Mar
30
425 attend PLUS’ Chicago meeting
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CHICAGO—About 425 people attended the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s Medical PL Symposium held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago. Sessions at the March 24-25 event focused on managed care liability and quality indicators and how they affect managing and assessing…
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Mar
30
Mortgage deduction savings exaggerated
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Yahoo! Canada Mar 30 2009 6:36PM GMT
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Mar
30
Journeys: In Detroit Clubs, the Music Scene Keeps on Rockin’
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Even though the city, and its auto industry, have been hit by hard times that threaten some venerable places, live music endures in the Motor City.
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Mar
30
It’s A Bird. It’s A Plane. It’s A “Super” Currency
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In last night’s (March 24) televised Presidential press conference, the air of tension surrounding the ongoing economic crisis grew hotter than a habanero pepper in Hades. One of the most burning questions put to President Barack Obama was this: Is China right in calling for the creation of a new “super-sovereign” reserve currency to replace the currently dominant greenback?
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Mar
30
CMS move puts focus on health billing
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CHICAGO—An effort to reduce overpayment for medical procedures and patient care by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is putting pressure on hospitals and health care providers to comply with new recovery audit rules and provide better patient care. The federal government is…
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Mar
30
‘Do not underestimate the power of the Fed’
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Commentary: Bankers, get your priorities straight
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Mar
30
Bob Prechter On Silver & Gold (Update)
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In case you hadn’t noticed: Over the past year of financial turmoil, the "safe haven" premium of precious metals has offered about as much support as a rubber ducky in a tsunami. Despite a string of powerful rallies, silver and gold remain well below their March 2008 peaks…
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Mar
30
Foreclosures spike – so do mortgage-help plans
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CNN Mar 30 2009 7:14PM GMT
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Mar
30
Gap year students advised to get insurance
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According to a new study, nearly four out of ten gap year travellers do not take out adequate travel insurance, it has been revealed. Research from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has found that 41 per cent of graduates opting to take a year
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Mar
30
G-20 urged to differentiate between banks, insurers
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LONDON—Global financial services regulatory changes are needed, but any new rules developed for banks should not be automatically applied to insurers, insurance trade groups said this week ahead of a meeting of global financial leaders in London. In a letter sent to U.K. Prime Minister Gordon…
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