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Making sense of health care becomes a new career (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) Jean Schauer's Burnsville company helps employers and workers through the maze of health care options, programs. Private equity firm Genstar bets on aging America, buys Long Term Care Group (Minneapolis - St. Paul Business Journal) San Francisco private equity firm Genstar Capital said Monday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Long Term Care Group, which provides services to the long-term-care insurance industry, from Advent International and CCP Equity Partners. Milwaukee law firm adds 11 lawyers (BizJournals) The Milwaukee law firm von Briesen & Roper SC has hired 11 attorneys, thanks to growth in the firm's insurance, health care and banking practice groups. S.F. private equity firm bets on aging America (San Francisco Business Times) San Francisco private equity firm Genstar Capital said Monday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Long Term Care Group from Advent International and CCP Equity Partners, which provides services to the long-term-care insurance industry. Pfizer May Have Wave of Firings Amid Generic Threat (Update1) (Bloomberg) Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc. , the world's biggest drugmaker, may announce new job cuts by the end of next month as it works to curb spending before cheaper copies of its top- selling drug Lipitor flood the market. High Growth Forecasted for the World Eyeglasses Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Ophthalmic devices industry is available in its catalogue. Mother's Act promotes pregnancy as lucrative market for Big Pharma (Online Journal) Women of childbearing years represent the most lucrative market for the makers of psychiatric drugs. The knowledge that infants were being born with birth defects and suffering a withdrawal syndrome when these drugs were used during pregnancy was hidden for decades. AARP's Stealth Fees Often Sting Seniors With Costlier Insurance (Bloomberg) Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Arthur Laupus joined AARP because he thought the nonprofit senior-citizen-advocacy group would make his retirement years easier. He signed up for an auto insurance policy endorsed by AARP, believing the advertising that said he would save money. Pearlstein: The Auto Bailout (Washington Post) Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein will be online to discuss the automotive bailout. Tamkeen partners with global HR consultants, Hewitt Associates, to map regional HR trends (Zawya) Wednesday, December 3, 2008, Bahrain: Tamkeen Tamkeen (Labour Fund) has announced that it is partnering with Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting firm, for the Hewitt Best Employers in the Middle East study.
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