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By Arthur D. Postal |
May 8, 2012
The sale of AIG stock is just the latest in a series of steps that signal the once-troubled insurer's eventual escape from the shadow of its near-collapse in 2008 and 2009.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
April 23, 2012
In a blow to the Obama administration on Medicare, government auditors Monday called for the cancellation of a costly bonus program for private health plans that congressional Republicans have criticized as a wasteful political ploy.
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By Sam Hananel |
April 19, 2012
Coming up with new government regulations can be time consuming, but a new report suggests the government is taking way too long on workplace safety rules.
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By Hope Yen |
April 17, 2012
With big postal cuts looming, the Senate is deciding whether to stabilize the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a short-term cash infusion while delaying most decisions on closing post offices and ending Saturday mail delivery by requiring further review.
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By Andy Stonehouse |
March 27, 2012
Reform that includes notions to create a privatized national pension plan for small businesses, as suggested by NCPERS, have received the support of the GAO.
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By Noah Guillaume |
March 27, 2012
New plan designed for small business owners with 401(k) plan assets under $250,000.
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By Amanda McGrory |
January 16, 2012
Although hiring independent contractors can reduce the paperwork, tax burden and hassles associated with bringing on employees, Christopher Ezold, a business attorney and tax partner with the Ezold Law Firm P.C., a Philadelphia-based employment and business boutique, warns that employers can expect contractor classification changes by the IRS in 2012.
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By Elizabeth Festa, Arthur D. Postal |
December 2, 2011
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ request for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provisions of the healthcare reform law for insurance agents has been rejected.
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November 16, 2011
Pharmacy benefits managers Medco Health Solutions Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. lobbied the government to approve their proposed $29.1 billion merger, but cut back on their total lobbying expenses in the third quarter.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
October 5, 2011
Medicare's popular prescription program has an unsavory underside. It's an easy target for drug abusers seeking to feed their own addictions or sell painkillers for profit, congressional investigators said in a report released Tuesday.
