BRIEFCASE HEMACARE AGAIN LOOKING FOR CFO.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services WOODLAND HILLS - HemaCare Corp. announced Tuesday that it has reopened its search for a chief financial officer. Rose Marcario accepted the position late last month but is unable to assume it because of personal reasons, said HemaCare's president and chief executive officer, Judi Irving. ``Although we are disappointed, we are fortunate to have interviewed several very talented candidates and expect to fill the position in the near future,'' Irving said. The company has engaged an outside financial consultant to assist during the transition period, she said. Founded in 1978, HemaCare is a national provider of blood products and services and is the only publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. engaged in the blood services industry in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . New use sought for arthritis drug THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced Tuesday that they have applied for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to use the drug Enbrel to treat psoriasis. Psoriasis, characterized by chronic skin inflammation, affects nearly 7 million people in the nation. Enbrel is already approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis Chronic, progressive autoimmune disease causing connective-tissue inflammation, mostly in synovial joints. It can occur at any age, is more common in women, and has an unpredictable course. and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis juvenile rheumatoid arthritis n. Abbr. JRA Chronic inflammatory arthritis that begins in childhood, characterized by swelling, tenderness, and pain in one or more joints and by lymph node and splenic enlargement. . It was unclear when the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. would make a decision on the psoriasis treatment. Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, market Enbrel in North America. Enbrel is manufactured by Immunex Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Amgen. eUniverse runs into listing trouble Los Angeles-based eUniverse Inc. officials announced Tuesday that they have received notice indicating the company has failed to comply with the filing requirement for continued Nasdaq listing. The notification, received last Wednesday, stems from the company's delayed filing of its fiscal year 2003 annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . A fifth character ``E'' has been added to eUniverse's trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol , reflecting the Nasdaq convention for companies making delayed public filings. A hearing is scheduled for July 31 before a Nasdaq listing qualifications panel. The company's Web sites include an entertainment site, Flowgo; a comedy site, MadBlast; a dating site, Cupid Junction; and an e-mail newsletter network that delivers content to subscribers with such titles as Infobeat, IntelligentX and GossipFlash. Loews takes over at Renaissance BEVERLY HILLS - The Loews Hotels chain has assumed management of a 12-story former Renaissance hotel at 1224 S. Beverwil Drive. Loews is marketing the 137-room hotel as an alluring hot spot for Hollywood studio executives, entertainment moguls and Los Angeles insiders in need of comfortably chic accommodations. Guest rooms feature Tempur-Pedic beds and high-speed Internet and fax service. A new food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. concept for what is now the 154-seat Tiara restaurant and bar will be revealed in the coming months. The property is owned by Strategic Capital, which also owns Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Microsoft to give stock, not options SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp., the granddaddy of stock-option compensation, will abandon the practice and instead give shares outright to all employees. The software giant also said Tuesday that it would expense the cost on its books, potentially knocking down profits by billions of dollars. The change in stock compensation means employees will automatically receive actual shares of Microsoft stock over time instead of options - the right to purchase stock at a set price. Typically outright stock awards, known as restricted stock, have been reserved to top executives' compensation. Microsoft said the new policy would be in effect in September for its approximately 50,000 employees. |
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