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Business, Government, Opinion and Commentary

California Budget: Suction Dredge Gold Miners Targeted – Foes Provide Erroneous $1.8M Deficit to State Legislature to Kill Industry, says Gold Pan California

newsdesk / June 14, 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, has recently become the California headquarters for suction dredge gold miners whose industry faces permanent closure if 2 paragraphs of erroneous language are not deleted during the current Budget battle. ‘We are trying to alert the Legislators and Governor Jerry Brown about this erroneous budget information before a death blow is dealt to the miners,’ says GPC owner Mike Dunn.

Government, Mining and Metals, Opinion and Commentary

California Legislature Fails to Check Math: Proposed Gold Mining Budget Cut of $1.8 Million Increases Deficit by $23 Million, says Gold Pan California

newsdesk / June 3, 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Gold Pan California, a gold mining supply shop located in the Bay Area, has been building inventory of gold mining equipment in anticipation of the season re-opening in November. Pointing to a simple desk calculator, owner Mike Dunn cringes, ‘Can you believe the budget committees have made such a stellar math mistake?’

Opinion and Commentary

The New Graduate Job Network Uncovers How Creating a Personal Marketing Plan Can Help Recent Grads Get Ahead

newsdesk / April 28, 2011

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: A personal marketing plan can cut job hunting time in half and save you money. According to the experts at The New Graduate Job Network, a personal marketing firm specializing in helping recent graduates find jobs, entering a job search with a good game plan can often mean the difference between landing your next great job and remaining unemployed after graduation.

Opinion and Commentary, Women's Interests

Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer: Is There a Connection?

newsdesk / December 9, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: From the blogosphere to mainstream media, there’s been a recent-and disturbing-buzz on a connection between hormone replacement therapy and a higher risk for advanced-stage breast cancer in post-menopausal women. The recent media focus stems from a study published in the Oct. 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Practitioners from Belvidere Pharmacy and Balancing Health, both experts in women’s health, examine the issue.

Insurance, Long Term Care, Opinion and Commentary

Insurance Leader Praises Obama for Promoting Enhanced Long-Term Care for Alzheimer’s Sufferers

newsdesk / December 2, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: According to the Society of Actuaries, the leading cause of U.S. long-term care claims is Alzheimer’s. Who cares? Evidently President Obama does. ‘We praise the President for his words and the legislation behind them,’ says Jonas Roeser of LTC Financial Partners, one of the nation’s most experienced long-term care insurance agencies.

Business, Opinion and Commentary

High School Drop-Out Says Market has Peaked

newsdesk / November 22, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Peter Grandich, dubbed the ‘Wall Street Whiz Kid’ on national television for calling the 1987 ‘Black Monday’ market crash, has been making major top and bottom calls for 26 years. Now, Grandich has his bear suit back on, and is calling for a new top.

Opinion and Commentary

Researchers Claim Web 2.0 is a Massive Leap Forward in Human Evolution

newsdesk / October 19, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The Future Research Group of the World Mind Network, a think tank composed of scholars from the Silicon Valley, Oxford, Harvard, Rutgers, the Universities of Tokyo and Lausanne, and Kansas State University, says that popular Internet and Smart Phone phenomena which have emerged in the last five years represent a quantum leap in the evolution of Homo Sapiens.

Opinion and Commentary

Veterans Split on Kagan Endorsement

newsdesk / October 18, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The endorsement of Congressman Steve Kagan by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee has been called ‘preposterous’ by the Chairman of Patriotic Veterans Inc due to Kagan’s alleged ‘consistent lack of support for our troops in the field.’

Opinion and Commentary

Pet Businesses Are Thriving, Top Georgia Business Broker Says

newsdesk / October 12, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: The economy may be in the doghouse, but Georgia businesses that pamper pooches and caress kittens are doing well. Last year, top Georgia business broker Loren Marc Schmerler, of Bottom Line Management, Inc., helped owners sell two pet-centered businesses, and says such businesses are bucking the economic trend.

Opinion and Commentary

Protege of Nobel Prize Winner Robert Edwards Carries on his IVF Legacy

newsdesk / October 4, 2010

freeNewsArticles Story Summary: Dr. Geoffrey Sher of the Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine (SIRM) applauded the selection of Britain’s Robert Edwards, recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Edwards’ work led to the first ‘test-tube’ baby, Louise Brown, born in July 1978 in Britain. Since her birth, more than 3 million children have been conceived worldwide with the aid of in vitro fertilization.