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...They are like roads," De La Rosa says proudly. "And look around, the customers are using them. We've already gotten feedback about the wider, more breathable aisles. Our shoppers love them...
...unlike in the past, there is very little evidence to suggest that the recent jump in gold has anything to do with inflation. Gold prices started increasing around the time the government released results of the bank stress tests, which indicated that many of the nation's top banks would need little or no further financial assistance. Many point to the stress tests' positive results as the beginning of the end of the financial crisis. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...condition of anonymity because of a nondisclosure clause in his contract, recounted the reaction of senior British health officials when he suggested that they adjust for increases in pharmaceutical costs by upping the fee patients pay for prescription drugs by the equivalent of $1.60. Most British citizens currently pay around $12 for prescriptions...
...found that even if the NHS's budget were increased 5% each year until 2011, rising costs would lead to a real-terms reduction in funding of some $15 billion over that period. "More with less" may be the management consultant's old adage, but with health-care systems around the globe under strain, citizens and politicians alike may have to adjust their expectations of what constitutes affordable health care. As Niall Dickson, chief executive of the King's Fund, recently told the BBC, "Doing less with less seems a more realistic scenario...
...When a species with our track record thumps its chest and declares itself to be already perfect - with zero room for improvement - it is hard to know whether to laugh or cry. However, it doesn't follow from this that we will necessarily improve things if we start mucking around with our genes. We could make things worse...