Word: expectancies
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...employees who still have jobs after cost-cutting layoffs, the potential for more pain lies ahead. Health insurance is traditionally the revenue drain that budget hawks focus on, with costs averaging $10,000 per employee (about $6,000 for singles and $14,000 for those supporting a family). "I expect that by January, the number of people without health insurance will rise above 50 million as companies scale back," says Bruce Raynor, president of Unite Here, a labor union that represents half a million workers in a variety of industries. (Read "Putting Health Care on an Energy Diet...
...dozens of large and small banks have already announced that they have received or expect to receive a capital infusion from the $700 billion bailout fund. Nearly a third of the fund has already been spent, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday that he would like to use some of the remaining money to support the ailing market for such consumer debts as credit cards and college loans, as well as to prevent foreclosures. That leaves a dwindling fund left for the hundreds of banks still hoping to get TARP funds. Analysts and investors are growing concerned that...
...return to those tumultuous days. South Korea has been among the Asian countries hardest hit by the global meltdown; its currency, the won, has fallen to levels not seen since the days of the last crisis. Even though South Korea's economy, relative to others around the world, is expected to show some vibrancy - economists expect the country to avoid a recession, while the banking sector remains generally healthy - the renewed onset of economic turmoil has undermined the confidence of South Koreans in their own future. "The economy's O.K., but no one thinks so," says Jeffrey Jones, a Seoul...
...hotel rooms. He takes as severe a beating--and shows as much emotion--as a crash-test dummy. He's a government spy whom his government wants dead, and he's mourning the violent death of his girlfriend. He so resembles another famous agent that you half-expect him to say, "The name is Bourne. Jason Bourne...
...Sopranos: The Complete Series It won't tell you whether Tony got whacked (which you might expect for $400 a pop). But this definitive collection of HBO's definitive drama offers such extras as Q&As with creator David Chase and two trivia-filled cast roundtables held, natch, over dinner...