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McKee receives $66,000 for breast cancer treatment
LOVELAND - The McKee Medical Center Foundation has received a $66,000 grant from the Denver Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to provide breast cancer treatment for women in southern Larimer County who are uninsured or underinsured.
The grant will support patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and need treatment including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Applicants must meet financial criteria.
Linda Davidson, McKee patient and community services manager, said the hospital will begin using the grant in the next few weeks and the number of people who will benefit will depend on the type and cost of services needed.
For more information, call Davidson at 970-635-4016. |
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Employers cover 85 percent of health premiums
DENVER - Employers cover 85 percent of the average premium for their employee coverage, according to a new survey by the Denver-based Mountain States Employers Council.
The survey of 697 employers in Colorado and Wyoming found companies continuing to shoulder the lion's share of providing health-care coverage to their workers despite rising premium costs.
"Health-care costs continue to be a major area of concern for employers," said Michael Severns, MSEC president and CEO. "However, employers continue to pay for the majority of health-care premiums on behalf of their employees."
The survey showed health-care costs rising 10 percent over 2008 levels but average health insurance premiums going up only 5 percent, according to the MSEC 2009 Health and Welfare Plans Survey.
The survey also showed more employers offering or considering offering consumer-driven plans such as Health Savings Accounts. The number of Colorado and Wyoming employers offering HSAs as an option increased from 7 percent to 21 percent over the last four years, the survey noted. |
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JBS shareholders approve dividend of $5.7 million
SAO PAULO, Brazil - JBS S.A. shareholders on April 29 approved dividend payments to themselves of $12.3 million Brazilian reais, or $5.7 million in U.S. dollars.
Jeremiah O'Callaghan, JBS's investors relations director, said in a statement that the dividend was "less than had initially been proposed by the administration of the company" but shareholders decided to distribute 50 percent of the net profit of the period ending Dec. 31, 2008, while "maintaining the remaining balance of accrued profits as an expansion reserve."
JBS S.A. owns JBS Swift in Greeley, which it purchased in July 2007. |
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Unemployment up all over in March
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Colorado's unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in March, up from 7.6 in February and up more than 3 percent from 4.7 percent a year ago, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Northern Colorado jobless figures rose accordingly, with Larimer County, as represented by the Fort Collins-Loveland metro area, showing an unemployment rate of 6.8 percent, up from 6.6 percent in February and up 3.5 percent from 4.3 percent in March 2008. In Weld County -- the Greeley metro area -- unemployment reached 8.7 percent in March, up from 8.4 percent in February and 5.2 percent last March.
The Bureau reported the national unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, was 9 percent in March, up from 5.2 percent a year earlier. Unemployment rates were higher in all 372 metropolitan areas surveyed across the country; 18 areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15 percent -- 12 located in California -- while 15 areas registered rates below 5 percent.
El Centro, Calif., recorded the highest March unemployment rate at 25.1 percent while Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, La., and Iowa City, Iowa, registered the lowest jobless rates, 3.6 percent each in March. |
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CSU awarded $100,000 for veteran services
FORT COLLINS - The Wal-Mart Foundation and the American Council on Education has awarded a $100,000 grant to Colorado State University to expand veteran services and create a national veterans honor society.
The grant builds on the university's efforts to grow veteran affairs services through the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. CSU was the only Colorado university or college to receive such a grant.
The grant money will create a mentoring program between incoming veterans and existing students, develop a faculty training program, establish a national veterans student honor society, expand outreach efforts and develop a more comprehensive student orientation program.
"The need for these services is only going to increase as more student veterans come back to campus, which we are anticipating with the post-911 G.I. bill," said Ann Ingala, CSU veteran coordinator. |
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Register for Mercury 100 Awards celebration
LOVELAND - Online registration is now open for this year's Mercury 100 event, set for May 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the top of McWhinney's Rangeview Three in Centerra, 2915 Rocky Mountain Ave., Loveland.
Each year, the Northern Colorado Business Report compiles two lists of the fastest-growing businesses in region: one list for companies with revenues under $2 million and one for those with revenues over $2 million. Growth is based on revenues for the past three years, and the top 50 companies in each category are included.
All 100 companies will be invited to receive their awards at the star-studded reception, which will feature refreshments and entertainment. Individual tickets cost $39.
For more information about the event, or if you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please call NCBR Marketing Director De Dahlgren, 970-221-5400, ext. 202. Sponsors include EKS&H and McWhinney.
The entire Mercury 100 will be included in a special section of the NCBR, to be published May 22. For advertising information, contact Sales Manager Sandy Powell at 970-221-5400, ext. 214. |
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Chrysler files for bankruptcy, signs Fiat deal
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC -- battered for the past two years by disappearing global auto sales and the credit crisis -- filed for bankruptcy on Thursday and announced an industry-changing deal with Fiat after talks to restructure its debt broke down.
Jobless claims fall, but incomes and spending ease
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment aid fell unexpectedly last week, suggesting the pace of layoffs was easing, even as benefit rolls in mid-April swelled to another record high.
Wall Street pulls back after Chrysler bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday, but were well off session highs, as investors sought to reconcile upbeat corporate profits and reassuring job market data with anxiety about Chrysler LLC's bankruptcy filing.
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