How Mexico's Tax Reforms Could Affect Business Along the Border

How Mexico's tax reforms could affect business along the border

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The sweeping reforms, which seek to collect funds for social programs and road infrastructure, also raise taxes for high earners and levy a tax on junk food and stock market gains. Lawmakers considered … The industry has lobbied hard against the tax …
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Meningitis update: more unlicensed vaccine use possible; stay vigilant over …

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“This is highly unusual – I'm not sure completely unprecedented,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor Amanda Cohn said in a call with reporters Monday. … “If the drug is safe enough for Princeton, it is safe enough for the general …
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Addiction Specialists Wary of New Painkiller

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Dr. Andrew J. Kolodny, the chief medical officer of Phoenix House, which runs drug and alcohol treatment centers in 10 states, said he believed that the American Society of Addiction Medicine should not take money from a company whose product would …
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Medicare wastes billions

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Medicare wastes billions on name-brand drugs. By Charles … ProPublica analyzed the prescribing habits of 1.6 million practitioners nationwide and found that a tiny fraction of them are having an outsized impact on spending in Medicare's massive drug …
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