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Japan PM warns Chinese over landing on disputed islands

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Japans prime minister Shinzo Abe poses with members of Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z. Photograph: Reuters

David McNeill, Clifford Coonan

Asias two economic giants Japan and China squared off against each other over a chain of disputed islands and a visit to a controversial shrine to Japanese war dead that angers many in China and other parts of the continent.

Japans prime minister Shinzo Abe upped the ante in a simmering territorial row with Beijing by vowing to expel any Chinese who attempt to land on the islands, known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China.

The warning, issued after Chinas latest incursion into Japans territorial waters, is the first time Mr Abe has threatened to use force since Japan controversially nationalised the string of islands last September, which lie about 1,800 km southwest of Tokyo.

We would take decisive action against any attempt to enter our territorial waters and to land, Mr Abe told parliament yesterday.

It would be natural for us to expel by force the Chinese if they were to make a landing.

Largest incursion Japans coast guard said earlier that eight Chinese patrol ships had entered waters near the islands yesterday, the latest episode in a long-running game of cat and mouse. The incursion is the largest since the dispute began.

For its part, Chinas ambassador to Japan, Cheng Yonghua protested Japans intrusion into waters around the islands and demanded that all Japanese ships leave the waters immediately, according to a report by the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

Correct approach Chinas State Oceanic Administration said the Chinese vessels had driven Japanese fishing boats out of waters surrounding the Diaoyu islands, thwarting the attempts of Japanese right wingers, the agency said on its website.

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China officially declares disputed Senkaku Islands as being of 'core interest'

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Tokyo, Apr. 27 (ANI): China has regarded the Japanese administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea as its core interest, China's foreign ministry has announced for the first time.

The Diaoyu Islands are about sovereignty and territorial integrity and is China's core interest, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a press conference.

According to Japan times, the statement suggests that China does not intend to make any concessions on the islands, which it claims have been its inherent territory since ancient times.

Chunying made the comment after General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Tokyo said that Chinese officials repeatedly told him during his visit to Beijing earlier in the week that the Senkakus are "one of China's core interests," the report said.

Japan, which has administered the islands for decades, maintains the Senkakus are an integral part of its territory and that there is no territorial dispute over them, it added. (ANI)

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The deVere Group Ventures into the Cayman Islands

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BIRKIRKARA, Malta, April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The deVere Group Caymans Ltd will mark the company's first office in the Caribbean and will be headed by Chief Executive Officer Mr Nigel Green and long-time deVere Executive, Mr Simon Pratt.

The deVere Group Cayman Islands presence is expected to be established on West Bay Road in Grand Cayman - in the heart of the Cayman Islands' financial industry.

The deVere Group Caymans Ltd will specialise in Insurance Brokerage, whilst delivering yet another promise to its clientele to be wherever they choose to live around the world.

Nigel Green expects the 'final touches' to be finalised shortly, as the company is looking to obtain the operating licence in the coming weeks.

"Until now, despite the Cayman Islands' attraction as a tax haven for wealthy individuals, few financial advisers have sought to base themselves in the British territory. For this reason, we believe that this venture will help us bridge the gap in the market, whilst keeping in line with the company's growth objectives."

The deVere Group is the world's largest independent international financial consultancy. International investors and expatriates employ us to find financial services products that suit their medium to long term requirements for investments, savings and pensions. With in excess of US$9 billion of funds under administration and management, deVere has more than 70,000 clients in over 100 countries. Our independence and ability to offer financial products that are tailor-made to fit an individual's needs are behind our success.

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Advocate Health Care Honored for Environmental Efforts for a 4th Consecutive Year

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OAK BROOK, IL--(Marketwired - April 26, 2013) - Recognized as a national leader in promoting environmental stewardship through its innovative programs, Advocate Health Care has received the System for Change award from Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental responsibility and best practices by healthcare organizations.

The System for Change Award recognizes health systems that are working cohesively to gather data, set system goals, benchmark, and share successes in environmental performance. This is the fourth year in a row, Advocate, the largest health system in Illinois, has earned the recognition.

"Advocate's focus on environmental accountability has become part of our culture," said Mary Larsen, manager of environmental stewardship at Advocate Health Care. "Our effort to make the most efficient use of our resources ultimately benefits the patients and families we serve."

