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10 Things Your Family Doctor Won’t Tell You (SmartMoney.com)
1. “Good luck getting an appointment.”
Patients feeling a cold creeping up shouldn’t wait too long to call their primary-care physician since there’s probably already a long line of patients waiting to see him or her.
A good primary-care doctor — someone to coordinate your health care, help choose your specialists, and be the first to [...]
Largest US Banks Not Lending To Small Business (Business Week)
Small business customers at the nation’s 18 largest banks reported less success getting credit than customers of other commercial banks, according to a report released today by researchers at the National Federation of Independent Business conducted by Gallup.
One likely explanation for the difference: Big banks rely on automated credit scoring to make loan decisions, while [...]
DIAPPEARING JOBS: 10 Businesses In Trouble (Yahoo!)
People in almost every profession may feel like jobs are scarce right now. For many industries, this is a temporary situation. But jobs in some fields are expected to continue disappearing even after the economy picks up.
Is your industry on the decline? The federal government projects that a number of industries will lose jobs from [...]
POLITICAL ANALYSIS: 5 Things To Watch For At The Summit (The Washington Post)
With the bipartisan health care summit at Blair House blotting out the political sun today, we are dedicating the entire “Morning Fix” to the five things you should watch for at today’s meeting. (Need a sixth thing to watch? How about the Fix and the Post’s Ezra Klein previewing the big event? On [...]
RECESSION NOT OVER YET! – Home Sales Fall To A Record Low In January (CNN)
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Sales of new homes plunged in January to the lowest level on record, government figures showed Wednesday.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of new home sales plummeted 11.2% to 309,000 last month, compared with a revised rate of 348,000 in December, the Census Bureau said. That’s a decline 6.1% from January 2009.
It [...]
YOU WANT REALITY TV, YOU GOT IT! – Obama’s Bipartisan Summit, Impact Positive Or Negative Will Be Felt For Years (USA TODAY)
WASHINGTON — Lights. Camera. Traction.
That’s what President Obama will be seeking Thursday at a televised summit with Republicans and Democrats on his stalled effort to revamp America’s health care system.
The session, however, carries much broader implications. Whether or not Obama ultimately gets a health care bill through Congress, the effort could have practical and [...]
Toyota’s President Takes ‘Full Responsibility’, But The Problems Don’t End There (New York Times)
WASHINGTON — Toyota’s elusive president goes before a House committee on Wednesday, one day after the company’s highest ranking American executive came under blistering criticism for its response to problems with sudden unintended acceleration in its cars.
The president of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, will take “full responsibility” when he appears before the House Committee on Oversight [...]
Obesity Raises Kidney Stone Risk (ScienceDaily.com)
Obesity in general nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, but the degree of obesity doesn’t appear to increase or decrease the risk one way or the other, a new study from Johns Hopkins shows.
“The common thinking was that as weight rises, kidney stone risk rises as well, but our study refutes that,” says [...]
Chris Hedges/Opinion: FED EX – Charming Mr. Obama, While Busting Up The Unions (Truthdig)
Dean Henderson’s career with FedEx ended abruptly when a reckless driver plowed into his company truck and mangled his leg. His doctor will decide this week if it needs to be amputated. No longer able to drive, stripped of value in our commodity culture, he was tossed aside by the company. He became human refuse. [...]
Obama’s Health Plan, Not Too Different From Senate Bill – Still No Public Option (New York Times)
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday issued his own blueprint for a health care overhaul, challenged Republicans to come forward with their ideas and laid the groundwork for an aggressive parliamentary maneuver to pass the legislation using only Democratic votes if this week brings no progress toward a bipartisan solution.
In laying out for the first [...]
