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The Known Unknown
When analyzing the U.S. economy's recovery prospects, one key factor that often comes into play is perhaps the most difficult to nail down: pent-up demand. At the moment, households are cutting back on discretionary spending and rebuilding their savings. A time will come when consumers start to feel...
Published
Fri, Jul 31 2009 4:23 PM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
The Human Cost of Cutting Medical Imaging
This morning, patients and patient advocacy groups presented a letter to Congress calling for the rejection of proposed deep and arbitrary reimbursement cuts to medical imaging services. If passed, the cuts would be an unnecessary hindrance to the access of these important technologies, especially in...
Published
Wed, Jul 29 2009 3:18 PM
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goodwina
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medical imaging
Summertime Blues
Last week I wrote columns on the possible "compromise" on the anti-democratic " Employee Free Choice Act " (HR 1409/S 560) and the proposed "millionaire" surtax designed to pay for health care reforms. I'd like to say that all of the problems with EFCA and the health...
Published
Wed, Jul 29 2009 9:10 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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EFCA
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Health Care
The Path to the Great Egress
Instead of P.T. Barnum , now we have Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke trying to mark a clear path to the exits. With his semiannual testimony to Congress and an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, Chairman Bernanke is going to great lengths to reassure market participants that the Fed will know...
Published
Thu, Jul 23 2009 8:00 AM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
Hold on to Your Pants
Think that the proposed "millionaire surtax" to help pay for health care reforms won't impact job growth? Think again. Last week, the House Ways & Means Committee approved health care surtaxes which, when combined with the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and reversion of the top federal...
Published
Wed, Jul 22 2009 9:43 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Health Care
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Tax
Let's Make a Deal
Compromise : 1. a settlement of differences by mutual concessions. 2. the result of such settlement. 3. something intermediate between different things. 4. an endangering, esp. of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc. 5. to settle by a compromise. 6. to make liable to danger, suspicion, scandal...
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Wed, Jul 22 2009 9:00 AM
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Owen, Sarah
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Labor
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Card Check
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EFCA
Going BANANAs
The energy industry in this country has long struggled to find suitable locations for plants and resource development. That's because for decades they've faced NIMBY -- community activists who put up roadblocks to ensure such efforts were "Not In My Back Yard." But the politics of the...
Published
Tue, Jul 21 2009 3:15 PM
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golds
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Nano standardization essential for reliability of special coatings
Nanotechnology has led to the introduction of novel coatings with water resistant surfaces that can help eliminate moisture condensation on high voltage insulators , that causes water droplets to simply roll off of them . This is a vital characteristic for these products because sparkover of an insulator...
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Mon, Jul 20 2009 4:45 PM
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leibowitzm
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Nanotechnology
NEC 2008 – Half time report
We are half way through the States adoption process for the 2008 National Electrical Code®. This code cycle has seen opposition has come from the beleaguered home builders on two issues - expanded use of Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs) and tamper proof outlets. The home builders claim that...
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Mon, Jul 20 2009 1:26 PM
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Winstanley, Gerard
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Electrical Safety
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AFCI
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Tamper Resistant Receptacles
An end to the housing market’s troubles? Not yet
New data on housing starts provide the best indication to date that homebuilding activity, at least for the single-family side of the equation, likely bottomed out at the beginning of this year. This marks a dramatic improvement from the veritable free-fall in construction activity recorded over the...
Published
Fri, Jul 17 2009 2:01 PM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
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