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Buried in the questions Senate Republicans want answered by the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a stumper: data linking microscopic particles in the air to premature death.
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The recent deceleration in U.S. health-care costs appears to be at least partially structural, and not entirely due to a still-lackluster economy. That offers some hope that the slowdown will continue. Still, more needs to be done to encourage the trend.
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Canada’s dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart in July, the first monthly gain since April, as increases in equities and commodities bolstered the appeal of currencies tied to growth.
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Canada’s dollar slid from near the strongest level in more than three weeks after commodities including crude oil, the nation’s biggest export, reversed gains, diminishing the appeal of growth-linked currencies.
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Canada’s dollar strengthened to a more than three-week high versus the greenback as optimism about growth in the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest economies, fueled investor appetite for higher-yielding assets.
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A $22 billion disease-fighting fund backed by donors including Chevron Corp. and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation lacks sufficient safeguards to prevent fraud and must reform to remain effective, a review found.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s richest charity, will give $750 million over six years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria after some government donations declined or stopped.
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Canada’s currency weakened the most in more than a month against its U.S. counterpart as heightened concern about Europe’s debt woes and conflict between North and South Korea increased demand for assets considered havens.
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Canada’s dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart after a measure of U.S. consumer confidence trailed economists’ forecasts, reducing the appeal of higher- yielding currencies.
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Canada’s dollar fell for a fourth straight day, touching the lowest level in seven weeks, as investors soured on higher-yielding assets and currencies tied to growth.
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