Murky world of Chinese politics obscures the fate of leader Bo The Seattle Times The story of Bo Xilai's rise and fall signals an ongoing dilemma for China's central government: the lack of systemic political reform. By Tom Lasseter ANDY WONG / AP Bo Xilai was removed two weeks ago as Chinese Communist Party secretary in the ... |
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Murky world of Chinese politics obscures the fate of leader Bo - The Seattle Times
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Warmer winter foreshadows more bug infestations this summer - KIVI-TV
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Health reform details emerge - Birmingham Business Journal:
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percent of the cost of health insurancr premiumsfor full-time employees under the healty care reform bill being considered by the They also would be required to pick up at leastt some of the tab for insuring part-time Businesses that don’t provide this minimumm level of coverage would be required to pay the federalo government a fee based on 8 percent of theif payroll. Small businesses under a yet-to-be-determined threshold would be exempted fromthis “plagy or pay” requirement.
The chairmen of three House committees with jurisdiction over health care introduced drafr legislationJune 19, offering the most detailsx yet on how health care reform could affecgt small businesses. Under the small businesses and individuals coulcd shop for insurance through anational exchange, whic would include a government-run plan and private insurers. Tax credit s would be available to help small businesses afford the Health insurance premiumsfor U.S. businessee increased by 9.2 percent this year, and are expectede to increase another 9 percentynext year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Small businesses often face much higherrate hikes.
While most small businesses agrees the current health insurance marketis dysfunctional, there’s a lot of disagreemeny over whether the House bill wouldf cure the problem or just make it worse. Mike Draper, who owns a retail clothing store and design business called Smas inDes Moines, Iowa, likes what he sees in the Draper thinks adding a public plan would hold down premiumsa by creating more competition in the marketplace. Drapeer doesn’t offer health insurance to itsseven full-timee workers, but reimburses them for the cost of policieds they buy on their own. That’s fine with his employees, who are singlw and in their 20s.
The reimbursements now account for 6 percenytof Smash’s payroll, but that coul d jump to 22 percent in four years, when Draper expecte everyone on his management team to have children, creatinv the need for family His business couldn’t handle that expense, he If the House bill were enacted, he wouldx consider buying insurance through the exchangse if it were easy to use. But he might decidwe to pay the 8 percent payrollfee instead, then reimburs e his employees for some of the cost of the policies they purchasee through the exchange. Draper thinks employers shouldf be required to help pay fortheir employees’ healthj insurance.
Like Social Securitgy contributions, this sort of responsibility is “kind of what you signexd up for” when you become a businessw owner, he said. Other smal business owners, however, think the House bill imposesz too tough of a standard onsmall businesses. The requirement to pay 72.5 percentr of an employee’s premium for individual coverage “is much too high for many smalpl businesses,” says Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SmalolBusiness & Entrepreneurship Council. The only way many smalk businesses can afford coverage is by making employeew pick up more ofthe cost, she Arlington, Va.-based Company Flowers & Gifte Too!
, for example, pays 50 percent of the cost of healtjh insurance for seven full-time employees. Even that may not be affordable next year, because “our rates are going to skyrocket,” co-owner John Nicholso told the House Small Business Committee earlier this month.
percent of the cost of health insurancr premiumsfor full-time employees under the healty care reform bill being considered by the They also would be required to pick up at leastt some of the tab for insuring part-time Businesses that don’t provide this minimumm level of coverage would be required to pay the federalo government a fee based on 8 percent of theif payroll. Small businesses under a yet-to-be-determined threshold would be exempted fromthis “plagy or pay” requirement.
The chairmen of three House committees with jurisdiction over health care introduced drafr legislationJune 19, offering the most detailsx yet on how health care reform could affecgt small businesses. Under the small businesses and individuals coulcd shop for insurance through anational exchange, whic would include a government-run plan and private insurers. Tax credit s would be available to help small businesses afford the Health insurance premiumsfor U.S. businessee increased by 9.2 percent this year, and are expectede to increase another 9 percentynext year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Small businesses often face much higherrate hikes.
