Greenville Magazine - July 2008 - (Page 57)

help a student’s family after their home burned down. She collected food, clothes and raised enough cash for a down payment on a new house. Did I mention I love Wednesdays? Being the bearer of good news. Novel idea, isn’t it, to be able to meet someone on one of the proudest days of their life? That’s an assignment I’d take any day of the week. The Golden Apple Awards can be seen each Thursday during the school year at 5 p.m. on WYFF News 4. n to questions such as “would I recommend this hospital to others ” Visit the Hospital Compare Web site (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov) – it could help you in making some of your healthiest choices yet… n Honor GOES TO: Robert Ambrose of Yardiac.com Richard Blackwell of Upstate Alliance Robert Caples of YouthBASE Dr. Jeremy L. Cass of Furman-Modern Languages Heather Clark of Liquid Inc. Marketing Chris Collins of Liberty Mutual Insurance Sidney Collins of Pickens County YMCA Claire Stricklin Counts of Fluor Enterprises Hudson Denney of SDI Networks Elizabeth Fletcher of Spartanburg Healthcare System Kisha Foster of WYFF4 Thomas Hill of Fluor Corp Sallie Holder of Ogletree Deakins Matthew Leckenbusch of SC Governor’s School Peyton Burke Lewis of The Cliffs Logan Metcalfe of Immaculate Baking Co Javiere Sajorah Hagood Norris of Greenville County Bernie Pritchard of Lee Hecht Harrison Ashley Shockley of Redemption World Outreach Center Jennifer Sparks of Whole Foods Market Cathy Stevens of The Riley Institute A.J. Theodore of A.J. Theodore, CPA Thomas Vanderbloemen of Gallivan White Boyd Vicy Wilkinson of Migun of Greenville Seph Wunder of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd AND THE FinancE with Hamilton Joseph By allen Gillespie wEllnEss big oil – big proFits – big problEm t is no secret that energy prices are much higher than they have been since the 1970s. For the large energy companies, such as Exxon Mobil, these higher prices have led to record profits. In fact, Exxon now consistently earns more than $10 billion every 90 days. As a result of the public’s ire, many politicians have deemed that type of profit to be excessive and are promoting the idea of an excess profits tax. This leaves companies like Exxon three hard choices. First, they can let the politicians pass a targeted tax. Not a very attractive option. Second, they can lobby and fight such a bill’s passage. Congress, in fact, recently defeated a windfall profits tax bill, but there is an election in November that will probably cause Congress to look much different next year, so the issue is not dead. If you are an energy company and about to lose your “excess profits” to the government, the third and best solution is to spend the “excess” looking for oil and gas. This increased expense would have the effect of lowering your profits, but hopefully lead to discovering an asset that could be used later. Investors who want to play this idea while hedging some of the risk in all energy related equities could sell short the customers, the major integrated companies, while simultaneously buying the providers, the exploration and production-related companies. Exchange traded funds, such as XOP, the S&P Oil and Gas Exploration & Production ETF from Proshares and DDG, the Short Oil & Gas ETF from Proshares also provide similar exposures. n with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System By Mary Jo Cagle Chief Medical Officer i a QuiEt rEvolution here is a quiet revolution occurring in hospitals across the nation. Almost all hospitals in South Carolina are crusaders in that revolution – to be fully open and transparent in the sharing of clinical outcomes and consumer assessments of hospital performance. Until recently, if someone wanted to know about hospital quality, he or she might ask a friend or a relative about a personal experience. Selecting a healthcare provider based on credible, and easvily understood research has been next to impossible for the average person. In our fast-paced, technologydriven world today this reliance on random, anecdotal experiences is not only “quaint” but contributes to each of us not being able to participate fully in our total health care. That lack of transparency in healthcare is rapidly changing. A prime example is the recently launched Hospital Compare Web site. This userfriendly Web site has been developed jointly by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare and the Hospital Quality Alliance. Hospital Compare helps all consumers understand many of the basic measures of quality care and how to compare clinical outcomes between hospitals. And, as of just a few weeks ago, it also provides patients’ perceptions of their stay in a hospital – their responses T Join us on Thursday, august 7 as we honor Greenville Magazine’s Greenville First Best & Brightest 35 and Under Class of 2008. For tickets or sponsorship, visit us online at GreenvilleMagazine.com or call us at 864.271.1105. JULY 2008 | GreenviLLe MaGazine 57 http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov http://Yardiac.com http://GreenvilleMagazine.com

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Greenville Magazine - July 2008 Contents Editor's Letter My Greenville Alone At Last Watercooler Romance Greenwood Tourist in Your Own Town One-Tank Trips In The Lead Keeping Students In-State After Hours From the Pros A Look Back Walk this Way If These Walls Could Talk Viewpoints Attorneys The Bulletin Around Town Parting Words

Greenville Magazine - July 2008

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