The United States has the best health care in the world but, because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive.
The U.S. prides itself on its open economy and free markets. But a closer look at the data suggests backsliding on major competitiveness indicators. If it's not reversed soon, there will be no hiding the decline.
Major U.S. corporations have set up a Web site calling for a global climate treaty to be signed in Copenhagen.
The Chilcot inquiry in Britain, regarding the criminal, aggression by Blair and Bush has begun.
The other big story for the week could be the revision to third-quarter growth figures. Last month, the Commerce Department said real gross domestic product grew at a 3.5% annualized rate, the first gain in a year. On Tuesday, that figure is likely to be revised to about 2.8%.
Reporting from Washington - Momentum is growing in the U.S. and abroad to deal with the problem of gigantic financial institutions deemed too big to fail by breaking them up before they can threaten the economy.
I've been on this planet 42 short years. But in that 42 years, something has happened, right before my eyes. Yet I never saw it occur.
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I think this is a very inetresting article that deserves reading and reflecting upon... The constitution of any nation is what makes the nation be what it is. Ignoring the constitution or making it a 'living' document, all it achieves is institutionalized corruption
Global warmng is a fraud and has made many people filthy rich, while being condecorated for their fiction produced as fact. This farce has very little to do with science and lots to do with human opportunism and corruption. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutly.
Apple has voided warranties and refused to carry out repairs on computers exposed to cigarette smoke, according to claims on a US consumer website. Is it time you quit for the sake of your laptop?
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