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Grangemouth Strike May Halve N.Sea Oil Output: By Margaret Orgill and Daniel Fineren LONDON (Reuters UK) - A strike planned this weekend at a major Scottish refinery raised on Thursday fears of fuel disruption and will force the closure of the key Forties North Sea pipeline, halving Britain's crude oil output. Talks to...; Tags: Strike, British Petroleum Co Plc, Refinery, Grangemouth, Taxes, Free Trade, Government, Vertical Industries; News items 2008-04-24
Wal-Mart Expanding Its Low-priced Drug Program: By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) expanded its low-priced drug program, saying on Monday that it is now offering more than 1,000 over-the-counter items for $4 or less and selling some 90-day generic prescriptions for $10. Wal-Mart also...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., electronics, LCD TV, Circuit City Stores Inc., TV, LCD, card, eBay Inc., phone, home theater, retail company, New York, flat panel, digital television, headset, Webcam, online auction; News items 2008-05-05
Long Wish Lists For WA State Budget: Tax reform, a children's hospital and hundreds more hospital beds are on West Australian wish lists for the boom state's election-year budget to be delivered on Thursday.Treasurer Eric Ripper lifted the operating surplus forecast for 2007-08 by almost $400 million to $1.83 billion, from $1.45 billion previously, when the...; Tags: Financial, Surplus, WA, Government, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Free Trade, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-07
BG Backs Origin Role in Australia State Power Sale: By Fayen Wong PERTH (Reuters UK) - Gas producer BG Group (BG) will support Origin's participation in the upcoming privatisation of New South Wales' power assets, if it succeeds in a takeover plan, the Australian state's government said on Thursday. BG also has no plans to...; Tags: New South Wales, Plan, Origin Energy, Government, Vertical Industries, Asset Management, Enterprise Software, Software; News items 2008-05-07
Good News Not Totally Absent in Healthcare: Medical costs continue to rise much faster than general inflation, the insurance safety net is fraying as health plans and hospitals push the financial burden of being ill back onto the sick themselves, and even people who get their insurance through work have seen their premium contributions rise ten times...; Tags: Hospital, Aetna Inc., Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-06

As Hospitals Hit the Skids, Odds of a Healthcare Crisis Rise: It's not just big insurers who are sinking into the swamp these days -- hospitals are slipping as well. And while it's a little early to know for sure, the problems of health plans seem quite likely to make those of hospitals even worse. Yesterday, Tenet Healthcare...; Tags: Patient, Hospital, Tenet Healthcare Corp., Health Care, Nothing, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Aetna's Ron Williams Speaks -- And Actually Says Something: This Fortune interview with Aetna CEO Ron Williams is a few days old, but as it just popped up in my RSS reader, it is, as they say, new to me. Since it's pretty rare to see someone like Williams candidly discuss the health-plan business, its problems and some intriguing...; Tags: Physician, Decision Support, Aetna Inc., Health Care, Dermatologist, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Thailand to Release 2.1 Mln T Rice For Domestic Mkt: BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Tuesday it will sell some of its government rice stockpiles into the domestic market for the first time in nearly 1- years as the world's top exporter seeks to cool prices that have nearly trebled this ...; Tags: Thailand, stockpile, government, trader, inflation, Thomson Reuters Corp., food, stock, security; News items 2008-04-29
Three Healthcare Stories From the Week That Was: With the week drawing to a close, here are three healthcare stories you might have overlooked: Thirteen years after House Democrat Louise Slaughter first proposed it, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or GINA, finally passed both houses of Congress. President Bush has pledged to sign it. The...; Tags: Insurance Company, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-25
How Insurance Really Works, Courtesy of WellPoint: Give WellPoint credit for clarity, if nothing else. Its first-quarter earnings were terrible, but the company's outline of its plans to bounce back -- reasonable or not -- also offered a revealing window into how insurers actually think about the business of providing health coverage. With virtually...; Tags: Insurance Company, Health Care, Insurance, WellPoint, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, David P. Hamilton; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Shell and Repsol Reportedly Aim to Leave Iran Gas Project: MADRID (Reuters UK) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa) and Spain's Repsol (REP) are negotiating with the Iranian government to pull out of a $10 billion (5 billion pounds) natural gas project due in part to U.S. pressure, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Saturday. The companies...; Tags: Iran, Repsol, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Royal Dutch Shell Plc.; News items 2008-05-03
