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...component of those costs: chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes that often stem from unhealthy behaviors. Says Rachel Permuth-Levine, a deputy director at the National Institutes of Health: "Given that many employers are staggering under health-insurance costs linked to these diseases, prevention should be a no-brainer." (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...surface, another four years for Uribe, who was first elected in 2002 and then won a second term in 2006, might seem like a no-brainer for both Colombians and the U.S. government, which has underwritten his administration with more than $5 billion in mostly military aid. The assistance has helped the Colombian police and army troops to drive back guerrilla groups, arrest drug traffickers and reduce kidnappings. Until the global recession took hold, the improved security had helped to attract billions in new foreign investment, which sparked an economic boom. After seven years in office, Uribe's approval rating...
Municipal bonds have long been a no-brainer investment. But not any more. A growing number of analysts and financial planners are raising doubts about the bonds of local and state governments. They worry that a weakened economy, along with rising cost of benefits for city workers, will make it tougher for local governments to meet their obligations...
...politics would work pretty well, also. Because it solely benefits workers making $106,800 or less, it should be a no-brainer for congressional Democrats. Yet Obama could very conspicuously present it as a Republican idea. Would the Republicans run from it on the pretext that we are now too covered in red ink for it to be “fiscally responsible”? Or will they pose for those smiling photographs with Obama that will do little for their own political standing and make Obama seem even more above the partisan fray? Either way, Obama will emerge...
...sizable segment of business flyers who wouldn't mind saving thousands and leisure travelers who will pay a little more to get 20-in. (50 cm) seats and tons of legroom and not share space with wailing babies and tour groups. For road warriors, this concept is a no-brainer. "It was a third the price and at least three times the experience, an inverse proportion," notes Mary Egan of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a recent OpenSkies passenger to Amsterdam...