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Higher Patient Ratings Indicate Hospitals Better Prepared for Value-based Purchasing - Press Ganey
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Press Ganey, the average overall rating of hospitals by pati Read More

Gold Increased In Value In Both Extreme Inflationary and Deflationary Scenarios (1900-2011) - Credit Suisse & LBS ...
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,743.00, EUR 1,315.17, and GBP 1,095.95 per ounce. Yesterday's AM fix w Read More

House prices 'up 0.6% in January'
UK house prices increased by 0.6% in January, according to the latest survey from the Halifax. Read More

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___Dow approaches 13,000, and maybe a record to comeIt was just last summer that the Dow Jones industrial average shed 2 Read More

Commercial National Achieves 22.1% Full Year and 44.3% Fourth Quarter Core Earnings Growth for 2011
LATROBE, Pa., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Commercial National Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CNAF - News)(Company), pare Read More

GM leads list of stocks with value, momentum
Do you prefer to buy a stock that's been moving up or one that has been dropping? Read More

State's colleges face war on costs
University of Delaware President Patrick Harker lectures students in his business class last October. UD's tuition f Read More

Platts: January Petrochemical Prices Surge 9% on Restocking and Tight Supply
LONDON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals marketplace surged in the firs Read More

Super-Fast Broadband Could Boost UK House Prices
A new annual ISPreview.co.uk reader survey has discovered that just over half (57%) of UK internet users value good broa Read More

Average age of cars, trucks hits 10.8 years, sets record
The average age of cars and trucks on U.S. roads is 10.8 years, the oldest ever recorded, according to Southfield-based Read More