Nonprofit health-care providers see threat

With Americans’ access to health care expanding because of changes in the health-care system spearheaded by the Obama administration, state and local governments hungry for revenue are creating fiscal barriers that limit nonprofit hospitals’ ability to provide needed services, a trade group for nonprofit health-care providers’ philanthropic programs says.

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Ingersoll Rand Reports Higher First-Quarter Margins and Earnings on Flat Revenues; Orders Increase 10%

SWORDS, Ireland—-Ingersoll-Rand plc , a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments, today announced that total reported revenues increased by 1% for the first quarter of 2010 compared with the 2009 first quarter, orders increased by 10%, and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were at the top end of the prior guidance range.

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