The L.A. Daily Journal profiles Mann Foundation’s John Petrovich
By Emma Gallegos The Daily Journal A personal tragedy prompted John Petrovich to leave big law for the biotech sector. Now general counsel of the nonprofit Alfred Mann Foundation, Petrovich says he couldn’t be happier with his choice. Before a career detour into biotechnology, John Petrovich hadn’t taken so much as a high school chemistry [...]
FlexEnergy Announces Agreement to Acquire Energy Systems Business of Ingersoll Rand
Irvine, CA – FlexEnergy (www.flexenergy.com), a clean tech business with the breakthrough solution to create clean energy with near zero emissions from harmful greenhouse gases, announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of the Energy Systems business of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, [...]
Consumers Union Report Shows nFinanSe Is The Low-Cost Leader In Prepaid Card Market, Lower Than Walmart
TAMPA, Fla. – A new report, ‘Consumers Union Report: Prepaid Cards Come With Long List of Fees and Weak Consumer Protections’ written by Michelle Jun, was released September 15, 2010. The Report is about the growth of prepaid cards and positions nFinanSe (OTC Bulletin Board: NFSE – www.nFinanSe.com) as the low-cost leader in the prepaid [...]
The Skinny on Women’s Salaries
This morning, the Today Show discussed two recent studies on what women can expect in the workplace. The short answer? Double standards still exist: women who are skinner get paid more on average than their overweight counterparts. The good news? The gender gap is shrinking as far as salaries are concerned. Between 2007 and 2009, the [...]
USC Has New Blueprint for Engineers
By Joel Russell Los Angeles Business Journal Click here to read the full article Yannis Yortsos wants to solve the big problems. And Fariborz Maseeh wants to solve them in a way that benefits Southern California and leads to creation of local companies. So Maseeh, a wealthy Newport Beach engineer, this week will announce a [...]
Hospitals Must Overcome Language Barriers to Save Lives, Cut Costs
By Louis Provenzano Language Line Services As posted on The Huffington Post More than 60 million people – about one in five legal U.S. residents – speak a language other than English at home, and it’s not all Spanish, with more than 176 different languages and dialects spoken across the country. Not having the right [...]
Science, Jobs And Elections As November Elections Approach
By John Brooks Slaughter University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering As posted on The Huffington Post In the inner city schools of Los Angeles, I see a glimpse of the future of science and job creation in this country. Through a program called Mission Science, students in downtown Los Angeles have the opportunity [...]
