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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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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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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London Market Report :: The pound falls against the dollar and the euro following the release of weaker-than-expected industrial output figures.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
MEPs back change to pilots' hours :: The European Parliament passes a bill to change how pilots' working hours are regulated despite its rejection by their own transport committee.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24461640#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Equitable payment deadline extended :: A deadline for savers who lost money in the Equitable Life scandal to claim compensation has been extended to the middle of 2015.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24459599#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A database for the internet of things, TempoDB raises $3.2M :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Br8TPj01uYM/
Corruption and bribery in the classroom :: Bribery and corruption in the classroom
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VIDEO: Alitalia supplier fuel warning :: Alitalia risks having its fuel supplies cut off as the company struggles to avert a financial crisis.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24460479#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Reports Of President Obama Nominating Janet Yellen As Fed's New Chairman Lift Investor Sentiment; FOMC Minutes Awaited :: <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>U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, after media reports citing a White House official said that President Barack Obama would nominate Janet Yellen as the U.S. Federal Reserve's next chairman on Wednesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/reports-president-obama-nominating-janet-yellen-feds-new-chairman-lift-investor-sentiment-fomc
Profile: Janet Yellen :: The woman with a cool head set to lead the Federal Reserve
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24263548#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Power to raise rail fares curbed :: The rail industry's power to increase fares in England is to be curbed as part of a government drive to overhaul the rail fare system.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24449784#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Firefox OS gets major feature boost as second rollout wave looms :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/D0HwkRKQaME/
A Tale Of Three Cities: Detroit, Toronto, And Pittsburgh In A Post-Industrialized World :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><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>The July 2013 bankruptcy filing by the city of Detroit -- at up to $20 billion, the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history -- marked the culmination of the multidecade decline for what was once the world's number-one automobile manufacturing center.</p>
<p><strong>Detroit: A Modern-Day Catastrophe</strong></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/tale-three-cities-detroit-toronto-pittsburgh-post-industrialized-world-1417742
Apple (AAPL) iPhone Is Device Of Choice For Shoppers Using Mobiles To Buy Retail, Though Android Mobiles Are Catching Up: IBM Online Retail Index :: <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>Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iconic iPhone is still the handset of choice for shoppers who buy retail products using their mobile phones, according to the latest International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) online retail index from Tuesday.</p>
<p> The index, produced by computing giant IBM, measures retail sales done on online and mobile platforms.</p>
<p> The iPhone captured more mobile traffic than any other mobile device, handling 12 percent of online retail traffic alone -- up almost 50 percent from last year.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-aapl-iphone-device-choice-shoppers-using-mobiles-buy-retail-though-android-mobiles-are-1418002
Starbucks Giving Away Free Coffee In A Bid To Push Government Shutdown Solution :: <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>Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz is offering free coffee to customers in a bid to get the nation's lawmakers to come together to end the government shutdown, which has dragged on for more than a week now.</p>
<p>In a message on the coffee chain giant's website, Schultz explained that from Wednesday until Friday, customers who buy someone else their favorite beverage will be given a free tall brewed coffee in return.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/starbucks-giving-away-free-coffee-bid-push-government-shutdown-solution-1418346
Latin America Growth Slower In 2013, Region's GDP To Expand 2.7 Percent, IMF Says :: <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>The world economy is changing gears again. Developing economies, which were the driving force in the last five years, are slowing down. That has led the International Monetary Fund to revise significantly downward its estimate for Latin America's combined economies, expected to grow 2.7 percent this year, one of the lowest growth rates in recent years.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/latin-america-growth-slower-2013-regions-gdp-expand-27-percent-imf-says-1418044
World's Most Endangered Heritage Sites In 2013 :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><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>They range from the famous (Venice, Italy) to the little-known (Pokfulam Village, Hong Kong), to the ancient and remote (Gran Pajaten, Peru) to the urban and modern (Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis), but they all share one thing in common: They're cultural heritage sites at risk from the forces of nature and the impact of social, political and economic change.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/worlds-most-endangered-heritage-sites-2013-1418188
2013-2014 Winter Forecast: Mild In The East, Warmer In South, Heavy Snow In Middle :: <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>The weather wizards at Accuweather have peered deep into their computer models and databases and returned with a forecast for the 2013-2014 winter. Overall verdict: Winter is coming, but only somewhat reluctantly for much of the U.S.</p>
<p>Accuweather long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok says the East Coast's Indian summer isn't going to last, but the Atlantic isn't going to experience a full-tilt winter right away.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/2013-2014-winter-forecast-mild-east-warmer-south-heavy-snow-middle-1418053
Austerity 'hurting Spain's children' :: The Council of Europe, the continent's main human rights watchdog, warns Spain that its austerity programme could have a devastating impact on children.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24457562#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
UK industry output in surprise fall :: UK industrial production fell unexpectedly in August, showing its biggest decline for nearly a year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24455710#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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