BUSINESS NOTES PRICES ANNOUNCED FOR SHARE OFFERING.CHATSWORTH - North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Scientific Inc. announced the pricing of its public offering of 2.5 million shares of its common stock, including 180,000 shares by selling stockholders, at a price of $17.88 per share. CIBC World Markets CIBC World Markets is the investment banking division of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. It helps governments, large companies, and other large institutions obtain capital and credit and is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities. Corp. is acting as lead manager for the offering, with UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System Warburg LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Leerink Swann & Co. acting as co-managers. The company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase an additional 375,000 shares for up to 30 days to cover overallotments, if any. North American Scientific designs, develops and produces radioisotopic products for the treatment and diagnosis of disease. - Daily News Health providers hold 1-day strike More than 4,000 California health care providers, including some in Ventura County, went on a one-day strike Thursday, demanding a stronger role in setting staffing levels and in determining patient care improvements. Nurses at St. John's hospitals in Oxnard and Camarillo were among those who said they want more input in the discussions over improving patient care. - 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. Chatsworth firm gets OK from 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. CHATSWORTH - CHAD Therapeutics Inc. has won clearance by the Food and Drug Administration to market its new OXYMATIC 411 electronic oxygen conserver, the company announced Thursday. The OXYMATIC 411 conserver delivers a pulse of oxygen on every breath at all delivery settings. The company plans initial deliveries of the OXYMATIC 411 in January. - Daily News Rivals' downfall boosts NetZero WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Free Internet access provider See ISP. (networking, company) Internet Access Provider - (IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to businesses and/or consumers. NetZero has seen an explosion in the number of users in the last three months, a move attributed to the demise of other free ISPs. Since September, the company added more than 1.3 million users, bringing its total customer base to approximately 7 million. - Daily News Michelin rated top tire in owner poll AGOURA HILLS - Both passenger vehicle and light truck owners buying replacement tires rate Michelin brand tires highest in customer satisfaction, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Agoura Hills-based J.D. Power and Associates. Michelin has ranked highest in customer satisfaction for its replacement tires among light truck owners for six consecutive years, and among passenger vehicle owners for the past two years, according to J.D. Power. - City News Service Inflation stays low at wholesale level WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices posted their smallest increase in three months in November. Lower costs of heating oil and prescription drugs tempered higher prices for natural gas and fresh vegetables. The Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working reported Thursday that its Producer Price Index, which measures prices paid to factories, farmers and other U.S. producers for their goods, inched up a slim, 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. 0.1 percent last month, down from a 0.4 percent rise in October. - Associated Press Hospital chain will pay for its crimes WASHINGTON - HCA-The Healthcare Co., the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, agreed Thursday to plead guilty to defrauding government health care programs and will pay more than $840 million in criminal fines, civil penalties and damages. The agreement reached after a seven-year federal investigation triggered by private whistle-blowers is the largest government fraud settlement ever negotiated by the Justice Department. - Associated Press |
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