`The Pill#39; Helps Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk Wider Use Is Urged
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Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — The longer a woman uses the oral
contraceptive pill, the lower her risk of getting ovarian cancer
later in life, The Lancet medical journal reports.
Ten years of pill use [...]
Fees on 401(k) Plans Rock Boomers Deceived by Flawed Disclosure
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — For the 12 years Jerry Schneider has
invested in the 401(k) retirement plan offered by his employer,
Portland, Oregon-based engineering firm Elcon Associates Inc.,
he has battled to learn how much he pays in fees and then has
tried to get Elcon to [...]
Fees on 401(k)s Rock Boomers Facing Flawed Disclosure (Update2)
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Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — For the 12 years Jerry Schneider has
invested in the 401(k) retirement plan offered by his employer,
Portland, Oregon-based engineering firm Elcon Associates Inc.,
he has battled to learn how much he pays in fees and then has
tried to get Elcon to [...]
Musical Indonesian Billionaires Bet Oil Growth on Libya Gusher
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — During a sultry Jakarta evening in
late November, Hilmi Panigoro, chief executive officer of PT
Medco Energi Internasional, turns to two guests at a sprawling
corporate residence. “Maybe I can play the piano for you, he
says with a smile. [...]
Bank of England Architect#39;s Eccentric Home Gets Gentle Revamp
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Travel two centuries back and step
inside the home of a man who went fishing with Turner, built the
Bank of England, and buried his wifes lap dog in the backyard.
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Disputes simmer ahead of pay claims
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Whatever sympathy college lecturers might feel for schoolteachers in their pay grievances will no doubt be blunted by an old sense of unfairness.Further education teachers continue to resent the gap between their salaries and what their counterparts in schools earn. Though this has narrowed from 10% or so five years ago to between 6% and [...]
A little worry may be good for your health
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moderately happy people are wealthier — and maybe healthier — than extremely happy individuals, according to a psychologist who has researched happiness for more than two decades and his associates.
While people who are happy are certainly more healthy and successful than those who are angry and depressed, Dr. Ed Diener [...]
This will rip the heart out of our community
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Ten years ago a rising star in the Labour government made a promise that resonated with millions of people.’Closing a village school can be a death blow to the community,’ said Stephen Byers, then Education Minister. ‘Today I am announcing tough new protection for village schools to end this stream of closures.’ Village schools, he [...]
A lifes journey
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Nur knew that as a bedouin - an Arab nomad - living in poverty in Israel’s Negev desert, the likelihood of going to university was remote. As a woman, it was almost unheard of. Tribal norms and finances ruled it out.So the 18-year-old applied in secret to Ben-Gurion University - and was accepted. Nur (a [...]
Could John Denham be the cats whiskers
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The welcome that greeted John Denham at the launch event was warm. Whatever the result of his consultation into what the government calls “informal adult learning”, there was a general sense of gratitude that he was bothering with the issue at all.After the “more plumbing, less pilates” quip by his predecessor, Alan Johnson, barely 18 [...]
