Protesters in Bahrain appeared to gain the initiative on Saturday and mourners buried their dead in western Libya as the wave of protest washing across the Arab world tested more of the region's longtime rulers.
IBM announced an agreement with Nuance Communications, a speech recognition provider, to develop and commercialize Watson's advanced analytics capabilities in the health-care industry.
RBC Capital Markets said in its skilled nursing facilities Q4 earnings preview that pre-announced upsides for the quarter and better-than-expected 2011 guidance combined with Kindred Healthcare Inc.'s (KND) fourth quarter results on the RehabCare Group (RHB) deal announcement, suggest a bright outlook in the near term under Resource Utilization Group, Version Four (RUG-IV).
ThinkEquity has outlined its top healthcare stock picks for 2011. The stocks include: BioScrip, Express Scripts, MedAssets, Omnicell and SXC Health Solutions.
President Barack Obama said on Friday his healthcare overhaul is an important part of efforts to cut the budget deficit and insisted he will not refight the battle to pass the law.
A live blog of Al Jazeera's coverage of the riots and unrest in Egypt.
President Barack Obama and members of Congress agree that cutting the federal deficit is important but what should be cut and by how much is the debate ahead as the next budget battle takes shape.
Millions of children worldwide die every year from preventable diseases and the bad situation is only going to worsen due to an increasing shortage of healthcare workers.
BMO Capital Markets upgraded two U.S.-based staffing companies, On Assignment Inc (ASGN) and Hudson Highland Group (HHGP) to 'Outperform' from 'Market Perform.'
Mauritius private equity group Ciel Capital plans to venture into Kenya, east Africa's biggest economy, in the first half and is in talks with key players in various sectors, a senior partner said.
While Chinese President Hu Jintao is being entertained by U.S. President Barack Obama, and the U.S. House of Representatives votes to repeal the Obama administration’s healthcare reform law, both U.S. healthcare and Sino-American relations are the main components today of a less highly publicized event.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives returns to work tomorrow and the first thing on its agenda is repeal of the Obama administration's health care reform.
Apollo Group announces the launch of a school under University of Phoenix to provide ongoing education to adults and executives.
Summary of Fed Beige Book, January 12, 2011
The vote on repealing the Obama healthcare reform law, originally slated for this week in the House of Representatives, has been postponed, due to the shootings in Arizona Saturday morning that killed six people and seriously wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ.
One side says that the Affordable Care Act, if allowed to work, will reduce the deficit by $100 billion over 10 years, and by more than $1 trillion over 20 years, and to repeal it would be disastrous.
House Republicans wasted no time in going after President Obama’s healthcare reforms of 2010.
The two houses of the 112th Congress commence business today at noon and both veteran lawmakers and newcomers are going to find many important national issues on their collective plates – jobs and the economy, healthcare, last fiscal year’s unattended budget, this fiscal year’s developing budget, immigration, Afghanistan, Pakistan and energy, to name some of the bigger ones.
Motion Computing has promised a battery life of eight hours in CL900 which takes two hours to charge, that is close to Apple iPad’s battery life which lasts up to ten hours.
48% of US Companies are predicted to hire logistics grads in 2011 but suffer severe talent crunch
The Department of Health and Human Services is handing out end of the year bonuses. Unlike the big cash awards that investment firms give their best performers at year’s end, these bonuses are meant to help the poor and disadvantaged.
Ground Zero first responders and the lawmakers who backed their efforts gathered this afternoon across the street from the site of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to celebrate the passage on Wednesday of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which will establish permanent healthcare and compensation to the approximately 20,000 people who got sick from the toxic air at the site in the weeks following the destruction of the World Trade Center.
