Broker Regulation

Small employers face two tax filing deadlines in the coming weeks in order to take advantage of tax credits offered under health care reform.

The real takeaway from President Barack Obama's jobs agenda? Workers probably can count on continuing to pay lower Social Security taxes. Employers may not have to pay as much, either. The long-term unemployed probably will keep drawing jobless benefits.

The Democratic National Committee is launching an ad campaign in politically key states aimed at rallying the public behind President Barack Obama's new jobs plan and pressuring a divided Congress to act.

President Barack Obama is seeking to build public support for his $447 billion jobs plan before formally sending the bill to Congress Monday.

A tentative thumbs-up. That's the assessment from economists, who have offered mainly positive reviews of President Barack Obama's $447 billion plan to stimulate job creation.

Given that hedge funds and hedging are so much in the news, I began to think about the ways a company can hedge its employee benefit costs.