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How much will you pay for design? The $79.95 Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation gives you less battery life than competing products, but it's a lot prettier. Whether that's worth it is up to you.

The Juice Pack Powerstation is an attractive little soft-touch rectangle at 2.3 by 4.1 by .5 inches (HWD) and 4.3 ounces. Like most Mophie products, it's very elgantly designed, with a silver band around the edge that echoes the iPhone 4/4S case. There are full-sized and MicroUSB ports on the top, and a single button on the side that lights up a line of four green LEDs to show the battery's stored charge.

The Powerstation doesn't come with a power adapter; you're supposed to charge it by plugging it into a PC or using an existing USB power adapter you have lying around. Unlike the Tylt Energi ($39.99, 3.5 stars) and Zagg Zaggsparq 2.0 ($99, 3 stars), the Powerstation doesn't function as a travel adapter to charge your gadgets from an AC jack, either. That seems a chintzy omission for an $80 product. It took about four hours to charge, shorter than the same-capacity Energizer XP4001 ($49.95).

With its 4000mAh battery, the Powerstation helped a Droid RAZR ($199, 4.5 stars) get 5 hours, 13 minutes more of solid LTE streaming, and let an iPad 1 (4.5 stars) watch video for 4 hours, 16 minutes more than before. That's less performance than we saw from the 4000mAh Energizer XP4001 ($49.95, 3.5 stars) and from the 5000mAh, $79.99 Editor's Choice Sanyo eneloop Mobile Booster (4 stars).

But it could still be enough. Four hours of added juice is probably enough to make it to where you're going, whether that's through a cross-country flight or past a long day on the road. We think the Energizer and Sanyo batteries are better value for the money here, but if the Powerstation's elegant design appeals to you, that would make it worth the coin.

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A healed Greek Achilles, well kinda sorta and along with one tasty green apple, help bulls retract Friday’s fearful losses. As of 11:15 ET the SP-500 (NYSEArca:SPY - News) is up 0.55% and in good position to “fly” higher if Leonardo Pisano Bigollo has a technical say in those matters.

A fearful weekly doji in the SP-500 etched out Friday has been placated with an upside resolution in Monday’s session. In the spotlight, Greek policymakers finally agreed to a demanding austerity plan over the weekend which will allow the debt riddled country to avoid imminent default and obtain a second round of bailout funds from the EU and IMF.  

Some trader concern of Greece successfully implementing the agreed upon austerity measures has kept a lid on bulls swapping default risk and national bankruptcy for clarity in principle, but whose execution will likely prove a difficult road.

In those intertwined markets of notice, the EUR/USD is displaying a bit of hesitancy on the part of bulls. The currency pair is up from Friday’s close but trading off 0.25% after tacking on 0.43% in Sunday’s session in a market which only sleeps on Saturday’s.

Technically in the EUR/USD, bulls are holding onto 10SMA support near 1.32 and which appears critical to their case without jeopardizing a move down to a test of 1.30 comprised of the February lows and 50SMA.

The VIX (.VIX) is off 6.0% at 19.50%. The sentiment gauge is showing tempered signs of relief from investors on the heels of Friday’s fearful spike to 22% resulting in a test of 50SMA resistance and short-term panic differential of 17% relative to its 10SMA.

And for a third straight session, an insatiable appetite for a very green technical Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) is helping support the broader indices. Shares of AAPL are up 1.35% and testing the $500 numerical benchmark while striking fresh all-time-highs.

Also in the pilot’s seat on the Naz’ 100, shares of Priceline (:PCLN) are up nearly 20 points and atop the Percent Leaders board with its gainer of 3.55% on technical driven buying. Shares of the online travel giant have broken out to marginal all-time-highs this morning from a complex 10-month long inverse H & S pattern with no company-specific drivers in the mix and earnings still a couple weeks out on February 27.

On the corporate confessional side of the market, shares of cash dispensary and security systems outfit Diebold (NYSE:DBD - News) are up 8.80%. The bullish response follows some extra coin to the tune of $0.56 left in the hands of investors expecting to receive $0.84 but walking away with $1.40 per share for the fourth quarter. Looking forward, the company issued above views sales forecast of 3% - 6% growth on revenues of $2.92B - $3.01B compared to estimates of $2.89B.

