JACKSON a ' An uninsured Mississippian diagnosed with cancer can now obtain healthcare coverage and start filing claims for treatment almost immediately.
Our latest Recovery-Act-in-Action installment features some exciting new technology, 100 good-paying manufacturing jobs, and the public/private co-investment that is critical to job growth right now.
It’s all taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where Allison Transmission is building a new factory to make hybrid systems that go into energy efficient trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles. The new plant, and the 100 folks Allison expects to put to work in it, was partially financed by a $62.8 million Recovery Act grant from the Department of Energy as part their advanced battery grant program.
Federal health advisers said Friday a government proposal to curb misuse of powerful painkillers does not go far enough to fix a problem linked to hundreds of fatal overdoses annually.
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Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) is expected to report Q3 EPS in mid
August. HPQ call option volume of 9K contracts compares to put
volume of 7K contracts. August put option implied volatility of 30,
November is at 31; near its 26-week average of 28 according to
Track Data, suggesting non directional price movement.A swab of saliva was at the center of a legal battle Tuesday over DNA collection of felony suspects and privacy rights.
AP - Federal checks could begin flowing again as
early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to
seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional
standoff...
File - In this April 22, 2010 file photo, a Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols along the international border in Nogales, Ariz.
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Filed under: International Markets, Economic Data
Recently, Singapore flexed its muscles,
issuing a GDP growth report from April-June of 19.3%. The Singapore
government has also raised 2010 projections to 13%-15% GDP growth.
For now, forget Spain while it is on World Cup siesta for who knows
how long, and forget any other European sovereign debt-ridden
countries. Why look there when you can invest in a growt...
Filed under: Activision Inc (ATVI), Stocks to Buy
It's becoming a bit of a broken record, but the refrain
"another challenging month" does apply to the current market
environment. There were a host of factors influencing stocks and
keeping their value down in June. However,with careful selection
investors can use the current volatility to make money. You see,
there are plenty of fundamentally strong yet undervalued companies
...
A panel of state lawmakers is examining the federal health care overhaul and Minnesota's efforts to provide health care to more people.
In April, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in recent weeks that they were going to stall the nomination as long as they could, solely to score political points.
But with the agency facing new responsibilities to protect seniors’ care under the Affordable Care Act, there’s no time to waste with Washington game-playing. That’s why tomorrow the President will use a recess appointment to put Dr. Berwick at the agency’s helm and provide strong le...
The President believes that often the best ideas come from outside Washington and from those who work day in and day out on the frontlines. That was the thinking behind the SAVE Award we launched last year – a way to get ideas directly from federal workers all over the world about how to cut waste and save taxpayer dollars.
In just three weeks, federal employees submitted more than 38,000 ideas identifying opportunities to save money and improve performance. After these were winnowed to a final four, the top idea was voted on by tens of thousands of Americans, and the winner – Nancy Fichtner from Loma, Colorado – came to the Whit...
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks during a press conference, Monday, June 28, 2010, in Chicago.
The vote in 2008 to bail out Wall Street was framed as the only way to avert an economic meltdown and relieve financial institutions of their most poisonous holdings.
Time.com - Respondents disapproved of the
President's handling of the economy, but they still expres...
Reuters - Aides to U.S. President Barack Obama will
aim on Wednesday to lift sagging confidence in their economic
leadership by arguing that their policies are creating millions
o...
AFP - US President Barack Obama said Friday his
policies had pulled America out of the most vicious economic
d...
This morning the President signed yet another landmark piece of legislation putting the middle class above the special interests that for so long had a stranglehold on America's government. To get an entertaining overview of what's involved in Wall Street Reform, from ending bailouts a...
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From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost under consumer rules the Obama administration unveiled Wednesday.
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Bargain Stocks, Stock Picks
Time
to buy shares of General Electric (GE)?
The Fairfield, Conn. -based company announced today that it has
raised its quarterly dividend by 20% to 12 cents per share. The
reason: after slashing the dividend ...
Filed under: Earnings Reports
Back in October of last year, I wasn't bullish on
Fastenal (FAST).
Today, though, things could be different after the company, which
sells all kinds of industrial products (think tools, motors,
chemicals, paints, etc.), reported its second-quarter numbers on
Tuesday. The figures do tell a story of a nice rebo...
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Young Americans might not get full Social Security retirement benefits until they reach age 70 if some trial balloons that prominent lawmakers of both parties are floating become law.
What if senior management in an Agency – or anyone in the public – could identify and monitor the performance of IT projects just as easily as they could monitor the stock market or baseball scores? That’s what the IT dashboard does -- and it’s changing the way government does business.
Reuters - BP Plc's stricken oil well showed no sign
of leaking on Friday after a new cap stopped crude flow into the
Gulf of Mexico, but President Barack Obama cautioned there was more
work to do before the gusher was perm...
A man accused of shooting and wounding two eighth-graders outside their middle school pleaded not guilty Monday by reason of insanity.
