The costs for a company to keep its pension liabilities or shift them to annuities purchased from an insurance company were nearly identical in October.

This surge in corporate beneficence isn't an indication that employers are becoming kinder and gentler: It's about the bottom line.

Counselors helping people use the federal government's online health exchange are giving mixed reviews to the updated site, with some zipping through the application process while others are facing the same old sputters and even crashes.

Many self-insured employers that rely on stop-loss insurance could be forced to discontinue their health plans if the bill doesnt win approval.