You can even make a pretty good case that Japan is closer to potential output than we are. So if Japan isn’t deeply depressed at this point, why is low inflation/deflation a problem? The answer, I would suggest, is largely fiscal. Japan’s relatively healthy output and employment levels depend on continuing fiscal support.
Rethinking Japan - The New York Times
Interestingly, the casinos that give Macau such a sinful reputation are also one of the prime drivers of the territory’s longer life expectancy. Not only is Macau is the fourth-wealthiest territory in the world, but it also has the fastest-growing economy, reports the CIA World Fact Book.
BBC - Travel - The Chinese secret to living a long life
Unlike Vitamin C, which studies have found likely does nothing to prevent or treat the common cold, zinc may actually be worth it. The mineral seems to interfere with the replication of rhinoviruses, the bugs that cause the common cold. In a 2011 review of studies of people who'd recently gotten sick, researchers looked at those who'd started taking zinc and compared them with those who just took a placebo. The ones on the zinc had shorter colds and less severe symptoms.
What vitamins should I take? - Business Insider
Using a specialty pharmacy is considered an advantage for a big drug company because they can be used to bypass insurance companies that may want patients to use a lower-cost drug than the one a doctor prescribes.
Accusations highlight special pharmacies - Business Insider
The EU Fiscal Compact requires Portugal to cut its public debt from 127pc to 60pc of GDP over twenty years, under pain of sanctions, with parallel cuts in Italy, Spain, France, and Belgium that feed on each other and are likely to trap monetary union in a contractionary vortex for another generation.
Defiant Portugal shatters the eurozone's political complacency - Telegraph