Senators, advocates fear private community health care is eroding VA medical services

which causes more veterans to seek community care. Moran said an increasing number of veterans — up to 30% — and their dependents who need emergency treatment are seeking non-VA care at hospitals and ... Read More

Veteran analysts say the world's biggest private-equity firm could be in big trouble

In 2017, Blackstone — the world's largest private-equity firm ... Chilton concluded last April that BREIT was overstating the value of its NAV by more than 55%. McCann, who is now a principal at SLCG ... Read More

VA announced it was cutting 10,000 jobs. How will it affect Rhode Island veterans?

The cuts represent about 2% of the 458,000 VA employees nationwide. Laura Duke, VA chief financial ... for combat vets and also expanded eligibility for VA medical treatment to many new groups. In the ... Read More

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By Roger Cohen Russian officials claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement ... at a makeshift cinema. Now, he’s creating ... Read More

New Lakeland VA clinic, 5 times the size of the old one, is nearly ready to open

The new clinic is five times the size of the old one and will offer new services with nearly double the staff. Read More

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High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 ... in murky water. now 3m read There's progress ... Read More

For Military Vets, Private Security Is a Lucrative Second Act. It Can Also Be Deadly.

That model, however, is different from most of the Western private firms operating around the world, said Simon Cassey, an executive at the Chesterfield Group, a London-based security-industry ... Read More

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NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day ... behind the headlines with Ayesha Rascoe on "The Sunday Story," available by 8 a.m. ET. Subscribe and listen, then support your local ... Read More

RIAs considering more private credit in portfolios: Study

He noted that in the past, while advisors have liked the idea of private credit, a lot of them passed on it because it was difficult to get in and out of it. “But now ... more exposure to the ... Read More

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Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots — and an uncertain commitment to democracy — are now mainstream ... Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is ... Read More