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Hospitals Suffer as Health Care Legislation Stalls – NYTimes.com For the nation’s hospitals, at least, the cost of doing nothing in Washington translates into tens of billions of dollars each year in medical bills that go unpaid by patients with little or no insurance. (tags: health_care) As U.S. Struggles, Canada Worries About Housing Bubble – … Read more

European Central Bank in a Squeeze – CNBC Whether he likes it or not, Jean-Claude Trichet is not just the president of the European Central Bank. Mr. Trichet, 67, is also the de facto president of Europe, at least for the 16 nations that rely on the euro as their common currency. (tags: Europe ECB … Read more

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Hearings : (Jan 28, 2010) Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy, will convene a joint hearing to examine the efforts to reduce … Read more

Interest Rates: Bank of England Takes a Break from Printing Money The Bank of England put a hold on its unprecedented 200 billion pound asset-buying programme for the first time in 11 months on Thursday, but left the door open for more so-called quantitative easing if the economy relapsed. (tags: United_Kingdom BankofEngland monetary_policy)

U.S. criticizes Japan's latest 'clunkers' plan | The Detroit News U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Japan's decision to use EPA "city" mileage ratings instead of EPA "combined city/highway" mileage ratings as the basis for determining eligibility sharply limited the number of U.S. models that will qualify under the program in the world's third-largest auto … Read more