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Mandatory contraception cover for U.S. insurers
Most insurers in the US will be required to cover women for contraception at no extra fee, after US health authorities finalised changes last...
Hurricane Irene : batters Bahamas on way toward U.S. East Coast
Hurricane Irene is passing through the central Bahamas islands this morning after a night of battering the southern islands with heavy rains and strong...
US ‘problem banks’ fall for first time since 2006
The number of US banks listed as "problems" by regulators declined at the end of June for the first time in five years, the...
U.S. : jobless claims rise above 400,000
New claims for US unemployment insurance rose last week, ending a brief respite below the 400,000 threshold in the troubled jobs market, government data...
US : S&P downgrade hits scores of companies, funds
Scores of companies and entities, from the insurance business controlled by Warren Buffett to mortgage giant Fannie Mae and even including Israeli government bonds,...
US : lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s
The United States of America is no longer top graded AAA from Standard & Poor’s. This is an unprecedented blow to the world's largest...
US : Obama announces agreement on debt ceiling
The US President Barack Obama announced that Republican and Democratic leaders have reached an agreement to raise the government’s debt ceiling and thus avoid...
US : jobless claims surge higher
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits climbed sharply last week after two weeks of decline, signaling weakening in the labor market, official data...
Google pulling plug on PowerMeter, Health services
Google on Friday announced that it is pulling the plugs on free Health and PowerMeter services that haven't won legions of users.
"We're going to...
U.S. : healthcare law should stabilize employer coverage
Recent study shows that most Americans will continue to get health insurance through their employers after the healthcare law takes full effect, even if...
Social Security, Medicare burning through funds
The United States is burning through its health care and retirement fund pools faster than planned, with the Medicare trust fund to be exhausted...
U.S. : April tornado losses as much as $5.5 bn
The tornadoes and thunderstorms that carved a swathe of destruction through the US southeast in late April left as much as $5.5 billion in...
U.S. : jobless claims surge
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits surged last week, official data showed Thursday in a fresh sign that a recovery of the ailing...
Suicide rises and falls with economy
More Americans have killed themselves in times of financial hardship than in times of prosperity, said a US study of suicide rates and the...
U.S. : earthquake insurance demand on the rise
Earthquake coverage demand is on the rise on the American West Coast.
“We might need some more underwriters,” says Susan Rivera, president and CEO of...
U.S. : Obesity fight begins at home
US First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity took a personal turn when she said she is paying more attention to a key...
US run on iodide pills despite reassurances
US authorities sought Wednesday to reassure Americans that there is minimal health risk here of radioactivity from Japan, as a US iodide pill maker...
Americans suffer more chronic disease than British
The United States spends twice as much per capita each year on health care as Britain but sees higher rates of nearly every chronic...
