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New Survey Finds Better Qualifying Prospects is a Top Priority in 2013 SOUTHPORT, Conn., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Acquiring more profitable new customers is a top priority for nearly 80% of U.S. Business to Consumer marketers, while more than a third say "qualifying prospects better" is their most important new marketing initiative for growing business this year. That's according to a new national survey conducted by eWayDirect that polled nearly 350 B2C marketers to...
FARMINGTON, Conn. and GUILFORD, Conn., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: HRZN) ("Horizon"), a leading specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed development-stage companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and clean-tech industries, today announced it has closed a $2 million venture loan facility with New Haven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("NHP"), a...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to local news reports, officials at Yale Peabody Museum confirmed that a meteorite struck a private residence in Wolcott, Connecticut last week. Police in the area received a call from local resident Larry Beck just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, who said a baseball-sized rock crashed through the ceiling in his kitchen, local CBS affiliate WFSB reported. "It sounded like a gunshot but it was a louder bang," Beck told...
- Expanded indications position QuikClot dressings for treatment of moderate bleeding from surgical wounds controlled during operative and postoperative care - WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Z-Medica(®), a leading developer and marketer of hemostatic agents, announced newly expanded CE indications for QuikClot(®) Hemostatic Dressings today. The expanded indications support the use of QuikClot(®) products as an adjunct to manual pressure for the temporary...
New website dedicated to Connecticut's local sports NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of Connecticut's local sports have a new place to call home--SportzEdge.com. SportzEdge.com is News 8's new website, dedicated to covering the teams, players and parents that participate in local sports from youth through college. SportzEdge.com offers in-depth information from Connecticut sports experts and Connecticut sports enthusiasts. (Logo:...
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportech Racing LLC ("Sportech Racing"), a division of Sportech PLC (LSE: SPO), announces that it has entered into an agreement with Darby Development LLC, manager and operator of Monmouth Park Racetrack, to provide pari-mutuel wagering technology and services to Monmouth Park and Favorites at Woodbridge off-track wagering facility, both in New Jersey. Monmouth Park - home of the $1,000,000, Grade I, Haskell Invitational - has been...
- STARTVerso(TM)1 data presented in treatment-naive patients with genotype-1 hepatitis C treated with investigational faldaprevir and pegylated interferon/ribavirin RIDGEFIELD, Conn., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results from the pivotal Phase 3 STARTVerso(TM)1 trial of faldaprevir (BI 201335) in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin (PegIFN/RBV). In previously untreated patients with genotype-1...
Screening breast ultrasound performed after mammography on women with greater than 50% breast density detects an additional 3.4 cancers or high risk lesions per one thousand woman screened, a detection rate just under that of screening mammography alone for women with less dense breasts, a new study shows. Screening mammography detects 4-5 cancers per thousand women screened. The study, conducted in conjunction with seven Connecticut radiology practices, included 19,745 women who had dense...
AccessISG Sourcing Portal provides sourcing professionals with on-demand market intelligence, research, interactive tools STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Information Services Group (ISG) (NASDAQ: III), a leading technology insights, market intelligence and advisory services company, today announced the launch of the innovative AccessISG(TM) Sourcing Portal, which provides sourcing professionals with on-demand market intelligence, research and interactive tools. The...
Connecticut's State Health Insurance Exchange is One of Few to Offer Small Businesses Choice of Health Plans HARTFORD, Conn., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Determined to set the standard for state health exchanges, Access Health CT will launch its Small Business Health Options (SHOP) program for quoting and enrollment on October 1st of this year. This action comes despite the decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow states to delay...
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Symbol: RURO4 Group: Dicot Family: Rosaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Subshrub Native Status: L48 N Distribution: RubusrossbergianusBlanch. distribution:USA(CT, MA, RI, VT) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida –...
Symbol: CRPE17 Group: Dicot Family: Rosaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Shrub Native Status: L48 N Distribution: CrataeguspequotorumSarg. distribution:USA(CT) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons...
Chalcocite, copper(I) sulfide (Cu2S), is an important copper mineral ore. It is opaque, being colored dark-gray to black with a metallic luster. It has a hardness of 2½ - 3. It is a sulfide with an orthorhombic crystal system. Chalcocite is sometimes found as a primary vein mineral in hydrothermal veins. However, most chalcocite occurs in the supergene enriched environment below the oxidation zone of copper deposits as a result of the leaching of copper from the oxidized minerals. It is...
