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Looking at health care reform from every angle
757-247-4741Since 2000, average family health insurance premiums in Virginia have increased by 99 percent. About 14 percent of Virginians — more than 1 million — have no health insurance, according to a federal report. The report was released last...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Health Insurance, Medicare, United States, Laws
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Walking history
Special to The Baltimore SunLooking out over the southern end of Town Center from the ninth floor of a Little Patuxent Parkway office building, Barbara Kellner was struck by the panorama that unfolded before her. The bird's-eye view of the surrounding green spaces, buildings, roads...Tags: General Growth Properties Incorporated, Gardens and Parks, History, James Rouse, Tourism and Leisure
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Health care flawed all over
McClatchy/Tribune newsKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In Britain, famously, they wait. To replace a hip, for instance, means months before surgery. Spaniards and Italians have single-payer health-care systems, but they leave it to the cities and villages, not the capitals, to run...Tags: United Kingdom, Health Insurance, Economic Indicator, United States, France
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Strategies for investing as inflation looms
Only a few months ago it was all the rage to fear the end of the financial world as we know it. A popular nightmare scenario featured a deflationary spiral -- a devastating cycle of declines in prices and wages.
Now that the economy is showing signs that...Tags: Mutual Funds, Money and Monetary Policy, Energy, Morningstar Incorporated, Petroleum Industry
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China's one-child rule leaves too few young to support the old
Tribune NewspapersFor three decades, China's one-child policy helped power this nation's economic rise. With fewer mouths to feed, families saved. Poverty fell. Living standards improved. But a social experiment that worked well in some respects is now threatening the...Tags: Demographics, United States, San Diego (San Diego, California), California, People
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No Better Time To Build A Better Budget
Connecticut faces two crises. The immediate crisis is the staggering deficits the new state budget must address; the underlying crisis is the undeniable long-term decline in Connecticut's economic performance. How the governor and the General Assembly...Tags: Democratic Party, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, North Carolina, Budgets and Budgeting
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President Obama urges Africans to help themselves
The words had never been spoken by a U.S. president: "I have the blood of Africa within me."
President Obama's roots, as the son of a Kenyan economist and his personal journeys to the continent over the last 25 years, enable him to speak...Tags: G8, Poverty, Parliament, Local Authority, United States
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Croatian gov't suggests budget cuts to fight economic crisis; says IMF help not needed
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's government on Saturday presented budget cuts to fight the financial crisis and announced more tough savings soon, insisting the country won't need to call in the International Monetary Fund for help. The...Tags: NATO, Symptoms, Economic Indicator, European Union, Budgets and Budgeting
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No cost-of-living raise? It's an outrage
Here is a sample of the outrage over word that, for the first time, there won't be a cost-of-living adjustment -- a raise -- in Social Security benefits for the next two years, January 2010 and 2011, because the cost of living isn't rising. George...Tags: Ohio, Economic Indicator, Economic Policy, Inflation and Deflation, Medical Services
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India's industrial production rose 2.7 pct in May, best growth in 8 months
AP Business WriterMUMBAI, India (AP) — India's industrial production rose 2.7 percent in May, the government said Friday, the largest gain since October, fueling hopes that Asia's third-largest economy may be on the road to recovery. The government also revised...Tags: State Budgets, India, Public Finance, Industrial Production, Inventories
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G-8 pledges $20 billion to fight world hunger after appeal from Obama
World leaders agreed to come up with $20 billion to fight hunger after a personal appeal from President Obama, who capped the European leg of his latest foreign trip with a visit to the Vatican this morning.
At a news conference summarizing his first...Tags: South Korea, United States, Abortion, Global Change, Barack Obama
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Business briefs
Obama proposes stronger SEC to protect investors -- The Obama administration has sent Congress proposed legislation designed to protect investors by bolstering the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The proposal unveiled Friday is part...Tags: Anti Trust Crime, Petroleum Industry, International Law, United States, Laws
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