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LONDON (Reuters) — Imports of organic food into Britain are rising with domestic production unable to keep pace with soaring demand, according to Britain's leading organic certification body, the Soil Association."It is inevitable this year that more...
DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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KANSAS CITY (AP) — Health care advocates have long encouraged physicians to switch to computerised medical records, saying they could improve patient care and increase efficiency.Doctors, however, have been more concerned about the high price tag — o...
DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Four more companies confirmed they received subpoenas from the antitrust division of the Justice Department and the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a probe of bid rigging for deals to invest municipal bond proceeds.A sou...
DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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LONDON (Reuters) — Wealthy Britons who live overseas but often return to the UK could be hammered with huge tax bills following a landmark court ruling, tax experts say.People who spend fewer than an average 90 days in the UK during four consecutive ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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SAN JUAN (AP) — Investors who bet against the odds of another devastating Atlantic hurricane season now stand to cash in big-time on "catastrophe bonds".Contrary to expert predictions, the season turned out to be the mildest in years.
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DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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SAN JUAN (AP) ? Investors who bet against the odds of another devastating Atlantic hurricane season now stand to cash in big-time on "catastrophe bonds".
Contrary to expert predictions, the season turned out to be the mildest in years.
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DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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LONDON (Reuters) — Britain’s finance minister Gordon Brown will set out plans to improve relations between firms and tax authorities at a meeting with his global business advisors, including ex-US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan.Firms have long ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Before David Filkins retired from his job as a computer software engineer, he wanted to make sure that all the calculations he had done about financing his retirement years were on target.So he reran the numbers using Fidelity Investm...
DATE: Nov 18, 2006
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing construction in the United States plunged to the lowest level in more than six years in October as the once-booming housing market slowed further.The Commerce Department reported yesterday that construction of new single-fam...
DATE: Nov 18, 2006
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This is one in an occasional series on maths for consumers:
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Making Sense of Cents and Percent. Even though we hate to admit it, for most of us, including me, it has been a long time since we really thought about these pesky math concepts s...
DATE: Nov 18, 2006
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