Japan's new regulations.(Noted ...)

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) met at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Tom Harkin Global Communications Center in Atlanta on Sept. 5-6. The CDC campus has evolved and is still growing into a technical and architectural showcase. The September meeting concentrated on government-agency updates ......

How is outsourcing in the medical field changing? Companies are beginning to realize that outsourcing isn't as straightforward in product design as in other parts of their business. In the past, they outsourced manufacturing and the development of products to one company. They're separating the two now, since most manufacturing ......

Local bankers see growth in investor confidence Possibility of new regulators turns off some investors Some community banks raising capital through stock offerings -- to support bank expansion or increase financial reserves -- are beginning to find investors willing to take a chance on them. But others are discovering investors ......

Despite Los Angeles County's slumping economy, the county's three largest management consulting firms beefed up their local professional staffs significantly in the past year, according to the List of the 25 largest management consulting firms in Los Angeles County. Taken as a group, No. 1-ranked Andersen Consulting, No. 2-ranked Ernst ......

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published final rules governing the privacy requirements of the Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The rules require that "covered entities" establish extensive procedures and policies regarding the use and disclosure of protected health information (PHI). The final privacy rules, ......

Mark Kolb THE NJBIZ INTERVIEW NJBIZ: Why is the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] coming out with these new rules and policies? Kolb: They are trying to speak to this big problem we have-there are just not enough new drugs coming to market. Each year, the industry spends more and ......

Compensation committee board members are calling on HR for advice. New regulations and increasingly complex financial matters create a situation where board members want the best analysis available so they can make the most informed decisions. HR can help. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 contained sweeping legislation affecting governance, disclosure ......

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Jim Schell of Opportunity Knocks, a small business consulting firm in Bend, ......

To help women-owned businesses compete for federal contracts, Congress enacted a law ordering the Small Business Administration to come up with a plan to meet that goal. That was seven years ago. Proposed new rules for the program were finally issued this month....

Construction companies are analogous to the family farm. There are more owner / operator and closely held firms in construction than any other kind. Of all construction firms, most are owned by individuals and / or families and operated by the same in many cases. These people rely on construction ......

Linda Tapp is President of Crown Safety in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. "I started this consulting business 7 years ago after working for a number of years in industry in the US and the UK," she recalls. Crown Safety is an occupational safety consulting firm, "which means that we help ......

If your company has a website, there are at least five bad design habits you should avoid. That's according to Theresa Cunnington, senior usability consultant with Australia-based Internet strategy consulting firm iFocus . Sandra Rossi of Computerworld Today spoke to Cunnington about this. According to Cunnington, the indignities that bother ......