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TUESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Younger stroke survivors have a tougher time getting medical care and affording prescription drugs compared to older patients, a U.S. study finds. Read more…

Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of Detroit's automakers finally sit down with President George W. Bush today to air their ideas for helping their ailing industry -- at a moment when Bush has become less relevant to the discussion. Read more…

Driven by climate change, weather disasters could cost as much as a trillion dollars in a single year by 2040, financial experts warned at the UN's conference on global warming. Read more…

Total federal and state tax subsidies for employer-sponsored health care coverage for active workers will exceed $200 billion in 2006, an inflation- adjusted increase of more than 150 percent since 1987, according to a new study sponsored by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Read more…

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2006 -- To prepare for the upcoming holiday shopping season, ACI Specialty Benefits Corporation, one of the nation's leading Employee Assistance Providers by Business Insurance and Workforce Management Magazines, is offering clients complimentary Identity Theft Kits to protect themselves from becoming victims of identity theft. Read more…

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a better-than-expected 11.5 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by strength in its international business, and said deep discounts would drive holiday sales. Read more…

The world's first weather-insurance policy to help poor African farmers avoid crippling losses inflicted by drought has proven so successful that the United Nations has said the scheme would be expanded. Read more…

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit as strength in its international business and new store openings helped offset disappointing U.S. sales. Read more…

Less than a week after Republicans lost their grip on state politics, a former GOP fundraiser who played a role in the party's Election Day defeat was convicted of stealing from a state investment in rare coins. Read more…

A restaurant association has sued to block the city's plan to provide health care coverage to uninsured residents, saying federal law prohibits local governments from requiring employers to pay for insurance. Read more…

When Wayne Steinard visited his doctor earlier this year he faced two options: either undergo open heart surgery in the US for 100,000 dollars or have it done in India for 6,700 dollars. Read more…

The winter months can pack on the pounds for adults and children alike. Read more…

Earthquake damage at the University of Hawaii campuses statewide suffered $2.5 million, school officials said. Read more…

Drivers involved in crashes might get a bill for police responding to the crash in some Indiana communities. Read more…

Animal rights advocates who threaten scientists conducting animal research or companies funding or affiliated with it could be fined and imprisoned under a bill the House passed Monday and sent to President Bush. Read more…

The mother of the teenage boy who accused "King of Pop" Michael Jackson of molesting him pleaded no contest to charges of welfare fraud at a Los Angeles court. Read more…

A scorecard that lays out how well a hospital or doctor does on a treatment -- and how much they charge for it -- can help transform U.S. health care, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said on Monday. Read more…

Some legislative measures that are priorities for organized labor after the elections put Democrats in power in Congress: Read more…

Health care costs could rise more than 10 percent in 2007, unless companies change their plans, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read more…

Ben Bangs pulls a scrap of paper from his pocket on which he has neatly listed in pencil how much he has paid in property taxes in each of the past several years. Read more…

The slogan "Financial Peace of Mind" might seem ironic to shareholders of Ambac Financial Group (NYSE: ABK - News). While creditors can still take comfort in the knowledge that debt insured by Ambac is backed by the guarantee of a triple A-rated company with an impenetrable balance sheet, shareholders might be permitted to wonder whether their firm's future profit margins and growth rates remain Read more…

Leading shares have ended a volatile session lower as weakness in heavyweight miners and oil stocks offset M&A fever in the insurance sector and a solid start on Wall Street, dealers said. Read more…

It's Monday morning — usually the graveyard shift for retailing — but the suburban Lakeside Mall is bustling. Read more…

Police with dogs searched hundreds of thousands of Mumbai train commuters during the evening rush hour Monday as part of a security drill to monitor the city's ability to deal with terror threats. Read more…