By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 8,2011
CaroMont Health said it has hired Oak Brook, Ill.-based Witt/Kieffer as a consultant to help in its search for a new CEO. A nationwide request for proposals process was used to find the executive search firm, CaroMont said. In May, CaroMont announced that President and CEO Valinda Rutledge was going to work for The Centers [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: July 6,2011
Health care alliance Premier Inc. said Mike Alkire has been promoted to chief operating officer. Before the promotion, Alkire was president of Premier Purchasing Partners, which offers group purchasing, supply chain services and resource utilization data to hospitals and health care facilities nationwide. He became president of PPP in July 2006. Charlotte-based Premier is an alliance of [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 30,2011
Cerus Corp. has a new member on its board of directors. The publicly traded company said Daniel Swisher has been named the replacement for William Rohn, who is retiring after serving as director since 2002. Cerus is a Concord-based biomedical products company. Swisher has served as CEO and a member of the board of Sunesis [...]
By The Associated Press
Published: June 21,2011
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Labor is urging anyone spending time outdoors this week to use caution and protect themselves against heat-related illnesses. State officials warn that high humidity combined with temperatures in the mid- to upper-90s can cause heat cramps, heat exhaustion or heat stroke. The warning comes as summer officially starts [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 17,2011
A project that started as a health and fitness website site at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is now a stand-alone commercial venture. According to a UNCC press release, 411Fit will serve as an exercise and journaling website and help simplify the design and management of wellness programs for companies, health care professionals [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: June 10,2011
Wallets and purses are getting lighter thanks to the rise in mobile banking. After all, who needs to carry around all those debit cards when you can simply make purchases using your smart phone? But as wallets and purses shed weight, chiropractors could be in pain. Jim Eubanks, a chiropractor at Priester Chiropractic in Charlotte, [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: June 10,2011
Charlotte-based Cogdell Spencer today said its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per common share. The dividend is payable July 20 to stockholders of record on June 24. The dividend covers the second quarter of 2011. Cogdell Spencer is a real estate investment trust that owns, develops, constructs and manages medical facilities.
By Scott Baughman
Published: May 17,2011
The math is coldly convincing. A person having a teeth-whitening treatment can spend between $300 and $700 at a dentist’s office, or between $100 and $150 with a nondentist, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed in opposition to the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners cease-and-desist letters sent to about 40 teeth-whitening services. [...]
By Paul Tharp, staff writer
Published: May 17,2011
As the collision between the Federal Trade Commission and the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners unfolds in legal slow motion, Ron Haynes sells teeth-whitening supplies and insists he doesn’t understand the fuss. It’s a fuss that is taking two routes toward the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and appears bound for the U.S. [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: May 17,2011
It looks like your everyday shopping center. There are an insurance agency, a hair and nail salon, a Pilates center, an appraiser and a chiropractor. But look a little closer at Gold Hill Commerce Park in Fort Mill, S.C., and there’s a business that might come as a surprise to most shoppers. In one of [...]
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