02-Oct-2013 05:41

Susan Levine, executive director of the state's largest hospice provider, said the process has been painful.

"I think people's lives and jobs are a whole lot more important than anything," she said. "All we do is take care of people, so to have to separate people from their jobs in an economy that's already squirrelly is extremely painful for us."

The cuts are a… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
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Samsung to make curved smartphone :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TMZZ6cJSKIY/index.html

Why oil is where Iran feels the pain :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/0foOtR3H78M/index.html

Coca-Cola's clean water initiative :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8R7HyDIpsWM/intv-harlow-muhtar-kent-clean-water.cnn.html

Why strippers love U.N. meeting :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZBeOKRia7f4/dnt-un-nyc-strip-clubs.wpix.html

BlackBerry battles for survival :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/eh3N_IHqfYM/qmb-blackberrys-battle.cnn.html

Finding paradise in retirement :: The BBC's Ashleigh Nghiem speaks to Ivy Singh about turning her retirement plans into a successful business and setting up a farm in crowded Singapore.
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Regenerative Medicine, Global Aging Were Hot Topics At Life Science Conference in Stockholm :: Aging is a huge economic problem and it is hitting the bottom line in every country. The older the population, the more healthcare it consumes. This puts a big burden on society and on the global economy. What is the medical community doing about it? (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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Fed tapering -- like tailoring? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/oGQ78GQ4izQ/fed-tapering-tailoring-quest-explain-pkg.cnn.html

BlackRock CEO: Taper now :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/rZ8Vn5n58ik/fed-reserve-tapering-larry-fink-intv.cnn.html

Capturing China's e-commerce :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/fnxFi5M-5p0/index.html

This is how we pick Fed chief? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/AoBJ_amno3U/index.html

New jet takes on Boeing and Airbus :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/qVyNokXn_xI/index.html

NHS set to miss £20 billion savings target :: 18 Sep 2013





The NHS will struggle to meet its target of delivering £20 billion in productivity improvements by 2015 according to The King's Fund's latest quarterly monitoring report.Only 1 in 10 (10 per cent) of NHS finance directors surveyed for the report rated the chances of meeting the target as better than 50/50. The majority (56 per cent) identified a high or very high risk that the target will not be met, while a third (34 per cent) rated the likelihood of success as 50/50.The survey – which this quarter includes finance leads from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) as well as trust finance directors – highlights the growing pressures on NHS providers. Only a third (33 per cent) of trusts surveyed expect to meet their cost improvement targets for 20...
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Apple splits its pitch: Can it work? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ucaQIv5px7o/index.html

Buffett's advice to Melinda Gates :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/JnLKLAnrwVE/spc-leading-women-melinda-gates-foundation.cnn.html

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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Five diseases that are, thankfully, consigned to the past | Richard Sugg :: Richard III's roundworm was just one of the gruesome diseases that killed and maimed the British population through the agesThe news that Richard III suffered from roundworm reminds us how grateful we should be for the advances of modern sanitation and medicine. In both Richard's era and long after, rich and poor were horribly vulnerable to diseases that either killed you efficiently or made you wish you were dead.1. Sweating sicknessIf Richard had not died at Bosworth field in 1485, he might well have been struck down by this malady. First recorded in Shrewsbury in mid-April 1485, this terrifying new disease had reached London by 7 July. The sweating sickness resembled the more recent Ebola virus in its terrifying speed. It was to return to Britain in 1508, 1517, 1528, and 1551, and in 15...
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ADB cuts outlook for developing Asia :: Asian Development Bank cuts its growth outlook for developing Asia, citing slower expansion in China and India, two of the region's biggest economies.
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Advertisers get creative at airports :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PkzoP1bKQEk/index.html

Attack In Riverside Park: 5 Stabbed By Homeless Man In Manhattan Park :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Five people were stabbed in New York City's Riverside Park on Tuesday after a homeless, "emotionally disturbed" man began attacking passersby with a pair of scissors. A 1-year-old child and his father were among those attacked alongside the Manhattan bike path.</p></div></div></div>
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