In today’s shaky real estate market, more and more homeowners are becoming landlords, often as an unexpected necessity. Whether you’re renting out your old house, an investment property or even a single room, being the landlord…
The recent pushback on health care reform appears to have boosted the stock prices of health insurance companies, which have outperformed major indexes by quite a margin so far this year. That’s because Americans have been cutt…
Whistleblowing firm Ven-A-Care has recovered $2 billion for taxpayers by suing drug companies that overcharge the government and create windfalls for participating pharmacies. It also has made $380 million for itself. What’s th…
As the battle over repealing Obama’s health care law moves to the Senate, some supporters of the president’s efforts point out that reform measures have been in effect in Massachusetts for four years. So it’s fair to ask: What …
Asian markets closed higher Thursday. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index advanced 0.7% to 10,590 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index added 0.5% to end the day at 24,239. China’s Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2% to close at 2,828.
Asian markets reacted…