Word: jimming
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Beyond slashing health-care costs by cutting employees loose, companies have steadily boosted the share of premiums borne by workers. Twenty years ago, 60% to 70% of companies paid health-insurance costs in full, says Jim Edholm, president of Business Benefits Insurance Inc., a benefits-consulting firm based in Andover, Mass. Today costs are fully covered by less than 10% of companies. Having already passed those bills along to staff, employers are looking for other benefits to slash...
...There's also a legitimate question as to who would do the restructuring. GM CEO Rick Wagoner has made the case that his crew is best placed to run the turnaround since it knows where the cost buttons are. But critics like Jim Schrager at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business say the wrong people are in charge: "I think you would only put money in GM if you had a complete change in the board and the current management. They are diligent. They worked very hard, but it just hasn't worked." In Schrager's view...
...Obama has claimed that people who oppose higher taxes are selfish and equated paying taxes to donating to charity. America is not about equality of outcome, comrade. It's about equality of opportunity. Jim Gleason, Mandan, North Dakota...
...September that it would spend $500 million in India over three years to triple its business there. And a month later, Pepsi unveiled plans to invest $1 billion over the next four years to boost production in China as well. "China represents a lot of thirsty individuals," says Jim Gregory, CEO of branding agency CoreBrand. "The opportunity is especially strong when the locally produced products like milk have such terrible quality-control issues. The Chinese will be flocking to American beverage brands for our quality standards alone." They should feel free to choose either one. Find out 10 things...
...facial expressions did little to detract from the overall performance, which ended with a rhapsodic chorus of movement.The lingering radiant mood “Braid” created immediately dissipated as performers took their positions for “Von,” choreographed by faculty member Jim Viera. The dramatic lighting effects and neutral costume shades complemented slow, beseeching arm movements that developed into intricate floor work. Throughout the piece, the dancers’ frequent level changes, strategic exhaling sounds, and upward-reaching motions seemed to mimic a bird’s struggle to spread its wings...