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U.S. commercial casinos took in $7.94 billion in revenue during the third quarter, 5.5 percent less than a year earlier, the head of the American Gaming Association said Tuesday.
The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers.
The pork industry is facing one of its worst struggles in memory and an unwanted link to the so-called swine flu is exacerbating problems, experts told Congress on Thursday.
Macau may curb the growth of its booming casino industry with limits on the number of gambling tables and other restrictions, the government said.
Growth of prescription drug revenue worldwide will likely dip to between 4 percent and 6 percent next year — the lowest rate in at least a decade, according to a forecast to be released Thursday.
BURTON-UPON-TRENT, England - Beer is no longer king in this English city — and it's just as well.
China announced sweeping curbs on surging investment in steelmaking, cement and other industries, warning that chaotic overexpansion was raising the danger of job losses and trouble for banks.
The Alaska tourism season may be winding down, but the debate over its future is turning into quite a tempest — and this storm is heading to court.
The latest health overhaul plan circulating on Capitol Hill gives health insurers, drug makers and large employers reasons to heave sighs of relief, sparing them the higher costs and more burdensome rules included in other Democratic-written alternatives.
Shares of health insurers wavered in premarket activity Thursday after President Barack Obama made clear he is sticking to his goal of health care reform in a televised speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night.
Airline companies lost more than $6 billion during the first half of the year due to the economic crisis, even as fresh figures showed some signs of recovery in the passenger and freight business, an industry group said Tuesday.
Do Americans overpay for cellular service? Consumer-oriented organizations answered a forceful "yes" in a July federal filing with the FCC.
In an Aug. 20 story about safe-sex practices in the adult film industry, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Vivid Entertainment employed at least five performers who were infected in an HIV outbreak that briefly shut down the industry in 2004. Vivid spokeswoman Jackie Martin said all of its performers tested negative that year.
An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies.
August will be a make-or-break month for the drive to revamp health care, as members of Congress use the recess to either sell the need for an overhaul to voters or continue criticism of the insurance industry, the chief of the insurers' main lobbying arm said Monday.
August will be a make-or-break month for the drive to revamp the health care system, as members of Congress use the recess to either sell the need for an overhaul to voters or continue attacks on the insurance industry, the chief of the insurers' main lobbying arm said Monday.
BUENA, N.J. - Bill and Esthermay Brooks are nomads of the Interstate system. They’ve crossed the continental United States five times over the last 15 years, chalking up visits to all the lower 48 states in their national roving. They plan to steer their 35-foot-long Georgie Boy Pursuit motor home north to visit the 49th state, Alaska, in 2011.
Despite President Barack Obama's promise of transparency on his health care overhaul, few White House meetings with medical industry representatives on a list recently released by his administration were made public at the time, an Associated Press review found.
Los Angeles County public health officials are backtracking on the number of HIV cases in adult film performers.
The International Air Transport Association called for more liberalization to bolster the global airline industry, which is expected to lose more than $4.7 billion this year because of falling cargo and passenger traffic.
President Barack Obama says General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC must emerge from their restructuring as "leaner, meaner" companies and that a substantial market awaits them if they make the right decisions.
The American Gaming Association says consumers spent $1.6 billion less in commercial casinos in 2008 than 2007 as economic woes led many Americans to cut leisure spending.
It’s National Travel and Tourism Week (May 9–17) — and the travel industry wants you to get with the program.
The U.S. government says it won't let any of its 19 largest banks fail. That doesn't mean they'll all be around in a couple years.
The Most Important Health Care Reform Provision You've Never Heard Of Once the bill is enacted, all health insurance plans would be required to spend at least 85 cents of every dollar paid in premiums each year to providing actual health care.
Wimmer Custom Cycle ends distribution deal with Drag SpecialtiesIn industry news today, Wimmer Custom Cycle has decided to end their distribution deal with industry powerhouse Drag Specialties.
California lawmakers pass historic water package - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento BeeSACRAMENTO, Calif.
Another Exec Charged In Tomato Fraud CaseMONTEREY, Calif. -- A former executive of Monterey-based SK Foods, L.P., has been charged with participating in a tomato industry corruption case, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Ky. site only one Harley-Davidson consideringThe York Dispatch reported that a company statement said that Harley-Davidson representatives met with Kentucky officials this week. Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein said the company is also still considering the possibility of staying in York.
