As employers are settling into the new year, talent management remains a large problem that many companies are facing, says Jason Carney, director of human resources at WorkSmart Systems Inc., a professional employer organization in Indianapolis.

Despite a slow rebound by the economy, many employees continue to be concerned about their ability to retire and are taking steps to get their financial houses in order.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration wrote a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission commending the organization for the care it took in coordinating its external business conduct standards for swap dealers and major swap participants with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Aetna says it wants to evolve from an insurance carrier to a health solutions company. And one way they are doing thatand refreshing their brand promiseis with an updated look and logo.

Mitt Romney perpetuated one unsubstantiated claim, about his record at Bain Capital, and more or less corrected himself on another, about President Barack Obama's health care law, in the latest Republican presidential debate.

In an election-year decision certain to disappoint religious conservatives, the Obama administration announced Friday that church-affiliated institutions will get only one additional year to meet a new rule to cover birth control free of charge.

Washington state lawmakers considered proposed legislation Thursday that will require most health insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions.

The economy is off to a fast start in 2012.