A recent article from Mirror.co.uk has brought about the reminder that we all need to comparison shop when looking for personal loans. While this was a case in the UK you can bet that things are similar in the US to some degree. The article was about Katherine Winnel who wanted to get a personal [...]

A recent article from Mirror.co.uk has brought about the reminder that we all need to comparison shop when looking for personal loans. While this was a case in the UK you can bet that things are similar in the US to some degree. The article was about Katherine Winnel who wanted to get a personal [...]

AHN Sports Staff Dallas, TX, United States (AHN Sports) – Vancouver business magnate Tom Gaglardi is expected to acquire the cash-strapped Dallas Stars, a source close to situation reported Friday. Gaglardi will reportedly shell out around $250 million and at least 50 percent of lease to the American Airlines Arena in an effort to purchase [...]

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The U.S. Postal Service might still have a chance to raise its rates by more than 5 percent after a federal court ruling this week. The Postal Service tried to raise its rates earlier this year but the plan was rejected by [...]

ProPublica Staff United States (ProPublica) – by Charles Ornstein A Pittsburgh hospital informed patients earlier this year that they may have received unneeded angioplasties and stents, the tiny mesh tubes inserted to keep arteries open. A Towson, Md., cardiologist faces a hearing on the fate of his medical license after being accused of implanting stents [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Tallahassee, FL, United States (AHN) – State lawmakers in Florida have approved a deal to cut jobless benefits for unemployed workers. Florida Gov. Rick Scott is expected to sign the bill into law. Beginning in 2012, workers who lose their jobs can only qualify for a maximum of 23 [...]

Kampala, Uganda (IRIN) – Uganda is short on data on HIV among the country’s sex workers, but a new study shows that in the capital, Kampala, HIV prevalence among female sex workers could be more than four times the city’s average prevalence. The study, published in April in the Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted [...]

The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt David Rosenberg – The five countries hit hardest by turmoil of the Arab Spring will show a combined drop in economic output of about 2.3 percent this year as they struggle with unrest and its after effects, according to figures based on a forecast by the Institute for International [...]

Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – Hundreds of thousands of young adults are taking advantage of the health care law provision that allows people under 26 to remain on their parents’ health plans, some of the nation’s largest insurers are reporting. That pace appears to be faster than the government expected. WellPoint, the nation’s largest [...]

United States (KaiserHealth) – Fed up with the unpredictable cost of health insurance for his small business, Mike Sarafolean last year made a dramatic change: Instead of picking a plan to offer workers, he now sends them to a “private exchange” or marketplace where they compare and choose their own insurance. And the amount his [...]