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     Ashton Side Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 9269 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 66.90.104.94 Rating: N/A |
http://www.osi-systems.com/bus_rapiscan.asp | ||
| Ashton Side Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 9268 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 66.90.104.94 Rating: N/A |
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101112005262/en/OSI- Systems-Chief-Executive-Officer-Joins-Presidential OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that Deepak Chopra, Chairman and CEO, was selected to accompany US President, Barack Obama, to Mumbai and attended the US India Business Entrepreneurship meeting, which was held by the US India Business Council (US IBC). | ||
| Ashton Side Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 9267 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 66.90.104.94 Rating: N/A |
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-conf idential/george-soros-michael-chertoff-profiting-off-controv ersial-new-tsa-scanners-108194724.html Be sure and read Tim Carney’s Examiner column today on the politically-connected lobby for the controversial new TSA scanners that are upsetting airline employees and travelers everywhere. Carney notes that a company called Rapiscan got a $165 million contract for the new body image scanners four days after the underwear-bomber incident this past Christmas. Not surprisingly, Rapiscan is politically connected, observes Carney: Rapiscan got the other naked-scanner contract from the TSA, worth $173 million. Rapiscan’s lobbyists include Susan Carr, a former senior legislative aide to Rep. David Price, D-N.C., chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee. When Defense Daily reported on Price’s appropriations bill last winter, the publication noted “Price likes the budget for its emphasis on filling gaps in aviation security, in particular the whole body imaging systems.” Then this morning Carney also noted that former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff was flacking for Rapiscan. As for the company’s other political connections, it also appears that none other than George Soros, the billionaire funder of the country’s liberal political infrastructure, owns 11,300 shares of OSI Systems Inc., the company that owns Rapiscan. Not surprisingly, OSI’s stock has appreciated considerably over the course of the year. Soros certainly is a savvy investor. Note that OSI Systems CEO is Deepak Chopra, but it appears to be a different Deepak Chopra than the more famous liberal new age guru. |
