Wednesday 19 Nov 08 - Evening Edition: Mexico's New Booming Export for Americans Who Want Cheap, Affordable Medical Care

(Photo Courtesy CHRISTUS Muguerza's hospital)
CHRISTUS Muguerza's hospital in Reynosa, Mexico, is located right across the American/Mexican border. Texans are now going down there for more affordable healthcare

Health: New trend where Americans are opening hospitals in Mexico so as to contain costs. How basic healthcare is now being outsourced and even the lower and middle classes are taking "Medical Vacations"

Health: Brush your teeth, save your life? Why you lower your risk of heart attack by taking care of your teeth with brushing and flossing.

Science: Genetic code shows Woolly Mammoth was a close cousin to the Elephant; scientists hope to one day re-introduce the Woolly Mammoth using DNA gene splicing



Economy: Businessweek asks "Is Delfation Good for Workers?"

Housing Bailout: Bush Administration and HUD takes new approach to helping homeowners - Smaller writedowns for banks on appraised values.HUD will payoff second liens, raise amount which can be lent as government insurance, turns 30 year mortgage into a 40 year mortgage to lower payments, and no longer requires 3 months of good faith payments by buyers to become permanent.

Automakers Bailout: A History Lesson - How the British bailout of their automakers ended.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: Closes to bear market low. . . First time to go below 8,000 since 2003.

China: Playing "Follow the Americans", Chinese automakers pressing Beijing for a bailout

Sirius/XM Satellite Radio: Tapped out consumer, Detroit woes, debt up the wazoo leads to a stock trading at .17 cents earlier today

Italy: Government to sell bankrupt airline Alitalia to a busines consortium for 1.3 Billion Euros.

Layoffs: Sara Lee cuts 185 jobs, closes their Kosher meat business.

Layoffs: Boeing to cut 800 jobs in Wichita, Kansas this Friday.

Federal Reserve: Slashes projected growth rates. Some Fed officials say we may need to cut rates even more