Auto Part Shortage Keeps Brain Tumor Patient ParkedBOSTON -- A new nationwide problem in the auto industry -- a shortage of parts -- has been uncovered. The problem has left some drivers waiting months for car repairs.
Lawmakers predict water package passage today California lawmakers waded part of the way late Monday through a landmark set of proposals to revive the state's creaking water system, and legislative leaders predicted they would finish the job today.
Weekend Opinionator: Was the Car Rebate Plan a Clunker? - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.comCash for Clunkers was a clunker, White House media attack misguided...
Health care reform is moral battle for the soul of a nationIn all the lobbying and bargaining in Washington, D.C., we seem to have forgotten about the moral imperative to take care of the sick. One issue that is bandied about is that a public health care option would be too expensive. Why are we counting cost? This is America.
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory...AgainNever since the mid 1970s when the Watergate Congress insisted on abandoning our South Vietnamese allies after the war had been won have I seen defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in such a bold and decisive manner.
Intelligence Slideshow:"Don't be Evil" is Google's motto. How's that going? In this context, "evil" does not mean wicked, in the manner of Sauron or Voldemort, or bad in the way some people might judge tobacco companies or corrupt enterprise like Enron.
Oh, @!$%#! ( Global Warming and C02 Emissions )The IPCC says that by 2020 rich industrial countries must cut emissions 25 to 40 percent (compared with 1990) if the world is to have a fair chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change.
Workplace study: 45% of food-service workers smokeIf you break smokers down by their occupations, the workers who are most likely to smoke are in the food-service industry, says a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Out of all U.S.
When my daughter was born in 1968, I had no health insurance and a crappy low paying job, yet I still managed to pay for her hospital birth with cash because the cost was only about $1000 total.
To the unseasoned traveler from overseas, the waters of the rivers and lakes of America may look pristine and photogenic, but underneath there are poisoned waters which hide the evidence of pollution affecting the ecosystems of America.
Is YOUR Doctor Saying No to Drug Company's 'Free Lunch' Deception Campaign? The video is a full feature documentary, so whenever you have an hour, I highly recommend you take the time to watch the film in its entirety.
A drag on revenue: Smoking ban hits casinos hardThey said the connection between smoking and gambling is one that has been long recognized by the casino industry, as casino customers have a higher smoking rate than the general population.
Will Google's Wave Replace E-Mail and Facebook?Combining instant messaging, e-mail, and real-time collaboration, Wave is an early form of so-called real-time communication designed to make it easier for people to work together or interact socially over the Internet.
The Artic Sea is Turning into a Corrosive AcidCold water absorbs more carbon than warm water. As a result, the Arctic Ocean is turning into a corrosive acid eating away the shells of mollusks and other animals supporting the food chain (including salmon).
British capitalism: avoid paying tax; maximise short-term gain; hide poor performance ; seek exorbitant remuneration; avoid personal accountability for risky ventures; care nothing for the wider social or economic consequencesRippleway 13 Sep 09, 12:29am (about 9 hours ago) ... a host of tax and share transactions, subsidies and consultancy fees that appear to show no discernible intent to improve MG Rover's core business.
Warning: Baby chicks ground alive so we can eat our omelets -- DailyFinanceWarning: This video contains graphic and disturbing footage. Horror, but no surprise, was my reaction when I first read of the undercover video shot at an Iowa hatchery, where day-old male chicks are sent, alive, through a grinder.
World's largest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, facing stiff NIMBY opposition, has closed their factory on the Isle of Wight. 600 jobs have been or will soon be lost. "Many more jobs that depend on Vestas will follow."
Models are still skinnyNothing has changed despite efforts to end the fashion industry's idealisation of super-skinny models
Toyota pulls plug on U.S. factory.Toyota will close it's NUMMI plant in Fremont California no later than March 2010, a joint venture it had held with G.M. since 1984.
How Cash For Clunkers Failed American TaxpayersDid C4C [Cash For Clunkers] sell more cars? Maybe in the short term but, in reality, the promotion stole largely from future sales with taxpayers subsidizing over half a million new car sales that would have occurred anyway.
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