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Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady
(AP) AP - The number of people without health insurance fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Incomes edged up for the middle class while poverty held steady. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Government Health Programs Lowered US Uninsured (Update3) - Bloomberg NECNGovernment Health Programs Lowered US Uninsured (Update3)Bloomberg - 52 minutes agoBy Aliza Marcus and Avram Goldstein Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The percentage of Americans without health insurance dropped last year for the first time since 2004, as government programs Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Clinton Turns Focus to Poverty "With less than a week until Ohio holds its Democratic primary contest, Sen. Hillary Clinton is traveling to the poorest parts of the state in an effort to highlight her poverty agenda and draw in low-income voters," the Wall Street Journal reports. "The candidate who best connects wi Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Edwards Drops Bid John Edwards is ending his presidential bid today, the AP reports. "The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m. EST event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty."Edwa Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Uninsured Get Less Health Care Than Insured - U.S. News & World Report Canada.comUninsured Get Less Health Care Than InsuredU.S. News & World Report - 1 hour agoMONDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Uninsured Americans will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care, and receive $56 billion in uncompensated care in 2008, new research s Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Fed holds rates steady, dials up inflation worry WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and voiced greater concern about inflation, taking a small step down a road toward higher borrowing costs. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Fed holds rates steady, dials up inflation worry
(Reuters) Reuters - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and voiced greater concern about inflation, taking a small step down a road toward higher borrowing costs. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Fed holds steady; signals no rush to raise rates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held U.S. interest rates steady on Tuesday, expressing concerns about both economic growth and inflation and indicating it is in no rush to push borrowing costs higher. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Fed holds steady; signals no rush to raise rates
(Reuters) Reuters - The Federal Reserve held U.S. interest rates steady on Tuesday, expressing concerns about both economic growth and inflation and indicating it is in no rush to push borrowing costs higher. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Fed holds rates steady, spurning calls for cuts
(Reuters) Reuters - The Federal Reserve held U.S. interest rates steady on Tuesday and showed little inclination to lower them soon, spurning calls for cuts from financial markets roiled by the bankruptcy of investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc . Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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New York City proposes changes to poverty formula - Reuters Enews 2.0New York City proposes changes to poverty formulaReuters - 2 hours agoBy Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has proposed an alternative formula for determining poverty, saying the US government has been too slow to update criteria that fail to acco Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Some Good News? Less Uninsured in 2007 The ranks of uninsured Americans dropped by 1 million last year. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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World Bank Finds More People Live in Steep Poverty Despite raising the yardstick to measure global poverty, the World Bank found more people than expected lived under extreme poverty. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Use the Web to End Poverty Poverty isn't a problem you can solve overnight. There are solutions to help fight the causes of poverty and provide help to those suffering from it. All you need is a web connection and a healthy dose of good will. Wired.com Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Use the Web to End Poverty Poverty isn't a problem you can solve overnight. There are solutions to help fight the causes of poverty and provide help to those suffering from it. All you need is a web connection and a healthy dose of good will. Wired.com Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Inflation Held Steady in February - New York Times Turkish PressInflation Held Steady in FebruaryNew York Times - 8 hours agoBy MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Inflation held steady in February as consumers prices stayed flat, the government said on Friday, taking some pressure off the Federal Reserve as it considers a new round o Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Fed likely to hold rates steady amid crosscurrents - International Herald Tribune Fed likely to hold rates steady amid crosscurrentsInternational Herald Tribune - 3 hours agoAP WASHINGTON: An ugly brew of rising unemployment, spiking foreclosures and gyrating energy prices is plaguing the United States and making life difficult for Federal Reserve Chairm Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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California unemployment steady at 7.7 pct in Sept - Reuters KNX1070California unemployment steady at 7.7 pct in SeptReuters - 1 hour agoSAN FRANCISCO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - California's unemployment rate in September was unchanged at 7.7 percent from August but well above a year-earlier 5.6 percent as job losses over the year outpa Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Edwards bid shows poverty not big campaign theme ATLANTA (Reuters) - The inability of John Edwards to gain traction in his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination indicates that fighting poverty in America has limited appeal for voters. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Fuel poverty back on the agenda Consumer groups and ministers are meeting for a summit to find ways of cutting fuel poverty in the UK. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |