Reuters – Tax and budget policies need the same regularity and independence as monetary policy if countries around the world are to cope with looming stresses from pension programs, world central bankers were told at a Federal Reserve conference on Saturday.
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Fiscal "alchemy" must mimic monetary science
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Reuters – Shareholders may soon get more power to shake up corporate boardrooms in the U.S. after the financial crisis exposed glaring weaknesses in how companies were managed.
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U.S. investors may win more rights to influence boards
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Reuters – Shareholders may soon get more power to shake up corporate boardrooms in the U.S. after the financial crisis exposed glaring weaknesses in how companies were managed.
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U.S. investors may win more rights to influence boards
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We need tears to keep our eyes lubricated, but why should streams of salty drops spew forth from our eyes, blurring our vision and making our eyes puffy when we get emotional? Throughout evolution, tears may have added a new dimension to human communication.
Guest host Rachel Martin returned to Afghanistan last week for the first time since 2006. What definitely hasn’t changed, she says, is how hard it is to get around the country.
Reuters – The U.S. economy faces difficult times ahead with chronic unemployment and slow manufacturing hurting the pace of recovery, the head of Congress’ budget agency said on Thursday.
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More tough economic times forecast by CBO
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BusinessWeek – The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is about to undergo its biggest makeover in more than a decade, and test prep companies are gearing up to help students get ready to take the radically redesigned exam.
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GMAT Test Prep: Changes on the Way
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The HPV vaccination rate among girls in the U.S. has been low: Just 11 percent now get all three doses of the vaccine. Some experts suggest that also immunizing boys could enhance the vaccine’s effectiveness. But others say there’s not much benefit in giving the shot to boys.
Reuters – The U.S. economy faces even more difficult times ahead with chronic high unemployment rates and slow manufacturing growth hurting the recovery, Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf said on Thursday.
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CBO sees difficult economic times ahead
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As part of our series of conversations about the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq, Morning Edition gets the perspective of a Marine who served two tours there. Reserve Captain Peter Brooks tells Linda Wertheimer he is confident that this is the right time to turn over security to Iraqi forces.
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