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The biotech has had bad luck with neurology studies and should stick to gene manipulation.

HealthSouth Corp. CEO Jay Grinney bought 72,000 shares of the firm’s stock for $887,000, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. shareholders approved the company’s sale to Belgian-based InBev for $52 billion, or $70 a share, today at a special meeting held outside New York City.

Apparently there is still no such thing as a free lunch.

Target Corp. will donate $1 million to the Salvation Army’s libraries, media centers and educational facilities, the company announced Wednesday. (TGT)

SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) New research demonstrates that lowering post-meal blood sugar spikes after meals is critical to avoiding serious health complications for people concerned about managing their blood sugar, especially those diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. As a result, medical experts are reconsidering when and how they advise Type 2 diabetes patients to test their blood sugar in order to best monitor the dangerous blood sugar spike zone that typically occurs 30 to 45 minutes after meals.

BOZEMAN, MT (MARKET WIRE) In a live Internet web cast on www.OR-Live.com november 20, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. EST, Daniel Gannon, M.D., will implant a Tri-Lock(R) Bone Preservation Stem through a direct Anterior Approach total hip arthroplasty (THA). The Tri-Lock Hip System is a new tapered-wedge titanium stem from DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. that is engineered to preserve the natural anatomy, to deliver predictable performance, to contribute to OR efficiency and to deliver a high level of functional restoration to patients.

Reuters - president-elect Barack Obama's plans to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system would cost the federal government $75 billion the first year but would provide health insurance for 95 percent of Americans, consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers said on Wednesday.

Solar technology company Entech Inc. has signed a lease for 71,250 square feet in the 142,500-square-foot Gateway 23 building at Hillwood’s 17,000-acre AllianceTexas development.

Wyndham Vacation Ownership has opened a new Southern California timeshare, WorldMark Anaheim.