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Iraq's Parliament Votes to Ban Alcohol
Nov 18, 2016Iraq's parliament has passed a bill for a complete ban on the sale, import and production of alcohol. The law entitles the state to fine Iraqi dinars 25m ($21,000) for anyone violating the alcohol ban. However, the parliament ...
Tags: Alcohol, alcohol ban
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Macao 'to be' Traditional Chinese Medicine Hub
Oct 12, 2016Macao in southern China -- renowned as Asia's Las Vegas -- has tabled plans to become a hub to make traditional Chinese medicine more standardized and scientific and to further develop it to enable its products to be sold around the world. ...
Tags: Medicine, Chinese Medicine
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Lawmakers Call for Greater Supervision, Penalty After IPO Reform
Dec 24, 2015Chinese lawmakers on Wednesday called on market regulators to step up supervision and stipulate heavier penalties for violators once a stock listing reform takes effect. Legislators are set to approve a State Council proposal on the ...
Tags: IPO Reform, Supervision
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Some Navigator Events Were Canceled
Feb 25, 2014In Georgia, some navigator events were canceled after health law opponents held a protest at one and posted other events on its website, urging more protests. In South Dakota, meanwhile, a lawmaker introduced a bill to require state ...
Tags: UGA, Health Law Navigator, Coweta County, ACA
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The Bill Would Tie Subsidy Levels to Cost of Living Around The Nation
Feb 25, 2014The bill would tie subsidy levels to cost of living around the nation instead of to the national federal poverty level. In the meantime, a lawmaker from Colorado introduces a bill to speed construction of VA hospitals. The Sacramento Bee: ...
Tags: Health Law, High-Cost Areas, VA hospitals
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The Agreement Would Get Rid of The Troubled System
Feb 25, 2014The agreement would get rid of the troubled system that has often left doctors uncertain about their reimbursements, but the bipartisan leaders have not yet found a way to pay for such a change. Los Angeles Times: U.S. Lawmakers Reach ...
Tags: Lawmaker, Medicare Doctor, Quality, Payments
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Democrat Leading In Florida Race Eyed As Test Of Obamacare
Feb 17, 2014Los Angeles Times: Democrat Leading In Florida Race Eyed As Test Of Obamacare A Democratic candidate who has explicitly defended Obamacare holds a slight lead in a special congressional election in Florida that both parties are eyeing as ...
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U.S. Department of Labor Is Sending Experts to Help Florida Unravel Its Technological Mess
Jan 21, 2014Last week was an unusually quiet week in the land of IT-related snafus. Most of the snarls reported concerned existing tech issues that continue to fester without resolution. For example, late last week, Florida decided to pay unemployment ...
Tags: IT-related snafus, Plague Maryland, Governor Rick Scott, CAC
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Oregon and Colorado Are Under The Microscope and Drawing Criticism
Jan 20, 2014State insurance exchanges in Maryland, Oregon and Colorado are under the microscope and drawing criticism. Meanwhile, Republican state lawmakers in Tennessee and Texas propose legislation to undermine the health law in those states. And a ...
Tags: State Insurance Exchanges, Health&Medicine, Health&Medicine News
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Sen. Ron Wyden Plans to Unveil a Bill to Encourage Team-Based Care in The Program
Jan 16, 2014Sen. Ron Wyden plans to unveil a bill to encourage team-based care in the program for older and disabled Americans. In the meantime, Medicare readies to deliver payment data for individual doctors on a "case-by-case" basis. Modern ...
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European Parliament Voted Wednesday to Limit The Use of Biofuels in The European Union
Sep 13, 2013The European Parliament voted Wednesday to limit the use of biofuels in the European Union, one of a series of potential changes to the bloc's climate-change policies that investors say are creating uncertainty and bottling up energy ...
Tags: biofuels, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Is Your Car Watching Your Every Move? Can The Cable Company Track Your DVR Habits?
Jun 20, 2013Is your car watching your every move? Can the cable company track your DVR habits? Those two privacy issues are bubbling up in Congress, where lawmakers this week filed bipartisan legislation that would give car owners control over data ...
Tags: Black Box Recorder, Lawmaker, DVR Snooping
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A Key U.S. Lawmaker Has Unveiled Plans for a Review of The Laws Surrounding Copyright
Apr 27, 2013A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are still relevant in the digital age. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican and chairman of ...
Tags: Copyright, US Lawmakers
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Sprint Nextel and Softbank to Keep Huawei Technologies Products out of The Sprint Network
Apr 2, 2013Sprint Nextel and Softbank have pledged to keep Huawei Technologies products out of the Sprint network and try to replace Huawei gear that is already in Clearwire's network, according to a U.S. lawmaker. The companies met with Rep. Mike ...
Tags: Sprint network, Sprint, network
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A Bill Will Allow Consumers to Unlock Cellphones for Use in Other Networks
Mar 8, 2013A U.S. senator has proposed a bill that will allow consumers to unlock cellphones for use in other networks, after the administration of President Barack Obama backed over 114,000 petitioners who asked the government to legalize the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, smartphones, Computer