Hot Springs hospitals apparently to merge
The National Park Medical Center and St. Joseph's hospital in Hot Springs will merge under one owner, according to this news release , though details of the combine are in short supply. Capella Healthcare, parent of National Park, is going to become owner of St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center, which had been operated by Mercy Health, an organization of Catholic hospitals. The operators have signed ...

Cost of living delusion runs deep at the political level
At some point a politician will have to tell voters the obvious truth -- very few of them are "doing it tough". Tabloids are admitting it, even if the politicians aren't. Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog... ... Read more on the blog...

The Not-So-Rich-Any-More List
The 2012 list of the 1,000 richest people in Britain is published on Sunday. But is it always happy ever after for those on the yearly roll call of the mega-wealthy? Oliver Burkeman introduces Guardian Weekend's alternative list, while Patrick Kingsley profiles those who crashed out in spectacular fashion Even before the financial crisis, the Occupy movement and the new era of austerity , the ...