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By The Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients about a potential mix-up between powerful prescription pain drugs and common over-the-counter medications

By Corinne Gretler Stocks in Switzerland (SMI) dropped as the Swiss National Bank President Philipp Hildebrand resigned after a currency purchase by his wife last

Wegelin & Co one of last pure Swiss private banks Negotiations at critical stage in Wegelin case Investigations shake Swiss banking secrecy tradition   By

Aristotle’s Politics Book V and VI By Michael Hudson Book V of Aristotle’s Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves into hereditary aristocracies

By Tyler Durden Curious how the US, on a state by state basis, stacks up against the rest of the world, in terms of economic

By Gregor Macdonald 2011 was an abysmal year for the global insurance industry, which had to cover yet another enormous increase in damages from natural

As state-backed firms once again become forces in global business, we ask what they can learn from the greatest of them all. By The Economist

By Clare Chapman A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing “sexual services” at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment

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