AP - Four days after three British troops were slain
at their base in the middle of the night, it remains unclear what
motivated a rogue Afghan soldier to commit the crim...
A federal prosecutor and the lawyer for David Hesch are asking a judge to waive the deadline to seek an indictment.
Filed under: AutoZone Inc (AZO), Stocks to Buy
If
you're looking for a stock that you can ride higher even if the
market can't sustain a bullish rally, you might want to take a look
at AutoZone, Inc. (AZO).The health care debate featured no shortage of rumors designed to misinform the American people about the Affordable Care Act. And while the debate has ended and implementation of the new law has begun, the rumor mill hasn’t slowed down. The latest rumor is the unfounded charge that “America's wounded warriors face a new tax on prosthetic limbs and other vital medical devices.” Nothing could be further from the truth. While the new law includes a tax on big medical device manufacturers, the tax won’t be passed on to veterans and wounded active duty military personnel and veterans will continue to receive prosthetic devices at no cost from the VA and TRICAR...
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO)
I wrote an article on American Eagle Outfitters
(AEO)
about a month ago. At the time, I made mention of the stock's
attractive valuation and the fact that it had hit a 52-wee...
AP - Three Afghan policemen and a British soldier
were killed by roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile
south and east, officials sa...
Ed Note: Last Friday, Secretary Locke kicked off a Clean Energy Economy Forum on clean energy manufacturing at the White House. You can watch the video of the opening remarks below and the videos of the first and second panels on YouTube.
Today, I am pleased to announce the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. The release of the strategy reaffirms President Obama’s commitment to fighting this domestic epidemic.
From the time that we first heard about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) thirty years ago through today, HIV has become a global pandemic with more than 33 million people living with HIV around the world. In the United States, approximately 56,000 people become infected each year, more than 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, and nearly 600,000 Americans have been lost ...
Filed under: International Markets, Google (GOOG), China, Technology
Chinese officials and Google have had a long-standing
disagreement over the issue of censorship. The Chinese Information
Office of State Council has a process by which all content must be
submitted to the Council for ...
How should theA government carry out new requirements for all chain restaurants to display calorie information on menus? The Food and Drug Administration is seeking public comments on the new federal law that requires calorie content and nutritional information for foods sold in restaurants and vending machines.
This Michigan Ross 2011 MBA Application tip post is one of a series of posts providing MBA application and essay advice for applicants to top MBA programs around the world. You can access the entire series at http://blog.accepted.com/acceptedcom_blog/tag/2011-mba-application-tips. My tips for answering Ross' essay questions are in blue below.
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If you're unemployed, looking for a job can be grueling. Finding affordable health insurance isn't much easier.
Earlier today, the First Lady sent an email announcing the new LetMove.gov and some of its features. To kick things off, Mrs. Obama will be answering your questions about the Let’s Move! initiative in a live video chat tomorrow at 10:00 AM EDT. Watch the live event right here on WhiteHouse.gov/Live and read a message from the First Lady:
As a mother, I know there is nothing more important than a child's health. But today, obesity threatens the health of one out of three American children. That's why we launched Let's Move! -- a nationwide effort to solve the challen...
AP - President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in
a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the
Palestinian leader ...
Heirs to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are giving $185,000 from his campaign account and their personal wealth to Democratic House candidates in gratitude to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her role in enacting a landmark health care law.
Filed under: BP p.l.c. ADS (BP)
Yesterday,
I took a look at BP's (BP) plans to test a new cap on the oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico. Well, late yesterday, the company announced that the
rather important test on the efficacy of the new cap will be
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Yum! Brands (YUM).
The company has some high-profile trademark...
Yesterday, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy – a comprehensive plan for fighting HIV in our country.
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Stocks to Buy
We are now in the most interesting time of each quarter for
stocks and the market: earnings season. Sure, earnings are always
important, but this one is about as significant as it can get
because the U.S. economy and stock market are at such a cross...
AP - President Barack Obama nominated Deputy
Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as director of the Office of
Management and Budget Tuesday...
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1. The Darden MBA program expects students...
Retirees and other residents from all over the country were among those who donated nearly $500,000 to help Arizona defend its immigration enforcement law, with most chipping in $100 or less, according to an analysis of documents obtained Thusday by The Associated Press.
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Filed under: China, China Life Insurance ADS (LFC), Stocks to Buy
With
widespread investor concerns over the current state of Chinese
stocks, there is a lot of fear and frustration over China
investments right now. The issue is that all China stocks are not
the same. There are different types of China stocks listed in the
U.S. -- state-owned enterprises, mid-cap blue chips and
small-c...
Reuters - A defiant Steve Jobs on Friday rejected
any suggestion the iPhone 4's design was flawed, but offered
co...
Today, Vice President Biden traveled to Theodore, Alabama to assess efforts to c...
Filed under: Forecasts, Economic Data, Federal Reserve
The
Federal Reserve minutes released Wednesday show that all is not
well with the U.S. economy. The Fed put it bluntly by saying that
if the economic outlook "were to worsen"
further central bank action m...