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- 'Swine Flu' Wreaks Havoc on Pork Industry, Despite Lack of Swine Connection
- Swine flu cases are turning up in a growing number of countries. The disease has killed more than a hundred in Mexico, screwed with the stock market and sent Smithfield shares tumbling. But there's one group that so far doesn't seem all that affected by the pandemic...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
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- Swine Flu Roundup: Starbucks Closes, Egypt Slaughters, Google Tracks, and More
- Flu could slow Mexican truck resolution -- The controversy over allowing Mexican trucks onto U.S. roads could take longer to resolve because of swine flu, trade experts have said. Under NAFTA, the U.S. was supposed to open its roads to truckers from Mexico, but unions and other groups say that...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Frontline NHS staff defy swine flu vaccination guidance
- A third of frontline nurses say they will not get immunised against swine flu when the vaccine becomes available later this year, a snapshot survey by HSJ's sister magazine Nursing Times has revealed. Top among the reasons for rejecting the vaccine are concerns about its safety, and a perception of...
- News items 2009-08-17
- Biotech Riding the Swine Flu Bandwagon
- Nothing brings out the opportunistic side of the biotech industry like a good healthcare crisis, and swine flu was no exception. As the face masks multiplied, so did the self-promotional press releases from biotech bandwagon-jumpers seeking a little fame and fortune. At the leading edge of the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Swine Flu Thrusts Retail Health Initiatives into the Spotlight
- Swine flu fears will put retailers who have been expanding health services on the front lines for prevention and treatment, providing their initiatives with new recognition. Headlines might focus on swine flu’s global advance, but retailers will get the credit where it counts, locally. For example, in...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Will Swine Flu Infect Weakened U.S. Insurers?
- The World Health Organization now says that swine flu is a public health emergency with the "potential to cause a pandemic," so insurance company CEOs should be spending the week trying to answer these questions: "How bad could it get?" and "How will it affect our company?" ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Swine Flu Fears: Why I Sold NII Holdings
- Steve Birenberg submits: I sold all Northlake positions in NII Holdings NIHD Monday morning in response to the threat that swine flu could have on the company's business and reported financial results. The stock has rebounded about 60% off its low from a month ago as investors were...
- External links 2009-04-27
- What the Swine Flu Could Mean for Business
- If you thought the swine flu in Mexico wasn't going to touch your business, you received a rude wake up call today from this headline in the NYT: Europe Urges Citizens to Avoid U.S. and Mexico Travel. That's not the news U.S. hospitality and tourism industries need...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Will Swine Flu Tank the Housing Market?
- Dear Ali; Now that hundreds of people in America are ill with swine flu, is the potential epidemic going to tank the housing market? A: No -- at least not according to Donald Trump, Jr., ("Donnie") who was actually asked about the link between...
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Swine Flu Killing HOGS
- Bill Luby submits: I am far from being an expert on swine flu, but based on everything I have heard, there is no evidence to support that swine flu can be transmitted through the consumption of pork products. Still, investors did not let this fact stand in the way...
- External links 2009-04-28
- Swine Flu: Is the Overreaction More Costly than the Virus Itself?
- Bill Gurley submits: It is reassuring to see the press take a more modulated view of the swine-flu risks, especially as it becomes clear that both deaths and incidents have been overstated in the past week. Our “instant on” media has an insatiable appetite for the scintillating story....
- External links 2009-05-02
- FLIR Systems: A Swine Flu Update
- Andrew Horowitz submits: While we are hearing horror stories about visitors suspected of having Swine Flu being taken and quarantined within China, we are seeing the reported cases of the Swine Flu on the rise. Surely these are not the total cases, as we are told that only a fraction...
- External links 2009-06-23
- Swine flu national emergency should spur businesses to action
- Computerworld - President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency this past weekend, giving health-care systems the ability to bypass some federal regulatory requirements in order to quickly implement disaster plans should they become overwhelmed. Similar to declaring a hurricane emergency as a storm approaches landfall, the...
- News items 2009-10-29
- Benefits of flu drug questioned
- The medicine now being widely handed out by the government for treating pandemic flu offers only modest benefit in children and adults in seasonal outbreaks of the virus, according to British researchers. The findings will spark a fresh debate over the wisdom of the UK government ??? and many others...
- News items 2009-08-10
- New Oriental Education F1Q10 (Qtr End 8/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Catherine Leung from Citigroup. Catherine Leung - Citigroup My question is on swine flu -- when you discuss in your press release that the swine flu had a more significant negative impact on the bottom line,...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-20
- Roche's Seoul offices raided in Tamiflu probe
- Prosecutors have raided the Seoul office of Roche on suspicions the Swiss drugs group illegally provided Tamiflu to HSBC and Novartis amid fears of a widespread outbreak of swine flu. The South Korean Food and Drug Administration confirmed that prosecutors searched Roche's office on Wednesday as part of an investigation...
- News items 2009-11-05
- Travel Roundup: EU's Mexico and U.S. Travel Advisory, Tropicana Violations Close 560 Rooms, Cruise Ship Fends Off Pirates and More
- European Union health ministers issue swine flu travel advisory -- The European Union's health chief advised travelers today not to head to Mexico and the United States, both places where swine flu has been discovered. Swine flu, a strain of influenza spread from pigs, has killed 103 people in Mexico and...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Food Roundup: KFC Chicken Has Too Much Beef, Smithfield Has Too Many Pigs, and More
- El Pollo Loco targets KFC over beef -- KFC's new grilled chicken uses a marinade that contains more than 20 ingredients, including beef flavoring, El Pollo Loco wants the world to know. KFC says this is perfectly normal, but El Pollo Loco is using the revelation as yet another opportunity...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Please have your question from the line of Thomas Löffler from UBS. You may proceed, sir. Thomas Löffler -- UBS Adolfo, good morning, thank you. Thank you very much for the call. One or two questions in terms of what’s happening with or what happened...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-28
- Travel Roundup: Cruise Lines Skip Mexico, Companies Halt Mexico Travel, Union Pacific Settles with Utah and More
- Cruise lines halt stops in Mexico-- Five cruise lines have halted all stops to Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Carnival Corp., Norwegian Cruise Line Corp. and Holland America Line Inc. have all joined in the boycott. Princess Cruises, a division of Carnival, also stopped...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
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