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Perhaps the strangest bedfellows in Oregon politics this election season are to be found under th... Quirky group working toget
Perhaps the strangest bedfellows in Oregon politics this election season are to be found under the covers of Measure 42.
If approved by voters on Nov. 7, the measure would ban the use of credit scoring to calculate insurance premiums. Opponents say current protections are strong and passage would lead to higher insurance premiums for most Oregonians.
Supporters include the measure...
LONDON (AFX) - Chief executive and founder of Misys PLC Kevin Lomax has quit with immediate effec... Misys CEO Lomax quits; war
LONDON (AFX) - Chief executive and founder of Misys PLC Kevin Lomax has quit with immediate effect, the software group confirmed this morning, following the collapse of management buyout talks late last week.
In an accompanying trading statement Misys warned that it expects adjusted earnings per share to fall below the 14.3 pence reported last year, blaming a handful of 'previously highl...
An estimated 46.6 million Americans have no health insurance coverage and, since 2000, premiums h... An ailing system...
An estimated 46.6 million Americans have no health insurance coverage and, since 2000, premiums have gone up 78 percent and wages just 20 percent, one report says. Many believe employment-based benefits are unraveling.
Steve Comstock had health insurance for his family when their lives were upended. His son, Steve Jr., was diagnosed in 2000 with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Now, he is holdi...
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming is going to need a lot more family practice physicians over the next 14 years... Report: Wyo needs 52 more
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming is going to need a lot more family practice physicians over the next 14 years -- about one-third more than currently, according to a report out this week.
But Wyoming's expected shortage isn't going to be as dire as in many other states, the report by the American Academy of Family Physicians shows.
The outlook is even more grim in retirement havens including N...
Take Scott Boulevard south to Thornbrook, or Nifong Boulevard west to Mill Creek Manor, or take a... Swimming in surplus...
Take Scott Boulevard south to Thornbrook, or Nifong Boulevard west to Mill Creek Manor, or take a short drive to any of the new subdivisions surrounding Columbia, and you'll see empty houses.
It's not that new homes aren't selling. New-home sales in the first three quarters of this year were down just a little from last year, according to the Multiple Listing Service real estate databa...
We're told over and over again that student loans are good debt. The conventional wisdom says th... Get educated: Student loans
We're told over and over again that student loans are good debt. The conventional wisdom says that, like a home loan, student loan debt will turn into an asset. But what happens when it doesn't turn out that way? What happens when you take on tens of thousands of dollars in loans that in many cases will take decades to pay off? What happens when people increasingly can't pay?
Sometimes...
"Insurance Maze" sets you straight for picking plans pre-existing medical condition? It may... "Insurance Maze" sets
"Insurance Maze" sets you straight for picking plans
pre-existing medical condition? It may not be impossible to get coverage, Lankford writes.
As many employees enter their employer's open enrollment period, the chapter on health insurance will be particularly helpful. For example, Lankford does a good job of explaining the new health savings accounts, or HSAs. This type of plan w...
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For some, renting is better than buying -- even in a hot market NEW YORK - Someday, 26-year... For some, renting is better than
For some, renting is better than buying -- even in a hot market
NEW YORK - Someday, 26-year-old Lisa Carlson would like to own her own home. But right now, she's happy sharing a rented apartment with a friend in suburban Minneapolis.
"I want to make sure I can comfortably afford it before making that leap," says Carlson, who works in Minneapolis. "I don't want to be house poor."<...
NEW YORK -- In the late 1980s, whiz kids on Wall Street were experimenting with computerized trad... Program trading stirs fear
NEW YORK -- In the late 1980s, whiz kids on Wall Street were experimenting with computerized trading programs, using new technology that allowed them to trade millions of shares of stocks and related options simultaneously. By 1987, this program trading accounted for about 10 percent of all buying and selling in the U.S. stock market and was making big profits for big players, such as universit...
