Biovail Corporation (NYSE:BVF) (TSX:BVF) today announced the adoption of a new dividend policy, the declaration of a special dividend and the Company’s intention to retire all outstanding long-term debt in April 2007.
Biovail Corporation (NYSE:BVF)(TSX:BVF) today announced that it will no longer maintain a U.S.-based sales organization, and that it intends to enter into supply-and-distribution agreements with strategic partners to target physicians groups in the United States. As a result of this decision, the Company has enhanced the operational efficiency of its business model.
Biovail Corporation (NYSE:BVF)(TSX:BVF) today announced that, effective immediately, Kenneth G. Howling has been promoted to Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer. Charles Rowland, Biovail’s former Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer has left the firm to assume a senior position with another pharmaceutical company.
Millions of working fathers and mothers are less productive at work due to concerns about what their children are doing in the after-school hours, according to a new study released today by Catalyst, the leading nonprofit research and advisory organization working to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work. The report, entitled “After-School Worries: Tough on Parents, Bad for Business,” was conducted in cooperation with the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.
The abusive boss has been well-documented in movies (“Nine to Five”), television (Fox’s “My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss”) and even the Internet. Now, a Florida State University professor and two of his doctoral students in Tallahassee, Fla. have conducted a study that shines some light on the magnitude of the problem and documents its effects on employee health and job performance.
Creativity and emotion are what makes advertising successful, not the message it is trying to get over, new research shows. Dr Robert Heath, from the University of Bath’s School of Management, found that advertisements with high levels of emotional content enhanced how people felt about brands, even when there was no real message.
Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s game console, the Wii, went on sale in Japan on Saturday. Nintendo’s Wii (pronounced “Wee”) console involves a new design of motion-sensitive controller which executives believe will revolutionise gaming and revive the fortunes of the company which once dominated the market.
Two Iowa State University computer scientists are developing image-analysis software and related hardware that will measure the quality of colonoscopy procedures. Their goal is better procedures and better health for patients.
This holiday season, gift-givers may unwittingly give their favorite athlete a workout accessory that can double as a tracking device. Computer scientists at the University of Washington show potential breaches of privacy related to the Nike+iPod Sport Kit.
Differential cost-sharing approaches in employee health benefits encourage use of preventive care services while controlling a firm?s overall health-care costs, according to a study published recently in Health Affairs by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.