June 29, 2001 -
Ex-grocery
clerk claims $141 million - A
66-year-old retired grocery clerk has come forward to claim
a $141 million lottery prize, the largest single-state
jackpot in U.S. history...
June 19, 2001 -
Bush
nudges Senate on patients’ suits -
"President says he wants a bill that won’t
trigger a new round of litigation... June 19 — The
high-stakes fight over a patients' bill of rights
affects just about every family in the United States.
NBC's Lisa Myers reports from Washington. WASHINGTON,
June 20 — President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday
to pass a patients’ rights bill, but said he will
fight any provisions that might spark a wave of
lawsuits against insurers. “The idea is to serve
more patients, not to create more lawsuits in America,”
he said as senators continued debate over a bill that
would expand patients’ rights to sue health insurers
if they are injured by a decision to deny medical
care..."
June
5, 2001 -
2001
MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition -
"The MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition is
designed to encourage students and researchers in the MIT
community to act on their talent, ideas and energy to
produce tomorrow's leading firms. Now in its 12th year,
the Competition has awarded over $350,000 in cash and
business startup services to outstanding teams of student
entrepreneurs who submitted business plans for new
ventures showing significant business potential. The
refinement process of the Competition, its network of
mentors, investors and potential partners, and the cash
prizes awarded have helped many of these teams to act on
their dreams and build their own companies and
fortunes..."
