HEALTHCARE

The top after-market NYSE losers on Thursday are: Kindred Healthcare, World Wrestling Entertainment, Skilled Healthcare, Rehabcare Group, Manitowoc, Ingram Micro, Assured Guaranty, Corning, Cameron International and Gamestop.

The biggest difference between President Barack Obama and Republican plans on spending and over the next decade or so is in healthcare, although smaller, but significant spending differences remain in other categories. The U.S. debt, currently at $14.3 billion will grow by trillions of dollars under budget plans from both sides.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's first speech on immigration.

House Speaker John Boehner on Monday said that the Republican proposal for the 2012 budget leads where the Obama administration failed by taking on challenges facing healthcare, retirement and energy to create jobs.

Challenging the set doctrine that art and fashion are two unrelated creative disciplines, South African entrepreneur Vanessa Gounden launched a new label called Vanessa G on Thursday.

Aaron LeMieux grew up hearing his native Cleveland used as the punchline for jokes such as the mistake on the lake. But the city is attempting to shake its downtrodden image - enhanced by a history of sporting futility - and entrepreneurs like LeMieux are leading the charge.

Shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) touched a new 52-week high of $7.27 on Monday. The company said Friday that its fourth quarter earnings more than tripled as patient visits improved signaling better consumer confidence.

A couple of recent partnerships between Arizona State University (ASU) and institutions dedicated to healthcare research is expected to herald significant advancements in medical education, research and practice.

Bahrainis campaigning for democratic reforms in the Gulf Arab state staged a protest outside the U.S. ally's parliament building on Monday, demanding that all its members resign over protester deaths.

Manhattan lost nearly 110,000 jobs from 2000 to 2009 while its outer boroughs were gaining jobs, thanks to the growth of two sectors, education and healthcare, a think tank's report said on Wednesday.

A former public relations employee has sued Publicis Groupe SA for $100 million, saying the French advertising company discriminates against women in pay and promotions. Women make up 70 percent of the company's public relations staff but hold only about 15 percent of leadership positions, the lawsuit says.

Most Americans oppose laws that would take away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, as in a proposal in Wisconsin that has sparked mass protests, as well as Ohio and other states, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released on Wednesday.

China should account for 8-9 percent of global mergers and acquisition activity this year, continuing close to its strong levels in 2009 and 2010, JPMorgan's head of China M&A said Tuesday.

Dell is bringing cloud-based services to the health care sector.

The risks associated with privacy and security breaches in healthcare are identified by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, which released a new report Privacy and Security in Health Care: A Fresh Look.

The report shows that while healthcare employment rose 6.3 percent, employment in other sectors fell by 6.8 percent cumulatively in the period from December 2007.

Exploring a few prominent occupations in the healthcare industry that are expected to grow at some of the fastest rates over the years leading up to 2018, as predicted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Protesters in Bahrain appeared to gain the initiative on Saturday and mourners buried their dead in western Libya as the wave of protest washing across the Arab world tested more of the region's longtime rulers.

IBM announced an agreement with Nuance Communications, a speech recognition provider, to develop and commercialize Watson's advanced analytics capabilities in the health-care industry.

RBC Capital Markets said in its skilled nursing facilities Q4 earnings preview that pre-announced upsides for the quarter and better-than-expected 2011 guidance combined with Kindred Healthcare Inc.'s (KND) fourth quarter results on the RehabCare Group (RHB) deal announcement, suggest a bright outlook in the near term under Resource Utilization Group, Version Four (RUG-IV).

ThinkEquity has outlined its top healthcare stock picks for 2011. The stocks include: BioScrip, Express Scripts, MedAssets, Omnicell and SXC Health Solutions.