Incubator upgrade

Incubator upgrade

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Perkins Communications recently installed two roof-mounted satellite dishes at the Youngstown Business Incubator. The satellites will allow the incubator’s portfolio companies to upload and download broadcast-quality video and data content from around the world. The satellite dishes have been incorporated into the incubator campus network, which currently provides fiber-optic-based managed-data services. The new technology is a significant upgrade to the network’s range of high-availability data, said incubator chief executive Jim Cossler.

Integrys offers gas price guarantee

columbus

Integrys Energy Services is offering a Price Match Guarantee for natural-gas users in Columbia and Dominion Gas markets. If a customer finds a better publicly offered annual fixed rate in their utility service area during their term, Integrys Energy Services will either match it or allow the customer to cancel his contract at no cost. The program applies to the company’s fall 2010-October 2011 fixed rate of $6.60/mcf for customers in Dominion’s service area and $0.718/ccf in Columbia’s service area. Customers must enroll in an Integrys Energy Services’ 12-month fixed-rate plan to take advantage of the price match requested.

For information, visit www.fixmyprice.com or call 888-367-4493.

Presentations by EMR manager

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Henry Schein Medical Systems, an electronic medical records, or EMR, systems- and practice-management provider, announced Thursday it will give educational presentations on how to qualify for EMR incentives at the upcoming national conferences of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The presentation will outline best practices for EMR selection and implementation to help attendees understand final meaningful-use mandates and select the right EMR solution.

Award for Altmire

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The National Federation of Independent Business named Pennsylvania’s U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-4th, a Guardian of Small Business on Thursday in recognition of his voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners. The organization will present Guardian awards to 202 representatives who voted favorably on key small-business issues at least 70 percent of the time during the 111th Congress.

Recession isn’t over, Warren Buffett says

OMAHA, Neb.

Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy remains in a recession, by his definition, because most people and businesses still aren’t doing as well as they were before the financial crisis.

Buffett talked about the economy and his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. businesses in an interview that aired Thursday on CNBC.

Buffett’s assessment of the economy contradicts the view of experts who announced this week that the recession officially ended in June 2009.

Vindicator staff/wire reports