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Tag Archives: healthcare
R&D: Gaddafi Could Last out the Rebels, Oil Prices Shock the Global Economy, and Healthcare Waivers Climb
Here is your R&D for March 7th: Gadhafi could wage protracted civil war from the Washington Times Military analysts who are examining the situation on the ground believe the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi will be able to draw out the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, alternative energy, Barack Obama, Department of Health and Human Services, energy, GOP presidential primary, healthcare, healthcare reform, Libya, Libyan civil war, Mitt Romney, Moammar Gaddafi, Newt Gingrich, oil, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, Saudi Arabia, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Syria, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Libyan relations, world economy
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R&D: House Repeals Healthcare Law, Bloomberg Promises to Fight Unions, and Congo’s Constitution is Revised
Here is your R&D for January 20th: House passes health law repeal from Politico House Republicans managed to pass a bill that repealed President Obama’s healthcare law yesterday. The vote was 245-189 and no House Republican defected during the vote. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, currency, Democratic Republic of the Congo, dollar, Harry Reid, healthcare, healthcare reform, healthcare repeal, Israeli-Palestinian issues, Joseph Kabila, Labor, Lebanon, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, President Obama, R&D, top five news stories, U.S. economy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Chinese relations, UN, unions, United Nations, yuan
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R&D: Reviving U.S. Power Internally, GOP Promises to Go After Healthcare, and Danny Davis Drops Out of the Chicago Mayoral Election
Here is your R&D for January 3rd: Reviving U.S. Power Abroad From Within from the Council on Foreign Relations This Council on Foreign Relations roundtable discussion seeks to answer whether America’s domestic weaknesses impact U.S. foreign policy. G.O.P. Newcomers Set … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Carol Moseley-Braun, Chicago, Chicago mayoral election, Danny Davis, gas prices, GOP, healthcare, healthcare reform, oil, Pakistan, Pakistani politics, President Obama, R&D, Republican party, top five news stories, U.S. Foreign Policy
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R&D: Berlusconi Wins Confidence Vote, the Individual Mandate in the Healthcare Law is Struck Down, and Germany Contemplates a Return to the Deutschmark
Here is your R&D for December 14th: Berlusconi May Expand Majority, May Resign To Do So from the Wall Street Journal After surviving a vote on no confidence in the lower house of the Italian parliament, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, deutschmark, euro, European economy, German economy, Germany, healthcare, healthcare reform, Italy, President Obama, R&D, race issues, Richard Holbrooke, segregation, Silvio Berlusconi, top five news stories
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R&D: UN Warns of New Food Crisis, Romney’s Healthcare Problem, and GM’s IPO Takes Off
Here is your R&D for November 18th: Fears of new food crisis as prices soar from the Financial Times The cost of global food imports will reach $1 trillion this year for only the second time in history. The UN … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andry Rajoelina, cholera, Dominican Republic, food crisis, General Motors, GM, Haiti, healthcare, healthcare reform, Madagascar, Mitt Romney, R&D, the Republican Party, top five news stories, UN, United Nations
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R&D: Pakistan Closes Afghanistan Border Crossing, McDonald’s Threatens to Drop Health Coverage, and the EU Launches Legal Action Against France
Here is your R&D for September 30th: Pakistan Halts NATO Supplies to Afghanistan After Attack from the New York Times After a NATO cross-border attack on a Pakistani security post, Pakistan has closed the most important border crossing that supplies … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, EU, European Union, Fasial Shahzad, France, healthcare, healthcare reform, Hugo Chavez, McDonalds, NATO, Pakistan, R&D, Roma, security, Times Square bomber, top five news stories, Venezuela, war on terrorism
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R&D: Petraeus Condemns Quran Burning, Australia Settles on a Government, and the GOP is Favored Over Democrats on the Budget
Here is your R&D for September 7th: Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church’s Plan to Burn Qurans from the Wall Street Journal Plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of September 11th has outraged Muslims … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afghanistan, Australia, Australian politics, Brazil, Bush tax cuts, David Petraeus, Democratic Party, GOP, healthcare, Julia Gillard, oil, Quran, Quran burning, R&D, Republican party, Social Security, taxes, top five news stories, U.S. economy
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R&D: The Failure of African Development Aid, Concerns of Health Care Rationing, and Protests in Bolivia End
Here is your R&D for August 17th: Why Development Aid for Africa Has Failed from Der Spiegel Extempers are familiar with questions concerning the impact of foreign aid on Africa’s economy. This is a good article for answering those questions, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bolivia, Democratic Party, Evo Morales, foreign aid, healthcare, healthcare debate, North Korea, President Obama, R&D, South Korea, South Korea-North Korean relations, top five news stories
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CFL Nats R&D: Education, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development
Texas board to finish social studies guidelines from the Associated Press Schools, students sue state over funding from the San Francisco Chronicle U.S. schools chief: We’re in ‘educational emergency’ from CNN Pawlenty won’t go after federal education grant from Business … Continue reading →
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Tagged California, financial regulation, healthcare, healthcare reform, military, military issues, Minnesota, obesity, Rhode Island, swine flu, Texas, Tim Pawlenty, WHO, World Health Organization
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R&D: House Looking at Procedurals to Pass Healthcare, Clinton Affirms U.S. Support for Israel, and the Fed Keeps Interest Rates Low
Here is your R&D top ifve for March 16th: House may try to pass Senate health-care bill without voting on it from the Washington Post Hillary Clinton affirms US support for Israel after row from the BBC Fed holds rates … Continue reading →
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Tagged foreign policy, healthcare, healthcare reform, Hillary Clinton, interest rates, Israel, Mexico, monetary policy, R&D, Thailand, the Federal Reserve, top five news stories, U.S.-Israeli relations
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