Word: moneys
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...wider distribution of the tablets. But only a few villages have received zinc tablets so far--and those have all come through the Save the Children U.S. program, whose funding expires next year, according to Tom McCormack, the organization's representative in Mali. Even though it has virtually no money to train health workers, Mali's government remains deeply reluctant to allow uneducated villagers like Moussa Traoré to distribute zinc...
...Gold is the one currency a central bank can't print," says Martin Murenbeeld, a veteran gold watcher who is chief economist for Canadian money-management firm DundeeWealth. Gold's big attraction as a pillar of the global monetary system is that it isn't beholden to national politics. The downside is that its supply increases fitfully, with no regard for the state of the world economy. That's why John Maynard Keynes called the gold standard a "barbarous relic," and why you won't find anyone outside the goldbug fringe calling for a full return to the gold standard...
...evidence of the past eight months suggests that Geithner was mostly right and his critics were mostly wrong. The financial sector is in much better shape than it was then. TARP money is being repaid, and the debate now is what to do with the billions that were never needed... Geithner's path was a middling one, but it helped the country muddle toward recovery...
That calculus is precisely what drives comparative-effectiveness research, a strategy embraced by both the House and Senate health care reform bills: figuring out which tests and treatments work best--instead of using every available treatment just because it's there--while saving money without adversely affecting health. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to screen for breast cancer, for example, isn't necessary for the vast majority of women who are at low risk of the disease; because most tumors are not aggressive, most women will not benefit from finding the first signs of tiny tumors that...
...hostile offer last month, Cadbury labeled it "derisory." Now U.S. rival Hershey has said it's mulling a bid of its own while Italy's Ferrero has also expressed an interest in gobbling Britain's favorite chocolate maker. While some doubt those companies' ability to come up with the money for such a big target, there are no such worries with Nestlé, the Swiss food behemoth who is also said to be contemplating an offer...