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Health
Forced to Choose: Exploring Other Options
With so many patients having to choose between nursing homes and palliative care, the Affordable Care Act calls for a three-year experiment of "concurrent care," but no target date to begin has been set.
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Business Day
This Week In Small Business: Cliffhanger!
Don't discount! Consumer confidence rises. Small-business confidence falls. And the Onion takes on social media marketing.
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U.S.
Vietnam Veterans, Discharged Under Cloud, File Suit Saying Trauma Was Cause
A suit against the armed forces argues that many Vietnam veterans had post-traumatic stress disorder when they were issued other-than-honorable discharges.
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Opinion
Philosophy and the Poetic Imagination
Poetry can help awaken us to the richness of the language that surrounds us, even in the seeming cacophony of the digital age.
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World
A Conversation With: India's Chief Climate Change Negotiator
Despite Hurricane Sandy, little change in Western attitudes to climate change at Doha talks.
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Opinion
Marine Life on a Warming Planet
The plan of one state, Washington, to save its shellfish from the ravages of ocean acidification.
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U.S.
Democrats Expect a Deal on Medicaid Despite Perry
Texas legislators say Republicans have an incentive to reach an agreement on expanding the state’s Medicaid program, the central tenet of federal health reform, because otherwise it would cost the state much more.
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World
With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming
Emissions continue to grow so rapidly that an international goal of limiting the warming of the planet to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit is becoming unattainable, researchers said.
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Style
Poor Women and Children Faced With Fiscal Threat
Cuts to nondiscretionary public spending, whether bargained for or automatic, will disproportionately affect women and children living in poverty.
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Technology
Disruptions: Silencing the Voices of Militants on Twitter
A technology used by the Arab Spring protesters in their drive for a new order in the region is now under attack over aiding and abetting terrorist organizations.
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Education
School Districts in 5 States Will Lengthen Their Calendars
Dozens of schools in 10 school districts will add up to 300 hours of time to the school calendar starting next fall.
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World
Should Health Care for the Very Poor Be a Fast-Growth, For-Profit Business?
As excitement heats up in India about the "affordable healthcare" industry, some questions remain.
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Opinion
Winner Lose All
In Catalonia's election, soaring talk about the region's independence drowned out a much-needed discussion about taxes.
14
Opinion
Mr. Cuomo’s Next Big Task
Gov. Andrew Cuomo should use his political stature to keep promises on campaign finance reform.
15
U.S.
Series of Storms Lashes Northern California
A third storm is expected in the region Sunday, with warnings issued for heavy rain, snow, high winds and floods from San Francisco Bay to the Oregon border.
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Opinion
Perfidious Prosecutors
Attorney General Eric Holder should show that the Justice Department has the will to discipline rogue lawyers in its ranks.
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Technology
Panel Approves a Bill to Safeguard E-Mail
A bill, approved by the Judiciary Committee, would require law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant from a judge before gaining access to messages in individual accounts.
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Business Day
George C. Kern Jr., Expert in Merger Law, Dies at 86
As a lawyer at the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, Mr. Kern pioneered strategies for corporate takeovers.
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Business Day
Few Places to Hide as Taxes Trend Higher Worldwide
International taxpayers may find conditions particularly challenging as tax requirements increase in various countries, including a potentially huge one in the United States.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City’s Plan for Tree Waste: Sell, Reuse or Burn
Debris from felled trees in the Rockaways is piling up at Floyd Bennet Field, and a city department said that whatever could not be reused or sold would be incinerated.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Health
Forced to Choose: Exploring Other Options
With so many patients having to choose between nursing homes and palliative care, the Affordable Care Act calls for a three-year experiment of "concurrent care," but no target date to begin has been set.
2
Opinion
Philosophy and the Poetic Imagination
Poetry can help awaken us to the richness of the language that surrounds us, even in the seeming cacophony of the digital age.
3
Opinion
Marine Life on a Warming Planet
The plan of one state, Washington, to save its shellfish from the ravages of ocean acidification.
4
World
A Conversation With: India's Chief Climate Change Negotiator
Despite Hurricane Sandy, little change in Western attitudes to climate change at Doha talks.
5
Technology
Disruptions: Silencing the Voices of Militants on Twitter
A technology used by the Arab Spring protesters in their drive for a new order in the region is now under attack over aiding and abetting terrorist organizations.
6
U.S.
