Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96 percent from a year earlier to €1.4 million,...
Obama: Greedy health insurers show need for reform Post-Bulletin 3/9/2010 4:18:08 PM Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - President Obama sought to inject a note of urgency into his push for health care legislation during a rally Monday at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., blasting the insurance industry for recent huge premium increases while hitting Washin...
Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96...
Senate approves unemployment insurance measure The Examiner Comments ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Map, News) - Changes to Maryland's unemployment insurance system have been approved by the Maryland Senate. | The 46-0 vote on Tuesday moves a compromise worked out between labor and business organizations to the House of Del...
Washington Post Pretends Complaints About Unemployment Insurance Are Credible Huffington Post | Michael A. Fletcher and Dana Hedgpeth have a piece up on unemployment benefits in today's Washington Post that is a classic example of a piece that strives so hard to achieve balance that it actually sacrifices credibility. | In this case, the repo...
Obama: Greedy health insurers show need for reform Post-Bulletin 3/9/2010 4:18:08 PM Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - President Obama sought to inject a note of urgency into his push for health care legislation during a rally Monday at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., blasting the insurance industry for ...
Health insurer Humana hikes CEO compensation 26 percent in 2009, mostly due to bonus Star Tribune | INDIANAPOLIS - Health insurer Humana Inc. paid CEO Michael B. McCallister 26 percent more last year than in 2008, largely because of a $1.8 million performance-related bonus. | McCallister, 57, received compensation valued at $6.5 million for 2009,...
Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension Fresno Bee | - Associated Press Writer thefresnobee_994:/2010/03/09/1851951/senate-to-take-up-unemployment.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | WASHINGTON -- Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to peo...
Obama targets insurers, sells reform plan The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a sharp attack on health insurers on Monday and called on his fellow Democrats to rise above politics and pass a healthcare...
AIG sells Alico for US$15.5b Hong Kong Standard American International Group is selling its foreign life insurance unit to MetLife for about US$15.5 billion (HK$120.9 billion), its second major asset sale in a week as it raises ...
Maine Autism Insurance Reform Passes Committee for Some The Examiner | Autism advocacy and action groups are celebrating the decision to allow LD 1198,An Act To Reform Insurance Coverage To Include Diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorders, to move fo...
POLL: Rush Limbaugh has promised to leave the USA if HCR passes. Do you want ... Newsvine | As if there weren't enough reasons for passing health insurance reform, Rush Limbaugh just gave America another one: his promise to leave the country! | I’ll just tell you this, if this passes...I am leaving the country. | Wow, what a gift! I...
Sebelius To Lion's Den: Plans To Address Insurers Huffington Post | Kathleen Sebelius plans to take the administration's argument for health care reform straight to the enemy this week. In a letter to top insurance lobbyist Karen Ignagni, Sebelius asks to address the annual gathering of America's Health Insurance P...
Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension Breitbart WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year. | Th...
Senate to act on unemployment insurance, tax breaks for individuals and businesses Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year. | The m...
Soccer Intelligence: All in the Mind, or the Feet? The New York Times | LONDON — Silvio Berlusconi, the owner of AC Milan, has given his team talk ahead of his club’s Champions League game in Manchester on Wednesday. | News and features from around the world of soccer and the Web. Go to the Goal Blog | “We need a possessed Milan,” Berlusconi told the players through the Italian media. “W...
Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making The Times Of India | NEW DELHI: Government is all set to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. A cabinet note towards this end has been prepared by the commerce and industry ministry and circulated among the other ministries of the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA). | A ban on FDI in manufacturing of cigarettes will affect existin...
