Daily Archives: 22 March 2010
Health stocks outpace market after reform passes
The S&P Health Care Sector index .GSPA opened about 0.8 percent higher, outpacing the broader market, after the House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping overhaul late on Sunday night.
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Many of my so called Liberal friends adopted the narrative that this legislation was a courageous stand by brave Democrats against the evil, greedy insurance companies. In fact, this legislation further entrenches the established insurance companies.
Federal Reserve turned blind eye to Lehman Brothers Accounting Fraud
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Meet the Katrina Hero who was arrested as a terrorist
Abdulrahman Zeitoun is the real-life hero of Dave Eggers’s new book. In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina he paddled from house to house in a canoe, offering help to his neighbours. For his trouble, he was arrested as a suspected terrorist (Read more from guardian.co.uk)