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The article discusses issues related to the need for government contractors to structure transactions to legally avoid the necessity of undertaking a novation. Topics discussed include special obstacles faced by companies holding federal government contracts under the Anti-Assignment Act, statutory prohibitions of the Anti-Assignment Act and establishment of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for novation agreements.

Whenever an existing loan is modified in such a way that additional people or entities become liable for repayment of the loan, the lender must be concerned with whether these [...]

The article examines the things that purchasers need to know to successfully manage mergers and acquisitions in Great Britain. It advises purchasers to seek out colleagues in the other organisation and initiate discussions, and understand the legal process of novation and the other business' systems and processes. It examines various technical and cultural considerations in merger and acquisition transactions including contract status, continuity of supply, and the creation of a change management programme.

The conference on the limitation of armaments entered upon its second phase with its second session on November 15, 1921. The author says that it was too much to expect that it should remain at that pitch of exaltation to which U.S. statesman Charles Evans Hughes's proposal raised it. The Chinese promptly astounded English and Japanese alike by laying down the exact program they desired, all the more astonishing because their delegation has been anything but united as to what was the proper course to take.

2004 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novation, the supply company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium, has signed an agreement with Bayer HealthCare LLC, Diagnostics (NYSE:BAY) [...]

2004 FEB 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medwave, Inc., (MDWV), the innovator in sensor-based, noninvasive blood pressure measuring solutions, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Novation, [...]

Novation and HealthCare Purchasing Partners International LLC, both in Irving, TX, are under a three-year contract with Amuchina International, Gaithersburg, MD, for antiseptics and disinfectants used for hemodialysis and peritoneal [...]

Novatian, Irving, TX, announced a three-year single-source distribution agreement with Allegiance Healthcare Corp., McGaw Park, IL, covering 40,000 laboratory products and related pieces of capital equipment. It could mean $700 [...]

Novation, the Irving-TX-based supply company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium, signed new agreements with the following manufacturers of anesthesia products and equipment: Datex-Ohmeda, anesthesia machines; B. Braun [...]

Novation, the supply chain company of VHA Inc. and Oak Brook, IL-based University HealthSystem Consortium, signed food-distribution agreements with Alliant Foodservice, Deerfield, IL; Shared Service Systems Inc., Omaha, NE; and [...]

Siemens Medical Systems Inc. Iselin, NJ, announced that Novation, the supply company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium, has extended the UHC agreement with Siemens for an additional [...]

Novation, the supply chain company of Irving, TX-based VHA Inc. and Oak Brook, IL-based University Health-System Consortium, awarded a dual-source three-year contract to Roswell, GA-based Kimberly Clark Corp.'s Away From [...]

Novation CEO James Hersma is an achiever and his latest accomplishment is helping to create this giant supply chain management company in Las Colinas, TX. Hersma, who said accomplishments are an end result of focus and drive, was invited to head the new company after a successful stint at CIS Technologies Inc., a Tulsa, OK-based health care software company that had a successful turnaround during his stay. Novation, created in 1996 by the merger of the health care supply operations of VHA Inc. of Irving, TX, and the University HealthSystem Consortium, serves around 30% of US hospitals and almost 5,300 health care cmopanies in the US.

The author comments on software licensing during merger or acquisition in Great Britain. She claims that information technology buyers can take precautions in identifying future cost savings while both parties are in valuation. She asserts that procurement team should ensure software vendors have agreed to contract novations from the seller to the buyer. She adds that buyers should check whether software licensing entitlement being acquired automatically transfers to the new company.

Discusses the pros and cons of leasing and loan financing when buying a car in Australia. Consideration of interest rates and ownership in car loans; Advantage and disadvantage of novated lease; Factors to be considered in selecting a novated lease.

Reports on the agreement of Novation LLC and University HealthSystem Consortium with Bayer HealthCare LLC for molecular diagnostics products and accessories. Cost-saving resulting from the new market-leading contract pricing; Reduction in the possibility of human error associated with the manual calculation of results; Extension of the agreement to health care organizations the purchase supplies through HealthCare Purchasing Partners International.

Medwave Inc., the innovator in sensor-based, noninvasive blood pressure measuring solutions, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Novation Inc., the leading supply chain management company in healthcare. The purpose of this agreement was to offer Medwave's sensor-based blood pressure measurement solutions to the more than 2300 healthcare organizations that purchase supplies through Novation. Medwave Inc., develops, manufactures and distributes noninvasive blood pressure products.

The article talks about two proposed accounting standards released by Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), U.S which is related to financial derivatives and hedging. It adds that the first proposal is related to derivative contract novation and second is about debt instruments. Other topic discussed is regarding call options and its four stop decision sequence involving payoff and interest rates.

The article examines the challenges faced by financial statement preparers in terms of dealing with hedge accounting requirements. Topics discussed include the impact of the introduction of Financial Accounting Standard 133 on financial statement writing, the impact of the rise of the derivatives market on financial statement writing and the effects of derivative contract novations on hedge accounting relationships.

Randall Quilter has signed a reinsurance to close deal on 2011 YoA of syndicate 102, and taken on the liabilities of a captive cell from SEG [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information related to novation. It states that a novation involves parties which enter a contract with another supplier. It says that a novation requires the consent of purchasers and they should not rush in giving it. It adds that an authority could use negotiated procedure in entering novation agreements without the publication of a contract notice.

This article reports on the growing number of novation transactions in the financial market following Lehman's bankruptcy, according to speakers at a press conference organised by T-Zero. But dealers are much more careful of with whom they novate and are much more conscious of counterparty risk. In this environment, counterparty risk is much easier to manage with the aid of an electronic platform, they suggested. One of the speakers at the press conference was Mark Beeston, president of T-Zero.

The article reports on the concerns of trade regulators about the backlog of trade confirmations and novation without consent in the credit default swaps (CDS) market in 2005. According to the Dutch central bank, the growth of CDS electronic trading market has impacted the back office functions of banks and their ability to process transactions in a timely fashion. Several major dealers have met with the U.S. Federal Reserve to pledge for the reduction of confirmation backlogs by 30% by January 31, 2006. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association was able to gather 2,000 signatories for the reduction of backlogs.

Reports on the decision of global credit derivatives dealer JP Morgan to sign up on T-Zero trade processing platform. Concern expressed by the Federal Reserve about unconfirmed credit default swaps trades and the practice of deal assignment known as novation; Information on the manner in which T-Zero facilitates the process of novation; Response of hedge funds to the Novation Protocol.

The article reports that the U.S. Small Business Administration has implemented a new policy that enables the federal government to more accurately monitor contract awards when a small business is purchased or merged with a large business through the process of novation. The new policy requires a business to re-certify itself as small for federal contracts transferred to it from another business if the contract is to continue being counted as a small business contract. It will also assist small businesses in obtaining contracts as federal agencies seek out new small businesses for contracting opportunities.

Announces the agreement signed by Medwave Inc., the innovator in sensor-based, noninvasive blood pressure measuring solutions, with Novation, the leading supply chain management company in healthcare.

Reports on the decision of medical supplier Hitachi Medical System America to sign a purchasing agreement with Novation and the University HealthSystem Consortium.