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A Towers Watson review of proxy materials from 430 public companies found that average CEO comp rose just a half a percent in 2013, compared to 5.7 percent in 2012.

Whether the legislation will gain traction is far from clear, but advocates say it represents the most comprehensive effort to date in articulating a GOP vision for replacing the PPACA.

Assessments will be levied against employers that fail to offer insurance to workers or whose plans do not meet Obamacares standards for affordability or minimum value.

Let's start with the idea that the assessment may be cheaper than offering coverage.

The emphasis on confidentiality goes back decades to the earliest factories. It was a way for managers to maintain control. That's no longer practical.

If they were to lose their job today, just 18 percent of those 34 and younger believe they could last a year without suffering economically.