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• Neb. lawmakers consider axing Social Security tax

  LINCOLN, Neb.-- Several Nebraska lawmakers shared proposals Wednesday to get rid of taxes on Social Security benefits aimed at making Nebraska a more appealing place to retire. Nebraska is among six states that tax Social Security benefits at the same rate as the federal government.

• WRAPUP 2-Pfizer, Lilly profits beat Street; generics take toll

  Jan 29- Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits as deals, cost cutting and strong sales of new products helped the pharmaceutical companies weather generic competition for once top-selling products.

• Boomers' Average Nest Egg Is $500,000 Short: Study

  

  A survey by TD Ameritrade is the latest in a raft of bad news about the prospects of the generation about to retire.

• WRAPUP 1-Pfizer, Lilly beat Street; generics take toll

  Jan 29- Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co both reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as they weathered generic competition for once top-selling products through deals, cost cutting and strong sales of newer products.

• ANALYSIS-US Budget constraints limit Obama's second-term agenda

  WASHINGTON, Jan 19- President Barack Obama starts his second term in office facing unprecedented budget constraints that will challenge his ability to implement his economic vision.

• Healthy hotels, rise in ancient therapies expected in 2013

  NEW YORK, Jan 16- Healthy hotels, wellness tourism and the holistic medicine system Ayurveda are expected to be the among the top spa trends in 2013, according to a report that tracks the $73 billion global industry.

• ANALYSIS-Medtech companies face job cuts, excise tax or not

  *Excise tax seen collecting more than $30 bln over next decade. CHICAGO, Dec 20- The U.S. medical technology industry, once a haven for secure, high-paying jobs, is blaming a new tax meant to help fund the Affordable Care Act for upcoming layoffs.

• Canada's banks eye business-succession planning for boomers

  TORONTO, Dec 20- For many Canadian business owners, it may take the sudden death of a colleague or a debilitating illness before they realize they don't have a succession plan and need one badly. That has left a void that Canada's banks are vying to fill.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. unemployment rate could stall despite job growth

  CHICAGO, Dec 17- The U.S. unemployment rate could level off or even turn higher depending on how fast discouraged job seekers return to the job hunt, according to research published Monday. That could deal a blow to consumer confidence and spending, the research by top San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank economists suggested.

• CVS Caremark Expects to Reap Benefits from Obamacare

  

  CVS Caremark is looking at changes in U.S. healthcare as an opportunity to serve more customers, whether they are picking up prescriptions, getting them through the mail or stopping by an in-house MinuteClinic for a checkup.

• UPDATE 1-CVS Caremark sees Obamacare as expansion opportunity

  *Sees 2013 adjusted earnings per share of $3.84 to $3.98. Dec 13- CVS Caremark Corp is looking at changes in U.S. healthcare as an opportunity to serve more customers, whether they are picking up prescriptions, getting them through the mail or stopping by an in-house MinuteClinic for a checkup.

• CVS Caremark sees Obamacare as expansion opportunity

  Dec 13- CVS Caremark Corp is looking at changes in U.S. healthcare as an opportunity to serve more customers, whether they are picking up prescriptions, getting them through the mail, or stopping by an in-house MinuteClinic for a checkup.

• UPDATE 1-Japan GPIF fund rebounds with $6.5 bln quarterly investment gain

  TOKYO, Nov 30- Japan's GPIF, the world's largest public pension fund, logged an investment gain of $6.5 billion for July-September compared to a loss in the prior quarter, as a rise in foreign equities helped lift its overall performance.

• Canada wealth managers struggle to entice Gen Y advisers

  *Gen Y advisers needed to bring in young clients. TORONTO, Nov 9- Tammy Oribine was a financial planner for just a couple of months when she realized it was not the job for her. So she took her Certified Financial Planner designation and became an assistant to a top adviser in London, Ontario- a role that would not require her to sell anything.

• ANALYSIS-New baby booms won't avert dependency dilemma

  Often apocalytic headlines on the greying of major economies and the ``pensions timebomb'' sit oddly with a growing body of data and reports of rising births and recovering fertility rates in many European economies, notably Britain.

• RPT-ANALYSIS-European austerity protests far from revolution

  PARIS, Nov 12- In a cafe near the former site of Paris's Bastille prison, activists held a meeting last month to decide whether to join unions in protesting the French government's belt-tightening. Bursts of street anger have rocked Greece and Spain, two southern countries whose citizens are paying dearly for the profligacy of their past leaders.