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  IRI Forum speaker: Investors hate the bull market

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 16, 2013

  Bull markets normally signify optimism about stock prices and the nation's economic outlook, but many investors today are running scared.

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  Condoleezza Rice urges action on domestic issues

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 1, 2013

  The U.S. must address festering fiscal and social issues to maintain its political and economic standing.

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  Strong growth of life product sales expected

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 29, 2013

  Katharine Wolchik, a managing economist and head of global economics at AIG, expects strong life sales through 2014.

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  Senators, experts support current Medicare policy

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  February 27, 2013

  The consensus at a Senate hearing: Dropping the fee-for-service system is key to reducing health care costs.

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  GAO: PPACA could help budget, or hurt a little

  By Allison Bell  |  February 26, 2013

  Phasing out cost-control provisions could make a dire outlook slightly more dire, analysts conclude.

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  Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts

  By Tom Raum  |  February 22, 2013

  Government spending has been shrinking steadily since the deep recession between 2007 and 2009.

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  Ireland sells Irish Life to Canada's Lifeco

  By Shawn Pogatchnik  |  February 19, 2013

  Ireland agreed Tuesday to sell the country's largest insurance company, Irish Life, to Great-West Lifeco of Canada.

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  U.S. economy shrinks

  By Christopher S. Rugaber  |  January 30, 2013

  The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December for the first time since 2009.

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  CMS: Health spending share of GDP stabilizes

  By Allison Bell  |  January 7, 2013

  Insurance enrollment grew in 2011, and that pushed premium expenditures higher.

• Producer's Corner: It’s high time to enact a strong estate tax

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 1, 2013

  It’s not often that a group of billionaires, millionaires and high-profile Americans issues a public call asking to be taxed more. But that’s what happened during a December 11 teleconference for the media hosted by Responsible Wealth. The nation’s political establishment should heed their plea.