Mida Assets buys into five resort hotels.

Byline: Nuntawun Polkuamdee

Jan. 10--Mida Assets Plc, a listed hire-purchase operator, has spent 911 million baht to acquire five luxury hotels in resort towns.

Suthasinee Setaphan had agreed to sell some of her stakes in the five hotels -- Samui Peninsula in Surat Thani, Phuket Peninsula in Phuket, Hot Spring in Chiang Mai, The Retreat Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan, and Top Elements in Kanchanaburi, according to Mida Assets' report to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Roongrawee Iampongpaitoon, Mida Assets' deputy managing director, said the investments would help the company diversify income. Its focus will still be on the hire-purchase business, which makes …

Guidant increases investment in heart surgery device maker.

2003 SEP 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guidant Corp. (GDT) has increased its equity investment by $4 million in Cardica, Inc., a privately held developer of devices for use in coronary artery bypass surgery.

The financing follows an August 2002 initial investment of $10 million and strengthens Guidant's commitment to physicians and patients through leadership in developing minimal-access technologies for cardiac surgery.

"This investment supports Guidant's ongoing strategy of partnering with companies that are bringing forward the most innovative technologies for cardiac surgery to patients and physicians," said Maria Degois-Sainz, president, cardiac …

RECYCLING FIRMS' STOCK PRICES PEAK

In mid-September, The Wall Street Journal headlined the "stunning run-up" in prices for recycled goods such as discarded cardboard. On the West Coast, prices for baled cardboard topped $200 a ton this summer, up about 400 percent this year, before dropping to about $100 a …

Research from K. Hemminki and Co-Authors in the Area of Breast Cancer Published.

"Breast cancer incidence has markedly increased in Western countries for reasons that are not entirely understood. We characterized periodic and age-specific incidence trends of breast cancer in immigrants who migrated from low incidence areas to Sweden," researchers in Heidelberg, Germany report (see also Breast Cancer).

"The incidence in immigrants was compared to that in native Swedes and standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated, based on the Swedish Family-Cancer Database. Age-specific incidence data for low and high incidence populations were obtained from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents IX and NORDCAN. For immigrants from the seven lowest …

PREVIOUS CASE CITED AGAINST NURSE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: DANIELLE T. FURFARO Staff writer

A former nursing supervisor at the Glendale Nursing Home, who is facing neglect charges for allegedly ignoring an elderly resident who was suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, was previously cited in a similar incident by the state Health Department, department spokesman Robert Kenny said Monday.

On April 12, 1998, Sharon A. Caulfield, who was supervising the overnight shift at the facility and responsible for supervising and monitoring the care of residents, failed to document the assessment of a resident who had fallen at the home. A supervisor on the morning shift found that the resident was injured and needed to be …

Scottish Football Results

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Results Saturday in Scottish football (home team listed first):

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Viacom files $5B in debt.

Moving to refill its war chest, Viacom last week filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $5B in debt securities, preferred stock and warrants. The funds are to be used for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment, working capital and capital expenditures. …