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Exclusive: TNK-BP tycoons turn to ex-BP bosses for help in investing billions
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – Representatives of the Alfa Group, set to earn billion of dollars from the sale of Anglo-Russian oil venture TNK-BP, have sounded out former BP CEOs John Browne and Tony Hayward about investing jointly in international oil projects.
We’ve spent billions on lethal, pricey Medicare drugs. Can Obamacare do better?
For years, they were among the most popular prescription drugs in the United States, making $ 8 billion a year for pharmaceutical companies. But Epogen, Procrit and Aranesp — a trio of anemia drugs — also came with a huge … Continue reading
Insight: Greek exit could cost eurozone 100s of billions of euros
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A Greek exit from the euro zone could expose the European Central Bank and the currency bloc it seeks to protect to hundreds of billions of euros in losses, landing Germany and its partners with a crippling … Continue reading
GAO: Overlapping government programs cost billions
The federal government is doing a poor job of coordinating its responsibilities in dozens of areas, including food safety, breast cancer research, assistance to small business owners and home buyers and background investigations for federal job applicants — a disorganization … Continue reading
Spending time waiting for stuff? It costs billions
(Reuters) – Jere Downs, 46, who lives in suburban Louisville, Kentucky, scheduled her annual termite inspection on a day off from work. Then the inspector didn’t show during the four-hour window….