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May 14, 2013   |   Vol. 5, Issue 20
 
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Hospital Billing Varies Wildly, Government Data Shows
May 8, 2013 | New York Times
Data being released for the first time by the government on Wednesday shows that hospitals charge Medicare wildly differing amounts — sometimes 10 to 20 times what Medicare typically reimburses — for the same procedure, raising questions about how hospitals determine prices and why they differ so widely. The data for 3,300 hospitals, released by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, shows wide variations not only regionally but among hospitals in the same area or city.
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Social Security: Immigration Bill Would Boost Economy
May 9, 2013 | USA Today
In a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the members of the Senate "Gang of Eight" that is pushing for the overhaul, Social Security Chief Actuary Stephen Goss estimated the bill would add 3.2 million jobs, increase the country's gross domestic product by 1.63% and bolster the Social Security trust fund over the next 10 years.
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MidAmerican's Wind Project Is $1.9B Windfall for Iowa
May 9, 2013 | Des Moines Register
MidAmerican Energy Co.’s $1.9 billion investment in wind energy in Iowa will help hold down customers’ electric bills, make the state more attractive to companies looking for greener energy, and create good jobs, state and utility leaders said Wednesday. The MidAmerican Energy project becomes the biggest single economic investment ever in the state, said Gov. Terry Branstad. MidAmerican Energy began building wind projects in 2004.
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Coursera to Offer Students Free Online Textbooks, with Conditions
May 9, 2013 | Washington Post
First came free online courses. Now come — with a few conditions — free online textbooks. Coursera, a provider of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, from dozens of universities, announced Wednesday a partnership with several publishers to provide portions of certain textbooks free for students to use while they take the courses.
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Biotech Industry Celebrates Monsanto's Supreme Court Victory
May 14, 2013 | St Louis Post Dispatch
Vernon Hugh Bowman, 75, a farmer from southwestern Indiana, thought he had figured out a cheap and legal way to use Monsanto’s genetically engineered soybeans. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled — unanimously — he had not. The court said Bowman violated the biotechnology giant’s patent on soybeans by planting the offspring of those soybeans without permission.
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American Investor Targets Japan's Sony for Breakup

Detroit's Report: City 'Dysfunctional and Wasteful' after Years of Mismanagement, Corruption

NewME To Bring Silicon Valley to Detroit With Pop-Up Event

Ready, Set -- Startup! Boulder Startup Week Returns this Week for Fourth Year

Why Cincinnati’s Brandery Is Booming

Female Tech Entrepreneurs Flourish in L.A.

Tech Fund Is Building St. Louis' Startup Family

Seattle Seeks to Stir Up More Startups With New Initiative

A New Way to Get Small Business Loans From Neighbors

The VC Will See You Now at the “World’s Largest Office Hours”

Why This Surge of VC Funding Is Different

Wisconsin Venture Capital Bill Stalls; Dispute Biotech Firms Inclusion

UF Students from Orlando Attract Venture Capital with High-tech Startup

Corporate VCs Modestly Bullish

Venture Capitalists Start Embracing Crowdfunding

Trumped Again? The False Promise of Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding Poised to Make Mark on U.S. Investing Landscape

Kauffman Study Reveals a Surprisingly Steady Pattern of High Growth Companies

Wisconsin Jobs Agency Faces Loss of Funding

A University Future Without Tenure

Shaw University, SBA Launch Program to Promote Entrepreneurship

How These College Dropouts Beat Harvard Grads in Job Competition

If Austin Lures Tech Talent, Will Jobs Follow?

Scholars Sound the Alert From the 'Dark Side' of Tech Innovation

SBA Shifting Funds Away from Small Business Training Draws Fire from Congress

Silicon Valley Rediscovers its Sense of Humor

Texas Tech Firm to Bring 1,000 Jobs to Utah

JobsOhio: Companies Pulling Back on Projects

PivotDesk Plunges into East Coast Market at New York Tech Meetup

Cold, Hard Data Meets Squishy Delight

Entering the Market? Business Model Trumps Business Plan

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