Utility Service buys JPI Painting
Utility Service buys JPI Painting
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Utility Service Co., a supplier of water-storage-tank maintenance services based in Perry, Ga., has completed its acquisition of JPI Painting, which rehabilitates water-storage tanks, steel structures and silos.
The acquisition of JPI enables Utility Service to establish much stronger capacity in the Northeast, Utility Service said in a press release Thursday. Under the terms of the agreement, the entire JPI Painting management team will remain in place.
Northside nurses group votes on pact
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The Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association, which represents between 400 and 500 registered nurses at Forum Health Northside Medical Center, began voting Thursday on a contract with a potential buyer of Forum Health and will continue voting today.
Union officials will not reveal the name of the group negotiating to buy Forum Health because of a gag pact. Ardent Health Services is widely believed to be the only prospective buyer.
J&J pressed on ‘phantom recall’
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Congressional investigators said Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson hired a private company that bought up defective packets of pain relievers in 2008 in a “phantom recall” before recalling the pills months later, after prodding from federal regulators.
The new questions about J&J’s handling of quality issues came during a hearing about its latest recall involving more than 100 million bottles of children’s medicine, some of which contained tiny particles of metal.
Last month, J&J’s McNeil division recalled more than 40 varieties of children’s medicines after the Food and Drug Administration discovered a slew of violations at a company plant.
Since the April 30 recall, the FDA has received hundreds of reports of complications with J&J products, though the agency has not linked any medical problem directly to the recalled medicines.
Vindicator staff and wire reports