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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Science and Technology, Heritage Foundation, Employment, Amy Klobuchar, Invention and Innovation
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Dollar treads water as investors await Bernanke testimony
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished well below last week's 4-1/2-year high against the yen on Wednesday, ahead of testimony from the U.S. Federal Reserve chief after two regional Fed presidents hinted that the central bank will continue its bond-...Tags: Iran, Shinzo Abe, Employment, Consumers, ABN AMRO
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Early Easter leaves Orlando hotels with April hangover
After four months of year-over-year growth, business dipped in April at Orlando-area hotels, likely because of an early Easter this year and the absence of a couple of big conventions in town. Hotels in the Orlando market filled 72.6 percent of their...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations, Orlando Hotels
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Fed's Bullard recommends euro zone consider QE
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to consider employing a U.S.-style quantitative easing program to counter slowing inflation and recession in the euro zone. The ECB has engaged in bond...Tags: Bonds, European Central Bank, Foreign Exchange Market, European Debt Crisis, Japan
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IMF says Egypt budget gap worrying, urges Yemen to finalize economic program
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's worsening fiscal gap is a concern but the International Monetary Fund is still ready to continue talks on a $4.8 billion loan once Cairo completes a review of its economic program, a senior IMF official said. "We are ready to...Tags: Egypt, Gross Domestic Product, Public Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Government Debt
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Awaiting rebound in Europe, Poland stifles growth at home
ReutersWARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has turned its back on policies that once made it Europe's growth leader and is flirting with the recession that it alone among its emerging European Union peers has evaded through years of crisis. It weathered the global...Tags: European Union, Credit and Debt, Labor Legislation, Gross Domestic Product, Productivity
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Ghana hopes to shield economy from African oil curse
Reuters* Economists cite risks of fiscal laxity, Dutch disease * Nigeria saw agricultural sector ravaged, corruption soar * Ghana wants to increase investment in cocoa sector * Ghana has strong democratic institutions, oil wealth funds By Matthew Mpoke...Tags: Africa, Marketing, Nigeria, Religion and Belief, Elections
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Mexico will see bank reform impact in 2-3 years: Banorte's Ortiz
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13) By Tomas Sarmiento and Krista Hughes MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's banking reform will take two or three years to have an...Tags: Brazil, Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, Mexico, Central Bank
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IMF urges Montenegro to close aluminum plant to cut debt
ReutersPODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro should shut down the loss-making aluminum plant that is the country's biggest single industrial employer to stem a sharp rise in its public debt, the International Monetary Fund said. The partly state-owned Kombinat...Tags: Podgorica (Montenegro), International Monetary Fund, Credit and Debt, International Organizations, Montenegro
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Higher consumer spending will offset sequester cuts, economists say
WASHINGTON -- Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending indicate it will offset the hit to the recovery from the federal government's automatic budget cuts, a panel of economists said Monday. The...
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Fed could end bond buys in autumn if jobs outlook sure: Evans
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could continue full-speed ahead on its bond-buying program through the summer, but end it abruptly in the autumn if by then it is confident that the improvement in the jobs outlook is here to stay, a top Fed...Tags: Labor Legislation, Unemployment, Employment, Productivity, Central Bank
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Japan govt upgrades economic assessment for first time in 2 months
ReutersTOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Japan's government upgraded its assessment of the economy in May for the first time in two months, in a sign growth is accelerating as exports and factory output pick up. The economy is gradually recovering, according to the...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Financial Markets, Japan, Prices, Money and Monetary Policy
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