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Insurers' Tactics in Marketing Drug Plan Draw Complaints
Scores of complaints have been filed about the tactics used by some insurers to market Medicare's new prescription drug benefit.
India's Biggest Economic Summit Opens
AP - Hundreds of executives and policy makers from around the world gathered Sunday to explore business opportunities in India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies that is increasingly opening up to foreign competition and investment.
Daewoo Matiz in air bag recalls
A number of Matiz minicars are recalled by South Korea's third biggest carmaker, GM Daewoo Auto.
India set to lure more investors
Executives arrive in Delhi for a World Economic Forum event to discuss business opportunities in India.
Brown has 'no veto' on pensions
The Work and Pensions Secretary rejects suggestions the chancellor can veto changes to pensions.
Switzerland 'backs GM crop ban'
Swiss voters approve a moratorium on the use of GM crops, partial results from Sunday's referendum show.
Switzerland backs GM moratorium
Swiss voters approve a five-year ban on the use of GM crops, results from Sunday's referendum show.
Weekend's Sales Rush Largely Bypasses Smaller Stores
Consumers mobbed discount chains, with their $487 laptops and 5 a.m. openings, but mostly shopped right past smaller stores.
Holiday sales, jobs to drive stocks
Reuters - U.S. stock investors will take some
cues this week from the first read on the holiday shopping
season, which got off to a flat start.
Merck to announce major overhaul-WSJ
Reuters - Merck & Co. Inc. was expected
to announce a major restructuring on Monday involving as many
as several thousand job cuts, according to the Wall Street
Journal's online edition.
Green investors hope for new Kyoto rules
Reuters - An international meeting this week on
climate change should start setting rules governing cuts to
greenhouse gas emissions once the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012,
industry and green investors said.
Finance Minister: India Must Be More Open
AP - India must open its economy more to foreign competition to accelerate its already rapid economic growth, the finance minister said Sunday.
Merck Set to Announce Details of Restructuring Plan
Merck, under pressure from investors and analysts to cut costs and pare thousands of employees from its payroll, is preparing to move publicly.
Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales
Many pharmaceutical companies are hiring cheerleaders as sales representatives, and their success has led to a recruiting pipeline that fuels the industry's sales force.
Mall Stores See Trouble in Sales Data
Consumers mobbed discount chains over the holiday weekend, but largely shopped right past other specialty retailers at the mall.
Upstart From Chinese Province Masters the Art of TV Titillation
Producers at Hunan TV, now one of the most popular television properties in China, say their formula for success is simple: creating zany and even risqué programs.
Writing the Fastest Code, by Hand, for Fun: A Human Computer Keeps Speeding Up C
Kazushige Goto is the John Henry of the information age, using hand-tuned code to help solve the toughest supercomputing problems.
Robust weekend sales kick off season
Reuters - Reports of strong Black Friday weekend
spending outnumbered scattered downcast reviews by Sunday
afternoon, as U.S. shoppers crowded stores on a hunt for
electronics and big discounts.
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