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Obama’s health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking companies for financial donations to help implement President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, months before it is due to take effect.

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UPDATE 1-Indian companies at center of global cyber heist

DUBAI/BOSTON, May 11 (Reuters) – Two companies with major operations in India were the weak links that opened the door to a $ 45 million global cyber heist brought to light by U.S. authorities this week.

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Obama’s health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking companies for financial donations to help implement President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, months before it is due to take effect.

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Theravance to split into two listed companies

(Reuters) – Biopharmaceutical company Theravance Inc said it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, one of which would independently manage the development of the respiratory drugs it is working on with GlaxoSmithKline Plc.

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Italy to pay 40 billion euros of state debt to companies

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s caretaker government said on Saturday it would pay 40 billion euros ($ 52 billion) that the state owes to private companies over the next 12 months, while vowing to stick within the European Union’s deficit limit.

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Italy to pay 40 billion euros of state debt to companies

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s caretaker cabinet said on Saturday it would pay 40 billion euros ($ 52 billion) of the state’s debts to private companies over the next 12 months, while vowing to stick within the European Union’s deficit limit.

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EBX companies surge after BTG Pactual tosses lifeline

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The shares of companies controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista’s Grupo EBX soared on Thursday after high-flying investment bank BTG Pactual Group tossed the group…

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Companies Make Smokers Pay

More firms are embracing nicotine testing to penalize puffers.

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Enterprise software companies find a new target: individual employees

Reston-based Zoomdata debuted software last week that helps companies turn large sets of data into easy-to-understand charts and illustrations, but the upstart firm has adopted an unconventional sales approach: It won’t be selling directly to the companies it hopes to … Continue reading

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Obama Medicare rebate plan could hurt drug companies

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s decision to spotlight drug rebates as a way to save money on Medicare is likely to be opposed by the pharmaceutical industry, which could potentially lose billions of dollars in profits.

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