HEALTHCARE

A dozen House of Representatives Democrats opposed to abortion are willing to kill President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan unless it satisfies their demand for language barring the procedure, Representative Bart Stupak said on Thursday.

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday it is time to pass his sweeping healthcare overhaul using only a slim Democratic majority in Congress if necessary, saying the issue is too important to be delayed by politics after a year of debate.

U.S. stocks lost gains and were trading little changed on Wednesday as the White House stepped up its efforts to overhaul healthcare and bank regulation, sparking concerns about the potential impact on profits in those sectors.

Republicans have called on President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats to scrap their legislation overhauling the U.S. healthcare system and start over with some Republican ideas.

A key figure in the battle to revamp U.S. healthcare may soon be the U.S. Senate's little-known, mustachioed and highly respected umpire, Alan Frumin.

President Barack Obama is preparing a final push for a healthcare overhaul and is expected to announce a plan on Wednesday to move the ambitious legislation forward without support from opposition Republicans.

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would explore adding more Republican ideas to his healthcare plan, even as congressional Democrats prepared for a final push to pass the overhaul without Republican backing.

U.S. President Barack Obama made a last-ditch bid on Tuesday to overcome Republican opposition to his stalled healthcare overhaul, saying he was ready to consider several of their proposals for crafting final legislation.

After a healthcare summit last week failed to win Republican converts, Obama and his fellow Democrats have been expected to launch a final push for an overhaul of the $2.5 trillion healthcare industry using a process known as reconciliation to move the measure through the Senate without opposition support.

Greece's debt crisis may end up helping Europe in the long run if it pressures governments to start addressing the potentially colossal costs of pensions and healthcare in coming decades.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the Congress voiced confidence on Sunday they will have the votes, possibly within a couple of months or so, to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.

President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to spark momentum for a final push to revive his stalled healthcare overhaul, insisting that Americans cannot wait another generation for us to act.

Joe Jimenez, the new chief executive of Swiss drugmaker Novartis, is targeting bolt-on acquisitions as the group digests the multibillion dollar acquisition of eyecare group Alcon.

Bayer's outgoing finance chief said the German drugs-to-chemicals company would not put its current credit rating at risk even if it launched a multi-billion euro takeover.

After a seven-hour healthcare summit that did little to change Republican hearts and minds, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats face a challenge on Friday in deciding their next moves to reform the costly U.S. system.

President Barack Obama made a last-ditch bid to save his stalled healthcare reform on Thursday, clashing frequently with Republican leaders at a bipartisan summit and moving no closer to a compromise.

One of the more memorable speakers of Thursday's televised healthcare summit from Washington came from Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York.

President Barack Obama and Republicans clashed frequently on Thursday at a summit on his stalled healthcare overhaul, battling over the size and cost of the proposal and moving no closer to a compromise agreement.

President Barack Obama hosts Republicans and Democrats at a high-level meeting Thursday that seeks to break an impasse over how to revamp the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare industry.

The number of affluent investors worrying about jobs and the political environment rose in February as bipartisan cooperation remains elusive in Washington and the economy struggles with high unemployment.

President Barack Obama will appeal to U.S. business leaders on Wednesday to back his push to create jobs as he defends his agenda against conservative critics seeking to paint him as a big spender.