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...much of the year, the Canadian dollar, known as the Loonie after the lake-bird pictured on the one-dollar coins, was trading at par with the U.S. dollar. That squeezes manufacturers and grounds exports, since a strong Loonie deprives Canada of a cost advantage it has enjoyed for years. The Canadian dollar has weakened recently, but now the financial problems threatening to push Detroit's auto industry over the brink have also gripped the Canadian subsidiaries of GM, Ford and Chrysler. See the 50 Worst Cars of All Time
...brokers hear such questions a lot, of course, and most finetune a response that's polite yet noncommittal. In this case, however, Slater was inclined to do more. Cave seemed to know everybody and could instantly recognize voices on the other end of the phone. "She was a receptionist par excellence," says Slater. "I thought, She's a pretty smart cookie, so I assumed her brother would be out of the same mold." John should talk directly to him, he told Cave, and he gave her his card...
...push the envelope on his third album. I wasn’t expecting his signature use of Auto-Tune to be abandoned in an attempt to expose a hidden, Nas-like flow or a melodious, Usher-like voice. I was hoping for an album of infectious tunes on par with previous hits like “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” and “Bartender.” The reality is that more than half of the 21 tracks on the deluxe edition of “Thr33 Ringz” blend into...
...doctors say that certain aspects of care can't be assessed without input from the patient: treatment of pain, for instance. (About a third of HCAHPS surveyed patients said their pain was not always treated adequately.) Doctors also want to make sure that patient-doctor communication is up to par. Patients who fully understand care instructions when they leave the hospital, for example, are more likely to stay out of the emergency room down the line. In total, the HCAHPS survey asked 27 questions about patients' demographic characteristics and eight areas of patient perceptions: communication with doctors, communication with nurses...
...Gutshall Invitational at Lehigh University. In the final tournament of the fall season, the Crimson, the only Ivy League school at the eight-team tournament, saw strong performances from young players despite miserable conditions on day one. Play was suspended on day one after thunderstorms rolled in over the par-72 Bethlehem course and continued into the night. “The course was an absolutely phenomenal course and well maintained,” Pollak said. “The greens were running very fast and it was clear from the practice round the greens were going...