Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform 14-9

Sixty-four years ago, President Harry Truman stood before a joint session of Congress and called on the body "to assure the right to adequate medical care and protection from the economic fears of sickness." Forty-nine years later, President Bill Clinton made the same demand.

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Tesco and Fortis join forces | Finance sector news

Tesco Personal Finance Plc and Fortis (UK) Ltd have concluded their previously announced discussions to form a new partnership providing motor and household insurance.

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New Push to Teach Personal Finance in Schools

That pain of earning and losing money is a feeling that public schools increasingly want to teach. Forty states now offer some type of financial instruction at the elementary or high-school level, embedding lessons in balancing checkbooks and buying stock into math and social-studies classes. Though it's too early to measure the full impact of the

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2 Million Dalasi For Young Entrepreneurs in The Gambia

Young entrepreneurs in The Gambia have a new source of finance available from next month to help them set up in business. The Gambia’s National Enterprise Development Initiative (NEDI) has 2,342,240 dalasi available to assist forty three young vendors in establishing a shop or meat selling business.

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