WASHINGTON - Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month — even worse, one in four patients with heart failure. A major push is under way around the country to cut rehospitalization
A new pricing framework for regional electricity distribution has drawn a pained response from Scottish & Southern Energy, the FTSE 100-listed utility.Ofgem, the sector regulator, on Monday issued its final pronouncement on the price rises that
Companies from Kazakhstan plan to move their fundraising away from London, according to the country’s central bank governor, because UK investors failed to stand by the central Asian state during the financial crisis.“Over-relying on London was a mi
HAVANA - Activists from 32 little-known organizations opposed to Cuba's communist government issued a call for an end to social repression on the island at a Thursday gathering in the home of a prominent human rights activist. The event took place i
Thirty global financial institutions make up a list that regulators are earmarking for cross-border supervision exercises, the Financial Times has learnt.The list includes six insurance companies – Axa, Aegon, Allianz, Aviva, Zurich and Swiss Re – w
The British Bankers’ Association is urging the UK government to raise international banks’ concerns about their possible exposure to two prominent Saudi companies that have defaulted on billions of dollars of debt with the kingdom’s authorities.The
Five heavyweight private equity groups are among the first-round bidders for Matalan, the privately owned discount clothing retailer that is being auctioned with an estimated price tag of about £1.5bn.TPG, Blackstone, Warburg Pincus and BC Partners
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Environmental activists are trying to stop the T annissee Valley Authority from starting a daily 1 million gallon discharge of water that contains mercury, selenium and other pollutants into the same river where coal ash was spi
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