BIZMOLOGY — A little over one year ago, the FCC agreed to establish a specific spectrum for medical body area networks (MBANs) that would allow for the development of wireless [...]
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Wells Fargo credit card helps homeowners pay down loans
BIZMOLOGY — It seems counterintuitive, but the Wells Fargo Home Rebate Card has allowed mortgage holders to pay down $50 million in their mortgage principal since 2007, the banking giant [...]
NOAA predicts active hurricane season
BIZMOLOGY — So soon after the devastating tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, it may seem strange to talk about hurricanes, but the insurance industry is bracing itself for a lulu [...]
Corporate relocation activity grew in 2012: Atlas survey
BIZMOLOGY — Corporate relocations continued to grow in 2012 over 2011, indicating more economic improvement for the moving services industry, according to the Atlas Van Lines Annual Corporate Relocation Survey. [...]
Can you insure the cloud?
With the movement of company data into the cloud, companies could be setting themselves up for losses that might be uninsurable, according to insurance experts. Cloud-based computing is becoming more [...]
Bulging orphan drug pipeline makes health plan execs wary
BIZMOLOGY — According to the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America, there are nearly 1,800 orphan drugs in the pharmaceutical development pipeline, and that is making the $500 billion US [...]
Get ready for the JOBS Act
BIZMOLOGY — This is the one-year anniversary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and it has been raising a ruckus across the investment landscape. The JOBS Act will allow [...]
Lab-on-a-chip changes diagnostics industry
BIZMOLOGY — Last week I talked about how Whole Foods’ requirement that all genetically modified foods it sells be labeled as such was a game-changer for the food manufacturing and [...]
Whole Foods requires GM labeling
BIZMOLOGY — Does Whole Foods’ announcement that it will require labeling for genetically modified foods supersede FDA regulations? The natural foods grocery chain said that it will require labels for [...]
Office Depot merger: Can it work?
The second issue surrounding the proposed Office Depot acquisition of rival OfficeMax (the first was the awkward way in which the deal was prematurely released) is: What makes this merger [...]
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