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North America’s health care convergence

North America's health care convergence The recipe for humane, sustainable health care isn't complicated. You need a universal, publicly funded system to make sure everyone gets treated. And you need a privately funded system as an escape valve for the rich and impatient, to make sure the public one doesn't go bankrupt. The rest is fine print. Every government in the Western world understands this -- except two. And they both happen to be on this continent. Each has its own odd reason for ignoring the obvious. In Canada, our stubbornness is rooted in culture. This is a nation with a weak identity,

Finally, ’small is big in america’

Car makers appear to be heeding KPMG, which says in a recent report 'a more practical, less self-indulgent era may be dawning,' JEREMY CATO reports Amid a swirl of sometimes gaudy displays, ear-busting music and glass-smashing entries, the good news for Canadians at the first big auto show of the season is that, as Ford's North American president Mark Fields put it, "Small is big in America." In this case, what's big in America is a boon for Canada. That's because Canadians buy small cars in abundance. Not Americans -- at least not until now. For the better part of two

WeeMees travel to North America

WeeMees travel to North America Internet users in the US and Canada can now use a personalised online identity called WeeMee after a Glasgow company signed a deal with AOL. WeeWorld will include its WeeMees on AOL instant messenger - making it available to several hundred million users in North America and the UK. The personalised digital identities are available in 39 countries and more than 10 million WeeMees exist. More : news.bbc.co.uk

U.S. leaders failing to keep America safe - report

U.S. leaders failing to keep America safe - report WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than four years after the September 11 attacks, the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress have failed to take the urgent steps needed to protect the country, the former September 11 Commission said in a scathing final report on Monday. The former commissioners -- who wrote the seminal 2004 analysis of what went wrong before and after the 2001 hijacked plane attacks -- said the United States was still vulnerable to terrorism. It should, for example, make it a top national security priority to prevent weapons of mass destruction from

Vopak, Mitsui scrap plans for N.America tank JV

Vopak, Mitsui scrap plans for N.America tank JV Dutch storage company Vopak will not proceed with plans to merge its tank terminal activities in the United States and Canada in a 50-50 joint venture with Mitsui & Co, the companies said on Saturday. The joint decision was reached after careful analysis of a number of unresolved issues, including the timing and outcome of all necessary approvals, Vopak and Mitsuis U.S. unit said in a statement. Vopak said when it announced the deal, which involved terminals that handle chemical, biofuel and petroleum products, that it expected potential yearly synergies of about $10 million in