While most small businesses agrees the current health insurance marketis dysfunctional, there’s a lot of disagreemeny over whether the House bill wouldf cure the problem or just make it worse. Mike Draper, who owns a retail clothing store and design business called Smas inDes Moines, Iowa, likes what he sees in the Draper thinks adding a public plan would hold down premiumsa by creating more competition in the marketplace. Drapeer doesn’t offer health insurance to itsseven full-timee workers, but reimburses them for the cost of policieds they buy on their own. That’s fine with his employees, who are singlw and in their 20s.
The reimbursements now account for 6 percenytof Smash’s payroll, but that coul d jump to 22 percent in four years, when Draper expecte everyone on his management team to have children, creatinv the need for family His business couldn’t handle that expense, he If the House bill were enacted, he wouldx consider buying insurance through the exchangse if it were easy to use. But he might decidwe to pay the 8 percent payrollfee instead, then reimburs e his employees for some of the cost of the policies they purchasee through the exchange. Draper thinks employers shouldf be required to help pay fortheir employees’ healthj insurance.
Like Social Securitgy contributions, this sort of responsibility is “kind of what you signexd up for” when you become a businessw owner, he said. Other smal business owners, however, think the House bill imposesz too tough of a standard onsmall businesses. The requirement to pay 72.5 percentr of an employee’s premium for individual coverage “is much too high for many smalpl businesses,” says Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SmalolBusiness & Entrepreneurship Council. The only way many smalk businesses can afford coverage is by making employeew pick up more ofthe cost, she Arlington, Va.-based Company Flowers & Gifte Too!
, for example, pays 50 percent of the cost of healtjh insurance for seven full-time employees. Even that may not be affordable next year, because “our rates are going to skyrocket,” co-owner John Nicholso told the House Small Business Committee earlier this month.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Ashland U. taps new leader for Columbus economic ed center - Business First of Columbus:
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The center, at 1900 E. Dublin-Granvillw Road in Columbus, promotes economic and financial literacytamong primary- and secondary-school students in a 23-countgy area that stretches from Columbus to Cleveland. Harris succeede the center’s former director, Abbejean Kehler, who stepperd down in December. Kehlefr died in January. The organization is a part of Ashland University’s , which operates other centers in Ashland and The Gill Center trains educatorsin public, private, parochial and home John Dowdell, director of the Gill Center, said Harriss will provide economic education outreacyh to schools by “incorporating economic concepts, financial personal finance and environmental economics into classroom curriculum.
” Harriss was a fellow in economics at and has taugh t at the high school, vocationaol school and college levels. According to he has experience in public where he served at the state levelp as an advocate forpublic education. Ashland University’ws undergraduate enrollment at its campus north of Mansfield is Its graduateand off-campus student enrollmen totals 6,100.
The center, at 1900 E. Dublin-Granvillw Road in Columbus, promotes economic and financial literacytamong primary- and secondary-school students in a 23-countgy area that stretches from Columbus to Cleveland. Harris succeede the center’s former director, Abbejean Kehler, who stepperd down in December. Kehlefr died in January. The organization is a part of Ashland University’s , which operates other centers in Ashland and The Gill Center trains educatorsin public, private, parochial and home John Dowdell, director of the Gill Center, said Harriss will provide economic education outreacyh to schools by “incorporating economic concepts, financial personal finance and environmental economics into classroom curriculum.
” Harriss was a fellow in economics at and has taugh t at the high school, vocationaol school and college levels. According to he has experience in public where he served at the state levelp as an advocate forpublic education. Ashland University’ws undergraduate enrollment at its campus north of Mansfield is Its graduateand off-campus student enrollmen totals 6,100.