Ten Advocate hospitals also earned recognition this year receiving awards in variety of categories. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center earned the Environmental Leadership Circle award, Practice Greenhealth's highest honor.

Environmental stewardship aligns with Advocate's mission and values. Most recently, Advocate was privileged to receive the Governor's Sustainability award from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.

The Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards were presented in Boston, April 25, at the CleanMed Conference & Exposition -- a national environmental conference for leaders in health care sustainability.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 15 health systems named by Truven Analytics in 2013, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 10 acute care hospitals, the state's largest integrated children's network, five Level I trauma centers (the state's highest designation in trauma care), two Level II trauma centers, one of the area's largest home health care companies and one of the region's largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $571 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2011.

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Falling health care costs come at a price

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(MoneyWatch) Health care costs continue to rise. But health care employment? Not necessarily. As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, the industry, which has traditionally offered many well-paying jobs for those without extensive education, is seeing the "gradual disappearance of semiskilled occupations that don't require a college degree."

The cause is cost-cutting and, for administrative positions, increasing reliance on computer automation for greater efficiency. Those trends are likely only to continue and expand as the Affordable Care Act comes into force. And given the size of the U.S. health care industry, that could have a major impact on the economy.

The health care law had two broad goals: to make coverage more broadly available and to bring down costs. Anyone who has paid a health insurance premium or bill from a doctor or hospital understands the need of the latter.

According to the World Bank, U.S. health care spending as a percentage of gross domestic product is close to the highest in the world, leading all industrialized countries at 17.9 percent in 2011.

Health care reform, a thorny and difficult subject worldwide, faces many hurdles in the U.S. A major one has been that the health care system is a collection of cottage industries, with doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, testing facilities and other service providers having operated independently for decades.

A move toward electronic medical records will allow information, test results, radiology images and other critical information to be more readily available to care givers, speeding decision-making and action. But greater efficiency in communications, whatever improvements that brings in quality of care, also means fewer workers, as more processing of data, billing and other services is automated.

It also means that medical tests, procedures and other activities might not need to be repeated as frequently. Under the current health care structure -- which generally pays for procedures, not for outcomes -- greater efficiency amounts to lower spending. And lower spending can reduce economic activity.

In other words, shrinking health care spending could have an effect on GDP and the size of the economy. For example, health care costs have risen more slowly than GDP.

That will help the deficit, as government is a big payer of health care costs. But the economy also could feel the pinch, as well as workers who once helped make the system work around its costly inefficiencies.

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Health Care Reform Will Still Shock America

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Are American consumers ready to take control of their health care decisions?

Health care reform virtually demands they do, but evidence is mounting that consumers are unprepared for the changes scheduled to hit the marketplace next year.

Aflac , the Columbus, Ga.-based insurance mainstay, has taken the pulse of the health care market and how and if U.S. adults are ready for what's coming.

What the company found should be alarming to health care companies, government officials, and above all, U.S. health care customers.

According to fresh data from the its Workforces Report, released on Thursday:

Maybe that's why Aflac says Americans face an "uphill climb" with changes in the nation's health care system starting next year.

The firm says consumers are going to have to change the way they look at health care; the way they choose a plan; they way they prepare to pay for care (which, as it has been for decades, will continue to rise after reform, Aflac says); and the way they adhere to regulations that will change significantly.

The report, which tracked responses from 2,500 U.S. employees and 1,900 workplace managers, says that while Americans shouldn't be blamed for being unprepared for health care reform, blunders in dealing with those changes will fall on them, and them alone.

"It may be referred to as 'consumer-driven health care,' but in actuality, consumers aren't the ones driving these changes, so it's no surprise that many feel unprepared," said Audrey Boone Tillman, executive vice president of Corporate Services at Aflac. "The bottom line is if consumers aren't educated about the full scope of their options, they risk making costly mistakes without a financial back-up plan."

The study notes that 89% of health care consumers opt for the same health care plans every year, but don't understand what's in those plans. Furthermore, 76% say they are largely unaware of how so-called health care exchanges -- which are the foundation of health car reform -- work.

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