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David Sirota: The Multibillion-Dollar Secret of Retirement Savings Investments
2014-12-08 06:18:32| Beverages - Topix.net
If you are a public school teacher in Kentucky, the state has a message for you: You have no right to know the details of the investments being made with your retirement savings. That was the crux of the declaration issued by state officials to a high school history teacher when he asked to see the terms of the agreements between the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and the Wall Street firms that are managing the system's money on behalf of him, his colleagues and thousands of retirees.
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U.S. to face multibillion-dollar bill from climate change: report
2014-06-24 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms of $35 billion; a decline in crop yields of 14 percent, costing corn and wheat farmers tens of billions of dollars; heat wave-driven demand for electricity costing utility customers up to $12 billion per year. These are among the economic costs that climate change is expected to exact in the United States over the next 25 years, according to a bipartisan report released on Tuesday. And that's just for starters: The price tag could...
3M Co. will consider multibillion-dollar deals
2014-05-04 02:02:42| Chemicals - Topix.net
Bair Hugger blankets traveled down a packaging line at the Eden Prairie Arizant Healthcare plant.
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SpaceX sues US government for secretly awarding multi-billion-dollar military launch contract to Boeing and Lockheed
2014-04-28 22:21:26| Extremetech
SpaceX is claiming unfair competition as long-time government contractors Lockheed Martin and Boeing are awarded a juicy launch contract before it has a chance to make a bid.
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Insurers, Medicaid fear multibillion-dollar hepatitis C drug tab
2014-03-05 09:27:37| Apparel - Topix.net
U.S. health insurers are seeking help from state health officials to foot the bill for a new generation of hepatitis C treatments that could cost the nation $200 billion or more in the next five years.