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Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Boom Reveals the Human Costs of Single-Payer | National Review
When patients face long waits and limited options, euthanasia looks more like a policy response to a floundering health-care system.…
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Japan's factory activity expands at slower pace, cost pressures surge
TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity slowed slightly in May, while service sector growth ground to a halt for the…
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Suntec Reit DPU jumps 23.2% for H2 on stronger operational performance, lower financing costs
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) recorded a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0388 for the second half-year ended Dec 31, 2025.…
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Trump Sec. Has Brilliant Plan to Lower Food Costs: Just Spend Less
“Instead, he wants to pit us against each other so that we don’t pay attention to the fact that his net worth has more than doubled while…
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Trump moves to make tech giants pay for surging power costs
The grid operator serves more than 67 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to the Midwest US President Donald Trump and the governors of…
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Germany's heating bills set to rise as colder weather drives up costs
Consumers in Germany are set to face higher heating bills for last year, according to calculations by comparison website Verivox and…
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Trump moves to address housing costs by ordering feds to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds
In a move he says will lower monthly mortgage costs and put more money in homeowners' pockets, President Trump has directed the federal…
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Trump Team Unveils New Dietary Rules—But No Plan to Lower Food Costs
“What’s allowed him to escape, you know, Houdini-like, is the Roberts court and the fact that he’s been able to manipulate the levers of…
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Senate Democrats launch 2026 initiative to lower costs
Senate Democrats on Wednesday announced a 2026 initiative in which they'll push proposals to lower the costs of health care, energy,…
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Top Glove Q1 profit surges more than 600% as costs fall
The glove maker reports a drop in operating expenses to RM842.9 million for the quarter Malaysian glove maker Top Glove on Wednesday (Dec…
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High service costs keep German inflation at 2.3% in November
A board shows the fuel prices at a petrol station in Duesseldorf in the morning. The Federal Statistical Office announces the inflation…
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“Don’t Be Dramatic”: Trump Shuts Down Concerns About Rising Costs
“All of the ingenuity of corporate America, all the resources, all the resourcefulness, has not produced an infant formula that is…
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Rio Tinto outlines plan to cut costs, raise productivity at strategy day
[MELBOURNE/LONDON] Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott outlined a plan to focus on divestments and productivity growth at his first strategy day on…
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Trump rolls back 'ridiculous' Biden-era fuel economy standards in bid to lower new-car costs
President Trump announced Wednesday he will eliminate strict fuel economy standards imposed under the Biden administration that have been…
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Trump’s Use of Slur Costs Him Ally in Red State Redistricting Scheme
The president’s crass mouth is losing him Republican support in Indiana. State Senator Michael Bohacek announced Friday that he would no…
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Washington Is Fighting the Wrong Battle on Health-Care Costs | National Review
Despite what politicians claim, drugs are not the main driver of growth in health-care spending — and capping their prices would only…
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Telefonica to cut 5,000 jobs to slash costs, union says
The cuts, affecting about a fifth of the carrier’s Spanish workforce, will apply to three Telefónica units Spain’s largest…
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Congress under pressure to lower skyrocketing health care costs
It took 43 days for Congress to reopen the government, and now lawmakers are going to try to negotiate a health care deal in less time…
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Ikea profit falls 26% to 1.7 billion euros as US tariffs fuel costs
Overall sales from the company’s stores across 63 markets around the world fall for a second year in a row Sweden’s Inter Ikea, which…
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New Jersey's high energy costs emerge as a factor in tightening governor's race
Crushing electric bills are angering New Jersey voters, and Republicans hope pinning the blame on Democrats will elect the state's first…
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ANZ flags A$1.1 billion second-half profit hit from restructuring, compliance costs
Australia’s ANZ warned on Friday that its earnings would take a hit of A$1.11 billion (S$937.5 million) after tax in the second half of…
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Meta forecasts bigger capital costs next year, US$16 billion tax charge guts Q3 profit
Meta forecast “notably larger” capital expenses next year, thanks to investments in AI, and recorded a nearly US$16 billion one-time…
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Wisconsin Issues Dire Warning About Trump’s Effect on Obamacare Costs
“Republicans’ reckless decisions are causing prices on everything to go up, from groceries to gas—Wisconsinites cannot afford to pay even…
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Obamacare Costs Jump in Red State as Trump Shutdown Drags On
“As much as it’s our wish or aspiration, we have decided not to bring it this stage to the Knesset, because now on the table, we have huge…