Latest News in Home Insurance – Nov 2, 2009
Jefferson Parish officials got cut in insurance deal – New Orleans Times-Pica…
2 Nov 2009 at 1:46am
When West Jefferson Medical Center’s board of directors reviewed its employee voluntary insurance plans two years ago, it decided to make a change. It transferred most of the business it had done with two previous brokers to Wally Pontiff Sr. Tim …
‘Judge A’ flamboyant, fierce and unforgettable – Greensboro News & Record
2 Nov 2009 at 1:46am
The title was a cinch: “Darling, the truth shall set you free.” The rest wasn’t. How do you capture in a scholarly paper the essence of a woman who was a first in many ways, whose style, dress, personality and flamboyance filled courtrooms …
2 Nov 2009 at 12:49am
Four months into New Jersey’s paid family leave program, employers report a mixed experience, with some pleased with the program and others still unsure about the long-term burden it will place on them. On July 1, New Jersey became the second state …
New businesses – Democrat and Chronicle
2 Nov 2009 at 1:03am
Aesthetic Treasures, 46 Tobin Drive, Rochester 14615. Kristina Washington, same address. AG Cleaning Services, 81 Randolph St., Rochester 14621. Anthony L. Gibbons, same address. Alissas Salon , 1163 Park Ave., upper, Rochester 14610. Alissa Renee …
Economic upheaval alters worker benefits – Courier-Post
2 Nov 2009 at 1:32am
DES MOINES, IOWA — Most workers focus on how much more they have to pay for health insurance when the annual open enrollment period rolls around, but current trends show they may have other choices to make this year. Many companies are adding …
Debate over merits of health care reform has distinct campaign flavor – Las V…
2 Nov 2009 at 12:35am
Nevadans may have thought the big campaign ended last November, but their TVs are telling them otherwise. The state has become a key battleground for one of the most expensive — and consequential — public policy debates in history: health care …
China Stocks Gain Most in Three Weeks; SAIC Motor, Suning Rise – Bloomberg
2 Nov 2009 at 12:56am
SAIC Motor, the country’s largest carmaker, advanced 6.3 percent, Suning Appliance added 3.2 percent and Industrial Bank climbed 7.5 percent. Hualan Biological Engineering Inc. jumped the 10 percent daily limit on speculation the spread of swine …
European, Asian Shares Drop; U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance – Bloomberg
2 Nov 2009 at 1:25am
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — European stocks fell, extending their biggest weekly drop since July, as Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said talks with the European Union and the Treasury will include some asset sales “not initially contemplated.” RBS …
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash – McClatchy
2 Nov 2009 at 12:27am
WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send …
Lieberman twists knife for insurance companies – New Haven Register
2 Nov 2009 at 1:10am
IS there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public insurance plan option — even the version with …