Friday, March 23, 2012
More workers delaying retirement - Business First of Louisville:
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The Arlington, Va.-based human resources consultant said 34 percent of all workers surveyed have pushed back theid retirement plans in the last Among workers 50and older, 44 percent are delaying retirement longer than expected. “Ther economic crisis has affectedmany workers’ retiremenf plans and nest eggs, but thosde nearest to retirement have been especiallty hard hit, said Watson Wyatt WW) senior retirement consultant David “Older workers do not have the time to offset declining retirement account values, eithetr by recouping their investment lossesd or significantly increasing their savings rate.
” Declinezs in the value of their 401(k) accountse ranked as the top reason for delaying but investment losses aren’t the only The survey says 63 percent cited the high cost of health care and 62 percen t cited higher prices for basicc necessities. Those postponement plans may have already changed a bit formany workers. The Watsoj Wyatt survey was conducted in The S&P 500 has rallied more than 35 percent since its March low.
The Arlington, Va.-based human resources consultant said 34 percent of all workers surveyed have pushed back theid retirement plans in the last Among workers 50and older, 44 percent are delaying retirement longer than expected. “Ther economic crisis has affectedmany workers’ retiremenf plans and nest eggs, but thosde nearest to retirement have been especiallty hard hit, said Watson Wyatt WW) senior retirement consultant David “Older workers do not have the time to offset declining retirement account values, eithetr by recouping their investment lossesd or significantly increasing their savings rate.
” Declinezs in the value of their 401(k) accountse ranked as the top reason for delaying but investment losses aren’t the only The survey says 63 percent cited the high cost of health care and 62 percen t cited higher prices for basicc necessities. Those postponement plans may have already changed a bit formany workers. The Watsoj Wyatt survey was conducted in The S&P 500 has rallied more than 35 percent since its March low.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Syniverse joins anti-fraud initiative - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The trade association , or is encouraging all its operator member to replace the current High UsagRecord (HUR) anti-fraud standard with an interoperable Near Real Time Roamintg Data Exchange (NRTRDE) standardr by October 2008. NRTRDE specifies that roaming data recordx be exchanged between the visited and home operator within four rather than the current requirement of36 hours, accordint to a release from Syniverse. The shorter timeframe reducea the ability of fraudsters to exploit the delayh in the exchange of records and gives operators the abilit to detect and act on fraudmore quickly, the released said.
The help operators successfully meetthe target, Syniverse has developexd Syniverse DataNet, an NRTRDE platform that provideds immediate access to information needed to combat roamin fraud, the release said. Roaming fraud reducews profitability for mobile phoneoperatorzs worldwide, Martina Kurth, principall research analyst at , said in the release. Syniversde (NYSE: SVR) is a Tampa-based provider of servicesx to wirelesstelecommunications companies.
The trade association , or is encouraging all its operator member to replace the current High UsagRecord (HUR) anti-fraud standard with an interoperable Near Real Time Roamintg Data Exchange (NRTRDE) standardr by October 2008. NRTRDE specifies that roaming data recordx be exchanged between the visited and home operator within four rather than the current requirement of36 hours, accordint to a release from Syniverse. The shorter timeframe reducea the ability of fraudsters to exploit the delayh in the exchange of records and gives operators the abilit to detect and act on fraudmore quickly, the released said.
The help operators successfully meetthe target, Syniverse has developexd Syniverse DataNet, an NRTRDE platform that provideds immediate access to information needed to combat roamin fraud, the release said. Roaming fraud reducews profitability for mobile phoneoperatorzs worldwide, Martina Kurth, principall research analyst at , said in the release. Syniversde (NYSE: SVR) is a Tampa-based provider of servicesx to wirelesstelecommunications companies.
Monday, March 19, 2012
PORTA, A-C residents to receive school merger survey - The State Journal-Register
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PORTA, A-C residents to receive school merger survey The State Journal-Register By JASON NEVEL People who live in the PORTA and AC Central school districts will soon get to let their elected officials know how they feel about a possible merger. According to AC Central School Superintendent Rebecca Canty, a survey will be mailed ... |
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