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America Voted for Health Care Bill

House voted on health care bill 220 votes in favor of Health Care bill.  219 votes democrat and 1 republican.  This is historic vote to bring health care coverage to millions of people in our country. 

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Sallie Mae creates 2,000 jobs

I just read a press release by Sallie Mae regarding hiring 2000 people in the US replacing it's overseas call centers.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sallie-Mae-to-Create-2000-bw-14856172.html

Good PR headline, but is this move going to reflect on higher costs for the corporation and impact the shareholder value of the company?  The stock demonstrated 4% gain in trading today but in much lower volumes. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SLM