Personal Economics
  • A bitter pill as China crackdowns squeeze pharma margins

    A bitter pill as China crackdowns squeeze pharma margins

    By Adam Jourdan, Reuters

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A crackdown on corruption and pricing in China's fast-growing pharmaceutical market has squeezed profits and margins, raising a red flag to global Big Pharma that the days of...

  • What Extreme Weather Is Really Costing Us

    By Javier E. David, CNBC

    A brutal U.S. winter led to an unusually active spring that featured Mother Nature in all her tempestuousness: Floods, torrential downpours and destructive tornadoes. Now, with hurricane season just...

  • When Will the FDA Approve the Sunscreen that Really Blocks Cancer?

    Summer is just around the corner and you may already be dreaming of lying on the beach or catching some rays in the park at lunchtime – but are you fully prepared to protect your skin and your health...

  • Business as usual for wealthy Thais after "inevitable" coup

    By Vidya Ranganathan and Viparat Jantraprap, Reuters

    SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Many of the wealthy Thais who come to investment manager Charles Blocker have a question for the generals who seized control of the country in a military coup this week...

  • The 5 Best States for Seniors

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Though plenty of seniors spend their golden years down south in states like Florida and Arizona, turns out they might just be better off heading north. Minnesota is the nicest, healthiest place for...