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...almost comical price war that has broken out among a few of the country's retail giants, more people may be reading over the holidays. On Oct. 15, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, announced it was lowering its online preorder price for 10 new book releases. The new cost: a measly $10. The titles include the Sarah Palin memoir Going Rogue, John Grisham's Ford Country and Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes. Not to be outdone, Amazon.com matched Walmart's price on the same books. Walmart then lowered its offer to $9; by the next morning, Amazon was down...
...SIGG has agreed to exchange those older, BPA-laden bottles for new ones through Oct. 31, but I'm still feeling betrayed. Like many parents I know, a couple years ago I tossed all the baby bottles I had - and any suspect sippies too - and invested in SIGGs, which cost about $20 each...
...researching her book The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being. After having given the bottles as gifts to friends and family, Baker, whose book came out last year, is now accusing SIGG of "greenwashing."(Read "Going Green Just Got More Cost-Effective...
...offer benefits and many small businesses that can't afford them would be exempted from the requirement. Of the reform proposals that could have some long-term effect on the employer-based system, the most significant may be one that would levy a 40% excise tax on policies that cost more than $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for family coverage in 2013. (The average total cost of individual and family policies in 2009 was $5,791 and $14,375, respectively.) Policy experts say these expensive plans lead workers to overuse the medical system, driving up costs for everyone...
...government and employers are hoping to change employee behavior. The days of paying a $15 or $25 co-pay for a visit to a specialist are slowly being replaced by co-insurance, a throwback to old-fashioned indemnity plans in which patients pay 10%-20% of the actual cost of each doctor's visit, lab test, procedure or prescription. When it comes to employee health, companies are going to stress "personal responsibility," says Kent Lonsdale, an executive vice president with the consulting firm Gallagher Benefit Services...