Looking ahead on the earnings front, investors will see another wave of reports this week beginning after the market close. Announcements will be largely relegated to second-tier status and in general; should prove of even less influence on the broader market given where we are in the long-in-the-tooth reporting season. A couple exceptions to the general rule are Wednesday’s release from Deere (NYSE:DE - News) and General Motors (NYSE:GM - News) on Thursday.

Finally and in those sometimes accurate heat-seeking option markets, along with stock traders biting into the $500 level in Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) this morning, option traders are quite busy with more than 350,000 contracts having changed hands already compared to an average day’s work of about 250,000. Calls are favored by a fairly run-of-the-mill 2-to-1 margin with the bulk of today’s action concentrated in the February and March near and out-of-the-money contracts. Hmm, I guess you could call that “concentrated apple juice” and premiums which might just prove a bit sugary for naked long bulls chomping down to hard on those long deltas.

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Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC is pleased to announce that it now has seven British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) qualified lawyers within its Isle of Man legal team, five of which are partners.

Focusing largely on Appleby’s corporate offering the team comprises six corporate lawyers and one private client lawyer who specialises in trusts work. Together with the full support of Appleby’s well established practice in Tortola, BVI, the Isle of Man team is able to provide a range of legal, corporate, trust, administration and management services in a GMT time zone. 

Nick Verardi, local group head of corporate & commercial and partner of Appleby said: “This is a significant addition to our service offering to both international and domestic clients. Appleby is already unique in its ability to provide clients with advice in all three Crown Dependencies, now with the added expertise of our BVI qualified legal team we can offer BVI legal advice in a European time zone,” he continued, “Importantly, with the expertise of our knowledge management team and our physical presence in the BVI, we are able to ensure our advice is up to date and consistent with current BVI practice.”

The widespread use of BVI companies, either as holding or trading companies, has led to an increasing requirement for BVI legal advice and services around the globe. Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC is the only Isle of Man based law firm with the in-house corporate expertise specialising in this area, with the added benefit of a local BVI office to provide support when required. 

Across eight jurisdictions Appleby’s 30 strong BVI legal team is routinely involved in the most high profile and complex matters providing easy access to BVI legal advice for clients including banks and other financial institutions, governments, lessors and lessees, joint venture and other project developers, ship owners and high net worth individuals. In addition to BVI and Isle of Man legal advice, Appleby also facilitates the provision of legal advice in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Mauritius and the Seychelles from its Isle of Man office.

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ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid the current debate surrounding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations regarding the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), many leaders in the healthcare industry are looking to successful ACO and ACO-like initiatives for guidance on best practices and critical success factors. At this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Craneware's clients, Todd Craghead, Vice President of the Revenue Cycle at Intermountain Healthcare, and Dale Sanders, CIO of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA), will share lessons learned from their organizations on how to improve the business of healthcare through revenue integrity workflow processes.

The presentation, "Implementing Sustainable Revenue Cycle Workflows" will be held on Friday, February 24 at 10:00am – session 205, and will highlight key areas for C-suite executives to emphasize when working to improve an organization's operational efficiency and financial performance. Todd Craghead of Intermountain, the internationally-recognized non-profit health system cited as a "bellwether in healthcare" by President Obama, will speak alongside Dale Sanders of the Cayman Islands HSA, a public healthcare system comprised of two hospitals and six clinics with an insurance company in the Cayman Islands. These industry leaders will share their own unique experiences in how improvements to revenue cycle management processes through workflow technology can lay the foundation for success, regardless of whether the organization participates in an ACO.

"Our main priority at Intermountain is to provide high-quality yet cost-effective care to our community – goals that are strategically very similar to ACO objectives," said Craghead. "Based on our experience, organizations cannot achieve these revenue integrity goals without effective collaboration and automated technology to enhance compliance and improve charge capture. I am pleased to have the opportunity to share my experience with the HIMSS community alongside Dale Sanders and with the support of Craneware."

