BRIEFCASE HEALTH NET NAMES FOLICK TO NEW POST.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services WOODLAND HILLS - Managed care company Health Net Inc. on Tuesday said it named Jeffrey M. Folick as executive vice president of Regional Health and Specialty Companies. The Woodland Hills-based company said Folick, 54, will oversee health plans in the Northeast and Arizona in a newly created position. Folick is also responsible for developing health care performance management strategies. He will report directly to Jay Gellert Jay Gellert (born 1956 in New York City, New York) is the current CEO and President of Health Net, Inc. , Health Net's president and chief executive officer. Health Net also announced the departure of Jeff Bairstow, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the company's Government and Specialty Services Division, and Judi Irving, president of Health Net of Arizona. Youbet.com inks Winnercomm deal WOODLAND HILLS - Youbet.com Inc. signed a one-year license agreement with Winnercomm Inc., an operator of horse racing-related Web sites, the company announced Tuesday. As part of the deal, Youbet.com will provide online audio and video streaming See streaming video and video stream. of selected content, morning line and live odds, and will advertise on Winnercomm-operated Web sites. Disney appoints first safety chief ANAHEIM - A vice president who has overseen the design, operation and safety of rides at Disney World in Orlando is The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co.'s first-ever chief safety officer, officials announced Tuesday. Greg Hale will take over responsibility for providing ``global'' oversight as part of a new safety campaign, Paul Pressler Paul Pressler was the president and CEO of Gap, Inc. from September 2002 to 22 January 2007.[1]. He also simultaneously departed from the position on Gap's board of directors he received in October 2002. Pressler is a director of Avon Products. , chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, said during a briefing at Disneyland. Hale said work has already begun. ``We've installed over 10,000 signs to help educate our guests about choices they can make to have their safe experience in our parks,'' Hale said. ``And we've put in safety gates and markings of where guests are required to wait before they board a ride.'' Disney, which in the past has been tight-lipped tight·lipped also tight-lipped adj. 1. Having the lips pressed together. 2. Loath to speak; close-mouthed. See Synonyms at silent. about safety operations at its parks, has drawn unwanted attention due to a number of incidents. Among the injured was a 4-year-old Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, boy who was severely hurt in September 2000 while riding on Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin at Disneyland. Miracle acquires Web broadcaster Los Angeles-based Miracle Entertainment Inc. acquired the parent of webcaster EnterVision Inc. com, it was announced Tuesday. Miracle Entertainment is a movie production and distribution company. EnterVision has developed a process that converts individual frames of any camera, analog, digital video or archived video source into a video. Mercury Air Group to sell operation Mercury Air Group Inc., based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , will sell its Bedford, Mass., operation to an undisclosed international aviation service company for $15.5 million in cash, the company announced Tuesday. Mercury also has agreed to buy one of the international firm's operations for $2 million in cash. Both deals are subject to board approvals. Boeing, Turkey sign 737 contract SEAL BEACH Seal Beach, city (1990 pop. 25,098), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1915. It is a beach city with an active art colony. Transportation equipment and concrete are among the city's manufactures. U.S. naval stations are nearby. - The Boeing Co. announced Tuesday that it has signed a $1 billion-plus contract with the Turkish government for the design and development of a 737 early-warning system also being developed for Australia. The contract calls for four 737 aircraft, plus a ground support segment for mission crew training, mission support and system maintenance support. The U.S. State A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and Department and Congress now must approve the contract, which could take several months. |
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