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...providing the tools needed to diversify their portfolio without overwhelming them with investment choices. Third, built into the system should be some form of objective, non-commissioned advice. And lastly, we need to ensure that once people have hit retirement, they have access to a product that provides low-cost, guaranteed income throughout the rest of their life. (Read "Why It's Time to Retire...
...struggling with declining sales and profit margins as consumers and businesses hang on to their PC systems and laptops longer, and view software upgrades as a luxury. Also, companies are being forced to slash prices on computers and related equipment to compete with cheaper products being produced in low-cost economies like China. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
...back down and that he will not accept a compromise that threatens the prospect of reform. We also admire the president for reaching across the aisle and making acceptable concessions in a serious attempt to rally bipartisan support for his vision. For example, he adopted a proposal to offer low-cost coverage to certain Americans with a pre-existing medical condition saying, “This was a good idea when Senator John McCain proposed it in the campaign, it’s a good idea now, and we should embrace it.” Moreover, Obama has shown flexibility...
...busy, Potter now earns far less than he did at Cigna, where he made "in the six figures." He's a nonsalaried consultant for the Center for Media and Democracy but has health-insurance coverage through his wife, who manages a Banana Republic store. It's a low-cost, high-deductible plan - a model that provides coverage for catastrophic illness but kicks in only after the policyholder spends thousands of dollars out of pocket first. In other words, it's an insurance-industry-friendly model that companies like Cigna would like to see spread under health-reform legislation still being...
...order motorists to start driving on the opposite side of the road. On the morning of Sept. 7, drivers will switch from the right side of the street - where about two-thirds of the world's traffic moves - to the left, in order to open the nation to low-cost used autos from left-driving Australia and New Zealand. It will mark the world's first road switch since Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone changed sides in the 1970s, and one of the only instances of switching from the right to the left; virtually every other change has been...