Posted on June 21st, 2008 by Newton
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — To avoid burning $4-a-gallon-gas on summer trips this year, many people are turning to so-called “staycations” and enjoying their time off from work at home. Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) wants to know just how creative people are getting and what American staycationers are planning to do with their [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Newton
HealthMedia, Inc, the global leader in scalable behavior change interventions with outcomes, announced a new research study with Aetna which will provide HealthMedia’s Overcoming Insomnia and Overcoming Depression online behavior change interventions to at least 400,000 eligible employees of Aetna¡¦s large employer members. Together, HealthMedia and Aetna will conduct a controlled trial to study the [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Newton
The latest statistics for Washtenaw County show improvements in sales, pending sales, and dollar volume. Residential sales rose 25.21 percent and condominium sales rose 19.30 percent when compared to 2007.
Total residential dollar volume increased 11.60 percent and pending sales are up 33.98 percent when compared to the same period last year. A modest gain in [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Newton
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 19, 2008 — The acclaimed Periodicals Archive Online will be available to 67 key research institutions in Canada through an arrangement between Micromedia ProQuest and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). Periodicals Archive Online is renowned for its access to international, scholarly literature from 37 subject areas in the arts, humanities [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Newton
Custom print and online health communications publisher StayWell Custom Communications (SCC), a division of MediMedia USA, has announced a strategic alliance with HealthMedia, Inc. to bring its clients the industry-leading, innovative online behavior change programs that work in concert with its custom health information and engagement solutions.
HealthMedia’s online intervention programs for health and wellness, disease [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Newton
At this event, we’ll hear from entrepreneurs who have discovered and capitalized upon unusual or obscure market needs to build a business.
Holiday Inn North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. Registration and networking begins at 5:00 p.m., with the program starting at 5:45. Free to NEF members, $20 for non-members, $5 for students. For more [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Newton
“I have cancer and I need: help.” Campaign launched!
06.18.08, Ann Arbor, Michigan - June 2008 marks the first effort of the Great Lakes Division of the American Cancer Society to launch an integrated marketing campaign to build awareness of the American Cancer Society as a primary cancer information resource, and to reach those in need [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Newton
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jun 18, 2008 – Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTM), a leading regenerative medicine company, today announced that on June 18, 2008 the Company received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) informing the Company, that pursuant to Nasdaq’s previous deficiency letter of December 20, 2007, Aastrom had not regained compliance with Nasdaq Marketplace [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Newton
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Jun. 18, 2008 - Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) today announced the second enterprise-wide class to be enrolled in the ALPHA development program, a three-year curriculum for selected employees that provides training and education to prepare participants for potential future opportunities in executive management.
ALPHA, which stands for Advanced Leadership Preparation for Highest [.. more ..]
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Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Newton
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jun 17, 2008 – Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTM), a leading regenerative medicine company, today announced plans to initiate a 40 patient U.S. Phase II clinical trial to study the use of Cardiac Repair Cells (CRCs), a mixture of stem and progenitor cells derived from a patient’s own bone marrow, for the treatment of [.. more ..]
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