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...this renewed vitality should help Cardinal boost the competitive advantages it does have. After the CareFusion spin-off, the company reorganized its retail-franchise model, Medicine Shoppe, and strengthened its nuclear-medicine program. It also continues to leverage its unique $8.2 billion medical-supply arm, under which Cardinal manufactures and delivers equipment like surgical gloves, scrubs and gowns to thousands of hospitals and labs. "If you're already dropping off gloves at a hospital, why not also bring along drugs or radioisotopes?" Deutsche Bank analyst Ross Muken says. "The scalability here is huge...
...names the U.S. Government is still waiting for almost three years later. As in the earlier dispute, the U.S. still has options - including reigniting its now-suspended litigation. Washington also has trumps cards, including the nuclear option of having the Federal Reserve yank UBS' license to operate...
...Sunday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his country would begin enriching its uranium stockpiles beyond the 3.5 percent threshold necessary for electricity generation. Ostensibly, the move is designed to allow for the production of medical isotopes. But many nuclear security experts note that the announced plan for 20 percent enrichment enables Iran to perform 90 percent of the process necessary to produce weapons-grade uranium under the guise of medical research. As such, the United States must take a very strong stance against further Iranian enrichment on both the domestic and international fronts...
Iran claims that its nuclear program is intended only for peaceful purposes like power generation and medical research. If so, then it needs to show its commitment to said purposes by returning to the negotiating table and adopting one of the compromise plans drafted by the international community. Last month, President Ahmadinejad publicly rejected a reasonable proposal to have Iran export the vast majority of its uranium stockpiles to Russia, to be processed under international safeguards. Without even considering these options, the Iranian government cannot claim that the international community is somehow denying its sovereign rights under the Nuclear...
...Iran continues on its present course, the Middle East—already one of the most unstable regions of the world—could face the threat of nuclear war. The United States must continue to seek a compromise that all parties can follow, while also conveying to Tehran that its current actions will not be tolerated. Strong international sanctions, a firm export policy, and effective international diplomacy will be necessary in order to address the danger of uranium enrichment in Iran...