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Insurers Backed Obamacare, Then Undermined It. Now They're Profiting From It
2015-04-21 23:24:10| Beverages - Topix.net
Anyone who still thinks the Affordable Care Act was a "government takeover of health care" should consider this headline from the news pages of last Thursday's Investor's Business Daily : That's from a Wall Street publication whose editorial writers have rarely missed an opportunity to bash the health care reform law. Here are a few other headlines, these from IBD's editorial page, just since the first of this year.
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Whirlpool: Profiting From The Elephant In The Room
2015-03-03 13:26:11| Appliances - Topix.net
One meaning for the phrase, " the elephant in the room " is an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. Appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, and dishwashers are the largest beasts in our homes.
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Progressive Waste Solutions: Activist Investor Profiting From An Unsexy Business
2015-01-23 04:45:53| Waste Management - Topix.net
Blue Harbour has made a nice profit on its BIN position, but it's likely looking for more in 2015. Garbage doesn't seem like an exciting, high growth industry, but Progressive Waste Solutions has delivered big returns for Blue Harbour Group.
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America's spy chief was profiting off stock trades
2014-11-10 07:59:45| Telecom - Topix.net
The general who headed America's biggest spy agency was profiting off stock trades involving an obscure New Jersey technology company that had a lucrative contract with one of the intelligence community's most important sources of global phone and Internet traffic. AT&T had a deal with Synchronoss Technologies Inc., of Bridgewater, to provide transaction management technology to activate all new Apple iPhones onto what was then an exclusive carrier network.
Arnold Schwarzenegger accused of profiting from deforestation
2014-03-26 00:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Arnold Schwarzenegger is facing allegations that a 204bn investment fund that he once held a stake in is a major investor in 20 of the most well-known companies involved in the logging of the worlds rainforests. The Terminator actor reinvented himself as the state of Californias most environmentalist governor during his time in office, spearheading anti-global warming legislation and helping to bring in the Governors Climate and Forests Task Force, in an attempt to reduce deforestation in...
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