Justin advises on Corporate and Commercial matters, with a particular focus on
the health and care sectors.
Not exact matches
The
health care and business services
sectors in the area have grown particularly quickly,
and average wages in the city outstrip the national
and regional averages.
«Tech isn't even its own stand - alone
sector, because it has tentacles into all the other industries,» says Koch, ticking off its impact in retail (e-commerce), automotive (self - driving cars), banking (mobile payments),
health care (big - data genomics),
and more.
• Three
sectors that appear particularly attractive here are financials,
health care and energy.
This gets back to the New York Times column I cited yesterday, which disparaged business efforts to address what have traditionally been public
sector issues — like fixing the
health care system, exploring space, or providing general education
and training.
They provide expert advice
and support for businesses in the
health and social
care sector.
With Fitbit, Park is partnering with a host of companies
and his gadget company is increasingly embedded in the traditional
health care sector as it works with insurers, medical device companies,
and employers to try to figure out how to motivate
and engage individuals in behaviors that can help manage chronic conditions as well as general wellness.
Smartphone pioneer BlackBerry is also aiming at
health care as a key
sector in its transformation from a consumer hardware vendor to an enterprise - focused software
and services provider.
Consequently, the driving force for transformation of the American
health care system is shifting more
and more to the private
sector.
«We have to recover the public
sector, we have to scare the free market out of our pensions, education,
health care,
and culture,
and let the cooperative social
sector come in
and combat the casino economy of capitalism
and financial speculation.»
Doctor
and bioethicist Zeke Emanuel
and investor Ann Lamont argue that private
sector innovation paints a bright picture for U.S.
health care.
«In terms of
sectors, participants favoured assistance for the
health -
care sector, given Canada's aging population, along with education, agriculture, forestry,
and renewables
and clean technology.»
Kostin said that these correlations are «mean - reverting»
and are likely to fall given the idiosyncratic impact of policy risks, adding that equities within the consumer discretionary
and health care sectors offer the best stock - picking opportunities.
Roughly half of $ 1 - million - plus accounts are betting the market will rise by 5 percent in the fourth quarter,
and they are splitting bets evenly between the energy, technology, financials
and health care sectors.
We all have a role to play when it comes to improving the
health of our communities,
and those of us on the front lines of
care must unite with the resources of the private
and nonprofit
sectors, while leveraging the power of those in leadership to make a difference.
Big losses for insurer AIG are hurting financial stocks while Cardinal
Health tumbles and takes the health care sector
Health tumbles
and takes the
health care sector
health care sector lower.
Provides IT staffing for the
health care industry through Quantix HealthTech
and the commercial
sector through Quantix ProTech.
Technology has outperformed any other
sector in the S&P with a nearly 40 percent climb, with
health care and financials claiming the No. 2
and 3 spots, respectively.
In an uncertain
health -
care policy environment, a complementary focus on biotech
and managed
care sectors can help advisors build an exposure covering both defensive
and growth opportunities.
The political hub supports well - paying jobs in biotechnology,
health -
care, computer systems design, software publishing,
and science
and technology consulting
sectors.
The $ 1.3 trillion managed -
care space is essentially a middleman for the entire
health -
care sector, helping to manage, improve
and lower
health -
care costs, according to the federal Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as
health care, education
and the public
sector.
Specifically, let's look at two
health -
care sectors that could see the greatest impacts: biotechnology
and managed
care.
It's both a tech - like
sector, offering secular growth potential,
and a
health -
care sector, with corresponding defensive characteristics.
But the S&P 500 total return
and equal weighted indices have already broken through their 2007 highs, as have the
sector indices for Discretionary, Staples,
Health Care and Tech (
and the NASDAQ).
The HRSDC study pointed out the
health -
care and resource
sectors will face hiring challenges, for example.
That has contributed to a gap between those working in the
sectors that have made more progress in digitizing — tech, media, finance —
and those that have made less — government,
health care, education, hospitality, construction, small manufacturing.
