Bloomberg/Bloomberg Inside A Kroger Co. Store Ahead Of Earnings Figures. (Bloomberg) — In what would be one of the biggest shakeups of the U.S. food-stamp program in its five-decade history, President Donald Trump is proposing to slash cash payments and substitute them with “100 percent
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Pharma's pricing power just isn't what it used to be, and it's probably not going to recover any time soon. Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts Holding Co. last week reported a record-low 1.5 percent increase in drug spending by commercial health insurance plans in 2017. It also said
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In my first article, we looked at three critical reasons why you need a firm IT strategy in 2018, but how can you make sure that the strategy is as effective as possible? That's what we will tackle in this follow up article: how accounting firms can build a powerful and robust IT strategy. First off, are you ready
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The carrier was booked last month by Unipec, China's biggest trader, charter data compiled by Bloomberg show. Unipec is a unit of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, China's largest oil refiner. A Sinopec spokesman declined to comment. It's unclear which grade of crude Shaden will load.
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The Hague, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch foreign affairs minister resigned Tuesday, a day after admitting that he lied about attending a meeting hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago. An emotional Halbe Zijlstra announced his resignation at the start of a debate Tuesday
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