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...hand, found that 35% of those who received online treatment reported that they were "much" or "very much" improved, compared with 50% of those who received in-person group therapy using the same behavioral-cognitive approach at Vincent's sleep clinic at the University of Manitoba in Canada. The benefit of the online strategy, of course, is that it can work for people who don't have access to face-to-face therapy...
...Assuming the deals survive bankruptcy court - and experts expect it will - the change marks a new direction in health care for GM retirees, putting them in much the same camp as Chrysler retirees. Each group will now receive health-care benefits from two underfunded vehicles known as VEBAs (Voluntary Employee Benefit Association), which will have ownership stakes in the auto companies and representation on the corporate boards. Though the VEBA for each company was set up prior to bankruptcy, health-care administration largely remained with the automakers. Now it's all VEBA, all the time. (See "General Motors: 10 Milestones...
...SIPA trustee's job, not unlike a Chapter 7 trustee, is to recover property, assess claims and liquidate any other assets of a bankrupt firm for the benefit of the estate and its creditors. Consequently, Picard is using his authority to collect from customers who received preferences, non-existent principal, and/or payouts of fictitious profits to the detriment of other defrauded customers whose money was consumed by Madoff's global Ponzi scheme...
...that Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, will need his rest. On Saturday, he'll face off with Argentine model Nacho Figueras at the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governor's Island to raise funds for Sentebale, the charity he set up in 2006 to benefit vulnerable children in Lesotho. Sentebale, which supports numerous orphanages and educates people about HIV/AIDS, could use the boost. Income from donations plummeted 84% during the last financial year. (See pictures of Africa's AIDS crisis...
...Wilders wants to abolish the European Parliament altogether. "Every voter who wants to signal that the European Union is good for nothing in its current form can do so by voting for Geert Wilders," he said. His PVV party, like other political outliers, is expected to benefit from mainstream voter apathy. The Trotskyite anti-capitalist movement of Olivier Besancenot could muster 10% of France's vote, for instance, and the anti-immigrant British National Party could win its first seat...