Cost-Containment

Microsoft Corp. said it will eliminate as many as 18,000 jobs, the largest round of cuts in its history, as Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella integrates Nokia Oyjs handset unit and slims down the software maker.

More than half of surveyed employers identify rulemaking and enhanced enforcement from federal agencies as the most troubling outcomes of a divided government.

To cut medical costs and diagnose minor ailments, health insurers are letting millions of patients get seen online first.

Now that employers can set caps on such procedures as hip and knee replacements, carpel tunnel surgery, colonoscopies and more, how should they integrate it into their plans?

Morbidly obese workers cost employers more than $4,000 a year more than normal-weight employees, according to a study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion.

Michael S. Jeffries, the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. chief executive officer who was paid $48.1 million in 2011, got 95 percent less last year.

New data suggests that companies deploying more part-time workers without health coverage is more dependent upon the state of the economy than the details of PPACA.

Data from the World Health Organization tells us which countries are the best for women and men.