September 2015

Why Can’t DePinho Be Like De Speaker and De Walker?: Could It Be Like Bugs In the Bugs?

Why Can’t DePinho Be Like De Speaker and De Walker?: Could It Be Like Bugs In the Bugs? By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/business/international/problems-at-volkswagen-start-in-the-boardroom.html?_r=0          In yet another scandalous business story, Volkswagen has demonstrated that if it had taken the same time to design better diesel cars that it took to undermine their testing by the EPA, …

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The Pope, The Donald, The Neurosurgeon and The Ronald Walk Into a Bar

The Pope, The Donald, The Neurosurgeon and The Ronald Walk Into a Bar By Leonard Zwelling          You know this one is pure fiction.          Wouldn’t it be great if the latter three could spend a few moments over some wine with Pope Francis who is reminding us all what being a leader is all …

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The Underlying Problem With American Health Care: How We Pay For It

The Underlying Problem With American Health Care: How We Pay For It By Leonard Zwelling          Lately, I have had a series of discussions about health care delivery in the United States with students and interested others. In an effort to clarify what I think has been the purposeful dissemination of confusion by the insurance …

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The Texas Medical Center-SOLD!

The Texas Medical Center-SOLD! By Leonard Zwelling http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/09/texas-medical-center-to-move-forward-on-new-30.html          Joe Martin reports in the September 16 Houston Business Journal that Texas Medical Center CEO Robert Robbins plans to develop a 30-acre piece of TMC land for a research campus called TMC3. According to the CEO, this enhancement is the key to finally getting Houston firmly …

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MD Anderson: SOLD!

MD Anderson: SOLD! By Leonard Zwelling          Another day and another deal in which MD Anderson is a principal. Cayman Chemical and Fannin Innovation Studio, sounding like an off-shore money-laundering front from a James Bond movie, and a studio making TV medical dramas, have formed a new company with MD Anderson.          It is no …

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