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Hobbico picks up three new radio-control lines
Article Source: The News-Gazette Fri, 01/13/2012 – 12:00pm | The News-Gazette CHAMPAIGN — Hobbico has acquired three new lines of radio-controlled cars — one from California and the other two from the United Kingdom. The Champaign-based manufacturer and marketer of model hobby products announced this week that it had acquired Irvine, Calif.-based Axial Racing, which Read more »
Former Employees Claim Ownership of Twitter Handles, LinkedIn Connections
Article Source: Society for Human Resource Management 1/10/2012 By Allen Smith Lawsuits over social media are on the rise as employers and former employees wrangle over who owns Twitter handles and followers as well as LinkedIn connections. The law is developing on these questions, according to Eric Meyer, an attorney with Dilworth Paxson LLP in Read more »
Flightstar acquires Bloomington firm
Article Source: The News-Gazette Fri, 01/13/2012 – 10:00am | Don Dodson, staff writer SAVOY — Flightstar Corp. has acquired the assets of Bloomington Avionics and transferred its five employees to Flightstar’s facility at Willard Airport. Bloomington Avionics had operated at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington for more than 30 years. It had a full-service Read more »
Abbott, U of I form center to study nutrition in learning
Chicago HealthCare Daily December 20, 2011 (AP) — The University of Illinois and Abbott Laboratories say they have created a center for dedicated to the role of nutrition in learning and memory. Abbott and the U of I said Monday that the Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory will be at the school’s Urbana-Champaign campus. Read more »
Provena Covenant named a 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital
Provena Covenant Medical Center is proud to be named one of the 2012 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the United States by Thomson-Reuters, making us the only hospital in the area and one of only three hospitals in Illinois to receive this honor. As a 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital award winner, Provena Covenant provides cardiac Read more »