Doctors' Pay, a Key to Health Care Reform
New York Times, United States
Yet low-spending regions are able to provide care that is as good or better than that in high-spending regions. That fact raises the possibility of substantial savings — of perhaps more than 30 percent. But we can't fix the problem — and may make it …
Video: Cost a Major Issue As Senate Starts Health Care The Associated Press
The Finance Committee's "Comprehensive Incrementalism" Washington Post
Ad Audit: "What If?" Kaiser Health News
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Business Highlights
Forbes, NY
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh signs that the economy is stabilizing - though at very low levels - emerged Tuesday in reports that home construction rose more than expected last month and wholesale prices remain in check. The building of new homes and …

Weekly Remarks: McConnell on health reforms, Obama wants a new …
Los Angeles Times, CA
Americans are frustrated with the high cost of even basic treatments and procedures; millions are without coverage; and millions are worried about losing the care they have. That's why many of us are calling for reforms that would bring down the cost …

Obama addresses health care with AMA
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He said making health care affordable for everyone would cost some $1 trillion over the next decade and then went on to spell out some $950 billion in estimated cost savings that could come from introducing competitive bidding into the Medicare …
Video: Doctors Weigh in on Obama Health Plan The Associated Press
Obama, Like Clinton Before Him, is Blowing the Chance for Real … OpEdNews
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Mumbai builds up its low-cost housing
BBC News, UK
Estimates suggest that India has a shortfall of more than 25 million low-cost or affordable houses. Developers are now focusing on low-cost housing but how long will it last? That is why companies like HDIL and rivals such as Tata Housing are entering …

US HOT STOCKS: La-Z-Boy, Casey's Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
The company said changes made to its cost structure contributed to the results, as did a tax gain and improvement in its retail business. Casey's General Stores' fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 8% despite a big drop in revenue, as the Midwestern …

Designer tricks for every room
Boston Globe, United States
By Marni Elyse Katz and Deblina Chakraborty Think inside the box Interior designer and color expert Susan Sargent, who has a home on Beacon Hill and a paint, textile, and ceramics business in southern Vermont, put together a "spice" palette for the …
Designer tricks for the dining room Boston Globe
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'Tenders' keep homes show-ready, their own 'rents' low
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
That's because the Hills also are professional "home tenders," who contract with Salt Lake City-based Designer Home Tending. Folks such as the Hills pay on average only $600 per month to live in digs that often are luxurious — in the Hills' case, …

Before Adding, Try Reducing
Wall Street Journal
“No matter how you cut this, it is always better to reduce, then produce,” says Matt Golden, founder of Sustainable Spaces Inc., a San Francisco-based home-retrofit company and president of Efficiency First, a home-retrofit trade group based in …

The Hardware Monetization Paradigm
The Mac Observer
Add Google to the mix and Google's low-cost or no-cost ad supported cloud-based productivity solutions and we have an industry war over the monetization model - hardware v. high-margin software v. no-cost, ad supported services. …