BRIEFCASE HEALTH NET AWARDED MEDI-CAL CONTRACTS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services WOODLAND HILLS - Health Net of California said Thursday that the California Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
Health Net now provides Medi-Cal benefits to approximately 45,000 Medi-Cal members in Fresno and Tulare counties. Pending approval from the Department of Health Services, each county contract spans five years, beginning in 2004. Estimated revenue from the four contracts is up to $100 million annually. Brilliant Digital plan for AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange accepted WOODLAND HILLS - Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc. said Thursday the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. has accepted its compliance plan and and given it until the end of November to meet listing requirements Listing requirements Requirements, including minimum shares outstanding, market value, and income, that are laid down by an exchange for any stock to be listed for trading. . The company previously announced it is not in compliance with some listing requirements, including maintaining a sales price for its common stock above $1 per share and at least $6 million in shareholder equity. The company will be subject to periodic review by the AMEX staff during the extension period. Failure to make progress consistent with the plan or to regain compliance with the continued listing standards by the end of the extension period could result in the firm's being delisted from AMEX. Brilliant Digital is the parent company of Altnet Inc. and a developer of 3D media advertising and content creation technologies for the Internet. 5 to 13 new Sizzlers in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. deal SHERMAN OAKS - Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc. announced today its Sizzler siz·zler n. 1. One that sizzles. 2. Informal A very hot day. USA division signed a five-restaurant development agreement with Multisystems Restaurants Inc., Sizzler's existing franchisee in Puerto Rico. Under the terms of the agreement, Multisystems Restaurants will expand its operations to a total of 13 Sizzler restaurants during the next five years. Worldwide Restaurant Concepts operates, franchises or joint ventures 317 Sizzler restaurants worldwide, along with 111 KFCs primarily in Queensland, Australia, and 21 Pat & Oscar's restaurants. SafeGuard signs up with CaliforniaKids ALISO VIEJO - SafeGuard Health Enterprises Inc. has announced the signing of a contract with the CaliforniaKids Healthcare Foundation to provide dental services to 22,000 children throughout California, effective Nov. 1. The terms of the contract were not disclosed. CaliforniaKids Healthcare Foundation was founded in 1992 to provide uninsured children with access to basic healthcare services. The independent, nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. provides premium-subsidized, comprehensive primary health care services to children ages 2 through 18. It is a broad-based community program partnering with corporations, private industry, foundations, healthcare providers and community organizations. Amazon introduces new search engine SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden - Amazon.com Inc. is invading Google's turf with a new online search engine company that hopes to pluck pluck 1. an abattoir term for the thoracic viscera plus the liver, after separation from the esophagus and the diaphragm. Includes the larynx, trachea, lungs, heart and liver, plus the spleen in sheep. 2. some of the profits pouring into the rapidly growing sector. Seattle-based Amazon has dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. its search startup ``A9'' and set up offices in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , not far from Google's Mountain View headquarters. A9 hopes to launch in October with 30 employees and to grow much larger as it develops a search engine that will be licensed to other Web sites, said spokeswoman Alison Diboll. Unlike Google, A9 isn't trying to develop an all-purpose search engine that indexes billions of Web pages. Instead, the start-up is focusing on a search engine sweet spot: e-commerce. As more consumers become comfortable with the Internet, a growing number are using search engines to review products and compare prices. The research frequently results in online sales, prompting more advertisers to pay for prominent listings in the commercial sections of Google and other search engines. |
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