Members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) are fighting back against insurance companies that care more about profits than people.
CNA/NNOC members, nurses, doctors, patients and Americans of every stripe will join in a national day of protest against insurance companies June 19. In more than 15 cities from Baltimore to Pittsburgh to [...]

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has been boasting his state’s health insurance reform initiative has reduced the number of uninsured by half, with nearly 300,000 more people added to the state’s health insurance rolls. What he doesn’t mention is that four out of five of them are relying heavily on taxpayer subsidies for their health [...]

The farm bill provides far more money for hungry people than it does for farmers. Nearly 80 percent of the cost of the farm bill is for food programs, including $10.2 billion for domestic food assistance programs and $7.8 billion for food stamps. There’s also $1 billion for a program to provide healthy snacks of [...]

Thailand’s annual Tourism Festival and Travel Mart 2008 to be held 5-8 June, 2008, at Challenger Hall, Impact Muang Thong Thani Exhibition Centre, is to grow still further this year with the inclusion of exhibitors from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Already the biggest such event in the kingdom, the Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) 2008 Plus Amazing Gateway [...]

IFIL SpA said it is investing 42.5 million euros in Paris-based Mangas Capital Entertainment with the aim to launch MCE as a new player in the European television production sector.
MCE was founded by businessman Stephane Courbit, who has solid experience in developing TV programme formats and producing content, IFIL said.
The investment is in the framework [...]

This is a significant achievement thats taken three years to conclude and is testament to the skills of the Labour-led government and our trade negotiators.
For New Zealand the deal brings great opportunity. There are very few remaining barriers to Chinese goods and services coming into New Zealand but New Zealand businesses stand to make real [...]

The closure of the range and dishwasher base along with others in Brisbane and California will cost of about 1070 jobs as Fisher %26amp; Paykel moves production to low cost countries.
Production of the dishwashers currently made in Dunedin would be moved to Thailand, Italy and a newly bought site in Mexico.
The relocation move will start [...]

Everyone wins from this arrangement, say its supporters. Homeowners — some victims of deceptive lending practices — stay in their houses. Neighborhoods don’t suffer the potential blight of numerous foreclosures. Housing prices don’t go into a free fall, depressed by an avalanche of foreclosures. Although lenders take a loss, the losses are [...]

Im worth less than I was, Mr Key said.
The National leader would not be drawn on the amount carved out of his personal fortune by falling share prices, but said it was not a huge loss.
I wouldnt describe it as material.
Mr Key built his wealth as a top trader and then as head of global [...]

Eion Edgaris only one man, but his idea could have a great impact on snow and ice sports in New Zealand.
The Queenstown-based president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee thinks big, and his latest initiative took a step closer to reality this week as six international delegates arrived in Queenstown to discuss it.
Its called the [...]