All of the creative financing and banking was accomplished with software. Years ago the stock market did not have the sophisticated tools we have today,...
Modern Healthcare.com has also published an article about the status of affairs of many hospitals. To read further, click here to review the series I began last month called “ Desperate Hospitals” in where there are several updates and additional hospitals included. Also included is some...
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on 09-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Charity, Budgets, Insolvency, bankruptcy, Economics, Chapter 11, Desperate Hospitals
With all the emphasis on the economy, you can follow both the House, the Senate and Whitehouse on Twitter. The House in particular will give you a ton of updates on what is happening on the floor. The Senate doesn’t update very often. I have not tried it, but it looks like you can also send...
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on 09-22-2008
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A great interview from Robert Scoble, sit down and watch when you have time to listen to all. Does healthcare enter here, you bet. Do we want the government to stay in the dark ages? Maybe, as they might spy on us, but we don't mind Google and Microsoft doing it...does the government...
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on 09-03-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Fedex, Government, Politics, Economics, Judy Estrin, Investing, Disney, Wall Street, Robert Scoble, generations
As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, Ewa Beach, $3.9 million;...
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on 08-30-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Physicians, FDA, Hospitals, Nursing, bankruptcy, Economics, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Transparancy, Layoffs, Debt consolidation, Overseas Investments, Vendors