Italian Medicine Agency has formulated an advanced strategies in drug spending. The agency has developed an innovative deal with pharmaceutical companies to institute a refund for ineffective medicinal treatment.
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China Property: House-pricing rose in 39 cities, while authorities vowed to reduce home inventory
The authorities expect more easing measures to help reducing home inventory excess. Developers are also encouraged to change marketing rules and reduce home prices as China's property investment growth hit the lowest rate since 2009.
Ivory Trade: Hong Kong will work towards banning the sales
Hong Kong has been one of the main traders of elephant ivory. The government is about to change that, a move praised by activists and environmentalists.
Greece Bailout: Central Bank Shows Support to Implement Pension System Reform
The government of Greece has been faced with a controversy whether to approve bailout reforms required by international creditors. Bank of Greece have shown support that encourages the government to conform with the required reforms, including the tough pension system reform.
Haier Deals With GE On Purchasing Electrical Appliance Business To Find Momentum In The US Market
General Electric Co. has been intending to sell its electrical appliance chapter prior to initiation of global economic debacle. The Federal Justice Department has foiled its earlier bid to sell its century old electrical appliance portfolio. Finally, it has reached a consensus to sale the business unit to Chinese electrical equipments maker Haier for more than $4 billion.
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Rupiah has been reported as the second worst performing countries during the first three quarters of 2015. But during the fourth quarter, the currency has around apparently due to the country’s cautious monetary policy. Bank Indonesia has announced cutting benchmark interest rate to 7.25% on Thursday and consequently Rupiah has appreciated some more value.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has finally agreed to pay $5.1 billion on Wednesday to resolve a seven years’ pending dispute over faulty mortgage securities. The penalty amount remains lower compared to those counted by other Wall Street competitors. Fourth quarter profit of the firm may be hit by the penalty counting. But investors welcome the settlement and its share price rises by 1.5% on Thursday.
Uber has changed its driver recruitment policy and advised the previously rejected applicant seeking for drivers’ job to take the benefit of proposition 47. This law allows nonviolent criminal offenders to downgrade their offence level to misdemeanor through submitting applications. Uber’s effort is believed to benefit the released inmates who aim to rebuild their lives.
Former Facebook exec Sean Parker gave $500,000 to a newly formed group that aims to legalize recreational marijuana use in California.
IRS has fined some 8 million people and 1.4 million households are forecast to fall prey of fines due to ignorance on new healthcare law. Commonly criticized as the Obama Care Law, the new law instructs all Americans to go through insurance net. But mainly due to ignorance about mandatory submission of tax returns and moreover legally remain exempted from tax net, have fall victim to count fine for $210 each.
The United Airlines was fined $2.75 million by the U.S. Transportation Department for violating the tarmac-delay rule and mistreating passengers with disability.
TransCanada Corp sues US government to reverse President Barack Obama’s decision to reject its Keystone XL pipeline. Canadian firm also seeks $15 billion in damages from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Lumos Labs has been charged a fine of $2 million by the FTC for their misleading claims on the benefits of using their app, Lumosity. The company claimed that the app could decrease or slow down serious mental conditions by frequently using the app.
FDA has been reported to seize 90,000 bottles of RelaKzpro branded diet supplement on Wednesday. The seizure has been conducted under Federal Food, Drink & Beverage Act following a suit filed by the US Department of Justice on behalf of FDA in the District Court. The suit accuses kratom containing diet supplements as adulterated due to unreasonable health hazards.
