All Stories from August 7, 2011 (Change date)
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Lost fight with Medicare to cost nursing homes $3.87 BillionAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — Nursing homes’ lost lobbying battle with Medicare will cost the industry $3.87 billion, as the health program tries to recover overpayments it says it made ...
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Six ways the debt deal could hurt college studentsAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - NEW YORK — College is already expensive. Now the government’s eleventh-hour agreement to raise the debt ceiling is set to push costs higher. That’s particularly true for...
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Volunteers sing old songs to retirees, need more voicesAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - QUINCY, Ill. — The best thing that can happen during a performance by the Volunteer Voices is to have the audience sing along. The group visits nursing and retirement h...
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So far, so good for money funds in debt crisisAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - Associated Press BOSTON — Money-market mutual funds have passed their first big test since the 2008 financial crisis. Risks of a U.S. debt default sent investors fleein...
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Budget targets leisure travelers with car ad dealsAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - ATLANTA — When Nia Lewis was looking for a car to drive to Florida to visit her in-laws, she went to the Atlanta Budget Rent a Car website as she normally does. But she ...
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Overdraft fees remain steep at largest banksAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - NEW YORK — The country’s largest banks are still charging steep overdraft fees. A survey released Wednesday by the Consumer Federation of America found that the median ...
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Frustrated employees confident enough to quitAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - Frustrated employees are quitting their jobs at the highest level in almost three years as confidence they will find another stabilizes, even with unemployment at about ...
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In Cuba, free market proves easier said than doneAug 07, 2011 6:13 am - HAVANA — Daily for the past five months, Yusdany Simpson has been at her street-side cafeteria under its gleaming white parasol, doing her part in Cuba’s economic makeov...
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French mogul survives slump after deal almost sank himAug 07, 2011 6:11 am - Alain Taravella recalls how in late 2008, as France’s real-estate market slumped, he began doubting his biggest corporate acquisition. A year earlier, he’d bought apartm...
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Healthy eating means spending more at storeAug 07, 2011 6:07 am - SEATTLE — A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study published Thursday that say...