15-Oct-2013 13:56

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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IMF: U.S. debt default worries :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SDRW9pZQXZI/qmb-imf-olivier-blanchard-intv.cnn.html

'No‐one actually goes to a shop and buys them do they?': attitudes and behaviours regarding illicit tobacco in a multiply disadvantaged community in England :: ConclusionsNational strategies to reduce illicit tobacco may have limited impact in communities during a recession and where illicit trade is part of the local culture and economy. There may be potential to influence illicit tobacco use by building on the ambivalence and unease expressed around selling to children. (Source: Addiction)
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Is Golden Dawn a criminal group? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/D2Tdct-9gsg/index.html

HP, Google roll out $279 Chromebook :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PIwE7xwg2mE/index.html

My Business Asia: Touring Taiwan :: The BBC's Cindy Sui talks to Yen Tseng about his student exchange programme bringing Chinese travellers and students to experience his take on Taiwan.
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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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Advertisers get creative at airports :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PkzoP1bKQEk/index.html

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Eurostar sees summer revenue boost :: Eurostar reports an increase in sales revenues and number of passengers during the summer as the UK economy recovers.
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Apple Hires Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts As Senior Vice President Of Retail And Online Stores :: <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 (NASDAQ:AAPL) has at last found the person to fill the position left vacant after the company's former retail chief, John Browett, was fired last year. The company announced on Monday that it has hired Angela Ahrendts, the head of British fashion house Burberry, as its new senior vice president of retail and online stores.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-hires-burberry-ceo-angela-ahrendts-senior-vice-president-retail-online-stores-1425780

'Disappointment' over refinery talks :: Talks are due to resume at the Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant later in a bid to avert a planned strike.
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UK house prices hit record level :: House prices across the UK are now at their highest level to date, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Royal Mail shares start full trading :: Shares in Royal Mail rise to 479.50p on the company's first day of full trading on the London Stock Exchange.
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EBay Inc (EBAY) Earnings Preview: Q3 Profit Up On PayPal Growth And Accelerated Sales :: <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>EBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), operator of the world's largest online trading community, is expected to post a 10 percent profit increase in the third quarter on strong growth from its PayPal unit through the three months and increasing revenue from eBay in July and August.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ebay-inc-ebay-earnings-preview-q3-profit-paypal-growth-accelerated-sales-1421496

US Stock Futures Point To Higher Open As Congress Inches Close To Agreement On Budget, Debt Ceiling :: <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 suggest a higher opening to markets on Tuesday, as Congressional leaders inch closer to an agreement to end the federal government shutdown and to raise the debt ceiling ahead of the Oct. 17 deadline.</p>
<p>Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.07 percent, futures on the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index were up 0.2 percent and those on the Nasdaq 100 Index were up 0.08 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-point-higher-open-congress-inches-close-agreement-budget-debt-ceiling-1425762

Kobo pulls books after abuse row :: E-book seller Kobo suspends all self-published books from its UK store after the discovery of abuse-themed titles on sale.
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VIDEO: Inflation: Why are wages lagging? :: As UK inflation remains at 2.7%, BBC Breakfast asks why wages are not increasing at the same rate.
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UK inflation rate unchanged at 2.7% :: The UK's inflation rate remained at 2.7% in September, official figures show, as a fall in fuel prices was offset by upward pressure from air fares.
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