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Ailing, overweight cost US $153bn a yearFull-time US workers who have chronic health troubles or are overweight cost more than $153 billion in lost productivity each year from absenteeism, according to a Gallup-Healthways study released on Monday. The study found that the 86 per More… |
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Egypt's ailing cotton industry 'needs shakeup'Egypt's once-famous cotton industry risks a slow death without state investment to reverse decades of neglect, boost quality and encourage farmers to keep growing the crop. Analysts say the textiles sector has been overlooked amid a wave o More… |
