Reinbursement

A federal agency set up to to oversee and administer federal marketing orders for peaches, plums and nectarines was ordered to reimburse two San Joaquin Valley growers for fruit they were forced to dump because of overly stringent standards and for the assessments they paid during the past eight years. Dorthea Baker, an administrative law judge for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ruled that members of the California Tree Fruit Agreement's plum and nectarine committees acted in a "capricious and arbitrary manner" by giving variances from maturity and color standards to themselves while denying them to growers Frank Elliott and John Kashiki.

The White House proposed tighter rules Monday for research-related expenses the government pays to universities, including bans on reimbursing costs of housing for university officials, entertainment and club memberships. The new guidelines grew out of investigations of alleged spending abuses at Stanford University and other schools.

The White House proposed tighter rules Monday for research-related expenses the government pays to universities, including bans on reimbursing costs of housing for university officials, entertainment and club memberships. The new guidelines grew out of investigations of alleged spending abuses at Stanford University and other schools.

A federal agency set up to to oversee and administer federal marketing orders for peaches, plums and nectarines was ordered to reimburse two San Joaquin Valley growers for fruit they were forced to dump because of overly stringent standards and for the assessments they paid during the past eight years. Dorthea Baker, an administrative law judge for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ruled that members of the California Tree Fruit Agreement's plum and nectarine committees acted in a "capricious and arbitrary manner" by giving variances from maturity and color standards to themselves while denying them to growers Frank Elliott and John Kashiki.

Ifind the recent adverse portrayal of the care rendered to patients at Burbank Community Hospital disturbing. The focus on problems in the emergency room leaves one with an inaccurate picture of the entire facility. As a physcian practicing in Burbank for 25 years, I have seen privileged to be a member of the staffs of both St. Joseph Medical Center and Burbank Community hospital. In my experience, Burbank Community hospital has always served the community as a nonprofit institution dedicated to providing the highest quality of care.

MedPartners Inc. is only the latest reason health-care investors aren't feeling well these days. As state regulators took control of MedPartners' struggling California doctor-management group, the action fueled the turmoil that's engulfed the health-care provider industry and sent its stock prices into a steep decline.