BUSINESS NEWS AND FUNDING

Everyone’s a Critic – Most bosses can dish out the criticism. Here’s how to take it.

Nothing used to annoy Christine White more than a complaint from an employee. The owner of Boudoir Baskets, a Web-based retailer of lingerie and other romantic accouterments in Santa Clara, Calif., was convinced that no…

UAVs Take Flight Over Idaho

"It’s the mission that makes the difference," said Bauer, sounding like the National Security Division employee that he is. "We’re working with DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Future Combat Systems Communications program to prove that small, low-cost UAVs can carry the payload and perform a potential future application."

INEEL helps Idaho rank first in generating high-technology patents

The National Science Board rated Idaho first in generating high-technology patents per 1,000 individuals in science and engineering occupations. Idaho earned 81.5 patents per 1,000 scientists and researchers, more than double the rate of the next closest state, California, which posted a figure of 38.3.

At Pitt, Scientists Decode The Secret of Getting Grants Marketing Helps University Win $350 Million a Year From NIH, Irking Critics ‘You Have to See It as a Game’

research universities and NIH itself are under pressure from Congress to show even greater results. Some legislators want NIH to devote itself less to fundamental scientific inquiry and more to "translational" research that can generate drugs, devices and other therapies. Among scientists, there is fierce debate about how to make research more productive.

Missoula Cultural Council – Some news and upcoming events for the week of June 28, 2004

In Missoula… Fort Missoula’s 29th Annual 4th of July Celebration Sunday, July 4, rain or shine, 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This year’s festivities include gunfights by the Old West Gunslingers, music by the Montana…

Businesses walk fine line when asked about former employees

"The safest thing is for an employer just to give name, rank, and serial number,"

Healthy Prospects Ahead – The life sciences industry continues to revolutionize the country’s economic development climate. Find out what some locations are doing to support the skyrocketing industry.

Across the country this year, state legislatures were busy passing initiatives to enhance their state’s life sciences climates.

Missoula cardiologist, Dr. Stan Wilson honored for groundbreaking work

Today, plaques declaring 16 patents hang on the wall of his office across the street from St. Patrick Hospital, where he works in the heart catheterization lab at the International Heart Institute of Montana. And Wilson has recently returned from Paris, where he was celebrated at a meeting of 10,000 to 12,000 heart specialists for his invention, which at long last is helping thousands of heart patients in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Get yourself on the right ‘bus’

I don’t really know why, but I loathe riding the bus. Perhaps in high school, a football player yelled at me, or maybe a cheerleader rebuffed my flirting. I don’t know. By Stephen W. Gibson…

Missoula Convention and Visitors Bureau Bulletin – Monday – June 28, 2004

In case you missed it, the Missoulian last Friday featured a fine article by Rob Chaney on Barb Neilan stepping into her new role as MCVB Executive Director. He interviewed her and Kimberly Roth at…

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