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New Mexico's insurance regulator has approved a rate increase of at least 9 percent for about 26,000 customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield.

IBM said the benefits of about 110,000 of its retirees would be administered by Extend Health, a private exchange run by Towers Watson & Co., beginning on Jan. 1. Time Warners similar move goes into effect the same day.

While the industry satisfaction average was 777 points, Erie garnered 808.

The increases in paid sick days demonstrate how employers are responding to workers needs, as well as recognizing that its not smart to make sick people come to work.

Magellan Health Services Inc. said Monday it will buy pharmacy benefits manager Partners Rx for $100 million.

Finding skilled workers is harder than it sounds even in this economy.