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NEW YORK-- A New Mexico- based poet has received a $50,000 prize for gifted writers deserving of greater attention. Poets& Writers Inc. announced Wednesday that Sante Fe resident Arthur Sze has won the Jackson Poetry Prize. Previous winners of the Jackson prize include Elizabeth Alexander, who read a poem at President Barack Obama's first inaugural.
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Shares of several health insurers climbed in premarket trading Tuesday, a day after the federal government released final Medicare Advantage rate data for next year that points to less severe funding cuts than investors had originally feared.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- Californians who buy individual health plans will see their premiums increase an average of 14 percent next year under the Affordable Care Act, but payments will largely depend on income, age and where they live, according to a new report released Thursday by California's health care exchange.
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WASHINGTON, March 26- President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year.
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By Jeff Mason and David Morgan. WASHINGTON, March 26- President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-- Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic "no."
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Workers 45 and older make up a disproportionate share of the long-term unemployed, and they have a hard time finding affordable health insurance.
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*Harold Hamm's wife, Sue Ann Hamm, sues for divorce and subpoenas financial records.
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*Harold Hamm's wife, Sue Ann Hamm, sues for divorce and subpoenas financial records.
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*Harold Hamm's wife, Sue Ann Hamm, sues for divorce and subpoenas financial records.
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March 19- At 54, Steven Eisen knows he's pretty lucky to be considering retirement from his Nashville law firm within the next year. Workers 45 and older make up a disproportionate share of the long-term unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and they have a hard time finding affordable health insurance.
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WASHINGTON, March 19- Two Republican state senators from Arkansas may soon accomplish what seasoned Washington politicians couldn't: make the main provisions of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul palatable to hard-core conservatives.
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*Soros, France, Britain back rigour. BRUSSELS, March 19- The European Union failed to reach agreement on Tuesday on a planned law that would require oil, gas and mining companies to declare payments to governments.
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NEW YORK, March 19- U.S. private foundations with endowments of less than $50 million increased their giving by 9.1 percent in 2012, with international causes, human services, and arts and culture receiving a bigger share of the grant money, a group that tracks the foundations reported on Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, March 19- Europe appears set to agree rules forcing oil, gas and mining companies to declare payments to governments, as part of efforts to end poverty in resource-rich nations by ensuring the wealth is shared out.
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In their budget proposals, Democrats and Republicans called for scrubbing billions in popular deductions, loopholes, preferential rates and credits that litter the tax code. But they are sharply divided about what should happen to any revenue raised.
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The problem, some argue, is the inability of non-profits to find new ways to engage the rich in problem solving.
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By Johannes Hellstrom and Ole Mikkelsen. COPENHAGEN, March 7- Activist investor Cevian Capital has raised its stake in Denmank's Danske Bank A/S. Its recent track record includes supporting a restructuring at British industrial materials group Cookson Plc, which said in November it would split into two companies in a bid to boost shareholder returns.
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*White House economic adviser to become deputy at OMB. In a widely expected move, Obama selected agency veteran Gina McCarthy to replace Lisa Jackson as EPA administrator and scientist Ernest Moniz from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to take over from Steven Chu as Energy secretary.
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ROME- Italy could be inching closer towards another election within months after centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani issued an ultimatum to anti-establishment 5- Star Movement boss Beppe Grillo to support a new government or return to the polls.