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A CDC-developed laboratory test kit to detect 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) began shipping yesterday to select qualified U.S. and international laboratories. Distribution of the tests will help improve the global capacity to detect and respond to the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Lone Star Communications and Communication Company are two of many partnerships formed by NSCA membership and the leaders aren’t afraid to embrace each other’s policies.

A decade has gone by since the official end of the Great Recession, but the financial crisis is still fresh in the minds of many business leaders, including Daniel Schmidtendorff, President and CEO of Communication Company of South Bend, Inc., an audio visual, life safety, security and communication systems firm headquartered in South Bend, Indiana.