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Health Care Debate

Americans more confident on healthcare costs: poll
Aug 31, 2009 6:41AM

Fewer Americans are afraid that they will be unable to pay for healthcare services and fewer expect to postpone medical treatments due to costs, according to a Thomson Reuters survey published on Monday. Read more

CIT

CIT gets $3 billion lifeline from bondholders
Jul 20, 2009 11:40PM

CIT Group Inc secured a $3 billion loan facility from its bondholders on Monday and said it plans a comprehensive restructuring of its liabilities, but gave few details. Read more

G8 Summit

China's Hu abandons G8 as ethnic unrest continues
Jul 08, 2009 10:50AM

Banks of paramilitary police fanned out in the far-flung Chinese city of Urumqi on Wednesday to try to stifle unrest days after 156 people were killed in the region's worst ethnic violence in decades. Read more

Bernard Madoff

Medici lawyer says Kohn didn't get Madoff payments
Jul 03, 2009 1:24PM

Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler's investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday. Read more

Michael Jackson, 1958 - 2009

Michael Jackson death certificate details revealed
Jul 07, 2009 5:44PM

According to reports from TMZ, who saw a copy of Michael Jackson's death certificate, the line item for cause of death is filled in with the word "deferred." Read more

Iran Elections

Iran opposition urges release of jailed protesters
Jul 07, 2009 10:06AM

Iranian opposition leaders urged the authorities to release people arrested following a disputed presidential election last month, and criticized the "security state" imposed in Iran, a website said on Tuesday. Read more

GM

Workers end strike at Indian supplier to GM, Ford
Nov 06, 2009 9:30AM

Workers at an India auto-parts maker have ended a six-week strike, which had hit supplies to General Motors and Ford and caused the shutdown of some North American plants, an official at the Indian firm said. Read more

Economic recovery

Air Canada posts net profit, sees recovery signs
Nov 06, 2009 1:52PM

Air Canada reported a quarterly net profit on Friday and said it sees signs the bottom of the recession is behind it although it does not expect a full recovery for another 12 to 18 months. Read more

Swine Flu

Sanofi lifts forecast on swine flu vaccine
Oct 30, 2009 6:40AM

Sanofi-Aventis raised its outlook for 2009 thanks to sales of swine flu vaccine and posted earnings per share growth that beat forecasts as competition from generics was offset by revenue growth for other drugs. Read more

Twitter

Workers on Twitter, Facebook cost businesses $2.3 Million a year
Oct 25, 2009 9:06PM

Office workers that spend more than 40 minutes a week on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are costing businesses around $2.3 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a new survey. Read more
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