Tenet's 'soft' image does not mollify all
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Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Santa Barbara, CA, is the second-largest for-profit hospital chain in the US expected to have a total of 128 hospitals through an acquisition of Allegheny health system. The firm faces concerns over its for-profit structure, with critics saying that profits are incompatible with health care. Tenet has had to face the criticism and pay millions of dollars as settlement for charges of fraudulent billings. However, the hospital chain has had successes in several healthcare facilities and is known to make a hospital more efficient and profitable.
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Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 1998
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Electricity producers are catching the wind
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Global demand for wind-power has doubled since 1994 and is predicted to increase six times by the year 2010. Improved technology has enhanced the efficiency and reduced the costs of wind turbines, thus making wind power the most prudent among emerging renewable energy technologies. Several industry experts anticipate the demand for wind power to surge dramatically due to the US government's commitment to trim down greenhouse gasses and to eliminate electric generation monopolies, which will give consumers freedom to select their supplier.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 1998
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Why the U.S. lags the rest of the world in wireless-phone use
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United States lags behind from the rest many of the developed countries in wireless-phone use as 57 percent of the US population chats on wireless phones, not much greater than the percentage of wireless-phone users in Jamaica. Experts believe that factors such as no proper network facilities, rural coverage, service capability and business models are responsible for low use of wireless phone in US.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2004
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