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* Profit jumps on strong sales, favourable currency * Expects profits to keep rising (Updates with details, company comment) WELLINGTON, May 26 - New Zealand medical equipment manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd <FPH.NZ> posted...

WASHINGTON, May 11 - President Barack Obama on Monday formally launched a plan to cut U.S. healthcare costs with a coalition of groups that have pledged to lower the cost growth by some $2 trillion...

* GE's Immelt sees "multibillion-dollar" market * GE, Intel to invest $250 mln in development * Intel CEO says devices could cut cost of healthcare (Adds analyst, GE CEO quotes, paragraphs 9-10, 17-18) NEW YORK,...

BANGALORE, Feb 12 - Healthcare staffing has seen a sudden twist in fate over the last few months as lower patient enrollment rates and weak hospital spending have eroded the need for new nurses and...

* Democrats reject two Republican Medicare amendments * US Senate Finance panel renews battle over seniors * Committee faces hundreds of remaining amendments WASHINGTON, Sept 24 - The Senate Finance Committee renewed a battle over...

* Insurance companies targeted in report on premium costs * Industry says costs of care, not premiums, the problem (Updates with industry comment, paragraphs 11-13, Biden comment, paragraph 5) WASHINGTON, Sept 22 - The White...

* Insurance companies targeted in report on premium costs * Biden to speak on Tuesday WASHINGTON, Sept 22 - The White House kept insurance companies squarely in its sights on Tuesday in the push for...

* Obama stresses rooting out waste and abuse from system * Admits the debate hard, plan has lots of moving parts * Focus will shift to foreign policy and global economy WASHINGTON, Sept 20 -...

* Baucus says plan would cost $856 billion over 10 years * Plan does not include government-run insurance option * No Republican backing for proposal so far * Government subsidies to help pay for insurance...

* Baucus proposal would cost $856 billion over 10 years * Plan does not include government-run insurance option * No Republicans backing proposal so far * Government subsidies to help pay for insurance coverage (Adds...