One of the rather under-appreciated features of the European Union as an economic entity is that there are two wildly divergent intellectual approaches underpinning policy. There?s, one the one hand, those insisting that we must make rules and conditions, perhaps even taxes, the same across the continent. That Europe should be homogeneous to a large ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 18:23

What trends will the stylish guys be rocking this season? For starters, they will be temporarily trading in their navy suits and jackets for??other shades of blue. And those fail-safe khaki chinos will have to go to the back of the closet for now to make way for??bold pants in colors borrowed from every shade ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 14:56

The fiscal plan proposed yesterday by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) would profoundly change the way seniors and younger adults with disabilities receive health care and personal assistance. For many programs, it would reduce funding from today's levels even though the population of those over 65 will double by mid-century. In many ways, ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 18:26

What the partisan obloquy about "Obamacare" too often obscures is that the ACA transforms utterly non-political and critical aspects of care, like patient-centeredness.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 18:55

What should investors do in a low interest rate environment? Focusing only on yield is a mistake.

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 15:53

Forbes Travel Guide picks the best new restaurants, shopping and things to do in Seattle this spring.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 16:25

For more than a year now the federal investigation of hospitals suspected of improperly implanting ICDs has been the subject of considerable rumor and speculation. Now, two cardiologists who were involved in a federal audit at one hospital have published a detailed account of their experience. Jonathan Steinberg and Suneet Mittal are Columbia University-affiliated electrophysiologists ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 00:26

In the past week, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note shot from 1.98% on March 12 to 2.29% on March 16. Over the same stretch, the Alerian MLP Index (AMLP) is down 1.06%, the Utilities SPDR (XLU) is lower by 1.32% and corporate bonds, tracked by the LQD, are trading lower in price by 1.53%.

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 08:25

Ever since the first concrete details about the new Assassin's Creed game leaked out a few weeks ago, Ubisoft has been gradually opening up a floodgate of information to start filling in the gaps in our understanding of their new American Revolution adventure. The picture has become quite a lot more complete since those first ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 21:26

Last week, the job search site TheLadders.com, released research showing that recruiters only spend an average of 6.25 seconds looking at a candidate's resume before deciding whether he or she is a fit for a job. The study also shows that recruiters spend 80% of that six seconds looking at just six things: Name Current ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 23:27