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01/09/2009
Will Vermonters Be Ready for DTV? (WCAX-TV Vermont)
There are signs that some people who depend on antennas for their TV signals won't have converter boxes in time for the switch to digital.
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01/08/2009
Pratt: Are you catching zzz's or chemicals? (The Record Searchlight)
Every night you are snuggling up to something that could be zapping your health - fire-retardant chemicals sprayed on or built into your mattress. California's 30-year-old law mandating the spraying of fire-retardant chemicals on mattresses got souped-up last year when another law was passed to try to protect a few more people from flames.
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01/08/2009
Examine the World Smart Cards Market (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Electronics industry is available in its catalogue.
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01/07/2009
CMS Reports Lowest Rate Of Overall Growth In National Health Spending Since 1998 (Medical News Today)
Health spending in the United States grew 6.1 percent in 2007, to $2.2 trillion or $7,421 per person. This was the slowest rate of growth since 1998 and 0.6 of a percentage point lower than the growth of 6.7 percent in 2006, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Health care spending, however, continues to outpace overall economic growth, which grew by 4.
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01/07/2009
Health spending wanes, outpaces economic growth (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
In 2007, health care spending in the United States increased at the slowest rate since 1998, but it still continued to outpace overall economic growth.
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01/06/2009
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, a new federal report found.
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01/07/2009
Ready meal ingredient origin labelling unworkable, FDF (Food Production Daily)
Helen Munday, FDF director of food safety and science, was responding to a call yesterday by the UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn for clearer food labelling, particularly in relation to country of origin on meat products.
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01/07/2009
Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade (US News & World Report)
But consumers are still paying more for out-of-pocket expenses, reports say
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01/06/2009
BBB unveils letter grades for businesses (BizJournals)
The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois said Tuesday it would assign letter grades to area businesses ranging from A+ to F.
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01/06/2009
Rise in health care spending slows (BizJournals)
Health care spending in the U.S. grew 6.1 percent in 2007 to $2.2 trillion, or $7,421 per person, the slowest rate of growth since 1998, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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