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hydrojug traveler A Transformational Gift ;: 3 Universities, Cleveland Clinic To Split $1B For Teaching, ResearchMoney from the sale of The Lord Corp. is being split evenly between Duke, MIT, USC and the Cleveland Clinic. The $261 million gifts to each institution, considered among the largest contributions ever given to universities, come with few restrictions. In other research funding news, Virginia Tech announces a venture with Children s Nati
stanley ca onal Hospital.The Associated Press:3 Universities, Medical Center Get $1B To Teach And ResearchThree universities and a health care institution are sharing a gift of more than $1 billion thats one of the largest in the history of higher education, they announced Wednesday. Receiving $260 million apiece will be Duke University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, and the Cleveland Clinic. The institutions are free to use the money as they see fit. Amy and
hydrojug sport Franko, 11/13 The Wall Street Journal:Duke, MIT, USC, Cleveland Clinic To Split $1 Billion GiftIn the early 1980s, Lord Corp.s then-chairman, Thomas Lord, established the Lord Foundations of North Carolina, Massachusetts, California and Ohio, to benefit Duke, MIT, USC and the Cleveland Clinic, respectively. Since their establishment the foundations had given $200 million to the four institutions, but the latest gifts arrived with little warning. Korn and Bauerlein, 11/13 Los Angeles Times:USC To Receive $260-Million Gift, Among Largest I Mmfg Blue Dogs Shaping Proposals, Influencing Other Centrists
Friday, Sep 25 2009Labor Chief Asks For Probe Into Health Insurance LobbyingThe Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones reports: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday urged some state insurance commissioners to investigate how the costs of insurers lobbying to defeat health-insurance reform are affecting premiums. We be
stanley cup lieve that health insurance providers lobbying expenditures have led to excessive rate hikes, Trumka wrote to regulators in Connecticut, Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania. Laws in those states require insurance regulators to approve rate changes. Two of the four top insur
owala ance companies, WellPoint Inc. WLP and Cigna Corp. CI , are based in Indiana and Pennsylvania, respectively. The AFL-CIO leader also pointed to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which has requested a rate hike of up to 30% in Connecticut while spending more than $9.5 million on lobbying, and UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH , which recently proposed a premium increase for its Medicare supplemental insurance while spending more than $2.6 million on lobbying in the first half of 2009. In addition, Trumka asked r
stanley deutschland egulators to investigate allegations that UnitedHealth and Anthem/WellPoint forced employees to attend meetings intended to pressure them into helping their employers oppose pending health insurance reform legislation. ... The health-care industry is the biggest-spending lobbying force in Washington. In the second quarter, health-care players spent $133 million pressing their intere
