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Americans go online for news twice as often today as they did a year ago, and online outlets are surpassing their offline counterparts in some cases, according to speakers at the Newstream.com seminar. MSNBC.com attracts… Continued

Eighty-one percent of top-performing employees, as defined by their bosses, say maintaining their reputation is what drives them to do high quality work on the job, according to a recent Watson Wyatt survey of 551… Continued

The Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, lobbying to limit asbestos liability, hires Goddard Claussen Porter Novelli…Telecom company NTT America retains GCI Group for U.S. corporate branding campaign…kinkos.com hires Edelman Public Relations Worldwide as its agency of… Continued

Remember the scene in the movie “Patch Adams” when Robin Williams looks through his medical school record and finds he’s being expelled in part for “excessive happiness?” The movie character is patterned after a real… Continued

The Case Over the last two decades, General Motors’ U.S. market penetration declined more than 10%, while competitive pressures from both domestic and foreign automakers increased significantly. Given that the U.S. constitutes a lion’s share… Continued

When Monsanto announced plans to merge with Pharmacia & Upjohn last December – topping off a record year in which M&A activity reached the $3 trillion mark – reporters went straight for the jugular. They… Continued

with Medical Education Compared to the millions of consumers who flock to the Internet for health information, physicians are considered Web-phobic. They aren’t sold on the idea of maintaining email contact with patients and online… Continued

For-Profit Conversion If only the board of directors of Prince William Health System (PWHS) in Manassas, Va., had consulted the community before seriously considering an offer to sell to a national for-profit hospital chain, they… Continued

Market of Top-Notch Care World-class cancer care is often associated with services offered at well-known academic facilities in large urban markets. Getting this level of care from a suburban facility is rarely expected. Last year,… Continued

When a New Jersey health plan became insolvent after owing millions of dollars in unpaid claims, its members were forced to learn a painful lesson about the need for a safety net the state lacked… Continued