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Drug Companies Raising Prices Ahead Of Reform

nytimes.com | DUFF WILSON | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Merck, Health Care Costs, Prescription Drug Costs, Drug Companies, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Drug Prices, Healthcare, Consumer Price Index, Business News

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

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Big Pharma Raises Prices 10% Even As It Promises To Cut Nation's Drug Costs

New York Times | DUFF WILSON | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Care Bill, Merck, Public Option, Singulair, Senate Health Care Bill, Prescription Drugs, Reform, Pharmaceutical Makers, Drug Makers, Costs, House, Drug Prices, Drugmakers, Inflation, Consumer Price Index, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aarp, Medicare, Health Care, Wall Street, Prices, House Health Care Bill, Wholesale Drug Prices, Business News

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

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Recession Spurs Rise In Teen Runaways

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Teen Runaways, Foreclosures, Unemployment, Homelessness, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Consumer Price Index, Business News

Over the past two years, government officials and experts have seen an increasing number of children leave home for life on the streets, including man...

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Colorado Minimum Wage Will Drop By 4 Cents With Cost Of Living

Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Minimum Wage, Colorado Minimum Wage, Economy, Consumer Price Index, Cost of Living, Recession, Colorado Minimum Wages, Co Minimum Wage to Drop, Colorado Minimum, Huffington Post Colorado Minimum Wage, Colorado to Drop Its Minimum Wage, Denver News

As the consumer pricing index continues to fall, the State of Colorado will become the first state since 1938 to lower it's minimum wage. From the ...

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Kennedy's Quick Win for Social Security

Dean Baker | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Ted Kennedy, Alan Greenspan, Economics, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Consumer Price Index, Business News
Dean Baker

Someone who had been receiving Social Security in 1996 would be getting about 13 percent less in their monthly check today. Senator Kennedy protected the financial security of millions.

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The New Fall Fashion is Inflation

Michael Pento | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Deflation Data, Wall Street, Deflation, Inflation, Economy, Consumer Price Inflation, Ben Bernanke, Consumer Price Index, Inflation Data, Business News
Michael Pento

The data soon to be released by the government will put a dagger through the hearts of those who are predicting a protracted period of deflation.

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Consumer Prices Dip Unexpectedly In March

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Prices Dip, Consumer Prices, Consumer Price Index, Business News

WASHINGTON — So much for fears that flooding the economy with money to fight the financial crisis would ignite inflation. The recession is keepi...

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Price Flashbacks: Remember When You Could Afford Milk, Bread And Gas Prices?

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Prices, Consumer Price Index, Gas Prices, Milk Prices, Energy Prices, Bread Prices, Grocery Prices, Economy, Finance, Personal Finance, Business News

The current economic crisis means trillions lost on the stock market, personal fortunes are dwindling and financial institutions are crashing to the g...

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U.S. Inflation At A Glance

Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Inflation, Food Prices, Consumer Price Index, Consumer Prices, Gas Prices, Cost of Living, Weak Dollar, Recession, Economy, Business News

Reports on inflation showed big price increases at the consumer level and the wholesale level for June, driven by higher energy and food costs. Here ...

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Getting Real With GDP

Michael Pento | Posted 05.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Delta Global Advisors, Investments, Michael Pento, Gdp, Economics, Inflation, Gas Prices, Consumer Price Index, Business News
Michael Pento

The Consumer Price Index claimed that consumer's energy costs were unchanged while the actual price of crude oil rose 12.5% and gas prices rose 11% -- that's some adjustment!

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China Exporting Inflation: Political Spin or Economic Reality?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Jeremy Warner, Low-Cost Imports, China Inflation, Inflation, Cheap Goods, Weak Dollar, Nicholas Kristof, China, Consumer Price Index, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

China has been a convenient scapegoat for politicians lately, and now China, with its crawling peg to the weak dollar, is being blamed for exporting inflation. Is this political spin, or is there a real danger of importing higher inflation from China?

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What's Bill Gross Up To?

L.A. Observed | Marc Lacter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Pimco, Inflation, Bill Gross, Morningstar, Pacific Investment Management, Consumer Price Index, Business News

When the subject of interest rates and inflation creeps up - as it has with today's higher-than-expected consumer price index numbers - Bill Gross can...

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Consumer Inflation Surges By Largest Amount In Two Years

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor Department, Consumer Inflation, Inflation, Hurrican Katrina, Consumer Price Index, Business News

Consumer inflation surged by the largest amount in more than two years in November, led by gasoline prices. The cost of clothing, airline tickets and ...

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