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Local medical professionals talk impact of Obamacare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - otherwise known as Obamacare - was signed into law in 2010. Since then it has been the topic of much debate within the medical and insurance industry here in the United States. It was also the topic of...Tags: Government, Justice System, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform (2009), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Dollar treads water as investors hold breath for BOJ, Bernanke testimony
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hovered some way below last week's 4-1/2-year high against the Japanese currency, after being dampened by hints from two U.S. Federal Reserve regional presidents that the central bank will continue its bond-buying scheme. But...Tags: Singapore, North Korea, Charles Schwab, Finance, Market and Exchange
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Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the...Tags: Bob Menendez, Government, Washington, DC, International Military Interventions, Chris Murphy
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The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation...Tags: Computer Hardware, Luxembourg, Personal Income, G20, Dublin (Ireland)
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Sri Lanka opposition says government threatened to sack strikers
ReutersCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition parties and trade unions accused the government on Tuesday of threatening state employees with the sack if they took part in planned street protests against a sharp rise in electricity prices. Only a few hundred...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Government, Civil and Public Service, Politics
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U.S. not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling: Mexico
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States is not respecting a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on meat labeling, Mexico's Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez said on Tuesday, saying it was hurting local industry. The WTO ruled in late June last...Tags: Government, Mexico, Politics, International Organizations
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Palm Beach County pushes ahead with inspector general legal fight
The legal fight over how to pay for Palm Beach County's government watchdog will continue, county commissioners decided Tuesday, threatening to add another year and half of funding uncertainty for the inspector general's office. A coalition of 14...
Tags: Justice System, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Local Government
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Egyptian army blocks Sinai roads in hunt for kidnappers
ReutersSHEIKH ZUWAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian army and police forces stepped up roadblocks in north Sinai in a hunt for militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday. The militants seized the men on a...Tags: Government, Criminals, Hosni Mubarak, Armed Conflicts, Weaponry
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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Government, Justice System, Environmental Issues, Barbara A. Mikulski
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LETTER: Thanks For Supporting Housing Funds
We at the Publicly Assisted Housing Resident Network and the Connecticut Housing Coalition thank state Sen. Toni Harp and Rep. Toni Walker for their work in restoring payment in lieu of taxes and tax abatement grant funding for public housing to the...Tags: Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Regional Authority, Public Housing
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UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting: Deputy PM
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister will take the unusual step of holding a news conference on Wednesday to say the country's two-party coalition will hold together until 2015 as he tries to stabilize a government beset by infighting and...Tags: Government, Liberal Democrats (UK), Parties and Movements, United Kingdom, Conservative Party (UK)
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UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting - Deputy PM
Reuters* Britain's two-party coalition has ruled since 2010 * Riven by increasing policy differences * Cameron has raised spectre it could fall apart * Deputy PM says it will stay the course By Andrew Osborn LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime...Tags: Parties and Movements, Liberal Democrats (UK), Government, Conservative Party (UK), United Kingdom
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