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USA
Chicago and 2 California Counties Sue Over Marketing of Painkillers
Lawsuits by the City of Chicago and Orange and Santa Clara Counties in California contend that drug makers urged doctors to overprescribe painkillers, fueling an increase in abuse, addiction and fatal overdoses.
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USA
Washington law firm Dickstein Shapiro becomes smaller, more focused business
On paper, Dickstein Shapiro, the 61-year-old Washington law and lobby firm, had a difficult year in 2013. It experienced a 20 percent drop in revenue and a 35 percent drop in profits, declines that even in a challenging market for corporate law firms are considered sizeable. Since last summer, ...
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USA
Gateway City: For Hong Kong and Miami, a surge in trade
Trade patterns can be like shorelines. Sure, sometimes they are ravished by significant events, such as hurricanes, but more often the changes are barely perceptible, unless viewed over time.
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Cina
China seeks private investments in railway sector
China has sought private investment in its tightly controlled loss making railway sector, as it presses ahead with its costly high speed rail projects at home and abroad.
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Dubai Investments companies bag new projects
Construction activity picks up in the region
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Francia
Crisi, il ministro dell'Economia francese: basta con l'austerity, fare come Renzi
Il ministro dell'Economia francese, Arnaud Montebourg, in un'intervista dai toni molto duri nei confronti della Germania e della politica di rigore, afferma che
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Argentina
Argentina broke global trade rules: WTO
Watchdog arm urges Buenos Aires to bring inconsistent measures into conformity with WTO obligations
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Francia
Frances economy minister slams German austerity measures
Montebourgs comments follow Germanys snubbing of a request from French President Francois Hollande earlier this month for an EU-wide shift of economic policy in order to encourage growth
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USA
Covered California officials, insurance chief clash over Prop. 45
California's Obamacare exchange and the state insurance commissioner are on a collision course over Proposition 45, a popular ballot measure aimed at reining in health insurance rates.
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India
Economic View: Lesson From Old India: When an Economy Just Doesnt Get Better
The Industrial Revolution left an economic giant in the dust. Today, trade shocks could do the same to some Western countries.