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Analysis: Verizon seen winning healthcare fight with union

Verizon Communications is expected to prevail on key issues such as healthcare costs in its negotiations with unions but may end up postponing its plan to freeze pensions, according to experts who have been following the telephone company's labor dispute.

Obesity to Worsen, Weigh Heavily on Healthcare Costs

A passenger waits for a delayed flight at Heathrow airport's terminal four in London
Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if present trends continue, about half of both men and women in the United States will be obese by 2030, health experts warned on Friday.
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Siemens results hit by weak healthcare unit

Siemens AG , Europe's largest engineering group, cautioned that global economic risks were increasing as its healthcare unit dragged quarterly results below expectations.
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Automakers gun for healthcare savings in UAW talks

Worried about its rising healthcare costs, General Motors Co tried several years ago to buy a bar adjacent to its Janesville, Wisconsin assembly plant so it could eliminate a source of junk food and alcohol.
Unemployed worker Pollock carries a sign outside Cobo Center to demonstrate for jobs and good wages before start of press days at North American International Auto show in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit's dilemma: How to share gains with UAW

Over the past two years, Ford Motor Co has roared back from the brink of failure, won accolades for its gains in quality, posted its highest profits in a decade and rewarded patient investors with a 14-fold increase in its share price.

Pawlenty Admits Debate Mistake

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took to his Twitter account, and later in an interview on Fox News, to fix the score on what many considered a missed opportunity to go after fellow presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, during the Republican primary debate earlier this week.

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