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President Barack Obama spoke Monday at 1:30 p.m. — with just hours left before the midnight fiscal cliff deadline — to say lawmakers were inching closer to a deal that would prevent automatic tax hikes from hitting 98 percent of…

After a meeting with Congressional leaders last week to reach a bipartisan budget agreement, President Obama said if no deal were reached, he would ask Senate Democrats to put a stopgap bill on the floor that would do something, though…

Congressional leaders of both parties will meet at the White House Friday afternoon with President Barack Obama to discuss potential common ground in crafting a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff," which would take place in four days, according to…

Investors in Hartford, Conn.-based health insurer Aetna, including the New York State comptroller, have asked the company to release its political spending activity, according to a report from the Hartford Courant.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City announced the renaming of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine as the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in honor of Trustee Carl C. Icahn.

Duke Realty, a nationwide real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, management and development of industrial facilities, medical office properties and suburban office buildings, has acquired two portfolios of premium medical office assets totaling 1,536,000 square feet.

Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health may embark on a 10-year expansion project which would include a new patient tower, according to a Portland Business Journal report.

The Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Foundation in Louisville, Ky., has raised $25.5 million for facility advancements, clinical research and other initiatives as part of its "A Brighter Future" campaign.

Wells Fargo Equipment Finance has announced plans to expand its healthcare finance business.

Daniel Cancelmi has been a part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare for 17 years, and this past September, he officially became CFO of the entire organization.