The Washington Post: Making Progress On Inequality Intense as it is, the current debate over rising income inequality is hardly new. ... The good news is that there's more good news than one might expect. ... In addition to avoiding ...
Tags: ACA, Obamacare, medical care, health overhaul
A federal judge rejected a legal challenge on Wednesday to a central part of President Obama's health care law, ruling that millions of low- and moderate-income people could obtain health insurance subsidies regardless of whether they ...
Tags: Health Law, Health Law's Subsidies
An Arkansas special election, which was held to replace a Democratic senator who was forced to step down over ethics violations, centered on questions about the state plans to expand Medicaid. It resulted in a Republican win and takes away ...
Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their consolidated?appropriations bill?for FY 2014 on Monday night, and the House of Representatives passed it with bipartisan support on Wednesday. It is also expected to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, FDA
Throwing your arms up in the air, raising your head, flashing a smile: your body language when you win at sports is an instinctive reaction meant to indicate dominance over your opponent, a new study finds. These triumphal displays are ...
Tags: body language, triumphal displays, signify dominance, establish hierarchy
As fewer Americans smoke, the number of people who develop lung cancer continues to drop, U.S. health officials report. Between 2005 and 2009, lung cancer rates went down 2.6 percent each year among men, from 87 to 78 cases per 100,000, ...
A US federal appeals court upheld a multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and the coastal residents and businesses hit by the company's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The British energy giant reached a $7.8 billion ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Victory Nickel Inc. ("Victory Nickel" or the "Company") (TSX:NI) today announced that it has finalized its supply contract for washed concentrated sand to be delivered for finish processing at its new Seven Persons frac sand plant (the "7P ...
Tags: Victory Nickel, supply contract, Seven Persons frac sand plant, 7P Plant
Australia’s large car class continued its downward spiral in 2013 as the segment’s traditional heavyweights slumped to record lows. Large car sales slipped 14.7 per cent as a whole in 2013, and a larger 17.2 per cent in the ...
Tags: Large Car, Holden Commodore, Ford Falcon
Sports car sales increased by 3900 units over 2012, largely on the back of the hugely successful Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ that notched up 6706 and 1411 sales respectively in their first full year on-sale. They helped mark 18 per cent ...
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With 2013 now over and 2014 just beginning to unfold, Colin Woodall, vice president for government affairs with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, says the beef industry posted quite a few successes last year which provides a great ...
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Timely action by the U.S. Grains Council, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative averted a patently protectionist seasonal market closure in Panama, keeping this important market open for U.S. corn exports. ...
With another year coming to a close, we look back with some relief that freight demand showed steady growth despite endless obstacles coming from Washington, D.C. As we detail throughout this issue, most economic indicators remained ...
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Leading international luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo has won an important victory in the battle against counterfeiting. The Southern District Court of New York, where the Florentine company, last January, had filed its civil lawsuit ...
Apple and Samsung Electronics have held a series of private negotiations about their patent disputes since last summer when Apple notched a victory in one case, according to legal documents and people familiar with the matter. Samsung ...