Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE:PCP) has agreed to acquire Dickson Testing Company (”Dickson”) and Aerocraft Heat Treating Company (”Aerocraft”). Destructive testing/certification and pre-machine heat treating are vital links in the global aerospace supply chain. Dickson offers a full range of destructive testing services including: mechanical properties; metallurgical and chemical analyses; and low-cycle fatigue testing. Aerocraft provides [...]

During volatile market environments have you often found yourself suddenly changing your trading plan based on a sudden price movement or breaking news headline? You surely aren’t alone, we have all done it at one time or another and the net result of all those changed trading plans has been a big fat negative. Am [...]

Poland’s Finance Minister has just published an op-ed in the FT calling for the ECB to announce that it “will stand ready to buy unlimited amounts of the sovereign bonds of countries remaining in the euro for a limited period of time – say a year or 18 months.”: “There is only one institution that [...]

In a former life I would be watching every move of a World Chess Championship Match, however, ever since Garry Kasparov retired and I stopped playing chess tournaments regularly I have not kept up to speed on championship level chess. Last week I learned ( because I follow Grandmaster Susan Polgar on Twitter) that there [...]

For all the changes 40 years can bring, the stigma associated with abortion has lingered. [Clinic director Rebecca] Terrell [featured in the above video] said many clients — not all — carry guilt and shame even though they have carefully and thoughtfully made the decision they think is best for themselves and their families…. A [...]

The Abortion Care Network is “a network of independent abortion providers, allies, and individuals who provide quality care for women and its activities… to de-stigmatize abortion, and ongoing training for quality abortion care.” Basically ACN is a club for everybody but Planned Parenthood. ACN just concluded its annual three-day conference, this year held in Arlington, [...]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat A Pennsylvania couple may be in hot water after they placed their allegedly stillborn child in the trash. They’ve been charged with unlawful disposal of medical waste but they may have done something worse: According to the affidavit, [25-year-old Erin] Dougherty told police that she and [boyfriend, 31-year-old [...]

From Modern Healthcare, today: Catholic institutions across the country filed 12 federal lawsuits against HHS alleging the department’s mandate over contraception coverage for employer-provided health plans violated their religious freedoms. The plaintiffs include 11-hospital Franciscan Alliance, Mishawaka, IN, and five-hospital Catholic Health Services of Long Island (NY). The lawsuits were filed on behalf of 43 [...]

The embryonic stem cell research industry received a second big blow last week when in an ABC interview actor and huge embryonic stem cell research proponent Michael J. Fox admitted escr isn’t panning out to be all he and others touted it to be in the fight against his own Parkinson’s disease and other maladies [...]

by LauraLoo I’m not sure what to make of this father of 30 children – or of the 11 women who continue making babies with him. Desmond Hatchett from Knoxville, Tennessee pays about $1.50 each month from his minimum-wage job to “support” each of his 30 children. Click here to view the embedded video. Email LauraLoo with [...]