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The acquisition price was reduced to $204 million after federal officials issued subpoenas in an investigation of Medicare billing practices. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In April 1995, Hoffmann-La Roche , a division of Roche , contributed Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc. and US$186.7 million in cash to National Health Laboratories Holdings, in ...
The decline in the value of the U.S. dollar corresponds to price inflation, which is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. [85] A consumer price index (CPI) is a measure estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households.
Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...
On February 28, 2008, Moss became a free agent after the Patriots decided not to place the franchise tag on Moss. Although the Dallas Cowboys , Philadelphia Eagles , and Green Bay Packers were rumored to have interest in Moss, [ 200 ] he decided to return to the Patriots, signing a three-year, $27 million deal on March 3, 2008. [ 201 ]
This is a list of U.S. states, territories, and Washington, D.C. by income. Data is given according to the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for which the data comes from 2010, as ACS does not operate in these areas. [note 1]
Created: September 17, 1787 [1] Presented: September 28, 1787 [2] Ratified: June 21, 1788 [3] Date effective: March 4, 1789 [4]. The bibliography of the United States Constitution is a comprehensive selection of books, journal articles and various primary sources about and primarily related to the Constitution of the United States that have been published since its ratification in 1788.
Merck scientist William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura developed ivermectin for veterinary use in 1981, and later put it to human use against Onchocerciasis in 1987–88 with the name Mectizan; [64] today the compound is used against river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, scabies and other parasitic infections. [65] [66] [67]
Lynsey de Paul (born Lyndsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 [1] – 1 October 2014) [2] was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. After initially writing hits for others, she had her own chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with UK top 10 single "Sugar Me", and became the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in 1972 in ...