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WSJ Reports EFCA Unlikely to Pass Soon

Dennis Westlind
January 08, 2009 15:43

According to yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is not likely to become law in the first 100 days of the Obama Administration.  Because Republicans are threatening a filibuster, congressional Democrats are likely to instead focus their early efforts on two...

The Pharmalot Blog is No More!

Cliff Mintz
January 05, 2009 18:18

Today is a sad day in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology blogging world. Pharmalot, a two year old, pioneering blog created by the intrepid Ed Silverman and the Star Ledger News has decided to call it quits. Unfortunately, the Star Ledger is in dire financial straits and it could no longer...

Potential Data Breach and Extortion at Express Scripts

November 07, 2008 21:06

The WSJ Health Blogs reports about a potential data breach at Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America. More from Express Scripts on the Facts, FAQs and Other Resources.The potential data breach came to Express Scripts attention after having...

Twitter goes mainstream : Wall Street Journal reports on business use

Kevin O'Keefe
November 02, 2008 18:13

Twitter is going mainstream reported the WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro last week. A wide range of people and businesses are finding interesting uses for the brief notes (140 cahracters). Doctors are using Twitter to update patients about office hours. Local groups such as the Los Angeles Fire...

Get Rid of Performance Reviews, UCLA Prof Says in WSJ

Daniel Schwartz
October 20, 2008 14:44

"Get Rid of Performance Reviews!" proclaims a UCLA professor in this morning's edition of the Wall Street Journal: To my way of thinking, a one-side-accountable, boss-administered review is little more than a dysfunctional pretense. It's a negative to corporate performance, an...