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GE sees flat 2010 profit at finance arm (Reuters)
Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 days ago
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General Electric Co ( GE .N) expects profit to remain flat at its hefty finance arm next year, as losses and impairments on loans peak. The largest U.S. conglomerate believes its GE Capital finance unit is on track to hit its 2009 profit target of $2...
Tags: America, surveys finds, U.S, quarterly surveys, chief executive, Boston, Business Finance, Labor, Verizon, Ivan Seidenberg, Honeywell, Chief executive officer, Unemployment, Economy of the United States, Thomas Edison, General Electric, Employment, Cent, Corporate governance, Rockefeller Center, Health care, Recessions, IBM, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Recession, Health care system, Schenectady New York
Health care issues: Making health care cheaper by limiting lawsuits
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Would restrictions on medical malpractice lawsuits mean cheaper health insurance? Republicans rally around the idea that the health system would save substantial money if limits were placed on frivolous lawsuits by patients or their families, and on the...
Tags: health care, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Tort law, Politics, Defensive medicine, Health insurance, Tort reform, Malpractice, Medical malpractice, American Medical Association
The Nurse-Crusader Goes to Washington
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Mary Mundinger doesn’t look like a controversial figure. A small, prim, 72-year-old lady with wispy white chin-length hair, she sat at a drafty table in Viand coffee shop on the Upper East Side on a tepid November Thursday afternoon and made a fist with...
Tags: Ms. Mundinger, primary care, nurses practitioners, Columbia, nurses jackie, Jackie, health care, New York, Health Medical Pharma, Doctorate in Nursing, Nursing in the United Kingdom, Nursing, Nurse, National Health Service, Physician, Advanced practice nurse
Vigils planned to support health care reform effort
Potomac :: MD :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A group that's been lobbying for health care reform is hoping to get the public in on the action tonight. The Maryland chapter of Health Care for America plans six vigils around the state around 5:30 p.m. The sites: • Annapolis at 5:30 p.m.: Sen. Mikulski's...
Tags: care reform, Maryland, Potomac, Health Medical Pharma, Public health insurance option, Health care, Healthcare reform, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Labor
Health reform being held hostage by its masters
Melbourne :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Andrew Macdonald, a pediatrician from south-west Sydney, is the only doctor in a NSW Parliament of 140 MPs. The only one, in a state which spends about a third of its budget on health care. Surely there is something wrong with the way political candidates...
Tags: Andrew Macdonald, Australia, Melbourne, Health Medical Pharma, Healthcare, Health economics, Health care, Health policy, Andrew Laming
Gun Activists Take Aim at ObamaCare
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Right-wingers have long viewed health care reform as a cover for various dastardly liberal plots—from killing off grannies and unborn babies to ushering in a socialist state . Now, pro-gun activists see yet another hidden agenda: Health care legislation,...
Tags: National Socialist Health Care, GOA, San Francisco, Health Medical Pharma, Gun Owners of America, Health care, Gun politics in the United States, Politics, Healthcare reform, Social Issues, Gun politics, National Rifle Association
Restaurant group takes place at table
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility While many small businesses are fighting to block passage of health care reform, restaurant owners have decided to work for something they can support. It’s quite a departure for a group that historically moved in lock step with its business brethren,...
Tags: Dawn Sweeney, Washington, health care, National Restaurant Association, Tom Harkin, Politics, Republican Party, AARP, AFL-CIO
Health care reform advocates to picket in vacaville
Vacaville :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Health care reform advocates to picket in vacaville Published by The Reporter Posted: 12/08/2009 01:01:49 AM PST Local supporters of health care reform plan to hold signs and raise awareness of the issue today from 4 to 5 p.m. at the intersection of...
Tags: health care, care reform, Vacaville, Health Medical Pharma, Vacaville California, Politics, Social Issues, Internet activism, MoveOn.org, Labor, Community organizing, Organizing for America
Editorial: Local clinics could vanish along with state funding
Nashville :: GA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility This is certainly the case for community and faith-based clinics, which provide care to almost 300,000 Tennesseans, including those who are uninsured, underinsured and who are homeless. Nearly 50 percent of the patient population at community and faith-based...
Tags: community clinics, Nashville, Health Medical Pharma, TennCare, Health care, Social Issues, Healthcare reform in the United States, Phil Bredesen, Healthcare in the United States, Government of Tennessee, Uninsured in the United States, Clinic
UK minister: Saudi economy resilient
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility A British minister who is currently visiting the Kingdom has praised the resilience of the Saudi economy despite the worldwide economic crisis. He also described Saudi-British political and business relations as strong and said there was major potential...
Tags: Lord Davies, JCCI, Britain, health care, United Kingdom, London, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Economy of the Arab League, Economy of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
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