Archive | December, 2005

Days Healthcare – Pihsiang

by Frank Barlin on December 19, 2005 in All, Editorial, Home Healthcare

Pihsiang (Shoprider brand) Assets 20,6 million Euro attached. As a follow up to this post , the Hsinchu District Court has granted a provisional attachment order in favor of DCC’s British-based subsidiary Days Healthcare. Seems to me the enforcement actions of European companies in Taiwan has clearly been shown to be effective. There is still [...]

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Return Of The (Homecare) Vikings

by Frank Barlin on December 9, 2005 in All, Editorial, Home Healthcare

What do Industri Kapital, Nordic Capital and Ferd have in common? In a homecare / rehabilitation / mobility marketplace where the aging population demographic is no longer a sure fire way to print money, companies are restructuring like crazy, products are being outsourced to Asia, companies are setting up their own operations in Asia, share [...]

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Prism – Canadian Healthcare Group To Review Strategic Alternatives

by Editor on December 1, 2005 in All, Editorial, Home Healthcare, Investors

Prism Medical announced that the “board of directors has established a special committee with a broad mandate to review strategic alternatives for maximizing shareholder value”. Prism which trades on the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange (ticker PM) has businesses that serve the homecare and institutional markets primarily in Canada, the US and the United Kingdom and [...]

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