Vietnam Veterans, Discharged Under Cloud, File Suit Saying Trauma Was Cause
A suit against the armed forces argues that many Vietnam veterans had post-traumatic stress disorder when they were issued other-than-honorable discharges.
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N.Y. / Region
They Came to the Rescue; Now, They Wait to Be Paid
Utility employees from outside the metropolitan area said National Grid had not fully compensated them for their grueling out-of-town shifts after Hurricane Sandy.
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Business Day
Watching the Entrepreneurial Flame Flicker
Over the past few weeks, I have been working with two clients who have been struggling. Part of the problem is a lack of access to capital.
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Style
Poor Women and Children Faced With Fiscal Threat
Cuts to nondiscretionary public spending, whether bargained for or automatic, will disproportionately affect women and children living in poverty.
10
Health
Pharmaceuticals: GlaxoSmithKline Retains Top Ranking Measuring Outreach to Poor Countries
The index ranks pharmaceutical companies based on how readily they get medicines to the world’s poor, how much research they do on tropical diseases and how ethically they conduct clinical trials.
11
U.S.
Democrats Expect a Deal on Medicaid Despite Perry
Texas legislators say Republicans have an incentive to reach an agreement on expanding the state’s Medicaid program, the central tenet of federal health reform, because otherwise it would cost the state much more.
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N.Y. / Region
Behind a Call That Kept Nursing Home Patients in Storm’s Path
The city’s recommendation to keep residents at nursing and adult homes in flood-prone areas during Hurricane Sandy had dire consequences.
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World
With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming
Emissions continue to grow so rapidly that an international goal of limiting the warming of the planet to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit is becoming unattainable, researchers said.
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Business Day
E.E.O.C. Finds Race Bias in Firing at Wet Seal Store
The commission said Wet Seal managers “stated they wanted employees who had the ‘Armani look, were white, had blue eyes, thin and blond in order to be profitable.’ ”
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Business Day
South African Company to Build U.S. Plant to Convert Gas to Liquid Fuels
The plant, to be built by Sasol, a South African company, would produce 96,000 barrels of fuel a day using a “gas to liquids” technology.
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Business Day
Severely Polluted Mongolia Tries a Cleaner Power Source
Turbines are being installed outside the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator to generate power from the wind in a country known for its rich coal resources.
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World
Alarm as China Issues Rules for Disputed Area
The decision to allow interceptions of ships in the South China Sea is raising concerns that disputes with Southeast Asian countries will escalate.
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Fashion & Style
For British Brides-to-Be, Hen Dos (and Don’ts)
A party known as a hen do is a weekend-long ritual of love and admiration for the bride.
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Business Day
Few Places to Hide as Taxes Trend Higher Worldwide
International taxpayers may find conditions particularly challenging as tax requirements increase in various countries, including a potentially huge one in the United States.
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Opinion
Perfidious Prosecutors
Attorney General Eric Holder should show that the Justice Department has the will to discipline rogue lawyers in its ranks.Yes.
Europe is still nuts.
Britain threatens to veto EU bank supervisor
04 Dec 2012
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'I think about HBOS failure nearly every day'
04 Dec 2012
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Carney will have too much power, warns Posen
Mark Carney faces the risk of becoming too autocratic as the next BoE governor because regulatory changes will put too much power in his hands, warned former rate setter Adam Posen.
04 Dec 2012
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Australia cuts rates to record low of 3pc
Australia's central bank on Tuesday cut the official interest rate to a record low of 3pc, a level not seen since the financial crisis as China's slowdown squeezes the mining industy.
04 Dec 2012
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What chance a functioning banking union after Christian Noyer’s crass remarks?
Amid mounting evidence of recovery in the global economy, there is regrettably one region of the world which remains firmly engulfed in its own little cloud of misery – Europe.
03 Dec 2012
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French economy buckles as car sales collapse
Industrial woes deepened last month as car sales crashed 19pc.
03 Dec 2012
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Greece offers to buy back €10bn of its debt
Eurozone straggler Greece offered to buy back €10bn of its national debt as part of its latest bail-out deal to get its finances on a stable footing.
03 Dec 2012
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Spain requests €39.5bn bank bail-out, but no state rescue
Spain formally requested €39.5bn of European funds to recapitalise its struggling banks, while its prime minister held back from ruling out a bail-out for the state also.
03 Dec 2012
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