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Christie Thompson (ProPublica) 01 July 2013
Department of Justice has defended hiring of unpaid special assistant US attorneys, who do much of the same work as their paid counterparts The Department of Justice has an opening for what could be a dream job for many newly minted lawyers: serving as a special attorney in the Office of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 June 2013
Moneylife Foundation conducted its first exclusive workshop on investing in stocks. Debashis Basu, editor, Moneylife, took the participants through how and why many investors lose money in stocks and addressed how to pick stocks safely   Moneylife Foundation conducted its 170th and its...

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Michael Grabell (ProPublica) 28 June 2013
America is now dotted with ‘temp towns’ - places where it's difficult to find blue-collar work except through a temp agency and where workers often suffer lost wages, no benefits and high injury rates   It’s 4:18 a.m. and the strip mall is deserted. But tucked in back, next to a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 June 2013
The immigration reforms bill, which has been passed by the US Senate, would have an adverse impact on the global competitiveness of US companies,  USIBC president Ron Somers said   The landmark immigration reforms bill, which has been passed by the US Senate, would have an adverse...

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Insights from doing business in countries that are neighbours but are starkly different from each other East Asia is a region that many investors and economists are fascinated with. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines are the focus of this book. If...

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How do some companies create an irresistible pull for their products and services? One of the most irritating aspects of shopping in large stores, especially those selling provisions, is long, slow checkout lines. Surveys show that this irritates shoppers the most, even more than high...

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With the rainy season upon us, vehicles need utmost care. What are the things you should know? Monsoons are tough for automobile-owners as roads collapse, massive moon crater-sized potholes appear out of nowhere, humidity has its own set of issues and, of course, there is increased...

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Jennifer LaFleur, Tracy Weber  and   Charles Ornstein (ProPublica) 26 June 2013
Massage therapists, athletic trainers, interpreters and others who aren't allowed to write prescriptions apparently issued at least 417,000 under Medicare Hundreds of thousands of times each year, Medicare pays for prescriptions purportedly written by massage therapists, athletic...

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Building toilets to eliminate hookworms and increasing haemoglobin levels in children would help in bringing down infant mortality in India All things are artificial, for Nature is the art of God.” — Sir Thomas Browne One of my old students, Raghavendra Rao, has been working with...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 June 2013
The move would help India get greater support from international authorities in its fight against black money and check the illicit flow of funds from and to the country In a major boost to measures being taken by India against money laundering and terror financing activities, the...

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Nikole Hannah-Jones (ProPublica) 25 June 2013
Monday's less-than-dramatic Supreme Court decision on a potentially decisive affirmative action case will likely stir talk of using class considerations to achieve diversity in the country's colleges. Everyone thinks it sounds good. But some scholars say America's campuses will never be...

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Medical developments from around the world Breast-feeding Prevents Diseases A recent study from Harvard Medical School, published in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology journal, shows that women would have prevented many breast cancers, high blood pressure and heart attacks, if they had...

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Joaquin Sapien (ProPublica) 24 June 2013
A review of 50 Brooklyn murder prosecutions could free men from prison and ruin the reputation of the former detective who helped make the cases. Some insist the prosecutors who worked alongside the accused detective should not be spared scrutiny Two are now New York State judges....

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Anthony Bolton, the legendary money manager failed in China, a country where the rules regarding fraud are hardly relevant since the government has a monopoly on information. Mr Bolton not only violated his own rules of investment but he failed to learn the Chinese ones   Anthony...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 June 2013
Debashis Basu, editor Moneylife, explained the dangers of insufficient planning and the assumptions to be made while planning for better retirement Moneylife Foundation conducted another successful seminar on retirement planning where Debashis Basu, editor Moneylife, discussed the...

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Phone and email ID sharing of around 60 lakh users of Facebook has highlighted the risks we are running over the internet, especially through social networking sites. Time for safeguarding yourself on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media? Social media networking site...

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Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein  and   Jennifer LaFleur (ProPublica) 21 June 2013
Echoing a ProPublica investigation, a report finds hundreds of doctors with questionable and potentially dangerous prescribing patterns. In a response, Medicare says it will step up monitoring and review the list for fraud or abuse More than 700 doctors nationwide wrote prescriptions for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 June 2013
A study by Dr Adele Green published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found that regular use of the sunscreen slows skin aging in the young and middle-aged   One secret to younger looking skin can be as simple as using sunscreen regularly. The study which was conducted in...

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Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica) 20 June 2013
The debate about National Security Agency eavesdropping has left European investigators bemused. US technology collects mountains of data that often aids their cases, they say. But there's no substitute for real human spying   PARIS — In 2007, Belgian police were keeping close...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 June 2013
Over the last few days, Brazil has been witness to its biggest, most widespread protest in two decades against the government’s fiscal priorities, deep-rooted corruption and inadequate provision of public goods What started out as a localized protest on 2nd June in Sao Paolo...

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