BUSINESS NOTES HEALTH BENCHMARKS TO ACT AS CONSULTANT.Health Benchmarks Inc., a subsidiary of Woodland Hills-based Foundation Health Systems Inc., has concluded a consulting agreement with Maui Memorial Medical Center in Hawaii. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Health Benchmarks will develop a method of measuring hospital quality and physician performance. - Daily News Unions, hospital talk with mediator mediator n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a lawyer, or retired judge, but can be a non-attorney specialist in the subject matter (like child custody) who tries to bring people and their disputes to early resolution through a conference. VALENCIA - A federal mediator met Monday with representatives of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital and its employee unions as they launched a series of sessions to try to reach an agreement on staffing and benefits issues. Some progress has been made on secondary issues, but negotiators have yet to reach a compromise on two sticking points sticking point n. A point, issue, or situation that causes or is likely to cause an impasse. Noun 1. sticking point - a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal with the hospital's 200 registered nurses. - Daily News Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r Ranch seeks second extension PALMDALE - A second extension will be needed to close out the bankruptcy recovery plan for the 7,200-home Ritter Ranch project, but officials said Monday that the project remains on track. The difficulty in finalizing the plan lies in the vast amount of paperwork - including 200-plus agreements between the original developers and other entities - and not from any inability of the third and latest developer to tackle the project, officials said. The new developer, Sage Community Group, a Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. company, the city, and representatives of Ritter Ranch project bondholders were negotiating a second extension that will have a deadline of Nov. 1. - Daily News News Corp. buys local TV station Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., owner of KTTV-TV (Channel 11) is acquiring Chris-Craft Industries Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian powerboats based in Sarasota, Florida. The company was founded in the late 19th century by Christopher Columbus Smith and became famous for its mahogany hulled powerboats of the 1920s through the 1950s. Inc. and its 10 TV stations, including KCOP-TV (Channel 13), for $5.35 billion in cash and stock in a deal that bulks up News Corp.'s already powerful lineup. The deal, announced Monday, also raises questions about the future of the fledgling UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation television network in which Chris-Craft was until recently a half-owner. Eight of the 10 TV stations being acquired, including Channel 13, carry the UPN network. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Univision gains World Cup rights Los Angeles-based Univision Communications Inc. announced Monday that it has acquired the U.S. Spanish-language TV rights to broadcast the final tournaments of the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f World Cup in 2002 and 2006. Terms were not disclosed. All 64 matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, divided among 20 stadiums in Korea and Japan, will be televised live on Univision or Galavision, its Spanish-language cable network. - City News Service U.S. companies boost inventories U.S. companies boosted inventories in June by a strong 0.9 of 1 percent as businesses strive to keep up with robust sales. Stockpiles of goods on shelves and back lots nationwide rose by 0.9 percent in June, faster than the 0.6 percent that many analysts expected, to a seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Mathematically adjusted by moderating a macroeconomic indicator (e.g., oil prices/imports) so that relative comparisons can be drawn from month to month all year. $1.19 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Monday. - Associated Press |
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