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• STAMFORD, Conn., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp. (OTCQB: SPDE), today announced that the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS), a northern California based hospital group that is part of The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nationwide network of hospitals, recently purchased 15 Zargis Cardioscan systems. The VA Palo Alto ... Veterans Administration Health Care System Purchases 15 Zargis Cardioscan Systems
• Operation Welcome Home aims to link the 30,000 soldiers who return to California each year with veterans who can help them readjust to civilian life. So far, more than 300 veterans have been hired as part of the $20 million project. Program aids new veterans
• The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating life insurance companies' practice of putting veterans' death benefits in corporate accounts and keeping most of the investment profits instead of paying the survivors. Veterans Agency to Probe Insurers on Soldier Benefits
• This one's for the veterans. Adelanto Mariachi Festival to aid Barstow veterans home
• The U.S. agency will look into a Bloomberg Markets report that life insurance firms are keeping most of the investment profits from veterans' death benefits Veterans Affairs to Probe Soldiers' Death Benefits
• SAN FRANCISCO, California - About a hundred Filipino veterans and their advocates flocked to the War Memorial Building Thursday morning to hear the good news from Jon Skelly, the Manila Regional Director of the United States Veterans Affairs. (VA). Obama to sign additional funds for Pinoy war vets' claims

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