Drugmakers Said to Reach Tentative Prescription Plan (Update1)
Bloomberg Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:14 PM PDT
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Drugmakers have reached a tentative agreement with the Obama administration to help pay for medicines for the elderly enrolled in the Medicare prescription- drug program , a person involved in the discussions said. |
2009/06/20
The New Straits Times Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:09 PM PDT
PRESIDENT Barack Obama's speeches at his inauguration in January, in Ankara in April and in Cairo earlier this month portend a sea change in US policy towards the Muslim world. |
Why Obama's Plan Falls Short
BusinessWeek Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:09 PM PDT
Wall Street’s embrace of foreign markets makes it nearly impossible for national regulators to keep watch over what’s being sold abroad and to whom. This sentence comes from one of the most important stories BusinessWeek has run this year, “The Perils of Global Banking,†by David Henry and Matthew Goldstein. |
What Entrepreneurs Think About Obama
BusinessWeek Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:08 PM PDT
Jim Droney is willing to give President Barack Obama a chance. "He is, I believe, a good person," says the CEO of Mt. Lebanon Office Equipment in Pittsburgh. "But so was Jimmy Carter." |
House eyes tax on soda cans to fund health care
The World Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:06 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Early work on the ambitious health care overhaul the Obama administration is seeking has exposed the kinds of in-house fights that typify just how hard it will be to get meaningful legislation this year. Case in point: A proposal to help bankroll universal health coverage with a dime-a-can increase in the price of soft drinks. |
Obama promises no one will take away coverage, but employers can
The World Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:06 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama rarely equivocates when he promises that his health care plan will let people keep the coverage they have. His vow sounds reassuring and gets applause, but no president could guarantee such a pledge. |
Congress passes detainee restrictions, refuses to fund Guantanamo closing
The World Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:06 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year is on its way to President Barack Obama, but it provides no money for closing the Guantanamo detainee prison and sets tough restrictions on the transfer of its inmates. |
Obama holds to measured course on unrest in Iran
AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:05 PM PDT
The Obama administration on Friday stuck to a measured response to the uprising in Iran over a disputed presidential election, even as both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly to condemn an official crackdown on mostly peaceful demonstrations in the streets of Tehran. |
Homeowners report confusing, frustrating loan modification process
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:03 PM PDT
To battle foreclosures, the Obama administration launched programs with hopeful names such as Making Home Affordable, but as many homeowners seeking assistance are learning, such programs have added more confusion than help. |
Obama says immigration overhaul is essential
The Times of Northwest Indiana Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:03 PM PDT
WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens. |
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