Prices

Sam Stein

Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise Profits

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Aetna Consumers, Lose Coverage, Insurance Rolls, Aetna Insurance, 000, Health Care Consumers, Medical Costs, Aetna, Aetna 600, Prices, Business News

Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to me...

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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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Interregnum: The Week Before The Year That's Coming

Danny Schechter | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Prices, 1932, Deflation, Madoff, Economy, Costs, Obama, Depression, Fdr, Interregnum, Business News
Danny Schechter

How much things cost in 1932: Average Cost of new house: $6,510.00; Average wages per year: $1,650.00; Cost of a gallon of Gas: 10 cents; A loaf of Bread: 7 cents.

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Falling Prices Raising The Fear Of Deflation

Washington Post | Steven Mufson and Michael S. Rosenwald | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Deflation Fears, Federal Reserve, Stock Market, US Economy, Deflation, Prices, Business News

With the stock market crumbling and the economy shrinking, a whiff of deflation is in the air. Oil prices yesterday slid below $50 a barrel to the lo...

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Caco-Phony and Clarity

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Democrats Presidential Election 2008, Housing Market, Prices, Low Wages, Economics, Inflation, Housing Crisis, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

The bells are tolling for millions caught off guard by stagnant wages and job growth, falling savings, rising debt, shrinking wealth and spiking prices. But turnaround is possible and has been done before.

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Haggling For A Plasma TV? Bring It On

New York TImes | Matt Richtel | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession, Savvy Consumers, Haggling Tips, Bargaining Culture, Slowing Economy, Shoppers, Prices, Haggling, Business News

Shoppers are discovering an upside to the down economy. They are getting price breaks by reviving an age-old retail strategy: haggling. A bargaining ...

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