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5 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘LA Times’

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Mender of Hearts

By Denis Campbell • Jul 13th, 2008 • Category: Innovators
Millions of heart ailment sufferers may owe their lives to Dr. Michael DeBakey’s dedication to innovation. The man who would not quit finally had his body quit on him two months shy of his 100th birthday, passing away late Friday. Dr. Debakey developed the roller pump in medical school in 1932 to keep pumping and re-circulating a patient’s blood [...]


Top 10 Business Headlines of this Past Week

By Denis Campbell • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Business
1. BJ’s Warehouse CEO’s compensation included $762,000 in private jet flights
The Boston Globe 
The nearly $11 million in total compensation that the top executive at BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. was awarded in 2007 included more than $762,000 for private jet flights, according to an analysis of a regulatory filing by the nation’s third-biggest discount warehouse club.