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VIDEO: The US economy: A lost decade? :: Watch: How the US went from boom to bust
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Fix economy not obesity - Lawson :: The government should focus on tackling the economy and not obesity, former chancellor Lord Lawson has said. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Raising a family in Canada harder :: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canada's economy has doubled in size since 1976 but Canadian parents are raising families with less money and time than baby boomers had, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
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Monti takes Italy's two top jobs :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/JIUkycXFICg/index.html

Portugal progress passes audit :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/C8S2nfeFs_M/

UK jobless rate hits 15-year high :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/4ZkTtpRn9hA/

Eurozone inflation remains unchanged for second month :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/YzM0vUrI8JU/

New Avios website suffers glitch :: The Airmiles reward scheme has been relaunched under the name of Avios - although it was initially hit by website problems.
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Doctors and dentists in tax probe :: About 2,500 doctors and dentists have been targeted by the authorities as probable tax dodgers.
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What should be the top environmental priority for the next 40 years? :: Experts speakers argue their cases ahead of an Earthwatch debate in London this weekEducation and population â€" Sir Crispin TickellOur society faces a rich complex of problems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago, our animal species has changed the character of the Earth's land surface, seas and atmosphere: hence the increasing use among geologists of the term Anthropocene to follow the Holocene epoch.Of all the interconnected problems we face, perhaps the most serious is the proliferation of our own species. Our numbers rose from around one million 12,000 years ago to around one billion 250 years ago. Since then there has been an extraordinary acceleration from 2 billion in 1930 to 6 billion at the end of the century and now approaching 7 billion.In seekin...
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A Doctor's Alternative to PPACA :: &nbsp;

The following was written prior to enactment of PPACA by the United States Congress.&nbsp; Whether or not the present healthcare law (sometimes referred to as ObamaCare) is fully implemented will be decided by the United States Supreme Court, as many states have filed challenges to the Act.&nbsp; The opinion expressed is that of the writer and not the Association.

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Current Plans being proposed still give too much control of healthcare to the Insurers and are therefore not competitive enough. The Government is on the path to insolvency on Medicare, and therefore has a huge credibility gap when it offers to solve the problem with a government insurance plan. The following addresses both issues.

National Health Insurance Plan Proposal

There can be a uniquely...
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Peugeot to cut 5,000 jobs in France :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Wd2ZS3ijZgw/

VIDEO: How can countries go bust? :: How can countries or governments go bust?
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Is Commuting Bad For Your Health? :: A mobile workforce can help improve a country's economy but the effects of commuting on the health of commuters and on the costs to industry in terms of sick days is largely unknown. From a commuter's point of view, the advantages of daily travel, such as a better paid job or better housing conditions, need to be weighed against adverse health effects. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that commuting by car or public transport, compared to walking or cycling, is associated with negative effects on health... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Opinionator: Spending More Doesn’t Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)
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Opinionator: Spending More Doesn't Make Us Healthier :: Few understand how much we spend on health care, how much we need to spend to provide quality care, and the difference between the two. (Source: NYT Health)
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Arthritis a forgotten disease in Canada, says group :: A new report by the Arthritis Alliance of Canada calculates that the two major forms of arthritis cost the Canadian economy $33 billion last year in health-care expenditures and lost productivity. (Source: CTV Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Time Course of the Effects of Static Stretching on Cycling Economy :: Wolfe, AE, Brown, LE, Coburn, JW, Kersey, RD, and Bottaro, M. Time course of the effects of static stretching on cycling economy. J Strength Cond Res 25(11): 2980â€"2984, 2011â€"Stretching has been implemented as part of the warm-up before physical events and widely thought to promote increased sport performance and decreased injury risk. However, recent research has concluded that static stretching before many exercises inhibits acute power, strength, and sprinting performance. There is little research examining the time course of these effects on moderate intensity cycling. The purpose of this study was to examine the time course of static stretching on cycling economy. The subjects consisted of 5 men and 5 women highly trained endurance cyclists. The first of 3 visits was baseline testi...
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Europe's four big dilemmas :: Europe's four big dilemmas
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CDC: Antidepressant use skyrockets 400% in past 20 years :: Mental-health professionals not associated with the survey cited several possible explanations for the spike, including the economy. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Global Markets Overview - 11/18/2011 :: Global markets slid overnight, on the back of a deepening European debt crisis. Borrowing costs in Europe continued to rise, keeping investors at bay and causing heightened risk aversion. A euro-area official was reported as saying there are no plans for aid for Italy from the EFSF, and the Super Co...
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/251719/20111117/global-markets-overview-11-18-2011-australia.htm

Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Fraud for Claiming to Own Facebook, Twitter Stock :: John A. Mattera was arrested Thursday for telling investors that they could buy shares of stock from Facebook, Twitter and other technology companies before their initial public offering.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/251709/20111117/hedge-fund-manager-charged-fraud-claiming-facebook.htm

Yelp top brass cashed out $36M in pre-IPO stock sale :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bpUNgzDEjHs/

UK banks cut periphery eurozone lending :: Big four cut interbank loan volumes by 24% in the three months to the end of September, reflecting a sharp increase in the level of nervousness
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Australian Stock Market Report - 11/18/2011 :: From Craig James, Commsec Chief Economist

MORNING REPORT - (8am AEDT) US Philadelphia Fed factory activity fell from 8.7 to 3.6 in November. The result was below economist expectations of a result around 8.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/251708/20111117/australian-stock-market-report-11-18-2011.htm

Google Music's real innovation: The indie artist hub :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/VSsYd_FzecQ/

Fighting cancer at 100 Gigabits per second :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/mnuq1hJfVjw/

UBS to shed further banking posts :: Swiss bank UBS is to reduce its number of investment bankers by another 425, bringing the total to 2,000 losing their jobs over the next five years.
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PayPal lets Facebook users pay friends easier :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/VjuLPp0KHvs/

Hands on with the Nook Tablet: A solid $249 device :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Vbb2dfGNT2U/

Italy's Mario Monti Wins Confidence Vote :: The upper House of Parliament gave its endorsement to the new administration by a vote of 281 to 25.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/251665/20111117/italy-parliament-vote-mario-monti-government-debt.htm