Although many blame the health law for all recent health care cost increases, trends that bump up the cost of care were in place before the law was enacted and are being driven up even more by routine costs, some say. Kaiser Health News: ...
Diners attending the Jan. 11 Empty Bowls dinner at New Buffalo Middle/High School will have a choice between student-made clay bowls and decorated glass models. High school students in art teacher Randy Veldman’s class, with ...
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Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its 5% interest and transportation rights in the Oleoducto Central S.A. ("OCENSA") oil pipeline in Colombia for a ...
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A fund collection program for the world's first transparent tablet PC named Grippity has appeared on the Kickstarter website, foreign media reported. The tablet developer Jacob Eichbaum hopes to raise start-up funds and make delivery on Oct ...
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Federal court records show that the Oct. 8 bankruptcy filing by the nation's largest organic peanut butter processor was sparked by Issaquah, WA-based Costco, a membership-based warehouse club, when it unilaterally terminated a deal it had ...
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Urban Matter Inc. has just completed installing noise interactive LED lights on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway pedestrian pathway. The lights are lit up by the New York City Department of Transportation and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn ...
ZeroHour Innovations has reached its $100,000 Kickstarter goal to fund ZeroHour, a tactical-grade flashlight integrated with a USB Battery Backup that can charge smartphones, tablets, and other USB devices. Over 400 backers will be rewarded ...
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Brazil-based mining giant Vale announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its 26.5 percent stake in its logistics division Valor da Logistica Integrada (VLI) to an investment fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management for R$ 2 ...
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The Ohio Third Frontier Commission, a state economic development initiative, recently approvedmore than $12.8 million in funds to promote cutting-edge biotechnology, including a neurostimulation device to enhance breathing and a spine ...
Braskem and Genomatica announced an agreement for the joint development of commercial process technology to make bio-based butadiene from renewable feedstocks. Braskem is the world's leading producer of biopolymers and the world's third ...
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Vietnam's economy grew more than analysts estimated as exports climbed,even as banks struggled to meet the government's lending target. Gross domestic product rose 6.04 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,according to data ...
California's marketplace director reports enrollment for health insurance increased to 15,000 per day,a non-profit group specializing in healthcare says. Sara Collins and Tracy Garber of the Commonwealth Fund in New York said following ...
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Mar. corn closed at $4.25, down 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.24, down 22 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $441.20, down $6.80 Jan. soybean oil closed at 39.06, down 25 points Mar. wheat closed at $6.12 and ...
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An unusual surge in public construction in October pushed total construction spending to its highest level since May 2009 despite a dip in both private residential and nonresidential activity, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau ...
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BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund shortlist 2014: Emilia Wickstead, House of Holland, Mary Katrantzou, Osman, Peter Pilotto, Zoe Jordan. Each of the nominated designers is in a strong position to develop into a global designer brand and ...
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