In news that really isn’t at all surprising — despite repeated denials from medical professionals — a new report found that doctors’ prescription habits are often influenced by the payments they receive from pharmaceutical and device makers. [More]
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Actual Children Taste-Test Generic Cereals, Declare Them Delicious
Personal finance blogger Len Penzo doesn’t have a minivan full of highly trained tasters at his disposal like our siblings at Consumer Reports. When he set out to compare generic and name-brand cereals, he found something even better. He rounded up the small children of his neighborhood, and subjected them to a blind cereal taste-test. [More]
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Walmarts Kicks Name Brands Off Shelves
Another reason to try/buy generic: you might have to because your favorite name-brand could be getting the boot from store shelves. [More]