"A little over two years ago, we started the journey towards major healthcare reform in the Cayman Islands, starting first with reforms to pricing, insurance billing and the revenue cycle," said Dale Sanders, CIO of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA).  "Prior to this, the national system had 14 straight years of eight-figure financial loss.  The first two years of the reform effort resulted in the first two years of profit in the system's history.  It's an amazing turnaround.  We are now implementing a point-of-care, real-time claims adjudication system that will cut the overhead of coding and claims processing by 60%.  It's an honor for me to share this story of the Cayman Islands as a national role model for healthcare reform, particularly together with Todd Craghead and Intermountain, where I spent the first 10 years of my healthcare career. "

"The ACO movement has sharpened the healthcare industry's attention to the importance of revenue integrity," said Keith Neilson, Craneware CEO. "Craneware is committed to helping healthcare organizations achieve optimal, appropriate reimbursement, increased operational efficiency, and compliance. It is gratifying to support our clients as they share best practices for achieving revenue integrity with the HIMSS community. We are glad Craneware software is a core component of these customers' revenue integrity accomplishments, normalizing data at the points where clinical information transforms into revenue transactions, while creating visibility and accountability for sustaining financial health."

Craneware, the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions, is deeply committed to promoting revenue integrity within healthcare organizations. As part of these efforts Craneware maintains its Revenue Integrity Round Table blog at StoptheLeakage.com. Craneware invites all those in healthcare and related fields join the more than 200 members already committed to the movement to prevent revenue leakage by building a structure to support optimal revenue integrity. 

About Intermountain Healthcare
Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with 23 hospitals, more than 185 clinics, a Medical Group with over 900 employed physicians; a health plans division called SelectHealth, and other related health services.  Intermountain is the largest healthcare provider in the Intermountain West, with over 32,000 employees.  They are widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality and efficient healthcare delivery, having been ranked 12 consecutive years in a row among America's top 100 integrated healthcare systems. 

About Cayman Islands Health Services Authority
The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority provides primary healthcare and public health services through the 124-bed Cayman Islands Hospital (104 inpatient and 12 observation beds) and the 18-bed Faith Hospital on Cayman Brac. Ancillary services are offered at six district health centers, and clinics for dental and eye care.

About Craneware
Craneware (AIM: CRW.L) is the leader in automated revenue integrity solutions that improve financial performance for healthcare organizations. Craneware's market-driven, SaaS solutions help hospitals and other healthcare providers more effectively price, charge, code and retain earned revenue for patient care services and supplies. This optimizes reimbursement, increases operational efficiency and minimizes compliance risk. By partnering with Craneware, clients achieve the visibility required to identify, address and prevent revenue leakage. To learn more, visit craneware.com and stoptheleakage.com.

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Monday, Feb 13, 2012

TAIPEI - A Japanese national who has lived in Taiwan for over 15 years has started a fundraising campaign for a taxi driver allegedly attacked and beaten unconscious by half-Japanese actress Makiyo and a Japanese friend.

Naotsugu Yoshida, 34, who is a supervisor of the Hatta Yoichi Memorial Foundation for Culture and the Arts in Taiwan, said he felt sorry about the alleged assault by his fellow countryman and that he hopes he can help the injured taxi driver and his family with the money raised.

Yoshida said that nearly 200 Japanese expatriates in Taiwan have expressed their intention to donate to the fund and that he has raised close to NT$100,000 (US$3,381) so far. He said he hopes to deliver the money to the driver in person.

Yoshida said many Japanese feel angry about the criminal act and the attitude after the attack of the alleged offender Takateru Tomoyori, because he only tried to defend his brutal assault rather than apologizing in the first place.

Tomoyori's attempt to take all the responsibility for Makiyo and two other women allegedly involved in the case in recent days was also not a responsible way to handle the matter, Yoshida said.

Although the injured driver's condition has improved, Yoshida went on, Tomoyori and Makiyo should think about how to show their sincere remorse and help with the driver's medical care.

When asked about the controversial media coverage since the assault took place Feb. 2, Yoshida said the intense pursuit by the press helped reveal the truth about the incident, since Makiyo and Tomoyori did not give honest accounts until the true nature of the attack was exposed.

Makiyo and Tomoyori were indicted for "inflicting serious bodily harm" by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office on Feb. 10.

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