Business briefs.
COLUMN: BUSINESS BRIEFS TELEGRAM & GAZETTE Bloomberg Index Central Massachusetts +0.53 176.06 Volume: 65,401,308 Up: 11 Down: 13 Unchanged: 5 Gainer: L.S. Starrett Co. $23.79 +$1.09 (volume...

West Boylston Police Log.
Monday, June 9 12 a.m.: Sterling Street, tree reported down. 7:37 a.m.: Sterling Street, ambulance requested at Reservoir Motor Lodge for a possible broken foot. 9:40 a.m.: West Boylston Street, power outage reported at Wachusett Plaza. 10:39 a.m.: West Boylston Street,...

Utility met service standards in '07; National Grid avoids additional penalties for subpar performance.
Byline: Bob Kievra WESTBORO - National Grid said it met its service quality standards last year, even though the duration of power outages increased, its employee accident rate rose and the percentage of customer calls answered quickly dropped. The country's second-largest utility, which has been...

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics and Rutgers Report Findings of Collaborative Study.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-10 July 2008-BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics and Rutgers Report Findings of Collaborative Study(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, a developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, has completed a preclinical study in collaboration with the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at...

Early dioxin exposure hinders sperm later.
An explosion at a chemical factory near Seveso, Italy, in 1976 exposed factory workers and local residents to the pollutant dioxin, presenting an opportunity to track how exposure at different ages affects sperm quality. Now, results from a new study point to a window of vulnerability in...

SBMA warns Hanjin contractors; Palace rejects bid to halt operations due to fatal mishap.
Byline: JONAS REYES SUBIC BAY FREEPORT--The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has issued a stern warning to contractors at Hanjin shipyard here to observe strictly occupational safety standards even as Malacanang cleared Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp. (HHIC) of charges arising from the fatal accident that happened recently...

Deaths in workplace decline.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard Workplace deaths hit a record low in Oregon last year, according to the state Department of Consumer & Business Services. Thirty-one workers died on the job in 2005, the lowest number since the state began tracking workplace deaths in 1943...

POLICE HONOR THOSE WHO DIED.
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard Reading solemnly, slowly, state police Sgt. Alan Gilbert recited the names of 29 fellow state troopers, followed by the day that they were killed in the line of duty. But it was one name, the last, that Gilbert couldn't swallow...

Accidental shooting injures police officer.
Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard A Eugene police SWAT officer was shot in the foot Monday when another officer's gun accidentally discharged at the home of a suspected drug dealer, police officials said. A bullet from a SWAT 9mm long gun went through the injured...

Private sector aid sought against drugs.
Sen.Blas F. Ople yesterday urged the private sector to help in the government's anti-drugs campaign by adopting a firm policy against drugs and alcohol use in the workplace. Ople, a member of the Senate minority bloc, expressed concern over the effects of drug and alcohol abuse on...