Mississauga, Ontario – Walmart Canada will open 35 to 40 supercentres in 2010 the company announced today. The projects will include new stores, relocations of existing stores, store expansions and store remodels, representing a combined investment of almost half a billion dollars in Canadian communities. The supercentres are expected to generate approximately 6,500 store and construction jobs, with specific store locations to be announced over the coming weeks and months.
Global forum addresses solutions to prevent premature deaths
Noncommunicable diseases account for 60% of global deaths
Canadian researchers study mass gatherings and risks of infectious disease threats
As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Children’s Hospital Boston have teamed up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver during the Winter Games by integrating two independently developed intelligence systems that focus on global infectious diseases; bio.DIASPORA and HealthMap.
Iomega Helps the United States Ski and Snowboard Team Win Gold!
SAN DIEGO, - Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, today announced that the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding and the parent organization for the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding, has standardized on Iomega’s industry-leading small and midsized business network attached storage (NAS) devices for all of the networking storage requirements at its new state-of-the-art training facility in Park City, Utah.
Edvantage group remain provider of choice for Hydro with five year contract
Hydro has a long-standing working relationship with Edvantage group and has been a client for over six years. The new five year contract includes Learning Gateway Enterprise; Edvantage group’s SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) based Learning Management System, and support services.
Lundbeck expands the agreement with Teva to include marketing of Azilect® in selected Asian countries
The Asian market is becoming an increasingly important platform for Lundbeck, as the region experiences rapid growth within the CNS market. With the agreement Lundbeck gains access to six interesting Asian markets all expected to show significant growth within the Parkinson’s disease market. Azilect® will be a significant growth driver of Lundbeck’s Asian business in general, and especially for China and South Korea. The agreement comes on top of the recent grant of reimbursement in China on two of Lundbeck’s key products, Cipralex® and Ebixa®.
Sirit Announces Increased Offer from Federal Signal
All other terms and conditions remain substantially similar to those set out in the Arrangement Agreement as described in detail in the information circular mailed to Sirit shareholders on February 2, 2010 and available on www.sedar.com, except that under the amended agreement the termination fee payable to Federal Signal in certain circumstances has been increased from $2.5 million to $4.0 million.
Information on Life after Cancer Now Available on NIHSeniorHealth.gov
Visitors to the site will learn about managing follow-up care, physical and emotional changes, and relationships with family and friends. The topic also addresses how a person’s age and health status can affect recovery and survival. This is important information for older adults who make up about 60 percent of cancer survivors and whose cancer treatments may have been complicated by other aging-related health conditions.
Juniper Networks Announces General Availability of EX2200 Ethernet Switches for Branch Offices and Campus Networks
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) today announced general availability of Juniper Networks’ EX2200 Ethernet Switches, which offers a highly cost-effective, high-performance solution for supporting today’s converged network access deployments in branch and remote offices as well as campus networks.
Toyota to Provide Additional Services to New York Customers Affected by Recent Recalls
These services are available to Toyota and Lexus owners in New York affected by current recalls involving sticking accelerator pedals, floor mat pedal entrapment, anti-lock brake system software updates, and Tacoma front drive shaft inspection. These services are provided for customers concerned about driving their vehicle before the repair is completed. These services will be tailored to the owner’s individual circumstances and may include:
Intelligent People Have &Unnatural& Preferences and Values That Are Novel in Human Evolutionary History
More intelligent people are statistically significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate with higher intelligence, a new study finds.
Free Chess Gifts at Wholesale Chess
“Our customers aren’t just chess players, they are local schools and programs for boys and girls that have limited budgets. Chess brings intellect and skill into the lives of children all over our country, and we want to do our part to make chess affordable,” said Lyndia Graham, manager at Wholesale Chess.
Stress hormone, depression trigger obesity in girls
"This is the first time cortisol reactivity has been identified as a mediator between depressed mood and obesity in girls" said Elizabeth J. Susman, the Jean Phillips Shibley professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State. "We really haven’t seen this connection in kids before, but it tells us that there are biological risk factors that are similar for obesity and depression"
Consumers Get First Glimpse Of Sony’s New 3D Bravia Televisions At Retail
SAN DIEGO – At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show Sony once again set a new standard for how televisions look and perform. The company’s new line of 2010 BRAVIA® LCD HDTVs feature its first 3D HDTVs, a new innovative and stylish Monolithic Design Concept and edge LED backlighting. The new Sony BRAVIA televisions are another example of how Sony is providing consumers with networked products that enhance the home entertainment experience.
Half of Americans Live More Than an Hour Away From Lifesaving Stroke Care
PHILADELPHIA – When stroke strikes, choking off blood supply to the brain, every minute counts: Nearly 2 million neurons die each minute a stroke is left untreated, making it a race to recognize symptoms so that lifesaving “clot-busting” drugs can be administered. Forty-five percent of Americans – 135 million people – are more than an hour away from primary stroke centers, the facilities that are best equipped to care for them if they are stricken by the condition, according to new research led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Less than a quarter of U.S. residents can reach one of those facilities in less than a half hour. The authors say the identification of these gaps in access is an important step in cutting the deadly toll of stroke, which is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. The study revealed one existing way to narrow these disparities: Using existing air ambulance resources to fly stroke patients to appropriate care would cut the number of Americans without 60-minute access to a primary stroke center by half.