Shell, Repsol Aim to Leave Iran Gas Project: Paper: MADRID (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa) and Spain's Repsol (REP) are negotiating with the Iranian government to pull out of a $10 billion natural gas project due in part to U.S. pressure, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Saturday. The...; Tags: Iran, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., natural gas, Spain, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-03
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Benefit or Threat?: Just when CEOs thought they had a handle on secretive and powerful hedge funds, they must consider a quieter but even bigger monster -- Sovereign Wealth Funds. These government-owned funds, including ones in China, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Singapore, represent more than $2.5 trillion in global assets,...; Tags: Financial services, Regulations, benefit, Peter Galuszka, Sovereign-Wealth Funds, SWF, hedge fund, government, investment; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Drug Firms Question Investment in UK: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Global drugmakers have started to question their investment in Britain, following a government decision to scrap a 50-year-old drug pricing scheme, the outgoing head of the country's industry body said on Thursday. Nigel Brooksby, president of the Association of the British ...; Tags: Drug Company, Investment, Industry, U.K., Britain, Government, Research & Development, Vertical Industries; News items 2008-04-30
Northern Rock Investors Start Legal Action: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain's government "deliberately rigged" compensation terms for shareholders in nationalised bank Northern Rock, a group of investors said on Thursday as they started legal action for a review of the terms. The UK Shareholders Association (UKSA) said lawyers were set to...; Tags: Shareholder, Compensation, Britain, Investor, Government, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Vertical Industries; News items 2008-05-08
Flextime is Good for Employees' Health, Too: The Find: Flextime has been shown to improve productivity and aid retention; now researchers have found it improves health and reduces absenteeism as well. The Source: Recent research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine published in the Psychologist-Manager Journal. ...; Tags: Vertical industries, Workforce management, Jessica Stillman, flex-time, health care, absence; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Italy Scrambles to Keep Alitalia Flying: Italy scrambled to keep ailing flag carrier Alitalia in the air after suitor Air France-KLM withdrew its offer to buy it.Losing at least one million euros a day and faced with running out of money within weeks or a few months, Alitalia risks having its licence to fly revoked...; Tags: Airline, Euro, Italy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, REUTERS; News items 2008-04-22
Economy to Grow By 1.8 Percent in 2008: LONDON (Reuters UK) - The economy will slow sharply this year as consumers tighten their belts, a leading thinktank warned on Friday. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research forecast Britain would grow by just 1.8 percent in 2008 after 3.0 percent last year....; Tags: Growth, Financial, Government, Financial Accounting, Vertical Industries, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software; News items 2008-05-01
Vic Govt Budget Forecasts Hefty Surplus: The Victorian government is forecasting an $828 million budget surplus in 2008/09 as it spends $3.9 billion net on a capital works program and cuts business taxes.Looking ahead over the next four years, the budget papers predict an average surplus of $907 million with an average infrastructure spend of...; Tags: Surplus, Victorian Government, Taxes, Government, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, AAP; News items 2008-05-06
Air France-KLM Says Alitalia Bid No Longer Valid: By Alberto Sisto and Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME (Reuters) - Air France-KLM formally withdrew its bid for Alitalia late on Monday, sharply reducing the chances that Europe's biggest airline can be persuaded to buy the Italian flag carrier. The Franco-Dutch carrier said in...; Tags: Branding, Investment, Italy, suitor, auction, carrier, bank, Thomson Reuters Corp., government, liquidity, brand name, analyst, stock market, brand, job, stock, network; News items 2008-04-21