Pharmaceutical Industry of the United States is prepared to spend 80 billion dollars over 10 years for the reform of American health care, which is being developed by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Democrat Senator Max Bokus has managed to negotiate with pharmaceutical associations on the bill on the reform to transfer part of program costs on the shoulders of businesses, passes Associated Press.
The agreement between the White House, lawmakers and the pharmaceutical industry should facilitate access to prescription drugs for millions of older Americans and reduce costs of the federal government.
B. Obama welcomed the agreement that was reached by the senator and pharmaceutical companies, describing it as a “turning point” in improving the national health system.
The current U.S. public health system, by the general view of American politicians, is imperfect and is in need of immediate reform. Approximately 46 million people in the country are not covered by a health insurance program, the budgetary costs of Medicaid and Medicare programs are growing at a daunting pace and the budget already has a huge deficit.
Congressmen, working on the reform bill, hope that the cost of the plan will not exceed 1 trillion U.S.

But real estate in Bangkok is usually bought by businessmen who are in the capital of Thailand for their business affairs or by employees of major international companies. According to Homes Collection Nigel Kornik, CEO of Raimon Land Company, these investors are attracted by the availability of home prices compared with those of other capitals of Southeast Asia. Singapore, for example, is 8 times more expensive than Bangkok and Hong Kong is ten times more expensive.

It should be remembered that there are some legal restrictions, in which a foreigner can not buy a house in Thailand in his name. In fact, from a legal point of view of the house – it is not only the structure but also the land on which it stands. And by law the land in Thailand can not be sold to a foreigner. The barring can be evaded by the acquisition of the so-called “legal status” – that is, by registering a Thai company. This happens as follows: Thai lawyer, who works with the Agency for Real Estate, registers a legal entity, obtains for it a house and later maintains its case.

Any real estate is a good piece, and the price level even of an apartment in the same house may differ significantly. The real estate market in Thailand in this regard is no exception.
As elsewhere, the price depends on the location of houses, proximity to the sea and shopping centers, transportation accessibility, the quality of the building and its interior design, social environment, infrastructure.

While it is impossible to estimate the average cost per square meter, the lower segment of the market can be considered a house that costs $ 550-950 per sq. m. A little more expensive are single apartments built in the complex on the island of Samui – about $ 55.9 thousand for the 48 sq. m., they are 800 meters from the beach.

In the upper price segment prices start from $ 3200 per sq. m. and are limited only. For example, a small villa on the island of Phuket in the area of residential buildings Laya Tara is offered at a cost of approximately $ 290 thousand for 79 “squares.”

General Motors told the court that its overall debt has reached $ 172.8 billion, that is twice the value of its assets, and it could not undertake a restructuring. This is the largest-scaled of bankruptcies in the American industry.

Restructuring under the leadership of the American state would require the U.S. government $ 50 billion, in exchange for this the U.S. government will receive about 60% GM. The government of Canada, on which territory there are a number of GM factories, will receive 11.7% stake in GM in exchange for loans of $ 9.5 billion. A further 17.5% stake in the health insurance fund will go to the union United Auto Workers, acting on a North American factories GM. Owners of GM bonds will receive 10% of the shares of automakers, since their share can be increased by another 15%.

«The new GM» must occur in 60-90 days, after which the company will get out of court protection from creditors. Basically, the restructuring will bring to a quick sale of unprofitable assets and the elimination of unprofitable brands such as Saturn and Hummer. At least 11 North American factories of GM will be closed. Also, due to a new contract with United Auto Workers union costs for labor will be reduced. About 21 000 members of the 54 000 workers at GM plants in North America will lose their jobs.

As a result of the restructuring the «new GM» should reduce its debt by half and reserve the brands Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC in the U.S. market. However, it is clear that as a result of the restructuring the «new GM» will be much smaller than the «old» one.

Almost simultaneously with the GM, Crysler, the third-largest U.S. automaker declared about its voluntary bankruptcy. Italian Fiat will restructure its assets.

Immediate effect from the bankruptcy of the pillars of the American automobile industry will be the sharp decline of its share in the domestic market, which inevitably will take the competitors. Asian companies – Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai are more likely to do so.

Leaders from 16 major economies have been invited to a “preparatory session” on April 27-28 in Washington to “help generate the political leadership necessary” to achieve an international pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions later this year, it said in a statement.

It said the meeting would spur dialogue among developed and developing countries about the issue, “and advance the exploration of concrete initiatives and joint ventures that increase the supply of clean energy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.”

The major economies include: Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the United States.

Denmark, which is hosting a U.N. meeting at the end of this year to forge a pact that would take over from the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations were also invited.

The group’s preparatory sessions would culminate with a major meeting on the subject in Italy in July.