The next health care overhaul? Look to employers Herald Tribune | WASHINGTON - If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, employers and insurance companies - not the government - will be the main drivers of change over the next decade and maybe even longer. | They'll borrow some ideas from Obamacare, and push harder to cut costs....
Capital Community College, Insurance Department Team Up To Produce Educational Videos Hartford Courant | The videos answer some of consumers' most common questions. | In the event of a car crash, where may I take my car to get repaired? Who pays for a rental car, and when is a damaged vehicle considered a total loss? | A different video answers questi...
Think before making First Call your first call The Guardian | First Call is insisting I pay extra £73 charge even though I have breakdown cover | In November, I paid an annual premium of £42 to First Call GB for car breakdown cover. In March I was unable to start my automatic-transmission Renault, so I call...
Need to hire a car? Rent your neighbour's The Guardian | Whipcar is a site that puts neighbours in touch so that those with cars can cut their costs by hiring to those without Will Bancroft covers the cost of running his Ford Mondeo by renting his car to his neighbours a couple of times a month. Photogra...
AA drives a hard bargain over cost of courtesy vehicle The Guardian | I was given a hire car after my vehicle was hit but the other driver's insurer has not paid for it. The AA says I could be liable | My car was parked outside my home when another car hit it. I contacted my broker, the AA. They told me to contact Cl...
3 Blue-Chip Bargains The Street | By James Brumley | NEW YORK (StreetAuthority) -- As investors have become more and more sophisticated, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio has begun to be viewed as a less-sophisticated, overly-simplistic tool. But sometimes, there's power in simplic...
The next health care overhaul? Look to employers Herald Tribune | WASHINGTON - If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, employers and insurance companies - not the government - will be the main drivers of change over the next decade and maybe even longer. | They'll borrow some i...
Serena Williams withdraws with back injury The Miami Herald | ROME -- Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Italian Open with a lower back injury shortly before she was scheduled to meet French Open champion Li Na in the semifinals on Saturday. | Williams said the problem also affected her earlier this week. | "It was feeling a little stiff and I don't think this is the right moment to force (it)," she sai...
Virginia's jobless rate remains the same in April Richmond Times Dispatch | Virginia's unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent in April as job growth slowed during the month, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Friday. | The jobless rate was unchanged from March, when it hit a three-year low. It was down from the year-ago April rate of 6.2 percent. | The state's jobless rate has been trending downward since ...
