Investors seek to buy island from Detroit and start a ‘new nation’ free of...
During the next three decades, the buyers would establish a ‘remarkable new nation’ of 35,000 people using private money, transforming the island into a quasi-autonomous state with its own government,...
View ArticleSlower Growth of Health Costs Eases U.S. Deficit
A slower growth of an already too high medical bill is hailed as an success in the US. And you know what? It is the same here in the Netherlands. bertb news feed
View ArticleSlower Growth of Health Costs Eases U.S. Deficit
A slower growth of an already too high medical bill is hailed as an success in the US. And you know what? It is the same here in the Netherlands. bertb news feed
View ArticleGraft costs EU states �323 billion, ‘three times’ earlier estimates.
Corruption is costing EU countries �323 billion annually, says a new report, defying Europe’s image as a global front-runner in the fight against graft. WT news feed
View ArticleInsurance costs for sports events to rise
The first successful high-profile terrorist attack on the US since 2001 has prompted underwriters to reassess their exposure to a market from which they garner hundreds of millions of dollars in...
View ArticleDoctors say cancer drug costs are too high
Gee, the doctors took notice. The US is a pretty bad example; average drug prices doubled in the past ten years for no apparent reason. bertb news feed
View ArticleGM CEO wants Volt production costs cut by $10K per car.
General Motors Co., which loses money on every Chevrolet Volt it sells, wants to cut as much as ,000 per car from the model’s production cost to make the next generation of the plug-in hybrid...
View ArticlePotato price-fixing costs consumers millions
Several potato processing plants in Germany are being investigated on the suspicion of illegally fixing prices for more than a decade, costing consumers and farmers more than â¬100 million. WT news feed
View ArticleObama Quietly Raises ‘Carbon Price’ as Costs to Climate Increase.
Buried in a little-noticed rule on microwave ovens is a change in the U.S. government’s accounting for carbon emissions that could have wide-ranging implications for everything from power plants to the...
View ArticleCash costs each German �150 each year: Research.
The findings come in advance of proposed changes to the Payments Services Directive, which are expected from the European Commission next month, and which will launch a debate on the relative costs to...
View ArticleEgypt tunnel closure costs Gaza millions
Egypt’s closure of tunnels used to smuggle goods into the Gaza strip has caused monthly losses of $ 230 million to its economy, a Hamas official has said. BlackListedNews.com
View ArticleBLU’s new midrange VIVO phone is thin, gaudy and costs $250
Nokia and Apple aren’t the only ones making brightly colored phones, you know. Upstart Android manufacturer BLU has just released a new midrange handset, called the Vivo 4.8 HD, that’s sure to appeal...
View ArticleSony’s 13-inch ‘Digital Paper’ is just like paper, except it costs $1,100
Despite years of development, E Ink’s displays haven’t yet replaced traditional paper everywhere. Sony’s trying to change that with this 13.3-inch Digital Paper device intended for legal, educational...
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