Social security benefits to go up $25

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The American government on 19th October 2004 announced that the social security recipients would get an average of $25 more in their monthly checks, from next year, because of a 2.7 percent increase in the annual cost-of-living. Social security is the main income source for the most American senior citizens, with 9 out of 10 in the age group of 65 receiving benefit.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Personnel administration, Forecasts and trends, Compensation and benefits, Market trend/market analysis, Cost and standard of living, Cost of living, Social security beneficiaries

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United States drug import picture is changing

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The Food and Drug Administration allows United States residents to buy individual prescription drugs from other countries but it forbids the sale of foreign drugs for commercial purposes. Resistance to reimportation of drugs from Canada is waning and as resistance weakens, the focus is on the way in which it might be implemented.

Canada, Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Government regulation, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Drugs, Imports, Legal/Government Regulation, Metabolic Agents NEC, Metabolic Agents, Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry, Powers and duties, United States. Food and Drug Administration

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IRS shifts from 'no excuses' to 'let's make a deal'

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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has changed its inflexible tax policy to one that is more accommodating to taxpayers. Liberalized IRS debt settlement rules have resulted in taxpayers paying an average of twelve cents on the dollar in 2000.

Tax Law, Public Finance Activities, Taxes, Finance, taxation, & monetary policy, Internal Revenue Service

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