Patient Access Solutions, a leading-edge medical information technology provider, brings doctor’s offices everywhere into the 21st century. Company president Bruce Weitzberg recently presented shareholders with an update of the company’s recent achievements, including an 80-percent increase in biannual sales for the period ended April 30th, 2008.

I read an interesting blog by Felix Salmon on Portfolio.com about whether or not there is a future for auction-rate securities. He asked a couple of pertinent questions to Floyd Newton, a partner in King & Spalding's finance practice. "Floyd has a long history in the auction-rate market, and seems to know what he's talking about."