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...Letter in response to this article:New Zealand’s cigarette sale ban goes up in smoke / From Bradley Lucier, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, US...
...HCA Healthcare, which operates hospitals in the US and UK, is under investor pressure to disclose more information about when it offers abortions....
...The approach taken by Microsoft, which reports second quarter figures on Tuesday, could be a model for other Big Tech players to follow, according to our West Coast editor Richard Waters....
...With the NHS still focused on Covid-19, independent hospital chains including Circle Health Group, Nuffield Health, HCA Healthcare and Spire Healthcare have doubled the numbers of privately paid patients...
...The gains were propelled by better than expected earnings from HCA Healthcare, which rose 12 per cent....
...Britain’s housing associations into developers of luxury flats is one response to the under-funding of social housing that was so starkly revealed by the fire in June at the council-owned Grenfell Tower in west...
...It was particularly strong in the North West. Employment also continues to grow....
...Operators including BMI Healthcare, HCA and Spire Healthcare had challenged the CMA’s original findings....
...Now they will be joined by lawyers Mathys & Squire, energy company South Hook Gas, venture capital firm Foresight Group and international hospital group HCA....
...But appearing to side with the politburo of the Chinese Communist party may be just as bad for business in the west. “So do not go out of your way to assist the Chinese authorities....
...division of Vernalis (R&D) Rhead Group Roy Hatfield S Scientifica Seacon (europe) SecurEnvoy Severn Glocon Group Smart Voucher t/a Ukash Smylie Softbox Systems Sonardyne International South West...
...The HCA also wants to introduce rules to enhance board members’ independence, in an attempt to reduce conflicts of interest....
...Cosmopolitan Housing Group, which owns nearly 14,000 properties in north-west England and has over £110 million of government funding on its books, is facing a potential breach of its financial covenants...
...It will be the second-largest publicly traded healthcare company after HCA Holdings, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and will raise about $2.5bn....
...It now operates only one in the country, the Bupa Cromwell Hospital, in west London....
...Worldwide, more than one million people work in companies in which KKR invests, among them the US hospital chain HCA and the British pharmacy and healthcare group Alliance Boots....
...Tesoro , an independent oil refiner concentrated on the US west coast, rose 3.2 per cent to $25.16. Research in Motion announced it was cutting 2,000 jobs. The stock fell 4.4 per cent to $26.67....
...Sir Bob Kerslake, HCA chief executive, said: “This represents the HCA’s contribution to government saving on both programmes and efficiencies, and we will aim to implement these in a way that minimises impact...
...Nevertheless, both the Freescale and HCA basis trades were effective, according to the investment bank....
...West Texas Intermediate dropped $1.44 to $73.10 a barrel, down 1.8 per cent this week....
...However, oil prices rallied from intra-day lows with West Texas Intermediate trading just 18 cents weaker at $74.25 a barrel by midday in New York....
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