Rising Healthcare Costs? Long-Term Care Insurance Can Be Your Financial Lifesaver
Most elderly Americans will ultimately require long-term care. And it's crucial to plan ahead for it because of the high expense of such treatment. If you don't, you can have fewer alternatives and impose an unfair burden on your friends and family in the event that you require care.
Apr 22, 2024 10:58 AM EDT
Hot Housing Market Cooling? Sell Now, But Prepare for Price Negotiation
The ideal time to sell for homeowners planning to sell this year is still in the spring, but you might want to modify your expectations.
Why India Will Become the World's Next Economic Superpower
Amid the global discourse on emerging economic powerhouses, India's trajectory is drawing keen interest from observers worldwide. With a narrative often shadowed by the colossal growth story of China, India's economic journey presents a compelling case for its potential ascendancy to superpower status.
All Work, No Joy? Americans Feel the Squeeze Despite Economic Gains (What's Missing?)
The U.S. economy is robust and healthy, according to analysts, as seen by the booming labor market, rising salaries, and reducing inflation. The issue is that Americans don't seem to get it.
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How to organzie your home office in 4 easy steps
Home-based work can lead to the development of stress as it becomes quite hard to balance a professional life with personal life. Proper organization of your workspace at home can be productive. There are few ways to transform your workspace into a satisfying and pleasant 'office-at-home'.
Dec 10, 2015 06:11 AM EST
India restores Federal AIDS control program amid budget cuts
After witnessing criticism over budget cuts for the globally popular AIDS control program, The Indian government has decided to restore it on total Federal support. The Indian government had earlier cut down budget allocation by one-fifth and asked the state government to fill the gaps. The budget cuts resulted in the shortage of condoms as well.
Dec 03, 2015 03:34 AM EST
New technology that transforms smartphone into high-powered microscope can diagnose malaria
Scientists at Texas A&M University has developed an add-on to transform smartphone's camera into a polarized microscope that will be able to diagnose malaria. The add-on device, called MOPID, will be on a field test in Rwanda next year.
Dec 02, 2015 09:48 PM EST
Mark Zuckerberg gives 99% of his Facebook shares to charity
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan announced in an open letter to their new daughter, Maxima Chan Zuckerberg that they are donating 99 percent of Zuckerberg stocks in Facebook to charity. The donations will take place over their lifetime, and the exact worth of the shares will likely change.
Dec 02, 2015 03:24 AM EST
Congressman Sponsors a Bill to Pay People Riding Bicycle To Work
A New York congressman sponsored a new bill to allow company providing tax free bike-sharing subscription.
Nov 27, 2015 08:35 PM EST
Google Alerts, LinkedIn are most popular online resources for job seekers
Pew research indicates that majority of job seekers are relying on online resources while very few people are depending upon advertisements in print publications. Among online resources, Google Alert and LinkedIn are among the popular options for job hunters.
Nov 26, 2015 10:28 PM EST
Are smartphones the new killing machine? Road accidents caused by not-so-smart phone users
US officials announced that deadly traffic accidents have risen to 8.1% in the first half of 2015. The official stated that smartphones are the largest cause of increasing deadly accidents numbers.
Nov 26, 2015 12:29 AM EST
5 charged in $580M medical kickback scheme
Five people including a former executive and two surgeons were charged over a medical kickback scheme worth almost $600 million. The kickback scam in the medical sector is putting more pressure on the US healthcare system.
Nov 25, 2015 11:52 PM EST
Scientists genetically modified mosquitoes to be malaria-resistant
Scientists at the University of California created mutant mosquitoes that are resistant to malaria, impairing their ability to transmit the disease to humans. The breakthrough, using gene-editing technology, may help eliminate the disease.
Nov 25, 2015 02:46 AM EST