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Divorce Leaves Women Significantly Worse Off Financially Than Men

...ore than 4,000 people has found that while a man's earnings increases, on average, by 11 per cent after he divorces his wife, a woman loses about 17 per cent of her income. Sociologists, who kept a track of the incomes of divorcees over seven years, revealed that divorced women would be wealthier marrying a...

Kylie Almost Doubled Earnings in Breast Cancer Year Off

...illion pounds, expenses of 42,366 pounds and other earnings of 2.63 million pounds. The 39-year-old was diagnosed with cancer in May 2005; however her business showed a profit of 142,807 pounds for the year from April 2005 to March 2006. "It is testimony to her amazing popularity that her finances remaine...

Charity Slot Machines a Thing of the Past in Norway

... years, the charities have set aside part of their earnings and invested it in funds. But the PTS support group is still not entirely satisfied. "We need a total ban on slot machines and, to prevent gamblers from seeking out internet sites, an early prevention policy, possibly as early as in daycare," Be...

Mentally Ill Patients are Affected by Their Own Negative Perceptions

...may result in a higher rate of unemployment, lower earnings and greater feelings of demoralization. Each year, one in four U.S. adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder according to the National Institute of Mental Health. In a recently published Social Psychology Quarterly study, Dr. Amy Krosk...

Ranbaxy Labs Extends Roots in South Africa

...e. The acquisition of Be-Tabs is expected to boost earnings by more than double. Be-Tabs Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd is the largest manufacturer of Penicillin formulations in South Africa and markets & manufactures a portfolio of ethical and over-the-counter (OTC) solid-oral and liquid formulations in South A...

Teenage Self Confidence Can Translate Later into Material Wealth

...arly, parents occupation made no difference in the earnings for those low in self-confidence. But for the self-assured, it made a much bigger difference, with those whose parents were professionals earning much more than self-confident people whose parents were laborers, and for that matter, more than those w...

Cure for Reading Glasses?

...enSar) with its potential for high growth and huge earnings makes it very attractive. The Street knows that it's less expensive in the long run to finance a new company with great potential in its early developmental stages than for major industry players to buy in at the top after it is a success. Advanced...

Smokers to Be Taxed to Fund Healthcare for Uninsured

... tax on cigarettes and channelizing the additional earnings towards healthcare. // As per a deal agreed upon on Sunday, the state's cigarette tax would be hiked by 44 cents per pack and the expected additional flow to the treasury, of the order of 200 million dollars a year would help fund several health pro...

America’s Arthritis Patients Take Sizeable Chunks Of Healthcare Econom

...n the number of arthritis sufferers meant that raw earnings losses due to arthritis among working adults (ages 18-65) increased by $9 billion from 1997 to 2003, although on a per-person basis during the same time period, the amount of lost wages slightly decreased for working adults, from $4,551 to $3,613. ...

Treatment Cost for Arthritis on the Rise: Study

..., rather than an increase in mean expenditures and earnings losses.” That economic toll threatens to continu...lts between the ages of 18 and 64. Nationwide, raw earnings losses due to arthritis totalled $108 billion, up from $99 billion in 1997. Source-Eurekalet SRM/...

General Practitioners' 'pay' In the News !

Recent figures show that GPs earnings average around ￡106,000 in the initial one year fo... and social care depict an increase in the average earnings by 30%, during the period, 2004-05. Ministers and NHS Bigwigs are mighty unhappy that huge amounts...

Men are from Mars and Women from Venus, but why on Earth are Women so Woefully Wronged?

...new law stipulates that a portion of the husband's earnings and property be given to the victim, which also includes medical expenses. Significantly, the recent law enables the abused wives, the legal right to continue to reside in the same home. Now, women need not worry about the risk of losing financial su...

Alcohol Abuse Must be solved with Action

...ition experts also believe a major problem is that earnings have risen faster than alcohol prices, and people have rising amounts of disposable income. In Scotland alone statistics show that one in four men and one in ten women in Scotland drink at levels hazardous to health. Alcohol-related problems have b...

Auction in support of fight against Breast Cancer

.... Enter ‘Warriors in Pink’ in the search box. The earnings will go to the breast cancer foundation. GY...

Pet Peeves: Conservatives Howl at Proposal to Share NHS Hosp by Pets and People

...ding to the calculations made by the managers, the earnings from the Saturday pet clinic would at least help pay the salaries of the nursing staff. Assuring no disadvantage to patients, hospital spokeswoman, Jane Rowsell said, "More than 700 ideas were generated by staff to find ways of increasing the money...

Understanding Stress Triggers for African Americans

...re, homicide rate, infant mortality rate, business earnings of African American-owned firms, and the percentage of non-elderly who are uninsured. A Quality-of-Life index was also developed: including chronic drinking problem data by state, mental health problems, suicide rate, and shorter life spans. Usin...

Increasing Levels Of Severe Poverty In US Could Jeopardize Public Health

... of Americans to increase in size were those whose earnings were at least $8,000 below the poverty threshold, who grew by approximately 50% between 2000 and 2004. All other income tiers decreased during these years. The poverty threshold in 2004 for a family of four was $19,307. 'The rise in severe poverty ...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic to Cause Adverse Effects to Indian Economy

...mpact on the economy as a whole. Further loss of earnings due to leave or absence from work could have a still more negative impact on consumption and savings, leading to a whole range of second rung impacts....

Bayer to Market Biocon Insulin in China

...llion posted in the same quarter a year ago. The earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortisation (EBIDTA) were Rs.550 million, against Rs.520 million in the same period a year ago. "Our financial performance in the first quarter has generated good profitability despite challenges. This unde...

Sex Workers Adopt IT Solutions to Fight AIDS

...e the smart card like an ATM card to deposit their earnings in the bank and produce it before the police like an identity card to avoid harassment. The multi-sectoral approach will help us prevent STI," said Reza-Paul, admitting that the scheme is not without its teething problems. National AIDS Control Org...

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