Health insurance companies are exploring new ways to diversify their revenues with acquisitions in acute
care after federal regulators blocked two major mergers in the sector, and insurance exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, came under pressure from Republic
care after federal regulators blocked two major mergers in the
sector,
and insurance exchanges set up under the Affordable
Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, came under pressure from Republic
Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, came under pressure from Republicans.
Merger activity this year is down 14 percent from this time last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, which cited the lower dollar value of deals in the
health care and materials
sectors.
A new book, Pension Ponzi: How Public -
sector Unions are Bankrupting Canada's
Health Care, Education
and Your Retirement, highlights another instance.
Tech stocks took a beating in what could be an ominous sign for the
sector, while
health care and utilities also fared poorly as investors demonstrated a preference for cyclicals over defensive.
With the
health -
care sector going through massive innovation
and disruption, we wanted to get the skinny on what it was like working on a startup in this industry.
Interestingly, Gawande also takes no position on the aspect of the
health care debate that evokes the most passion: whether the government ought to run an insurance plan that competes with the private
sector and keeps insurers honest.
This portion of the British group has been around since the»90s working with tech companies in a variety of
sectors, ranging from transportation to
health care and energy.
Two fund options for playing those
sectors: the
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (xlv), which focuses mostly on health care dividend payers in the S&P 500, and the First Trust Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index Fund (
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Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (xlv), which focuses mostly on
health care dividend payers in the S&P 500, and the First Trust Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index Fund (
health care dividend payers in the S&P 500, and the First Trust Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index Fund (td
care dividend payers in the S&P 500,
and the First Trust Nasdaq Technology Dividend Index Fund (tdiv).
Leap Motion says its device can have applications across
sectors like education, security
and health care.
Cramer predicted that the first two
sectors to bottom would be the banks, dragged down by Wells Fargo after the Federal Reserve placed restrictions on its business,
and health care, which has seen more pain than gain of late.
Today, Alaris is active in the
health - care sector, owning stakes in LifeMark Health, Canada's largest private health - care provider; and KMH Partnership, a medical testing pro
health -
care sector, owning stakes in LifeMark
Health, Canada's largest private health - care provider; and KMH Partnership, a medical testing pro
Health, Canada's largest private
health - care provider; and KMH Partnership, a medical testing pro
health -
care provider;
and KMH Partnership, a medical testing provider.
It also has clients in the
health care and defence
sectors.
Health care and tech continue to be the strongest
sectors if you're looking for a well - paid career with lots of opportunities, though CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson notes «there are also plenty of opportunities in areas such as marketing, sales,
and transportation.»
The
health care sector, with some promising green shoots, is emblematic of China's economy as a whole as it slogs toward one based on consumption
and services.
Urban
and rural Chinese now have
health insurance entitlement programs,
and the government is opening the
sector up more toward private providers, more skilled
health care managers are being trained
and public
health infrastructure is improving.
That includes the nascent ride -
and apartment - share industries,
health care,
and biosciences
sectors, not to mention law firms that represent such customers.
Paul Black lists out three big trends to watch for in
health IT this year, namely: a continuing shift to value - based
care models (rather than the fee - for - service, volume - oriented paradigm which still dominates the
sector); digital
health infrastructure interoperability that makes it possible for different systems to talk to each other
and coordinate
care;
and an increased focus on precision medicine
and «genomically aware
care» that can help take a lot of the guesswork out of medicine.
Breyer suggested that education
and health care were key
sectors for development.
The
health care sector consists of drug companies, medical supply companies,
and other scientific - based operations that are concerned with improving
and healing human life.
As China looks to reform its
health care sector, technology will play a key role in driving development
and the goal of universal
health care for all citizens.
The small business
sector is «labor intensive»
and labor services are rising in cost, whether in areas like
health care or in construction.
Uses storytelling - including historical descriptions of prominent
health care leaders, political dramas,
and corporate intrigue - to plainly
and straightforwardly explain an economic
sector that has long baffled laymen
and experts alike
The gains also have been broad - based, with
sectors such as financials, consumer goods, technology
and health care all advancing.